Fresh Perspective for Hamilton, Burlington and surrounding areas

1 day ago · The Hamilton Police Shooting Response Team (SRT) has obtained video footage of the shooting that occurred on February 1, 2025 in the area of Glover Road and Lakeshore Road in Stoney Creek. There were no reported injuries and the SRT is appealing to the public for any information regarding this shooting. The shooting occurred at […]

1 day ago · A Hamilton man has been arrested after an attempted carjacking spree in East Hamilton. Last Friday, between 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Hamilton Police received reports of four (4) robberies that occurred in the areas of Centre Mall, Cochrane Road, Queenston Road and Britannia Avenue. In each incident, the accused attempted to steal the victims’ […]

1 day ago · An early morning single-vehicle crash in St Catharines has claimed the life of a 24-year-old man. Just after midnight Thursday Niagara Regional Police Service were called to the area of Glendale Avenue and Welland Canals Parkway in the City of St. Catharines to investigate a fatal motor vehicle collision. Police say a 24-year-old male was […]

News Ambitious plan to fill the family doctor gap announced on the eve of Ontario election. The Ontario government announced it will spend $1.8 billion to connect two million more people to a publicly funded family doctor or primary...

It looks like the slump in condominium sales that is affecting projects across the GTA is resulting in a slowdown of activity on Hamilton’s Pier 8 with developer Waterfront Shores. Under the city’s agreement with Waterfront Shores, the company can trigger pauses in its marketing program in six month increments up to a total of […]

Jan 14, 2025 · Andrea Horwath is the wrong person to have veto power over budgeting. Once again she is allowing “stealing” from reserves. She had the opportunity, other than the police budget, to tell management to hold the line at an inflationary rate, which is 2.7%, and which pensioners will get on their OAS and CPP.

Jan 15, 2025 · Burlington is set to receive a nearly $14 million Federal investment in Burlington’s public transit infrastructure, through the Baseline Funding stream of the Canada Public Transit Fund (CPTF). this funding will help with long-term planning, upgrading, replacing, or modernizing current public transit and active transportation infrastructure. The federal government is …

Nov 24, 2024 · Speaking to reporters at an announcement in Hamilton Friday, Premier Doug Ford doubled down on his plan to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shut down court challenges to municipalities trying to ban encampments. Referring to recent actions in Cambridge and Guelph where encampments were recently dismantled Ford …

September 8, 2024 Anyone dreaming of living on Hamilton’s waterfront at Pier 8 can put that notion on pause until further notice. When the Bay Observer saw that billboards at the West Harbour promoting Pier 8 Living were covered over with white paint, a call was placed to Tercot Homes Joe Valela, a partner […]