economy | CEKAN

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 ...

Michael Kras
25 Jan 2021

A petition has been created to save the Hamilton Farmers’ Market

The Hamilton Farmers’ Market has been having a rough time. One of the city’s premier spots for locally-farmed produce, artisanal handmade products, baked goods, meats & cheeses, and takeaway l...

Michael Kras
22 Jan 2021

Hamilton Farmers’ Market might receive $30K in support from city council

Following intense public criticism over Hamilton city council’s vote against offering rent supports to Hamilton Farmers’ Market vendors amid COVID-19, council is now considering giving the market ...

Michael Kras
13 Jan 2021

Hamilton asks residents to weigh in on city’s 30-year growth plan

Hamilton is headed into a future of ambitious growth and possibility; and now, the city is asking its residents to weigh in on Hamilton’s 30-year growth plan. As the city plans for a predicted influ...

Michael Kras
01 Dec 2020

Hamilton online store launches ‘Hamazon’ for local holiday shopping

Sure, Amazon is an easy and convenient shopping option for the holiday season; but would you rather fill the pockets of billionaire Bezos, or feed that money back into your own community? There’s a ...

Michael Kras
25 Sep 2020

Hamilton ending the year with surplus despite impacts of COVID-19

In some positive news for Hamilton, a city council meeting on Wednesday revealed that the city will be ending the year in an economic surplus in spite of the immense impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Michael Kras
14 Aug 2020

Hamilton is getting almost $45 million in COVID-19 relief

In the wake of substantial economic struggles amid the pandemic, Hamilton will be receiving almost $45 million in provincial and federal dollars to help soften the financial blow brought on by COVID-1...

Michael Kras
24 Jul 2020

Hamilton enters Stage Three of reopening today

Happening a week later than much of the rest of the province, Hamilton has officially entered Stage Three of the Ontario government’s plan to gradually reopen the economy amid COVID-19. The phased a...

Michael Kras
20 Jul 2020

Hamilton will move to Stage Three of reopening this week

Though Hamilton wasn’t one of the cities initially given the green light to move into Stage Three of reopening last week, the Ontario government has announced that the city will officially get to ad...

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:...