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Signs of hope, omens of goodness
By Deirdre Pike We like to believe the world can be a better place; sometimes it seems possible “In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death.” — Anne Frank In 2008, local research …
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Groups deliver ice blocks to MPPs to push for end to minimum wage freeze
By Lisa Polewski, CBC News Community groups in Hamilton are calling on local MPPs to melt the freeze on the minimum wage. Local poverty activists and labour organization representatives presented local MPPs with symbolic blocks of ice Friday containing a pictorial representation of $10.25, which has been the minimum wage in Ontario since 2010. In the …
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The Spectator’s View: Living-wage policy creates substantial momentum
As symbolic gestures go, this is a substantial one. The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board is on the verge of becoming the first school board in Ontario to adopt a living-wage policy. That means all its employees would earn at least $14.95 an hour. Existing board employees already earn more than $14.95 an hour, hence the symbolic …
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Transit Fares & Equity
By Sara Mayo The 2013 City of Hamilton Budget deliberations by City Council are almost over, but one last important item will be discussed on Thursday, March 21st: transit fares. City staff did not recommend increasing transit fares in this year’s budget. Councillors, however, voted to ask for a report on the potential revenue that …
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Hamilton’s transit fares among lowest in southern Ontario, report shows
It’s also cheaper to park downtown for a month than to take the bus Hamilton has the lowest adult transit fare of seven Ontario cities, a new city report shows. But a local social planner says it also has the lowest household income. Hamiltonians pay $2.55 to take the transit system. That’s compared to $2.75 …
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Hamilton’s working moms need better transit, more affordable childcare, report says
Report sheds light on population’s economic struggles By Flannery Dean, CBC News When Hamilton’s Gayle Zolaturiuk won $30 million on the lotto last week, her first thought was “I’m done with HSR,” she told The Hamilton Spectator. Zolaturiuk isn’t the only woman who might be glad to be rid of riding the bus, according to one …
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