Service journalism is a dying genre. As the journalism trade becomes a monolithic profession, it loses touch with the struggles and realities of those born into the lower socio-economic classes of society. Sure journalists go into these communities, write a few stories, collect some journalism awards, pat themselves on the…
As I was redesigning my website, I considered highlighting “exclusives” and/or “scoops” as is a common practice in journalism. I quickly decided against “exclusives” because I see it being a term that’s primary purpose as become hype and lots all meaning. How many times do we see “exclusive…
My group of friends from high school, all nerds like me, remains tight-knit. Despite going to different universities, now living in different areas, and different paths, we continue to gather on a regular basis in Hamilton. We’ve even picked up a few new members of the group along the…
The Hamilton Port Authority is now allowed to borrow up to $45-million for project, an significant increase from their previous limit of $5-mil. The change was announced [http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2012/2012-07-21/html/notice-avis-eng.html#d104] in the July 21st edition ofThe Canada Gazette: > DEPARTMENT OF…
Hamilton was hit hard by a sudden popcorn thunderstorm that brought marble to golf ball sized hail, torrential downpours, and power outages just before 3pm this afternoon. The formation of the storm, as indicated by radar records, points to lake breezes to be the likely fuel for the cells that…
The union representing Hamilton’s paramedics won an arbitration decision [http://canlii.ca/eliisa/highlight.do?text=%22Hamilton%2C+Ontario%22&language=en&searchTitle=Search+all+CanLII+Databases&path=/en/on/onla/doc/2012/2012canlii38660/2012canlii38660.html] this week that means, in certain circumstances, paramedics working Ticats games will be…
A busy day at City Hall today at Council’s July meeting. Key items on the agenda: approving committee motions including the Vranich loan/grant, industrial businesses operating without a certificate of approval from the Ministry of Environment, and a series of new motions from Councillors. Vranich loans and grants…
Hamilton’s fire service is working to extinguish 10 hay bales that were caught up in an earlier grass fire. The service responded to reports of a large grass fire on Miles Rd in Glanbrook shortly after 1pm today and found “approximately 10 acres” of field on fire, says fire…