Raise the Hammer

It is dangerous when those seeking political office use ward boundaries not as a tool to engage the electorate in a discussion of representative principles but as a means to spew division, segregation and mistrust.

We've moved it to Hamilton to celebrate the City's growing cycling culture and because it's a place where staff and Board members have strong connections.

While the manufacturer of Hamilton's LRT LRV is not settled yet, this picture is just a quick visual of what a future Hamilton LRV will approximately look like.

There are still people who believe that the science is ambiguous, or that the scientific community is divided, or even that there is some kind of evil conspiracy on the part of scientists to dupe the public into believing that global warming is happening.

Instead of critiquing a father's decision to let his kids use public transit, we should be talking about the critical importance of public space and social connectedness.

Cities like Hamilton cannot afford to continue paying lip service to climate change while maintaining policies guaranteed to make it worse.

The Conservative Party of Canada in 2017 is appealing to the worst parts of our nature, with no actual conservatism.

Hughson Street North will be switched to two-way between Wilson Street and Barton Street East, and King William Street will be switched to two-way between John Street North and Mary Street.

Hamiltonians can once again use the Waterfront Trail between Bayfront Park and Princess Point again after three and a half months of closure.

Some folks love to peddle conspiracy theories as part of their opposition to transit expansion and the topic of 'wires' comes up.

Public historical monuments are important. They can and should be powerful tools to help us remember and contextualize our shared history. But they should be unambiguous about refusing to celebrate the bad men of history.

The mission of this book is to re-establish an appreciation of the casting process, past and present, and they take the reader on a whirlwind tour of history and materials to do it.

Overall, it was a huge success to have the Festival back in Gage Park, but a few issues represent opportunities for improvement next year.

When you take what is currently a wholly owned and delivered not-for-profit public service and turn it into a profit-driven service delivered by private corporations, there's a name for that.

A newcomer to Hamilton makes an important observation about people with disabilities.

With this approval as part of the Environmental Assessment process, the project can move forward to a request for proposals to build and operate the line.

A weekend in Ottawa as an urban mobility tourist provided lots of examples of a city doing public transportation right.

Looking back now, I wonder the type of person I might be if I was raised on the fast food and meals to go that a single working mother would be forced to feed me.

This is the original text of A Welfare Diary Revisited, published on Saturday, December 21, 1991 in The Hamilton Spectator.

This is the original text of A Welfare Diary, published on Saturday, June 15, 1991 in The Hamilton Spectator.