The new Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) trustees came short of imposing a mask mandate in their first meeting on Monday evening but they passed a motion to ask students and staff to mask in all public school board buildings.
The chair of Hamilton's public school board says the Ford government is "trampling on workers' rights" by invoking the notwithstanding clause and declaring the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) strike illegal.
Five elected councillors and five elected public school board trustees issued a joint statement saying they're refusing to speak to the Hamilton Spectator over news coverage it says is "framed in a way that contributes to anti-Black racism." The newspaper defends its coverage.
Reverting Main Street to two-way traffic, implementing safe-injection sites and what to do with the police budget are among some of the issues candidates for Ward 3 councillor are struggling to agree on.
As the deadline to register to run in this fall’s municipal election looms, there are now multiple councillor candidates registered to run in each of Hamilton’s ridings except Ward 6.