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Michael Kras
30 Mar 2023

Hamilton passes 2023 budget targeting housing, transit, health

Hamilton city council has passed the 2023 Tax Operating Budget that will see an overall tax increase to residents at 5.85 per cent. The increase – which is lower than the initially proposed 6.7 pe...

Michael Kras
17 Mar 2023

NDP’s Sarah Jama wins Hamilton Centre in byelection

Hamilton Centre will stay orange as NDP candidate Sarah Jama wins the city’s byelection, becoming the next member of provincial parliament (MPP). 28-year-old Jama is a major human rights and disab...

Michael Kras
25 Oct 2022

Andrea Horwath elected new Mayor of Hamilton

In a history-making result for the 2022 municipal election, Andrea Horwath has been elected the new Mayor of Hamilton. The former Ontario NDP leader is Hamilton’s first female mayor after an electio...

Michael Kras
19 Oct 2022

Hamilton Bike Share giving out free rides on Election Day

Election day in Hamilton is coming up, and the city’s bike share service is offering a special service for the occasion. On October 24th when Hamilton goes to the polls to vote in our latest municip...

Michael Kras
22 Jun 2022

Canada has banned select single-use plastics

Canada has officially banned select single-use plastics in the wake of the climate crisis. A release from the federal government on June 20th explains that Minister of Environment and Climate Change S...

Michael Kras
03 Jun 2022

Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives win majority in Ontario election

Ontario is getting four more years of Ford. Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives have won their second majority government in the 2022 provincial election, with NDP Party leader Andrea Horw...

Michael Kras
21 Sep 2021

Canada re-elects a Liberal minority government, Trudeau remains Prime Minister

The people have spoken, as Monday night’s 44th federal election saw the Liberal Party win enough seats to form yet another minority government, with Justin Trudeau retaining his title as Prime Minis...

Michael Kras
20 Sep 2021

Hamilton heads to the polls on Election Day in Canada

Quick as a blink, election day is here in Canada; and residents of Hamilton are heading out to cast their ballots. Unexpectedly, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for a snap election two years befo...

Michael Kras
16 Aug 2021

Justin Trudeau has called a federal election for September 20th

It’s official: Canada is having a federal election on September 20th. At just 36 days in total – or just over 5 weeks – this speedy turnaround is the shortest that’s legally possible for a...

Craig Clark
22 Jun 2021

Indigenous community calls for removal of John A. Macdonald statue in Gore Park

Over the weekend, local Indigenous peoples gathered in Hamilton’s Gore Park to demonstrate their frustration in how long the city is taking to respond to calls to remove the John A. Macdonald statue...