HWDSB open house update on new Education Centre Project

Live at 7pm The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Trustees are receiving an information update about the new Education Centre Project [http://www.hwdsb.on.ca/aboutus/education-centre-project/] at 7pm Monday night. The Board is moving its headquarters out of downtown to a site just west of Limeridge Mall on the…

Public Works Committee for April 8, 2013

It should be a short Public Works committee this morning.On the agenda: Conservation Halton’s Watershed Report Card, Plastic Shopping Bag Reduction and Recycling ,Delegation by Dave Barnett of the Abuse Prevention and Awareness Campaign respecting the prevention of assaults on bus drivers, Pest Management, Hamilton West Harbour Breakwater…

Must-Attend for Comms Pros - IABC social media panel Thursday

The Golden Horseshoe Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is holding a social media panel on Thursday featuring Hamilton’s own “Tweeting Cop” Sgt. Jay Turner [http://www.twitter.com/HPSActionTeam4] who has spearheaded the Hamilton Police twitter strategy by tweeting from the beat, without the typicial…

Hamilton City Council GIC Budget - April 3rd, 2013

The morning session can be viewed above Morning Session – Police Budget, Clappison’s Corners Hamilton City Council meet in General Issues Committee on April 3rd to debate the police budget and transit fare parity. Police Budget Council voted to hold the line on the police budget at a 3.52%…

Planning Committee for April 2, 2013

Council’s planning committee is meeting today to decide on planning applications for new developments. The highlight of today’s meeting will be a staff report on flooding in Binbrook as the result of a freak rainstorm on July 22, 2012. Also on the agenda, a delegation from a Body…

Open Data Coverage in Flamborough Review

**Kevin Werner ofHamilton Community Newscovers my delegation to Hamilton City Council on March 21st. His report [http://www.flamboroughreview.com/news/doors-closed-for-open-data/] notes my frustration with the City’s refusal to provide agendas for committees such as the Accountability and TransparencyGroundhog Day Committee. The report was published byThe Flamborough Review,…

Peter Kormos, my memories of a larger than life man

[![Photo by Wikimedia user Abebenjoe. Licensed CC-BY-SA](http://www.joeycoleman.ca/wpfix/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Peter_Kormos_at_the_2009_St._Pauls_Nomination_Meeting-300x228.jpg)](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Kormos_at_the_2009_St._Paul%27s_Nomination_Meeting.jpg)Photo by Wikimedia user Abebenjoe. Licensed CC-BY-SAPeter…

Hamilton City Council Meeting - March 27, 2013

Hamilton City Council meets tonight to ratify the work of committees for the past month. Of note on tonight’s agenda: Transit Fare Parity, a Hamilton frequency for CBC, annual report of the Integrity Commissioner, Bike Share ratification, and more. Tonight’s livestream includes a new livechat box that includes…