Joey Coleman

Join the Ward 2 Team and local organizations at a Ward 2 Community BBQ in Beasley Park on Saturday, August 23 from 11:00am to 1:00pm. Come for the food and stay to connect with your neighbours. #HamOnt

YouTube video by Not Just Bikes Trams are Great! So why are the Streetcars SO BAD!?

His most recent video is totally about this so timely to this!

youtu.be/HhQxNHrD6fA?...

A vehicle is blocking lanes on King Street West at MacNab. Appears to be a broken axle. Will require a tow truck. #hamont

Toronto man who races TTC streetcars on foot keeps on winning A Toronto man appears to have answered a question that those stuck in traffic have been asking themselves since time immemorial: can I get to my destination faster on foot?

Peak Toronto story

The man who races, and beats, every streetcar.

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

Photos posted to social media show signs regarding the war in Gaza. I was not present.

Fauquier-Strickland votes to accept $300K lifeline from province 'Services, no matter what, are still going to be bare bones for the foreseeable future,' says Shannon Pawlikowski

At the last moment, the Province of Ontario is temporarily bailing out the bankrupt Northern Ontario municipality of Fauquier-Strickland with $300,000 in "interim funding." www.baytoday.ca/local-news/f...

GO Transit:

Board buses at Hunter GO or Pearl and Main. #HamOnt

To give you a sense of how disorganized the HSR is right now.

7: bus at St. Joseph's hospital
4: bus at Hess and York
99: bus at Hunter and Queen
5: bus at Charlton and Hess

Hence the only way to know you'll get a bus is to walk kilometres out of the Downtown. #HamOnt

Route 34 - Queen and Hunter

I have no idea where you can get a 6/7/8. #HamOnt

ALL HSR Routes servicing Downtown Hamilton are presently on detour due to a protest march.

Detours are completely disorganized. No official updates

Board buses:
Mountain-bound at Hunter GO
Westbound 5/10 at Queen and King
Eastbound 1/5/10 at Main and Wellington
2/3 at Wilson and John #HamOnt

YouTube video by yovo68 Camper gets stuck at the 11foot8+8 bridge

The 11-foot-8 + 8 bridge snacks on a camper.

The driver was going faster than permitted, ran the yellow / red light.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1fq...

YouTube video by Matt Grande What's up with our public staircases? | Faded Hamilton VI

I'm (yes finally) watching Matt Grande's latest Faded Hamilton video.

These are always fun and insightful. #HamOnt www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZcW...

Speaker spotlight card for Civic Spark, featuring Bianca Wylie. The card shows a formal headshot of Bianca Wylie, who has short, slicked-back hair and is wearing a dark blazer over a white top. The right side of the image reads Speaker Spotlight. Below the photo, text reads: Bianca Wylie – writer, public interest tech advocate, co-founder of Tech Reset Canada. The bottom banner includes the Civic Spark logo on the left and the event dates August 16 + 17 on the right.

🚨 Speaker Spotlight

@biancawylie.com is joining us at Civic Spark!

Bianca is a writer, a public interest tech advocate, and co-founder of Tech Reset Canada, where she works on resetting the innovation agenda.

🎟️ civic-spark.com

It was not recorded.

I just arrived at the Town Hall hosted by Hamilton Centre MP Aslam Rana.
Around 30 people are present in the auditorium.

Council's Emergency and Community Services Committee adjourned around 20 minutes ago.
(I've been at City Hall observing all meetings today. Been writing stories, which is why there have been no live-posts during the meetings)

City Council Meeting Disrupted for Second Time This Week, Third Time in Recent Months Today's incident is the third disruption in recent months. City Hall is now taking measures to prevent further disruptions. Police are investigating Monday's incident.

Hamilton City Council meeting disrupted for the second time this week, third time in recent months.
Today was similar to a May disruption.
City Hall is now taking measures to prevent more incidents. #yhmcc

Weiner is known in municipal circles for his excellent accountability work in a personal capacity.
Weiner was one of the Parties in the 2013 Kingston ward boundaries case. He's done a lot of work in Toronto on finance compliance.
The tenants in Ottawa will be well-represented by him. (2/2)

Tenants push back against 5-week eviction notice | CBC News After living in her apartment for nearly four years, Karelle Sikapi figured she would get more than five weeks' notice to find a new place.

Lawyer Kevin Weiner is working pro-bono representing tenants in an extremely concerning new method of renoviction - instead of going to the Landlord Tenant Board, the owner is going to Superior Court to order out hundreds of tenants to sell a building. (1/2)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Supreme Court won’t hear case of Ontario man who fatally shot Indigenous man The case of an Ontario man found guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an Indigenous man has come to...

The Supreme Court will not hear Peter Khill's appeal of his manslaughter conviction.
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This is not a situation of a person coming in to disrupt regarding a municipal issue, or about any government decision.
Just a guy who disrupted. #yhmcc

For the second time this week, someone has walked into the Council Chamber and disrupted a Council meeting.
This time, the person [who may or may not be the same as Monday] did not engage in hate speech.
He has left the City Hall property. City corporate security is investigating. #yhmcc

Hamilton Centre MP Aslam Rana is holding a Town Hall tomorrow evening at Bennetto Community Centre.
5 to 7 pm

I cannot stress this enough, let's all be civil and ensure others are as well. It is good to see many of the rookie Hamilton area MPs and MPPs bringing back town halls. #hamont

Special Air Quality Statement Issued for Hamilton

Environment Canada says smoke from Prairies forest fires will cause poor air quality and reduced visibility overnight and Thursday. #yhmwx #HamOnt

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Workload and work flows

City Council adjourned a few minutes ago.
I am leaving City Hall. I will be back tomorrow, same time, same channel. #yhmcc

A few councillors are pushing Hamilton's General Manager of Finance and Corporate Services to adopt the financial transparency practices of other municipalities.
Hamilton's is the worst-rated in Canada by the CD Howe Institute report.
Staff are pushing back.
Award-winning indeed. #yhmcc

The City of Hamilton has recieved $1.5-million from the federal government to fund enforcement of the City's short-term rental [AirBnB] bylaw. #yhmcc www.hamilton.ca/sites/defaul...

It may be unprecedented, but in my opinion, it was insincere. It came after Clark presented so much evidence that the report was not worth the paper it was printed that Zegarac had no choice but to apologize and withdraw the report. Sure does not inspire confidence in what goes on at City Hall.

ANALYSIS: Note to Canadian cities: the Charter exists for a reason | TVO Today Municipal governments have the most direct impact on our daily lives — that’s why they have to be especially careful with our rights.

"The point of the Charter is to put some areas of our private lives beyond the reach of the state. That’s not a loophole; it’s the entire point of guaranteeing rights." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social