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City eyes default 40 km/h residential speed limit
By Matthew Van Dongen The traffic department will recommend slowing Hamilton’s default speed limit to 40 km/h on residential streets. The province has introduced a bill designed to give cities more options to protect pedestrians, such as reintroducing photo radar or lowering the default speed limit on unsigned roads. Right now, that default limit is …
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Women’s March in Hamilton
By Shahzi Bokhari On Saturday January 21, 2017, over 1,000 Hamiltonians rallied in one of over 600 ‘sister’ marches worldwide to the Women’s March on Washington. It is estimated that 3 million participated globally in the March. Here at Hamilton’s City Hall, organizers decided to forego a march and hold a two-hour rally instead for …
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‘I was blown away’: Images and tweets from the Hamilton Women’s March
Organizers say the Saturday event won’t be the last of the Hamilton action By Samantha Craggs An organizer of the Hamilton version of the Women’s March on Washington D.C. says Saturday’s showing at city hall isn’t the last people will see of the movement here. Anna Davey, co-organizer of the event that drew at least 1,000 people, said …
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The story behind Hamilton’s new urban Indigenous strategy
There are 16,000 Indigenous people in Hamilton, many of them marginalized by poverty and racism. A new city program aims to help fix that By Rhiannon Russell During the summers of Shylo Elmayan’s childhood, her family drove around Ontario attending powwows. Her mother sold crafts and moccasins while Elmayan and her sister took part in …
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Hamilton land trust to secure first property for affordable housing
By Molly Hayes The Hamilton Community Land Trust is on track to get its first piece of property thanks to a gift from the city. The city acquired the land at 278 Wilson St. in the Lansdale neighbourhood after a home on the property was destroyed in a fire more than 15 years ago. It …
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City launches new strategy to improve supports for urban Indigenous people
The city doesn’t know what the strategy will look like yet, but it’s hired Shylo Elmayan to do the work By Samantha Craggs More than 15,000 Hamiltonians are of Indigenous descent, and many suffer unique challenges — with finding jobs, with access to education, with poverty in general. Now Shylo Elmayan is tasked with figuring out …
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