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Pedestrian scramble - Wikipedia

How about a pedestrian scramble at James and King William? #visionzero en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestr...

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ade45f#erlade45ff1

Another study on the costs of climate change from Kotz and co.:
“Recent econometric analysis confirms that abnormally high temperatures directly cause higher food prices, as impacts on agricultural production [3] translate into supply shortages and food price inflation”

The CityHousing Hamilton Board, the Mayor, and I have been pushing for a resolution to CN's Jamesville appeal since it was filed in 2023. Now we've asked the Province to issue a Minister's Zoning Order (MZO). Let the Province know how you feel, by visiting ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0.... #HamOnt

Our next scheduled ride is August 9th and we are still working on the route.

#KidicalMassHamOnt #BikeHamOnt #HamOnt #FamilyFriendlyRides #CycleHamilton

Canadian ultramarathoner breastfeeds her baby 3 times, wins race anyway | CBC News Canadian ultrarunner Stephanie Case just won the 100-kilometre Ultra-Trail Snowdonia ultramarathon in Wales — six months postpartum, without an elite bib, and while stopping to breastfeed her baby at ...

Sometimes we need some good news and Canadian ultramarathon runner Stephanie Case hits it out of the park! #runlikeagirl www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Students will soon be allowed to play on former Hamilton high school's sprawling lawn, unused for 7 years | CBC News For the first time since 2019, kids will be allowed to use the sprawling lawn at the former Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School in the middle of downtown Hamilton.

Kudos @cameronkroetsch.bsky.social for real leadership. Hess Street Elementary school is one of the lower resourced in #hamont . I volunteered to tutor kids in the 1980s. No renovations since. Giving them access to SJAM green space is the right thing to do! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Photo of King Street with side walking reducing in width, toward the Jackson Square parking garage.

Photo of the entrance of Jackson Square parking garage.

Last week's #HamOnt fatality, at Jackson Sq parking lot, has been tossed down the our 🚗🧠 memory hole.
We'll likely never hear about it again, but I have to wonder if the sidewalk, reduced from 9 metre to 3m for a 30m off-ramp, designed to never slow motorists' "green wave" experience, was a factor?

You might live to be 100. Are you ready? | Andrew J Scott A demographic change is unfolding, and many of us can expect a long life. It’s time to provide the support needed

You might live to be 100. Are you ready? A demographic change is unfolding, and many of us can expect a long life. It’s time to provide the support needed, by Andrew J Scott www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com #longevity #aging #caregiving

#FNMPC kick off to the Valuing Reconciliation in Global Markets conference. Forward thinking speech by Sudbury Mayor Lefebvre. Today's geopolitical headwinds requires economic reconciliation and Indigenous equity inclusion.

19 people now live at Hamilton's new outdoor shelter, with all 80 spots to be filled this month | CBC News City officials offered a tour of Hamilton's new outdoor shelter site, which currently has 19 residents.

It may not be on time, nor nearly enough, but happy that #hamont new outdoor shelter is finally up and running. Thanks to the city and others @cameronkroetsch.bsky.social @goodshepherdham.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Graphic showing what your mobility choice costs all of society

If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via @thediscourse study.

This isn’t just about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice.

#citymakingmath

Income inequality is driving carbon emissions in Canada | CCPA Income inequality in Canada is difficult to ignore. Over the past few decades, the share of income controlled by the very few has grown significantly, leaving the rest of the population struggling wit...

Income inequality is driving carbon emissions in Canada #Canada #inequality #emissions
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There’s no evidence that vaccines cause autism.

You know what there IS evidence of, when it comes to causal factors for autism?

Air pollution.

So cars. Including tail pipes, tire particles, brake pads.

And fossil fuel energy-related pollution, industrial pollution, etc.

And not just autism.

These Hamilton residents worked over a year to own this building, making 1st holidays as co-op especially nice | CBC News Residents of a building in Hamilton recently celebrated the holidays with food in one unit and games in another — and it wasn't just the Christmas spirit that brought them together. In June, tenants a...

We need more co-operative housing in Canada! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Co-ops create more diverse and resilient ownership. #hamont #cdnpoli @ward1wilson.bsky.social @cameronkroetsch.bsky.social @cbc-news.bsky.social

ZEVs leap to 16.5 per cent market share in Q3 2024: S&P Global S&P Global's Q3 2024 numbers mark an all-time high for the Canadian EV sector with 1 in every 6 vehicles sold in Canada now a ZEV

Q3 2024 numbers mark an all-time high for the Canadian EV sector, with S&P Global Mobility predicting that #EVs will make up 15.2 per cent of all light-duty vehicle sales in 2024.

Quebec is streaking into the lead among all Canadian provinces for #EVadoption.

Read the full report:

#hamont has the density. #hamont will benefit from LRT. Public transit is a catalyst for urban vibrancy.

Cycle Hamilton AGM Announcement poster. Today 6-9 pm at Collective Arts

🚴‍♂️✨ The Wait is Over - Our AGM is TONIGHT!
Join us for an unforgettable evening filled with cycling fun, music, and more! 🚲✨
📅 When: Tonight, 6 PM - 9 PM
📍 Where: Collective Arts Hamilton, 207 Burlington St E

Hamilton is on the rise of a new transit era Three key projects will transform the future of transit in the City of Hamilton and the region

#hamont is going back to the future with new investments in rail transit. Hamilton Street Railway! @maureenwilson.bsky.social @jasonthorne.bsky.social @ward2hamilton.bsky.social
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New Brunswick measles outbreak spreads to 44 people, mostly unvaccinated children The outbreak is the largest the province has seen in more than 30 years, with more than 80 per cent of the cases diagnosed in people under the age of 19

New Brunswick #measles outbreak spreads to 44 people, mostly unvaccinated children
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #vaccination

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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