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Index of Past CATCH Articles

See also year 2005 articles and year 2004 articles
2006-2007
Jan 3Demand for transit outstrips city funding
Dec 5Aerotropolis victors seek donations
Dec 3Electoral reform commission in Hamilton
Dec 3More meetings this week
Dec 2Media accusations against LIUNA officials
Nov 29Committee positions approved
Nov 27Di Ianni not personally involved in illegal donations
Nov 24Election donor acquitted
Nov 23Calls to end one way streets
Nov 19Join Hamilton's new government
Nov 17Missing voters
Nov 10Retiring councillor blasts city hall culture
Nov 8Peak oil lost in city bureaucracy
Nov 4Many candidates reject corporate and union donations
Oct 20Move towards a bus rapid transit system
Oct 19Lawsuit bill keeps climbing
Oct 19City paid for illegal fence in Red Hill
Oct 17Bus bike racks decision in new year
Oct 15For the Record - Election violations noted
Oct 13Ottawa councillor giving Red Hill talk
Oct 13Division on urban boundary expansion
Oct 11Election donation law on trial
Oct 9For the Record - Legionnaire's outbreak - What was said
Oct 6Council narrowly okays artists grant
Oct 6Pesticide opponent wins award
Oct 6 Praise for Home Builders Association
Oct 4Election charge
Oct 4Concern over waiving rental fees
Oct 1City staff confirm Red Hill gravel problem
Oct 1Contractor accusing city of gross mismanagement
Sep 29Taxes on tenants becoming election issue
Sep 28Groups push city for cycling improvements
Sep 27Red Hill construction mistake costing millions
Sep 26Lister deal still shrouded in secrecy
Sep 24Election financing continues to generate interest
Sep 24Fifty candidates registered for council elections
Sep 23Transit ridership growing rapidly
Sep 22Artists win city funding for new home
Sep 21City not serving poorest neighbourhood
Sep 18Development committee dominates council activity
Sep 17Election finances position of candidates for mayor
Sep 16Bratina demanding Lister enforcement
Sep 14Pressure to implement promised intensification
Sep 10 Councillors divided over services inventory
Sep 8Developers buy influence: Chapman
Sep 7 Council skipped chance to fix election laws
Sep 3Winona blob still persisting
Aug 29Corporate donations dominated councillor funding
Aug 29Fair Election Financing wins more support
Aug 23Campaign for Fair Election Financing Now gets quick response
Aug 21Fair Election Financing Now - a Campaign for More Democracy at Hamilton City Hall. Special CATCH statement
Aug 18Durand heritage property threatened
Aug 18Caplan wants city to pay his lawyer
Aug 15No rush to cut sprawl development
Aug 14City exempts $9 million in development charges
Aug 13City planners challenged in first test of intensification rules
Aug 12Flood victims get cash but no guarantees it won't happen again
Aug 11Greenbelt Plan contradicts city practices
Aug 7Call for public inquiry into Future Fund operations
Aug 6Car use linked to heart attacks in Hamilton
July 30Ajax mayor says Di Ianni charges proof of need for election reform
July 29City eliminates heat alert program
July 28LACAC rejects Pearson as their Lister representative
July 27Airport flights continuing to decline
July 25Di Ianni avoiding CBC questions
July 22Lister subsidy robs inner-city park
July 21Cutting toxic chemicals in sewers
July 18Agricultural plan calls for firm urban boundary
July 13Reversal gives expressway paving contract to Dufferin
July 11Charges against mayor don't reflect all illegal donations
July 10Tree-sitter lawsuit cost nearly a quarter-million
July 9Hybrid buses for HSR
July 8Expressway budget jumps $10 million
July 6Red Hill lobbyist bill finally revealed
July 4The persistent Winona blob
July 2Lister decision group stacked with demolitionists
June 26 Tolerance triumphs in dispute over location of care facility
June 23Lawsuit against Bratina may violate criminal code
June 22Aerotropolis costs higher than predicted
June 19Developers paying too little
June 17Air pollution budget dwarfed by West Nile
June 16Aerotropolis hearings add developers, Tradeport and Chamber of Commerce
June 15Increasing tenant voting
June 14MPP presses for assessment of east end sludge incinerator
June 13Lister shrinkage escapes council notice
June 9 CATCH Backgrounder: Lister Block decision-making process
June 8Lister costs much higher than other city leases
June 3Developer donations dominate municipal politics
June 2Pig plants have a rough ride in the west
June 1School air testing rejected
May 31Startling comparisons to city airport numbers
May 30Expressway costs up again
May 29Province asked to save Lister Block
May 25CATCH asks for apologies
May 22GRIDS fails intensification rules
May 20Big box development challenged
May 19GRIDS decision approves urban expansions
May 16For the Record - $35 million in federal funds for the harbour
May 14Promised harbour funding deal not finalized
May 8Planning committee problems
May 8Art exhibition at City Hall
May 5Oil price conspiracy?
May 4Province guts transit funding rules

