CBC Hamilton - waiting for City to approve building permit

[blackbirdpie id=”179870590306484226″] As tweeted by @RogerGillespie this morning, the CBC Hamilton staff are now working on the project. Unfortunately, they’re not on James Street yet. The City is reviewing their office plans and the project is awaiting approval of their building permit. The City of Hamilton allows anyone…

A blog post about a song I like

I’m taking my own advice and blogging more often. This post, a country song I’m enjoying: Woman Like You by Lee Brice I quite enjoy the background rhythm, but it’s the lyrics that catch me. They are predictable – listing off all the guys things we eventual give…

Who are these local weather pundits?

Reporters are robots, we don’t have any opinions or bias, but anonymous sources and the local pundits do. Not only do these sources have opinions, their opinions can be used in place of the writer’s own. I read my local newspaper today and discover that [http://www.thespec.…

March Break weather records for Hamilton [CHART]

*Click here to skip to the chart * *Never let weather facts get in the way of a good weather headline * It’s going to be a warm week in Hamilton and Environment Canada is already reporting a broken temperature record for “Hamilton” with one big huge missing detail – by “Hamilton”…

Hamilton needs an urban oasis - let's build one

An Oasis in the City Walking across Nathan Phillips Square todaylast night, I discovered it’s truly an oasis in the centre of the city. Standing just to the northeast of the skating rink, I paused to take in the sight of the Bay Street towers and enjoy the sounds…

Hamilton needs an urban oasis - let's build one

An Oasis in the City Walking across Nathan Phillips Square todaylast night, I discovered it’s truly an oasis in the centre of the city. Standing just to the northeast of the skating rink, I paused to take in the sight of the Bay Street towers and enjoy the sounds…

The problem of not-so-secret secret Council documents

Update: at 0825EST on March 7, 2012, the city clerk’s office sent me a copy of the TO2015 letter [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/D4F6BB79-2C0B-4F26-971D-FF8B5E57207B/0/Mar07Item511.pdf] . City Hall has a problem, they often don’t release public documents presented to and debated by Council in a…