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Craig Clark
27 Jan 2020

Hamilton elementary teachers will be striking again on Friday

Ontario elementary school teachers announced another one-day strike scheduled for this Friday in Hamilton. #ETFO gives notice of strike action for Peel, Hamilton school boards https://t.co/9kHHDNtb8...

Michael Kras
23 Jan 2020

Hamilton elementary school students will not receive report cards this term

A result of the ongoing labour actions of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (EFTO) in response to its dispute with Ford’s Progressive Conservative provincial government, elementary sc...

Craig Clark
21 Jan 2020

Hamilton Catholic school teachers are striking today

The Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board is one of the school boards participating in a one-day strike today. Elementary and secondary schools closed to students Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 du...

Michael Kras
07 Jan 2020

Hamilton LRT project still being considered, says Ford government

There’s a chance Hamilton won’t be out of luck on an LRT project after all: the Conservative provincial government has said that its task force will be considering a light rail transit system for ...

Craig Clark
17 Dec 2019

Hamiltonians react to the Ontario government’s plan to cancel LRT project

Yesterday, Hamilton was rocked by the surprise announcement that the Ontario Government was cancelling the proposed light rail train line downtown. Ontario Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney ...

Bennett Swan
29 Oct 2019

Hamilton’s Catholic School Board continues to struggle with class sizes

Since the change in provincial government, there has been an effort across Ontario school boards to increase class sizes. This effort has taken it’s toll on thousands of teachers. Some have been...

Michael Kras
07 Oct 2019

Hamilton schools avoid strike as provincial deal is reached

Schools in Hamilton and across Ontario are thankfully remaining open this week, after a tentative deal was reached with the province and the impending strike across school boards was averted down-to-t...

Bennett Swan
12 Sep 2019

Federal Government contributes $1.1M towards Ancaster Arts Centre

Hamilton Liberal MP Filomena Tassi announces that the federal government will be granting $1.1 million towards the final touches of the Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre. This concludes the nearly 7 year ...

Jayson Koblun
03 Aug 2018

Funding cut for Mohawk climate centre

Mohawk College’s new Centre for Climate Change Management will no longer receive funding as of August 10 and some say it is due to Premier Doug Ford’s decision to end the province’s cap-and-...

Terry Cooke
07 Mar 2017

Learning For Life

Strong schools are key to an inclusive community Show me the state of your nation’s schools and I will tell you about the health of your democracy – which right about now should make us all of us ...