Is Winnipeg providing Hamilton a road map for how to move the CN Stuart Street marshalling yard?
This editors says yes, we should be watching closely to see how we can achieve our goals here.

Thoughts on the IELECT McMaster Research Shop Report
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Mac Research Shop Maps reveals new info out of the IELECT Survey, revealing neighbourhood level concerns.

Hamilton City Council Planning Committee for April 5, 2022
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Will debate a mid-rise development application in Ancaster’s Village Core (staff are recommending denial), allowing outdoor patio entertainment city-wide, allowing temporary tents on patios for three more years, early stages of a new Master Plan for the Stelco lands, and an appeal of a staff decision ordering the removal of a top soil pile in rural Glanbrook.

Hamilton Planning Committee for March 22, 2022 – Roundup
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During a nine-hour meeting, councillors voted 4-2 for more encampment enforcement, passed new zoning and transportation plans for Waterdown, a heritage designation process for the Grace Lutheran Church at 1107 Main West, voted to increase taxi fares, approved rapid housing at 221 Charlton East, responding to expected Planning Act changes, and more.

Analysis: Looking at the 547 Hamilton “Convoy” Donors on the Hacked GiveSendGo List
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$72,169 Canadian worth of donations came from Hamilton postal code. A look where donors live in Hamilton, and the social media footprints of the top donors.

PHOTO: Council First In-Person Committee Meeting Since COVID
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Hamilton City Council’s licensing committee, the Licensing Tribunal, held its first meeting since February 2020 this morning.
This is the first in-person City of Hamilton public meeting since the beginning of the COVID pandemic in March 2020.

Joey’s Notes: COVID Makes YoY Comparisons Useless – Library Stats Edition
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Hamilton Public Library Reports 6878% increase in physical circulation year-over-year

Ontario Court Rules Against Injunction, City of Hamilton Plans to Resume Enforcement at Encampments
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Ontario Superior Court Justice Andrew Goodman finds a coalition of homeless applicants who are challenging bylaws failed to meet the legal test for an injunction.

Neighbours Withdraw Appeals Against 415 Main Street West Development
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Developers and appealing neighbours reach a deal, allowing zoning to come into effect allowing eight stories on the site.

Photos: First All-Day GO Train Arrives West Harbour
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The first train arrived shortly after 8:00 am this morning with approximately six passengers disembarking at the station and departed at 8:13 am with approximately 18 passengers on board.

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh Makes Campaign-Style Visit to Hamilton
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Singh discussed the NDP’s “Better Jobs. More Jobs.” platform as a federal election looms in the coming months.