A Somali-Canadian family is accusing the management of Ventura Towers in downtown Hamilton of acting illegally by not providing power, heat and water. Management, however, says the tenants are illegally squatting. Advocates say the dispute speaks to a larger issue the current rental market.
As she stared out into the rain Tuesday afternoon, a woman living in an encampment at Gage Park said she just needed a few more days for the ice trapping her tent to thaw and to figure out where to go next.
The city now says plywood it erected to block homeless people from hot air vents behind Hamilton City Hall was set up without a necessary building permit and using the wrong material. It has now been replace with more 'fire-resistant' material, it says.