The future of the Hamilton Waterfront Trust continued to confound observers after last week’s meeting of its board of directors, which at the...
By John BestFebruary 28, 2023The Bay Observer found former Ward Two Councillor Jason Farr in surprisingly high spirits when we caught up with him last week. 2022...
By John BestJanuary 27, 2023It appears if one wishes to fundamentally change the way police services boards operate, the worst vantage point for achieving that is to...
By John BestDecember 15, 2022Hamilton Police are looking for a budget increase in 2023 of 6.7 percent amounting to $12.3 million, bringing the proposed policer budget to...
By John BestDecember 14, 2022Barring a change of heart between now and the finalization of the Hamilton Budget in the New year, Hamilton Councillors will get an...
By John BestDecember 7, 2022A motion by new councillors Cameron Keoetsch (Ward Two) and Alex Wilson (Dundas Ward 13), that would increase Councillors’ office budgets by 30...
By John BestNovember 30, 2022When Hamilton Council voted to censure the chairman of Hamilton’s LGBTQ committee, they had in front of them an Integrity Commissioner’s report that...
By adminOctober 11, 2020In the fallout over last week’s vote by Hamilton City Council to censure LGBTQ Advisory Committee Chair Cameron Kroetsch for allegedly releasing information...
By adminOctober 4, 2020After a lively, and for this council, reasonably civil debate, Hamilton City Council voted by a large margin to issue a formal reprimand...
By adminSeptember 30, 2020