My grandfather is in poor health. He is now in an ICU unit and he is not expected to be going home. I went to visit him on Saturday and said my final goodbye. [http://www.joeycoleman.ca/2013/10/21/my-grandfather-and-i/] As I cope with this during the next…
The Trustees of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board are meeting at 6pm tonight to discuss what’s next for the Scott Park high school site (staff are recommending parking for the new high school proposed at King George/Parkview), closing Hill Park earlier than scheduled, and much more. They will…
After a full life well lived, my grandfather is dying. As I write this, he is being well taken care of by a team of medical professionals and his wife in the Intensive Care Unit of one of our many excellent publicly funded hospitals. I went to see him – for…
You may be seeing a story from 2012 [http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/1449250-exclusive-vaughan-dismisses-top-managers/#.Ul_ibugSF9A.twitter] circulating among your social media circles this morning that current City Solicitor Janice Atwood-Petkovski was dismissed by the City of Vaughan prior her recruitment in Hamilton. That’s all the story says and…
Hamilton City Council is meeting as General Issues Committee today. Among the items on the agenda: the City’s Cultural Plan, Tasers, McMaster Downtown Update, Capital and Budget Updates, and more. Apologies, I’ve been fighting off a bad cold and haven’t been able to create the full summary…
The Hamilton Police Service is not willing to voluntarily release a policy that guides how they investigation collisions involving police officers. On September 20, 2013, the Hamilton Police Service were ordered by [http://www.joeycoleman.ca/2013/09/25/hamilton-police-ordered-by-court-to-disclose-reports-in-collision-involving-police-officer/] Justice D.J. Gordon of Superior Court of Justice – Ontario…
Meeting and livestream start at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Councillor Terry Whitehead returns, Mayor Bob Bratina’s no longer a member, and Councillor Lloyd Ferguson is the Mayor’s replacement as the Hamilton Police Services Board holds its October meeting. This is the first regular meeting at City Hall.…
Hamilton Police are asking the Police Services Board to approve a plan to conduct police background screening checks online. Presently, screening checks can only be done during business hours at police headquarters downtown. In 2012, police processed over 27,000 screening checks. All checks are done in-person and police say…