Tenants resist renoviction as affordable housing across Canada dwindles
Tenant David Galvin is leading me on a tour of the cavernous hallways of 1083...
Pipeline Trail –
under-recognized but not for long
I run into people all the time who have never visited the Pipeline Trail in the east end of our…
Laura Keating, a working musician
A horn player recently told me about how jazz colleagues are somewhat rusty from not having the gigs or the…
Crown Point artist at AGH
There is an unfortunate phenomenon that seems to be part of Hamilton’s DNA: buildings torn down to make way for…
Can a city be driven to change?
This spring, Hamilton city council is expected to debate and pass a complete streets design manual to make roads friendlier…
Trucks, roads, and transportation reviews
November was an exciting month for the usually cautious city council in Hamilton First, the city voted to freeze the…
Truck Route Master Plan a wrong turn?
Commercial and long-haul freight trucks are like modern-day dinosaurs. They lumber along and dominate the road networks they share with…
That bad smell
In late March the smell of burnt coal hovered over east Hamilton’s Crown Point neighbourhood, not far from the steel…