May 3GRIDS growth plan calls for more boundary expansion

May 1Gilbert shoots down aerotropolis
April 28Councillors change rules for car dealership
April 27Debate on peak oil report starts tomorrow
April 26Corporations accept responsibility for excessive campaign donations
April 23Councillors debate whether ends justify the means
April 23Peak oil report leaked
April 22Peak oil debate next week
April 22Staff say public water and sewer operations better than private
April 21Airport was major election donor
April 20Chapman links campaign donations to developer control
April 20Planning committee starts on time
April 17Lawsuit costs climb
April 6Hamilton sprawl rate the highest in the Golden Horseshoe
April 4Environment group calls for investigation of waste company
April 2Tree issues dominate committee agenda
April 1Peak oil expert sees little future for aviation
March 30Expropriation adds $2 million to expressway bill
March 28Airport spending pulled from budget
March 27Bus fare hikes turned down
March 25Labour council joins calls for election financing reform
March 24City again promising to meet with group worried about peak oil
March 23Chapman says auditor examined wrong election account
March 21Construction company win environmental award for Red Hill
March 20Anti-racism effort seeks longer-term funding
March 19Local health care professionals organizing against poverty
March 17Camco redevelopment to be environmentally friendly
March 17New transcriptions available
March 16 Aerotropolis opponents have waited months for promised meeting with mayor and councill
March 15Tenants petitioning for fairer taxes
March 14Braden responds to conflict accusations
March 14Trial of accused election donors delayed again
March 11 Another band-aid for city trees  
March 10Merulla slams Port Authority over Biox
March 9 Chamber and Civic Coalition oppose bus fare hikes
March 7Legal advice led council to lay charges against mayor
March 4Controversial $686K grant still being recommended
March 3Dark date for Di Ianni?
March 2Councillor appointed own replacements
March 2Councillors eye new Toronto legislation
Feb 22Transit tax shift moving slowly 
Feb 20Council supports damning report to United Nations
Feb 19$52 million road plans head for decision
Feb 18 – Heritage month lectures
Feb 18Tree care facing axe again
Feb 17Council divided on audit advisor
Feb 12 – Caplan rapped by auditor
Feb 9 – Compliance audit raises more questions about mayor's campaign
Feb 8 – Transportation in Hamilton speaker series
Feb 7 – Numerous demands for more assessment of sludge incinerator
Feb 5 – Bike link between Confederation Park and Niagara
Feb 3 – Waterfront trolley ride
Feb 2 – Fourteen city meetings cancelled
Feb 1 – Election donations issue heats up
Jan 31 – Airport flights decline
Jan 23 – Groups oppose new municipal incinerator
Jan 23 – Traffic focus of Upper Stoney Creek meeting
Jan 22 – City population forecasts drop 40,000
Jan 22 – Idling increases pollutants by up to 50%
Jan 21 – City sewage still contaminating creek
Jan 21 – Strathcona neighbourhood planning meeting
Jan 20 – Councillors clash with staff over missing peak oil report
Jan 19 – Corporate and union election donations rejected
Jan 19 – Liberty sludge incinerator unfairly competing with city one
Jan 18 – Charges laid against Red Hill company
Jan 18 – Another tax hit for Waterdown roads?
Jan 16 – Peculiar tax system shortchanges HSR
Jan 13 – Airport revenue only $50,000
Jan 11 – Capital budget squeezed by city debt
Jan 11 – Water quality update
Jan 10 – Poverty group questions city salaries
Jan 10 – Support sought for workers' museum
Jan 7 – Criticism of sludge incinerator misrepresented

Jan 5 – Tree care still in budget limbo

Jan 5 – Budget comments on Monday
Jan 5 – Liberty Energy extends deadline
Jan 4 – HSR and libraries get short end of budget stick
Jan 2 – Last chance for comments on proposed sludge incinerator
Jan 1For the Record: Councillor challenges CATCH volunteers
See also year 2005 articles and year 2004 articles
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