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Index of Past CATCH Articles - Year 2004

See also year 2005 articles and year 2006 articles
2004
Dec 29 – Four Councillors Nearly Always Agree with Mayor DiIanni
Dec 15 – Private Landlords Bid to Take Over Tenant Rent Bank
Dec 14 – No Bus Fare Hikes in 2005
Dec 14 – Tree Planting in Budget, but No Money for Maintenance
Dec 13 – New Group Demands Spectator Columnist Apologize for Comments
Dec 11 – Special Issue on the Silverberg Affair
Dec 10 – Compliance Audit Requests Dropped After Candidates Admit Problems with Campaign Donations
Dec 7 – Auditors Critical Report Intercepted by City Staff
Dec 7 – Greenbelt Update
Dec 6 – New Community Council in Dundas
Dec 6 – Water Rates Going Up 8.1%
Dec 5 – City Wants Major Changes to Greenbelt and Fruitbelt
Dec 2 – Security Costs Mainly Lawyers and Consultant Fees
Dec 2 – Citizen Rights Being Improved
Dec 1 – CATCH Hosts Chinese Government Delegation
Dec 1 – City Manager Backs Away from Banning CATCH Co-founder from Council
Nov 23 – City Council Committee Chair Changes
Nov 21 – Silver in More Than Her Name
Nov 21 – Water Sewer Rate Increases
Nov 17 – Councillors Lash Out at OppositionOrder Court Action Against Citizens
Nov 17 – Lawsuit Retroactively Okayed
Nov 15 – Greenbelt Consultation Meetings Tomorrow and Thursday
Nov 14 – Business Tops City Council Priorities
Nov 12 – Di Ianni fails to block compliance audit case
Nov 8 – Tackling the Housing Crisis
Nov 7 – Pleasantview and Much of Glanbrook Excluded from Greenbelt  
Nov 7 – The Politics of Poverty
Nov 3 – Hamilton Mayor Did Receive Excess Campaign Donations
Nov 3 – Caplan Fails to Stop Campaign Audit Court Case
Nov 1 – Council Misled on Future Fund Loan
Oct 31 – Hamilton Sewage Going Down the Grand River?
Oct 31 – Escarpment Centre Finds Home in Dundas Valley
Oct 27 – MPP Demands Action on Toxic Red Hill Dump
Oct 27 – What Can Hamilton Be in 2030?
Oct 26 – Airport "Flat" Next Year
Oct 26 – Hamilton Air Pollution Record
Oct 25 – Collins and Bratina Derail Economic Development Plan
Oct 24 – City Secrecy Policy was Debated by Councillors
Oct 22 – Environment Ministry Criticized for Failing to Enforce Red Hill Order
Oct 21 – More Money for Transit
Oct 21 – Fixed Boundary for Farming
Oct 19 – Limited Consultation on Key City Policy
Oct 18 – Secret City Spending
Oct 17 – Hamilton Media Concentration Increases
Oct 17 – Bingo Hall Slot Machines
Oct 14 – Four More Power Centres Planned for Hamilton
Oct 14 – Help Enforce Property Standards
Oct 12 – Medical Officer of Health Lines Up Against Casino
Oct 9 – Ferguson's One Percent Solution
Oct 9 – LACAC Members Wanted
Oct 4 – City Figures Don't Add Up
Oct 4 – Soccer Fields "Atrocious"
Oct 3 – Expressway Cost Up $15.5 Million
Oct 3 – Noise Wall Unaffordable
Oct 2 – Compliance Audit Court Case Heating Up
Oct 2 – Samson and Bratina Win Council Seats
Sep 30 – Red Hill Lawsuit Never Approved by Council
Sep 29 – City Sues Deceased Man
Sep 22 – Water Pipe Heading Deep into Rural Area
Sep 20 – Big Boxes "Curb Sprawl"
Sep 20 – Candidates Agree on One Thing
Sep 19 – City Lease Deal Draws Fire
Sep 17 – Lawsuit Threat Over Composting Facility Contract
Sep 16 – Social Housing Access Privatized by the City
Sep 15 – More Problems with DiIanni Campaign Donations
Sep 13 – City Taking Back Water and Sewer Contract
Sep 13 – All-candidates Meetings
Sep 11 – Tree-Sit Coming to an End
Sep 11 – Water Decision Monday?
Sep 6 – Carnegie Sale Delayed
Sep 6 – All-candidates Meetings
Sep 5 – Six Homes to be Demolished for Parking Lot
Sep 5 – Partial Tivoli Demolition Recommended by Staff
Sep 3 – Iraq War Comes to Hamilton Toxic Dump
Aug 23 – Groups Ask for Environmental Investigation of Blasting Incident
Aug 23 – Transportation Policy Papers Available Wednesday
Aug 18 – Mayor Violated City Rules
Aug 17 – Report Issued On "Democracy at City Hall"
Aug 10 – Hamilton Dead Last in Recycling
Aug 10 – Who Represents Tenants?
Aug 9 – Payments to Private Water Company Climb Sharply
Aug 9 – Water Main Breaks Up Sharply
Aug 7 – Transit Use Fell in 2003
Aug 7 – Winter Returns to City Hall
Aug 1 – City Council Keeps Approving More Sprawl
July 30 – Another Stinking Mess in Hamilton Harbour
July 30 – Chapman Files Compliance Audit Appeal
July 29 – Sarah Harmer and Dave Bidini Supporting Red Hill Tree-Sitters
