Raise the Hammer

To help settlers understand the ongoing effects of the Residential School System on survivors, their families, their communities and Canadian society, Hamilton Community Legal Services is launching the I AM Affected Campaign.

In the new design near Upper Paradise, the bike lane widths have been narrowed from five feet to four, and the westbound bike lane now runs right through the 'door zone' of any cars parked on the curbside.

An hour-long celebration organized by Wellington Water Watchers and the Unitarian Congregation of Guelph had me seeing water in an entirely new light.

Most cities have a difficult time with changing the names of their civic amenities.

The messages were generally hopeful and forward-looking, and all the speakers were clearly experts in their fields, it just would have been nice if they had addressed the topic at hand.

For true justice, we need deep structural change so that such issues can be resolved for the benefit of courageous land and water defenders and the affected community at risk, not for the profit margin of rich corporations.

With some modest improvements, we can continue to increase our modal shift to cycling as it has already begun in the past few years.

While the medium may have changed, the intent has not. The landscape of time is riddled with the efforts of the few trying to block the freedom of the many.

We're going to be asking the Planning Committee to look seriously at the processes used for approving projects of this scale and we're going to be asking them to recommend that Council make some meaningful changes and put them in writing.

The City's drivers-first priority is even on display when reconstructing a sidewalk.

This film explores the strengths that exist in communities like Villaways, focusing its lens on the essential roles women and girls play in the community.

America, you've allowed the worst parts of yourself to succumb to fear, division, bigotry and hate.

A horrific crash on Queen this morning highlights the inadequacy of the new 40 km/h speed limit signs to reduce dangerous speeding on this multi-lane one-way arterial street.

Bill will make it easier for women to leave abusive situations because it safeguards their financial independence while providing much needed time to access services needed to help enhance their well-being and safety.

The City is installing a new pedestrian crossover (PXO) at the dangerous intersection of Queen and Herkimer.

Having a farm at McMaster can do even more to build our personal capacity to address climate change in way that does not build cynicism, but rather creates community and shows that we can make a difference while having fun.

For the first time, Greg's Ride was held in Hamilton this past Saturday.

Love of the old times is important, but we should not canonize the neighbourhood's past at the expense of its future, which is looking increasingly bright.

Four fifty-word poems.

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.