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City of Hamilton Issues New Emergency Order to Vacate Property Owned by Andrea Horwath, Occupied by Ex-Partner

Second order issued days after Superior Court struck down first emergency order for failing to meet Building Code Act ...
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Judge Invalidates City’s Emergency Demolition Order for Property Owned by Andrea Horwath

Dispute centres on semi-detached home occupied by Mayor's ex-partner, who opposed emergency order. Court rules the City ...
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Mayor Horwath Issues Directive Appointing 2026 Committee Chairs

Mayor Andrea Horwath has appointed the following city councillors to be Chairs and Vice-Chairs for five of the six City ...
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Hamilton Mayor, Councillors, Senior Managers Say They Were ‘Working’ While Attending Invite-Only Earth, Wind & Fire Concert

The entrance to the newly renovated Hamilton Arena during a private invite-only concert on November 18, 2026. Credit: Joey Coleman Mayor Andrea Horwath, city councillors, their families, and over 50 ...
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OLT Consolidates Three Hamilton Urban Boundary Appeals Common Issues to Avoid Contradictory Rulings

City of Hamilton's request to merge UWSLG, White Church, and Elfrida common issues into one hearing approved; Phase I hearing ...
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Joey’s Notepad: The Matthew Green Divisional Court Decision and Why I Was ‘Surprised’

After sitting through the October 7 Divisional Court hearing regarding Matthew Green’s appeal of an unprecedented Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (HRTO) decision to dismiss his human rights complaint ...
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Court of Appeal upholds scathing judgment against Hamilton for sewage flooding

A City of Hamilton map showing the Kenilworth Drainage Channel. The City has been ordered to pay National Steel Car $6.5-mil for failure to maintain the sewage overflow channel. Credit: HANDOUT / City ...
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Joey’s Notepad: There is a Sidewalk Occupancy Permit for Fencing at York Blvd. Sally Ann Shelter

A construction fence with curtain appeared in front of the Salvation Army Booth Centre at 94 York Blvd during the early morning hours of November 19, 2025. City data states it is related to facade ...
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Hamilton Budget 2026: Council hears calls for restraint and warnings against austerity

Hamiltonians have different priorities for what they want to see, or not see, in the City of Hamilton’s 2026 budget. Eleven Hamiltonians took the podium inside Council Chambers on Monday afternoon ...
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Joey’s Notepad: Photo-Op Hamilton Centre MP Did Not ‘Join’ Housing Tour

Hamilton Centre Member of Parliament Aslam Rana’s social media is an endless stream of photos of him posing with people, posing with cabinet ministers, and standing in front of things in Hamilton ...
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Minute-by-Minute with Dispatch Audio and Route Map: HSR Bus Stolen in What Police Call a ‘Joy Ride’

HSR bus 1432 pulls into the MacNab transit terminal at 11:55 p.m. on Nov. 11, 2025 - mere hours after being involved in an incident. Credit: Joey Coleman An HSR bus operator went to the washroom on ...
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COLEMAN | The Torch has been passed again: to us. We hold it high.

Thousands of Hamiltonians gathered at Hamilton's Cenotaph in Gore Park for the 2025 Remembrance Day commemoration. Credit: Joey Coleman “They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age ...