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SPRC Celebrates – 50 Years of Creating Community Change
The SPRC is celebrating 50 years of creating community change. Join us as we celebrate five decades of music, food, policy and planning. Thursday, October 27 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM *Anniversary celebration video launch and cake cutting will begin at 7:30 pm The Spice Factory 121 Hughson Street North, Hamilton, ON L8R 1G7 Download …
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Burned rooming home would have been inspected yearly if licensed
191 Grenfell, where 3 people died Saturday, was a previously reported unlicensed rooming house By Dave Beatty A rooming house at 191 Grenfell Street that burned on Saturday, killing three people, would have been subject to yearly fire inspections if it had been zoned properly and licensed as a lodging home. Over the past dozen years, …
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Domestic Assault Review Team of Oxford hosts popular training session on creating positive spaces for LGBTQ residents to feel safe
By Megan Stacey There was the healthcare professional told by his bosses that he was “turning patients gay.” The woman who feared a friend and her same-sex partner would “influence” her children if she brought them to a social gathering. The person who demanded a room transfer because she believed a gay roommate would “rape …
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How Hamilton can become a more senior-friendly community
By Malcolm Buchanan Saturday, Oct. 1, is the United Nations International Day of Older Persons. The International Day of Older Persons was proclaimed in 1982 by the United Nations General Assembly reaffirming its commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights, and called for the elimination of age discrimination, neglect, abuse and violence. The …
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Motherisk Commission Outreach & Information Session
Please join us for an important community information session on behalf of the Motherisk Commission. Does your agency work with someone who may have been affected by a Motherisk hair test? If yes, the Motherisk Commission may be able to help. Tuesday, October 18, 2016 9:30 — 11:30 AM Bagshaw Auditorium, Third Floor, First Place 350 King …
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Radical social housing redevelopment pitched for Hamilton’s east end
Developers propose working with CityHousing on huge mix of social housing, townhouses, condos By Matthew Van Dongen CityHousing Hamilton is exploring an unprecedented east end redevelopment pitch to transform Roxborough school and nearby social housing into a mixed-income community of hundreds of townhomes, apartment units and condos. The public-private vision is being floated by developers …
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