Raise the Hammer

The approach of the anniversary of the Ontario Human Rights Code presents opportunities to better understand fundamental rights and responsibilities.

A Doug Ford Government is extremely likely to cut public services - but it is even more likely to privatize them.

The Ontario NDP leader said Hamilton could use the $1 billion LRT funding on another transit-related project, triggering a sharp backlash from Hamilton LRT supporters.

Jujitsu program to enable women who have experienced trauma to learn how to defend themselves and feel empowered.

Doug Ford is historically unqualified for the job he seeks, but the media keep applying a lower standard to his performances.

The City has a responsibility to work through the challenges and ensure that a safe injection site is established in Hamilton.

The Province and City have fully funded a new protected Cycle Track on the Claremont Access. This petition seeks to honour the memory of Jay Keddy by naming it after him.

For as long as Doug Ford remains leader the PC Party, we can expect the sad, inexorable humiliation of formerly-respectable party members to continue.

Kevin Love's Jane's Ride on Saturday will also include Friendly Streets Hamilton and laneway housing expert Emma Cubitt.

The recent vandalism on Locke Street, and the responses to it, are symptoms of the loss spaces and relationships that are not governed by market logics and gentrification.

It's pretty simple to figure out why Doug Ford's $1 billion pledge is a non-starter, and any journalist writing about it should explore whether this promise is even feasible.

Populists are dangerous because they use their popularity as a cudgel to attack and scapegoat their enemies, accusing those enemies of engaging in shadowy conspiracies to undermine and betray "regular folks".

Without LRT, we are a city adrift with no Plan B to get our finances in order. Killing LRT now would send a devastating message to the world that Hamilton is a reckless and unreliable place to invest.

On May 5 and 6, Kevin Love will be leading Jane's Rides that explore how to use Hamilton's network of alleys to travel around the city.

A lane of LRT can carry up to several times as many people as a lane of cars.

With the Provincial election coming in June and the municipal election following in October, we all need to pitch in to make sure LRT stays on course.

Doug Ford is a classic shameless right-wing populist, and his indifference to basic facts should alarm all of us.

Ontario's Ministry of Labour has an effective Vision Zero policy that has been very successful in eliminating deaths and injuries from Hamilton's factories. The same approach would also work on our deadly streets.

It's Groundhog Day at the intersection of two horribly dangerous urban arterials that Council has steadfastly refused to fix, year after year.

Our Official Plan does not start with a description of allowable building heights and parking spaces, but public meetings usually end there.