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.
City’s New Procurement System Will Decrease Bid System Fees
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The City will continue to charge anywhere from $35 to hundreds of dollars for businesses to access bid documentation.
Hamilton Police Warn Public After Daytime Carjacking in Ancaster Meadowlands
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Brazen daytime carjacker robs Ancaster senior, and forces her to drive him across city, before getting out and fleeing behind Central Police Station, last seen at Eastgate Square.
Update on Claremont Closure and Escarpment Stabilization Emergency Work
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City staff say they will be removing 55-metres of the retaining wall from the 2012 collapse location and the most recent wall failure on the eastern edge of the wall near the Jolley Cut.
Council to Debate Entertainment on Outdoor Patios on January 17, 2017
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Planning staff are bringing forth a temporary use by-law that will enable restaurants with patios in commercial districts to have outdoor entertainment. Presently, all entertainment on patios is forbidden within the zoning bylaws.
33-Storey Tall Building Approved as Minor Variance, Mosque Allowed to Convert Parking to Commercial Parking Lot
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This story was originally posted on The Public Record’s now-defunct blog Now on December 20, 2016. Ward 2 Councillor Jason Farr won two significant victories at Committee of Adjustment today, gaining two major exceptions to Downtown Zoning Bylaws as “minor variances”. Tall Buildings in The Downtown, Now Minor Variances
Farr came to the Committee of Adjustment in support of the Downtown Mosque’s request to operate their parking lot as a commercial surface lot to raise funds to cover their new building debt, and the approval of a 33-storey tall building for Vrancor’s final phase of their King/George/Caroline five tower development. The “minor” variance was to increase the allowed development height from the present 22 metres to 106 metres. The Committee of Adjustment, at the request of Farr, approved the 500% variance as a “minor variance”.
Fill Bylaws and Normal Farm Practices – Provincial Board Overrules Town Fill Bylaw
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The Normal Farm Practices Protection Board blasts a huge loophole into fill bylaws, raising questions of how municipalities will manage trucks bringing Toronto fill.
SIU Investigating After Hamilton Police Involved Shooting on James South near Bold Street
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Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is on scene investigating after a Hamilton Police officer shot a person on James Street South between 11:45 and 11:55 p.m. Friday night.
We Need to Focus on Compassion for Drug Addiction And Pass a Good Samaritan Law
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We’re failing to put compassion above criminalization when dealing with drug overdose situations, it’s time to pass Bill C-224 and save lives.
Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas Town Hall on Electoral Reform [Live Blog]
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I’m at the Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas Town Hall on Electoral Reform hosted by Liberal M.P. Filomena Tassi. The event started at 6:30pm at the Innovation Park in West Hamilton. I’m using a liveblogging format to cover this meeting. Follow along for updates and observations.
Whitehead’s Schtick Fail: Calls for Pedestrian Crosswalks at Upper James and Fennell, Mohawk, Stone Church
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Ward 8 Councillor Terry Whitehead is concerned that Upper James is not getting pedestrian crosswalks and that the City is not following “empirical” data installing the crosswalks downtown.
Except that only two of the first five crosswalks is in the Lower City, and the locations he proposes for Upper James are already full signalized intersections.