Advanced polling dates allow voting ahead of election day on Oct. 7 and 14, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Oct. 8, and 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be one advanced polling location in each of Hamilton's 15 wards.
Hamilton's city manager says it boarded up hot air vents behind city hall as incidents involving people warming up there escalated, including one where a "six-foot spear" was seized and another where police recovered a gun.
Hamilton has spent nearly $1.53 million on extra security guards since the pandemic's beginnings in early 2020 to keep places like vaccine clinics and testing centres safe.