Friday, Hamilton hosted Jesse Brown’s CANADALAND podcast for a discussion of Hamilton’s media landscape with a focus on the challenges that result in Hamilton being the most under-served mid-size city in Hamilton. It was a really fun event, and I’m told by the Public Library their security…
Digital access and literacy are what clean water and universal education were to the beginning of the 20th century – society requires them for progress, they must be treated as universal rights without exception. The New York Public Library is now lending portal mobile wifi hotspots to 10,000 families [http:…
I can’t write every story there is to tell, but I can use my personal blog to write what questions I hope to see answered in someone else’s story. The Ontario NDP is calling on the government to regulate Money Mart’s Gift Card purchasing business, saying the…
[![Student [and Sil sports editor] Scott Hastie (@Scott1Hastie) arguing for the government defund motion.](http://joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/B26baYKCIAA30db-300x225.jpg)](http://joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/B26baYKCIAA30db.jpg)Student [and Sil sports editor] Scott Hastie (@Scott1Hastie) arguing for the government defund motion.I dropped in on…
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Hamilton’s Veterans’ Committee will discuss free parking for veterans, added the Afghanistan campaign to existing momuments, the final preparation for the 2014 Remembrance Day ceremonies, and a motion for the “endorsement of a permanent recognition of Cpl. Cirillo’s service to his country.”The meeting begins at 10am Tuesday,…
CORRECTED: I mistakenly stated Aidan Johnson had won 10 of 11 polls. Ira Rosen won poll 106 in Ward 1, making Johnson’s victory 9 of 11 polls. I apologize for my error Why Bother? That’s the question I ask myself following Hamilton’s election with its low voter…
I wrote earlier this week about why I didn’t endorse any candidates, and why I would disclose how I voted. Here is the disclosure. Mayor Of the candidates on the ballot, I was first leaning towards Brad Clark. I was impressed by his stance on social service benefit cuts,…