Living Wages Are Good For Ontario’s Businesses And Taxpayers
2021-11-16
(First published January 2019) The Ontario Chamber of Commerce likes to claim all businesses oppose better wages. It’s not true.Read More …
The 905 Round-Up – Bad Councillors and Redrawn Maps
2021-11-11
We discuss the recent report by the Hamilton Integrity Commissioner on Councillor Terry Whitehead’s conduct. Spoiler alert…it’s not a favourable one.
And Stop Sprawl HamONT, who we spoke to a few week ago, have released a map showing just how much land there is wiithin Hamilton’s urban boundary.Read More …
The 905 as Inspiration for Thrills
2021-11-09
Doug Cockell is a local author who has written a trilogy of supernatural mysteries, all taking place in the Niagara Escarpment. His novels: Requiem for Thursday, Requiem for Noah and most recently Requiem for Mary Mac are all currently on the Amazon Bestsellers list. Requiem for Thursday was a semi-finalist for the 2020 Booklife Prize Fiction contest.
He joins us today to discuss how the 905 has driven his inspiration for his writing, and what makes it such a potent backdrop for his stories.Read More …
905 Round Up: Disappointing Development and HCDSB Bad News
2021-11-05
The OLT is not looking kindly on Burlington’s downtown, regardless of changes that may be coming to the city’s preferred intensification areas. And HCDSB is in trouble again.Read More …
The Fight To Protect the Greenbelt from Highway 413
2021-11-02
Irene Ford joins us from the grassroots Stop the 413 group to discuss the latest developments and the many reasons why she believes Highway 413 should be stopped. Can you guess what might be motivating the government?Read More …
905er Round-Up – Sprawl, Bikes, Vaccines and Persistence
2021-11-01
We look at Hamilton’s Bike Share program in the context of the current Stop Sprawl debate, and ask why the province continues to pander to the unvaccinated, undermining efforts to get the remaining 20% of adults to be protected.Read More …
Nancy Hurst of Stop Sprawl HamOnt Draws the Line on Hamilton’s Boundary
2021-10-26
Stop Sprawl Ham ONT is fighting to stop the proposed urban expansion of Hamilton onto farmland and to direct the focus to intensification in the downtown core. One of the founders of this group is Nancy Hurst. Nancy helped to found Stop Sprawl HamONT in January 2020. The campaign has gathered over 5000 supporters and peppered the city with anti-sprawl lawn signs. She joins us to discuss the campaign and how we should be thinking of our cities in the 905.Read More …
905 Round Up – Del Duca Makes a Statement, and the Tories have Boundary Issues
2021-10-21
This past weekend, Ontario Liberal Party leader Steven Del Duca made a bold proclamation. Declaring that ranked ballots would be returning not just as an option for Ontario municipalities, but will be the way we elect our provincial legislature going forward.
Progressive Conservative Minister of Municipal Affairs Steve Clark is inserting himself into Hamilton’s Boundary Expansion debate. Why does a Minister need to write Op-Eds in favour of expansion when it is up to the municipality to make that call?Read More …
Kristin Archer Tells Us What‘s Cool About Hamilton
2021-10-19
Kristin Archer is the creator of the blog ‘I Heart Hamilton’ where she has documented experiences around her hometown since 2011, growing a local social media presence along the way. Kristin is also the host of the weekly show “I Heart Hamilton” on community radio 93.3 CFMU where she further showcases Hamilton with an emphasis on the local arts & culture scenes. Read More …
905 Round-up: Vax, Tracts and Macs
2021-10-05
The stories from around the 905 this week, including Joel’s suggestion for reaching the final 20% of unvaccinated Ontarians, the latest development in the Haldimand Tract land dispute, and the physical and reputational damage done at the unofficial and unauthorized homecoming at McMaster University in Hamilton last weekend.Read More …