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Hamilton’s encampment residents are being exploited from more …
1 day ago · A review of court documents as well as last week’s decision on encampment enforcement by Mr. Justice Ramsey leads one to the conclusion that encampment residents are the victims of exploitation, not only by the criminal element, but also by some of the groups supposedly supporting them. How else does one explain the finding by […]
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News Opinion At Barton Tiffany shelters in limbo, soil testing questioned. The snow has been flying but homeless people remain camped in parks, on trails and in the woods throughout Hamilton.
Hamilton Police arrest pair in large Fentanyl haul
2 days ago · A Hamilton Mountain pair are spending Christmas as guests of the Crown after Hamilton Police Service Major Drug Unit made a seizure of Fentanyl last week. In November of 2024 the Hamilton Police Service Major Drug Unit entered into a drug trafficking investigation involving two residences on the Hamilton Mountain. On Wednesday December 18, the […]
Councillor vows to introduce motion to begin clearing …
3 days ago · There were few answers as to how yesterday’s court ruling on encampments will affect the day-to-day interaction between the city and the various encampments in city parks. Mayor Andrea Horwath held a news conference this morning along with Grace Mater, GM, Healthy & Safe Communities to discuss the implications of the ruling that dismissed a […]
Deep divisions on display as Burlington Councillors refuse to …
Nov 27, 2024 · Stern presented a more than 1,200-signature petition to council opposing tax increases. The petition demands the city stop the PR-oriented communication about budgets and taxes, writing, “communicate the budget increase and how that increase is being funded by always stating the budget increase amount and percentage…Share the details of the budget in a way people in the community can ...
The PMO is a big part of Justin Trudeau’s problem: Sheila Copps
6 days ago · Former Hamilton Liberal Cabinet Minister Sheila Copps claimed a lot of the crisis in which Prime Minister Trudeau finds himself can be laid at the feet of his advisers in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). She made her comments Friday in an interview with the Hill Times. Copps said all those stories in the globe […]
Hamilton Public and councillors showing growing impatience on ...
May 19, 2024 · With the onset of another summer season, It appears the public’s patience with homeless encampments is wearing thin, and there appears to be less inhibition in speaking out about the situation. This weekend, Justin Rotsaert, a resident of Ferrie Street, near the Bayfront Park encampment circulated a letter describing his most recent encounter with an […]
Province wants to deflate bike lanes expansion in Ontario
Oct 15, 2024 · Bike lanes are in the bull’s eye of the provincial government. At a news conference today the Ontario government proposed legislation that could prohibit municipalities from adding new bike lanes and force them to remove existing ones that removed lanes for motor vehicles. Citing statistics that ranked Toronto as the third most traffic congested city […]
Tiny Shelters Saga topped Bay Observer stories for most read in …
Dec 29, 2023 · The Strachan Street Tiny Shelters story was the Bay Observer’s most-read and commented upon story for 2023. The plan to install the homeless shelters on a parking lot on Strachan Street in Hamilton’s north end seemingly appeared out of nowhere in July after the Hamilton Alliance of Tiny Shelters (HATS) had spent most of the year trying to find a location for the pilot project.