July 29 – Minister Promises to Correct Erroneous Maps
July 26 – Faulty Provincial Maps Depict Huge Urban Expansion in Hamilton
July 20 – Subdivision Approval "Completely Political" Says Braden
July 16 – DeSantis Family Generous to Pro-Expressway Council Candidates
July 14 – Councillors Say Investigate Mayor, But...
July 11 – Catching Crooked Candidates
July 7 – Rally for the Tivoli and Downtown Hamilton
July 7 – Hope Fading for Orchestra and Opera
July 7 – Waste Committee Meeting
July 5 – Sprawling Subdivision Up For Approval
July 4 – Re-naming Proposed for Over 200 Hamilton Streets
July 4 – RBG Funding History
June 30 – Hamilton Mayor Accused of Multiple Election Violations
June 25 – Suburbs Gain as Committees Combined
June 24 – False Alarm on Escarpment Blasting
June 24 – Another Top City Bureaucrat Jumps to Halton
June 20 – Council Clearing the Decks for Summer Holidays
June 20 – Cows or Cars?
June 18 – Expressway Noise Forcing Purchase of Valley Homes
June 18 – Merulla Wants Lower Bus Fares
June 15 – Social Programs Get Short Shrift
June 15 – Special Meeting Called
June 13 – Tree Sitters Re-Supplied
June 13 – Taha Goes to Halton
June 13 – Access System for Social Housing Could Be Privatized
June 8 – Expressway Development Charges Deeply Discounted
June 8 – Tendering Takes Too Long
June 4 – Residential Development Charges Going Up
June 4 – Process for Replacing Horwath
June 3 – Cycling Improvements Unveiled
May 31 – Deep Discounts for Industrial Developers
May 30 – Tree Sitters Try to Save Escarpment
May 25 – Election Derails City Hall
May 25 – Neighbourhood Groups Combining
May 24 – Last Minute Report Under Fire
May 19 – City Plays Down Job Losses
May 19 – Developer Influence Questioned
May 15 – Councillor Says Project Breaks All the Rules
May 15 – Untendered Contracts
May 12 – The Future of HECFI
May 9 – Hamilton's Environmentalists of the Year
May 9 – Urban - Suburban Division over Tax Rates
May 5 – High Turnover of City Staff
May 5 – Replacement Park Idea Approved
May 2 – Red Hill Valley Replacement Plans Unveiled
Apr 27 – Budget Approval Postponed Again
Apr 27 – Hamilton Transit Use Lower than Average
Apr 26 – Sharp Decline in Youth Employment
Apr 26 – Division on Amount of Business Tax Cuts
Apr 20 – Bylaw Requires Adequate Heat for Tenants
Apr 20 – Councillor Criticizes Privatization of Planning
Apr 15 – Aboriginal Lawsuit Expanded
Apr 15 – City Council Fired
Apr 14 – Protestors Take Over City Council Meeting
Apr 14 – Business Tax Cuts Fail to Stimulate Growth
Apr 13 – No Transit Fare Hike
Apr 13 – Money and City Council
Apr 12 – Threat to Carnegie Gallery
Apr 12 – Binbrook Sprawl Development Criticized
Apr 7 – McHattie Gets Escarpment Post
Apr 7 – DiIanni Campaign Financing Questioned
Apr 5 – Councillors Say No to Tolling Expressways
Apr 4 – Tolls for Linc and Red Hill Expressways
Apr 4 – Tiger-Cat Write Off Actually More than Half a Million
Apr 4 – Budget Rally Called for April 14
Mar 29 – City Budget Delayed Again
Mar 29 – City Agreements with Six Nations Not Signed
Mar 25 – Nasty Fight Exposes Deep Council Divisions
Mar 24 – What They Said on Social Service Cuts
Mar 22 – Services to Vulnerable on Budget Cutting Table
Mar 22 – Expressway Creates Budget Crisis
Mar 21 – Undeserved Global Fame
Mar 21 – Hamilton's Unhealthy Air Not Getting Any Better
Mar 19 – Transit Blueprint for Hamilton Released
Mar 17 – Councillor Argues for More Citizen Rights
Mar 17 – City Allowed to Raise Business Taxes
Mar 15 – What They Said on the City Budget
Mar 15 – Tree Planting & Maintenance Cut Out of DiIanni Budget Plans
Mar 15 – City Moves to Make Recycling Mandatory
Mar 12 – DiIanni Budget Plan Unveiled
Mar 10 – City Economic Development Strategy in Jeopardy
Mar 10 – Hamilton Libraries in Decline
Mar 5 – Airport Operators Want More from City
Mar 4 – Alternative Budget Meeting Well Attended.
Mar 3 – Councillors Cut Free Parking, But Not for Themselves.
Mar 2 – Citizen Input Not Welcome.
Mar 1 – City Hall Decision Delayed Again.
Feb 26 – Expressway Committee refuses to hear Hwy 20 option. Agreement with Haudenosaunee & public consultation also discussed.
Feb 22 – Power at City Hall.
See also year 2005 articles and year 2006 articles

 

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