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News Sports Joe Zuger dies at 84, Ticat great was a 3-way player, successful team executive. The passing of Ticat Great Joe Zuger at age 84, harks back to a time when football players often played both offence and...
Building slump has resulted in delays in Hamilton’s waterfront ...
3 days ago · It looks like the slump in condominium sales that is affecting projects across the GTA is resulting in a slowdown of activity on Hamilton’s Pier 8 with developer Waterfront Shores. Under the city’s agreement with Waterfront Shores, the company can trigger pauses in its marketing program in six month increments up to a total of […]
Hamilton police investigate shooting in the neighbourhood of two ...
3 days ago · Two night clubs s in the Jackson Bowen Street area of downtown Hamilton that were the source of numerous police calls have been closed, but the area was once again the scene of a shooting—Hamilton’s 60th this year. Tuesday, Hamilton Police were called around 2:55 a.m. for a shooting that had just taken place. At […]
Chad Collins breaks with Liberals over proposal to issue $250 …
2 days ago · Another sign of the state of federal Liberal prospects in Canada and Hamilton is Hamilton East-Stoney Creek MP Chad Collins’ break with the Liberal government over the proposed $250 cheque giveaway announced recently by Prime Minister Trudeau. Collins tweeted “It’s incomprehensible to me that our government can …
Welland man chased armed robbers who stole his electric scooter
4 days ago · Thanks to a bystander and Niagara Police a man was able to recover his electric scooter after it had been stolen in Welland. The initial investigation determined the complainant had been robbed of his electric scooter by three suspects—two of them women. The suspects fled in a black Jeep Wrangler. A bystander and the complainant […]
Ford tells Mayors he will use notwithstanding clause to fight ...
Oct 30, 2024 · Premier Doug Ford has thrown the gauntlet down to Ontario’s Big City Mayors on the issue of homeless encampments. At a news conference in Scarborough yesterday Ford told reporters that he is prepared to invoke the notwithstanding clause to override a Kitchener court ruling that is regularly cited as the reason why municipalities are unable to issue a flat ban on encampments in public parks.
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 […]
Fall economic statement has a pre-election feel with $200 cheques …
Despite a pledge to hand out $3 Million in the form of a $200 cheque to every taxpayer in Ontario, the Ontario government, in the Fall outlook released today by Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy, is now projecting a deficit of $6.6 billion in 2024–25 — which is an improvement of $3.2 billion from the outlook published in the 2024 Budget.
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.