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New Riverdale Community Salad Bowl Garden open for business
By Laura Lennie The seeds are being planted in a new community garden for the Riverdale neighbourhood and surrounding area. Riverdale Community Planning Team members, Green Venture program support staff and volunteers have been busy building the Riverdale Community Salad Bowl Garden at the park adjacent to Lake Avenue Elementary School. The garden has been …
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New voices for living wage program
By Steve Arnold Hamilton’s business voice and a leading social service agency have joined a crusade to make the city a living wageeconomy. The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce and the Good Shepherd Centres signed onto the drive Friday, joining a growing group calling for a basic wage that’s tied to what it actually costs to …
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3 successes for Hamilton’s LGBTQ community
By Adam Carter it has been 20 years since a human rights ruling forced the city to recognize Hamilton’s pride week, and in that time, there’s been plenty of positive change in the city. Where once there was pushback, Pride flags now fly this week in front of City Hall and police headquarters, marking the …
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Hamilton Police raise Pride flag
Pride Week has kicked off in Hamilton with a ceremony at the central police station, where for the first time, Hamilton Police have raised the Pride flag to show their support. It was just after 9:30 this morning the historic moment came for the force and the city’s LGBT community. Chief Glenn De Caire alongside …
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Sixties Scoop shapes Hamilton’s aboriginal demography
Hamilton’s large population of aboriginal people aged 45 to 49 linked to 1960s practice, report says Sixties Scoop, the forced adoption and relocation of aboriginal children, went on from the 1960s to 1980s. Its lasting impact, however, is still shaping the faces of Hamilton’s native community today. According to data from Statistics Canada’s 2011 census, …
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Should Hamilton’s social housing provider cash in on the housing boom?
Sam Merulla says the agency should sell single-family homes in lucrative spots and build apartments elsewhere By Samantha Craggs Hamilton is in the midst of a real estate boom, which means a lot of social housing is on land worth drastically more than it was when CityHousing Hamilton (CHH) first bought it. And at least one city councillor …
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