Road congestion will worsen, transit funding could be jeopardized, and savings to drivers will almost certainly evaporate if the provincial government follows through on its promise to cut gasoline prices, several experts warned at a forum last month.
When Donald Trump abandoned American climate action, many US cities countered by accelerating their local efforts to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and adapt to the extreme weather events it causes.
What would it be like to have just five city councillors in Hamilton? That’s effectively what is facing residents of Toronto in the wake of Premier Ford’s unilateral decision to slash its council numbers by nearly half, a move that is being described as “tinpot dictator stuff”.
This is a regular CATCH summary of votes at committee and council meetings. This report covers the month of May 2018.
A shift in the provincial government’s approach to protecting the Greenbelt and other foodlands could allow Hamilton municipal politicians to achieve their growth plans at the expense of foodlands.
Two burning issues for this fall’s municipal election are being referred to as “area rating” and that’s generating confusion for both voters and candidates.
It’s taken two years but residents in Hamilton’s densest neighbourhood have succeeded in their battle for improved bus service.
Pushed by local climate activists, city council is again demanding the removal of old Enbridge oil pipelines across rural Hamilton that are now being sold to a US company.
The city is pushing ahead with urbanization of over 3000 acres of farmland in upper Stoney Creek.
This is a regular CATCH summary of votes at committee and council meetings. This report covers the month of April 2018.
This is a regular CATCH summary of votes at committee and council meetings. This report covers the month of March 2018.
A comprehensive survey shows that Hamiltonians are increasingly forced to head outside the city to find jobs.
Bus users across the city now can join a riders union to represent their interests and push for solutions to HSR shortcomings and other transit problems.
More subsidies of industrial expansion will add at least half a million dollars a year to taxes and water rates.
Ontario officials are being pushed to sharply improve lax air pollution standards that have long been recognized as inadequate for the protection of human health.
Should Hamilton preserve its remaining agricultural land or open more up for residential development?
A full eight years after the discovery of toxic contamination from Hamilton’s airport flowing into the Welland River and Lake Niapenco, a work plan to contain and monitor its source is being developed.
The national debate over ownership of oil pipelines now has a local twist with Enbridge’s announcement that it is selling its controversial Line 10 that runs across rural Hamilton from Westover to the United States.
The city organized a “Hamilton Summit” this month to push the province for more money for our failing infrastructure but the message from some of the invited experts was not quite what some councillors and taxpayers wanted to hear.
This is a regular CATCH summary of votes at committee and council meetings. This report covers the month of February 2018.