By Lisa Polewski, CBC News Based on the social media buzz about wearing pink today, Hamilton is right on the front line of the battle against homophobic bullying. Wear Pink Day – a day to fight back against homophobic bullying – falls on the final Wednesday of February every year. A few Nova Scotia teenagers inspired …
View Post »Hearing about this, the Grade 12 boys bought 50 pink shirts and emailed classmates to spread the word about plans to wear them to school. The next day, a group of students wore the pink tees, and many more showed up dressed in their own pink clothes. Thanks to these allies, the bullied student (who …
View Post »By Kaleigh Rogers, CBC News Hamilton’s immigrant population is constantly growing and changing, nowhere more so than in the east end neighbourhood of Riverdale. According to a report last year from the Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton, the area boasts the largest proportion of recent immigrants to the city. In the report, which dubbed …
View Post »By Adam Carter, CBC News Hamilton councillors voted unanimously to send a report on the city’s expectations for rapid transit to Metrolinx on Monday, with one caveat — they want the province to pick up all the capital costs for the project. Councillors were wary of the report’s initial language, which capped the capital funding for the …
View Post »By CBC News Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said she’s ready to tackle the issue of so-called precarious employment in Ontario. Following a report published Saturday by McMaster University and United Way Toronto, the premier attended a symposium on Monday where she spoke about the next steps in improving job security for Ontario workers. “I’m glad …
View Post »By CBC News Part time and seasonal work is on the rise in Hamilton, but tens of thousands of people wish they could work more hours or weeks, a new study shows. According to the Social Planning and Research Council (SPRC) of Hamilton’s social landscape bulletin, the number of people in full-time, full-year positions in Hamilton …
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