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Michael Kras
24 Aug 2022

Hamilton’s Mission Services is leaving James Street North

Hamilton’s Mission Services men’s shelter is leaving its current building on James Street North with plans of moving into a larger, newly renovated facility on King Street East. Its current locati...

Michael Kras
01 Mar 2021

Hamilton expands COVID-19 vaccines to adults 85+ and shelter residents, workers

As Hamilton continues to inoculate the most vulnerable demographics with the COVID-19 vaccine, the city has announced it will begin opening vaccines to locals over the age of 85, and adding residents ...

Craig Clark
10 Nov 2020

Hamilton Shoebox Project moves online to continue helping at-risk women

Every holiday season, the Hamilton Shoebox Project fills boxes with gifts for local women who are at-risk or experiencing homelessness. Since 2011, the project has delivered thousands of boxes nati...

Craig Clark
30 Apr 2020

Homeless tent community removed from downtown Hamilton high school

Hamilton Police and city officials worked to remove a large homeless encampment at the former building of Sir John A. MacDonald Secondary School over the night on Monday. Residents of the camp were of...

Craig Clark
09 Apr 2020

FirstOntario Centre is being converted into a temporary homeless shelter

As Hamilton’s homeless shelters become overcrowded during the COVID-19 pandemic, the city has been working to make FirstOntario Centre into a temporary “surge” shelter for the city&#...

Michael Kras
24 Mar 2020

Hamilton is converting rec centres into COVID-19 shelters for the homeless

To help Hamilton’s homeless residents with self-isolation during the COVID-19 outbreak, the city has announced that it will temporarily convert local recreation centres into self-isolation shelters ...