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Michael Kras
28 Jan 2021

Here is a new online directory of local small businesses in Hamilton

We’ve all heard it a thousand times, but it’s just as true each time: shopping local is more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hamilton’s small businesses and local institutions ...

Craig Clark
22 Dec 2020

YWCA Hamilton receives $6.4 million to train women in tech and develop an app

The Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario is giving the YWCA Hamilton $6.4 million to provide support and training to help women transition into high-skilled jobs in fields where the...

Michael Kras
14 Dec 2020

This interactive map tracks COVID-19 outbreaks in Hamilton

Want a more visual sense of where Hamilton’s COVID-19 outbreaks are located? A new interactive map has just been created that shows the location of the city’s active outbreaks in places like long-...

Michael Kras
08 Dec 2020

How has Hamilton’s commercial real estate held up in 2020?

Brought to you by Forge & Foster Investment Management. It isn’t news to anyone at this point, but 2020 hasn’t been the greatest year for a wide variety of business ventures. Lockdowns, clos...

Michael Kras
17 Nov 2020

City of Hamilton now publicly naming businesses that violate COVID-19 guidelines

Following a city council vote, the City of Hamilton is now publicly listing all local businesses who are caught violating COVID-19 health & safety protocols. The move follows a controversy in whic...

Michael Kras
22 Sep 2020

Hamilton co-working space CoMotion marks their 5-year anniversary

One of Hamilton’s premier co-working spaces – one home to numerous local businesses and start-ups – is celebrating a major milestone as it commemorates 5 years of operation in the city. CoMotion...

Michael Kras
06 Aug 2020

Hamilton’s Budget Inn denied business license renewal over ‘safety concerns’

Hamilton motel Budget Inn has been denied a renewal of its business license by the city based on “concerns for public safety and for not operating with honesty and integrity.” The news was shared ...

Michael Kras
15 Jun 2020

Hamilton gets the green light to move to Phase 2 of reopening this week

Looks like Hamilton doesn’t have to wait much longer after all, as the city has just been given the green light to move ahead to Phase 2 of reopening the economy this coming Friday, June 19th at 12:...

Craig Clark
27 May 2020

Company that publishes Hamilton Spectator to be sold for $52 million and taken private

Torstar, the company that publishes the Hamilton Spectator, is to be sold to a company run by entrepreneurs Jordan Bitove and Paul Rivett in a deal worth $52 million. The print and digital publishin...

Michael Kras
23 Mar 2020

BREAKING: Ontario orders all non-essential businesses to shut down amid COVID-19

The province of Ontario is officially ordering all non-essential businesses to shut down, in an effort to help mitigate the ongoing spread of COVID-19. The announcement this afternoon from Premier Dou...