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Joey’s Notepad: City Said Microshelters Would be in Canada on December 26, U.S. Customs Showed it Arriving in the States That Day
The mission of The Public Record is to provide informed coverage of Hamilton’s civic affairs to enable all residents to fulfill the responsibilities of citizenship. He has assured us. The dates that ...
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Noted: Pickering Posts 13-Minute Video of Threats Against Mayor and Council
Pickering City Council is moving all its meeting to online electronic formats. “In light of these escalating incidents and growing concerns for the safety of well-being of Council, staff, and ...
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Joey’s Notepad: Councillor Pay Penalty and Crowdfunding by Supporters
Postmedia reports on a crowdfunding campaign to give money to a Brantford councillor who was sanctioned 30 days’ pay for a breach of confidentiality. Councillor Richard Carpenter disclosed ...
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19,124 Comments Submitted on Provincial Bill 212 Bike Lane Rules
In October, Ford announced he would get rid of three bike lanes in Toronto. His government tabled Bill 212, now passed, to require Ontario’s municipalities to receive provincial approval to build new ...
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First Residents Move into CityHousing’s 106 Bay Street North
The first residents of the new building CityHousing apartments at 106 Bay Street North near Cannon Street moved into the building on December 15.
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Hamilton’s Made-in-China Tiny Shelters in California: US Customs Data
According to US Customs records, Hamilton's 'Indigenous-sourced' $1.4-million tiny shelters arrived in California on December 26.
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Greenbelt Scandal Fallout: Ancaster Wilson & Lorne Developers Lose Divisional Court Appeal
The developer who bought tickets to Premier Ford's daughter's 'stag-and-doe' has lost his court battle to keep the planning permissions given to him by the Conservative government ...
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Upper West Side Landowners Request MZO for Urban Expansion
The Upper West Side Land Owners Group Inc. (the Group) is asking Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath to endorse a Minister's Zoning Order to expand Hamilton's urban boundary. The Group, representing whitebe ...
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Hamilton’s Cybersecurity Failure Meets Privacy Commissioner’s Definition of Privacy Breach
IPC rules that cybersecurity breaches are privacy breaches under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act – even encryption attacks ...
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Ontario Land Tribunal Overrules Hamilton’s Downtown Height Limit
OLT approves 39-storey tall building at 117 Jackson Street East, beside Hamilton's tallest building, which will remain the tallest.
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Hamilton Succeeds in Defending Parks Bylaw against Encampment Charter Challenge
Ontario Superior Court of Justice James Ramsey has ruled in favour of the City of Hamilton in the Charter challenge against the City’s Parks Bylaw. The 86-paragraph decision was issued this morning ...
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Joey’s Notepad: Work is Piled Up, But It is Christmas with Christmas Things to Do First
I’ll continue getting stories and podcasts published in the coming days, but it is Christmas Eve and it is time to do Christmas things Poinsettias at Hamilton City Hall in December 2024. The City ...