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Michael Kras
30 Jan 2024

Hamilton’s new living wage exceeds $20 per hour

The living wage in Hamilton has exceeded $20 per hour for the first time. The news comes as part of a 2023 report from the Ontario Living Wage Network (OLWN), which lays out the new living wage ...

Michael Kras
03 Nov 2021

Ontario’s minimum wage will increase to $15 per hour in 2022

The Ontario government has announced its plans to increase the provincial minimum wage to $15 per hour next year If the legislation is passed, the general minimum wage increase will take effect as of ...

Michael Kras
04 Feb 2021

This Hamilton short story contest has a $500 cash prize

Local writers, poise those pens! Hamilton’s annual literary festival, gritLIT, is hosting a short story contest with a juicy cash prize up for grabs. gritLIT’s annual Short Story Contest allows cr...

Craig Clark
25 Nov 2020

Lottery winner in Hamilton is one step closer to claiming their big prize

Mount Hope resident Ilanko Nadarajah has been waiting since September to get his $108,754.20 winnings from LOTTO 6/49. Nadarajah’s wife and daughter are employees of an authorized OLG retailer, so...

Craig Clark
05 Mar 2020

Hamilton city council approves 50 cent increase for meter parking

Parking meters around the city will increase by 50 cents this summer after city council approved a parking meter price hike to $2 per hour. Council voted on Monday to also increase the cost of downtow...

Robert
18 Oct 2018

City warns of new celebrity phone scam

The Hamilton area has heard some strange crime stories over the last few years. From someone using bacon as a weapon to a person calling 911 over their fast food order being cold, we thought we’d se...

Jayson Koblun
11 Apr 2018

$372 million transit cash for Hamilton

Almost $400 million to spend on transit in any Canadian city is guaranteed to have a huge impact. In an infrastructure spending agreement between the federal government and province, the City of Hamil...

Dev Team
19 Nov 2014

From Here to the Future | Directions?

I think the days are gone when people can make jokes about why men don’t ask for directions. The truth is, almost everyone has a maps app on their phone, GPS in their car, or access to the mobile in...

Dev Team
05 Nov 2014

5 things school SHOULD have taught us about managing debt

By Aaron Weafer I am blessed (or cursed as the case may be) with a pretty detailed memory. I recall with clarity many things about school as a little kid all the way through to the Masters degree I’...

Dev Team
08 Oct 2014

Sex for Studies

Nora is a craftivism enthusiast. “It’s the feminist movement that uses traditional craft technique like knitting… and uses it as a platform for social change,” she says, leaning forward and sm...