Heads Up: Taking a few hours "off" later this week

A friendly heads-up that I will be taking some “off” time later this week to focus on tasks that require concentration and to rest a bit as September’s hectic meeting schedule slows down for a few days. I’m looking to take either Thursday or Friday “off” in the…

Centennial SmartCentre looks to add Hotel and Denny's

The Centennial SmartCentre [http://www.smartcentres.com/locations/stoney-creek] is looking to expand further with a six storey Hotel and conference centre with two restaurants, one at each end of the complex. The restaurants planned are the American 24/7 diner chain Denny’s and Canadian restaurant chain Moxie’s.…

Pan Am Stadium Precinct Sub-Committee for September 24, 2013

The Pan Am Stadium Precinct Sub-Committee meets today to get an update on progress with the Pan Am Games and an separate update on the proposed community/seniors Centre that Council approved two weeks ago. Livestream begins at 10am Live Updates: Agenda: http://joeycoleman.webfactional.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/…

On Article Viewing Statistics

Beside each article, right beside the number of comments date of publication, is a count of the number of unique IP page views for each article. I publicly reveal this to give you an idea of how well read an article is. As with all measures of web traffic, it…

Greater Bay Area Sub-Committee for September 23, 2013

Hamilton and Burlington City Councillors get together a couple times a year to discuss matters of mutual interest.Today, they will discuss Tourism, Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Transit, Randle Reef, Port Authority Appointments, Community Energy Plans, and LaSalle Park. The meeting starts at 2pm at the Burlington Art Centre. I’ll try…

Hamilton Street Railway continues worst-in-Ontario performance

The Hamilton Street Railway continues to distinguish itself among peer transit agencies, but for all the wrong reasons. It’s the worst performing transit agency for ridership growth, it continues to operate inefficient routing based upon travel patterns from the 1980s, it’s finally implementing digital signs in it’s…