Planning Committee

The City of Hamilton’s Planning Committee met on February 19, 2013 to discuss numerous issues, including Sunday gun hunting and taxi issues. Sunday gun license delegations were received by committee with no further direction to staff – effectively killing the proposal.Licensing of accessible cabs continues to progress, but in…

Police Services Board

Today’s Police Services Board promises to be an interesting meeting with 2012 annual reports offering an overview of crime and policing trends in our city, the McMaster University Security Services report, and the Chief’s latest budget revision. Livestream of Meeting Starts at 4pm here: Hamilton Police Chief Glenn…

User-generated content, aggregators, viral are centuries-old concepts

John L. Robinson [https://twitter.com/johnrobinson] is a former old-media “reporter, city editor, editorial page editor, team management coach and, beginning in January 1999, editor of the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.” Despite his old-school credentials, his blog [http://johnlrobinson.com] is a refreshing deconstruction of old-journalism myths…

Missing Person - Hamilton Police seek public assistance finding Sherry Richter

Hamilton Police are seeking public assistance finding a missing Hamilton woman. Here’s their full media release: Media Release Hamilton Police Service (HPS) For Immediate release: February 14th, 2013 Hamilton, ON The Hamilton Police Service is seeking the assistance of the public in locating a missing Hamilton female. Sherry Richter…