Comprehensive Coverage of Hamilton's Civic Affairs. There were 15 divided votes during the sixth council cycle of 2025 which began on June 2 and ended on June 20.

Hamilton City Council members continue to fail to show up to meetings, despite decreasing their meeting calendar by 25 percent in 2025. The owners of 9 Westbourne Road near McMaster University seek to ...

One of Ontario's leading municipal lawyers writes "Legislation establishes a very low bar for the utilization of the veto powers." ...

There were 15 divided votes during the sixth council cycle of 2025 which began on June 2 and ended on June 20.

The mission of The Public Record is to provide informed coverage of Hamilton’s civic affairs to enable all residents to fulfill the responsibilities of citizenship. The Public Record is a ...

Being a municipal integrity commissioner in Ontario is lucrative work. ICs are billing anywhere between $225 to $290 per hour.. Recently reported annual billing rates include $59,000 in Grimsby, ...

Hamilton City Council met in closed session yesterday to discuss the ongoing impacts of the City’s February cybersecurity failure. Council claims the City’s information technology systems are not yet ...

Hamilton Paramedic Chief Michael Sanderson in 2019 Credit: Joey Coleman After over 50 years in uniform, Hamilton Paramedic Chief Michael Sanderson plans to retire. City Manager Marnie Cluckie says, ...

I agree with the 80% of people that believe the City of Hamilton Mayor is not doing enough with cutting unnecessary spending. Too many unnecessary jobs within councilors that could be eliminated and ...

(This is a bit of a long read; I started with the thought of writing about the localism of East Hamilton and where exactly East Hamilton starts. It became this 2500-word piece on Hamilton’s localisms ...

Ward 8 Councillor John Paul Danko ‘quote tweeted’ a CBC article covering the decision of a police group to no longer donate proceeds from their golf tournament to Hamilton’s YWCA. The group, a mix of ...