infrastructure

Michael Kras
05 Dec 2022

Yard waste collection in Hamilton ends this week

If you’re still sitting on piles or packages of leaves, sticks, and other yard waste, this is your last chance to get them to the curb. The City of Hamilton is reminding locals that its curbside yar...

Michael Kras
28 Nov 2022

Part of Queen Street in Hamilton converted to two-way traffic

A stretch of Queen Street in Hamilton’s lower city has been converted to two-way traffic. Queen Street from Aberdeen Avenue to King Street West is now fully two-way, with workers completing conversi...

Michael Kras
22 Aug 2022

Here are the HSR bus service changes happening this year

The Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) is making multiple key changes to its operations this fall. With the launch of the new fall schedule for 2022, the HSR is hoping to improve transit connectivity in Ha...

Michael Kras
03 Aug 2022

More Hamilton parks just got free public Wi-Fi

In an effort to make the internet even more accessible to residents, the City of Hamilton has added free public Wi-Fi to even more city parks and outdoor public spaces. Available to residents at no ch...

Michael Kras
02 Aug 2022

Hamilton is letting locals test out the new city website

The City of Hamilton is about to launch a brand new website, and they’re allowing locals to take it for a test ride. The city is offering a preview of the forthcoming website, and asking the communi...

Michael Kras
29 Jul 2022

VIDEO: This is how Hamilton LRT will be constructed

Though Hamilton’s forthcoming Light Rail Transit (LRT) infrastructure hasn’t formally broken ground yet, a new video has been released that will give locals a better idea of how its construction i...

Michael Kras
05 Apr 2022

Hamilton’s commercial real estate continues to smash records

Commercial real estate (CRE) transactions in Hamilton are continuing to come in ridiculously hot, with no signs of slowing anytime soon. According to a report by Hamilton real estate investment firm...

Michael Kras
25 Mar 2022

Hamilton is expanding free WiFi to more parks, public spaces

The City of Hamilton is further expanding free WiFi availability in some local parks and public spaces. It’s part of a three-year pilot project by the city, which has already turned Gage Park and Wa...

Michael Kras
01 Nov 2021

Hamilton named the fifth least affordable city in North America

Not that it should come as a huge surprise, but a new study has found that Hamilton remains one of the least affordable cities in North America for its housing market. Oxford Economics released their ...

Michael Kras
28 Oct 2021

Hamilton asks locals to ensure trashcans have easily removable lids

The City of Hamilton wants locals to ensure that their trashcans have lids that can be easily removed by waste collection employees on garbage day; and a failure to do so could result in a wound to th...