Teviah Moro

Hamilton

Reporter and Editor at The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON)

Hamilton Spectator reporter, [email protected]

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Articles

People on the move as encampment clearing-operation hits Hamilton’s rail trail

6 days ago | thespec.com | Teviah Moro

People living along Hamilton’s rail trail scrambled to pack up their belongings Friday as police and city crews arrived to clear out camps nestled in the escarpment woods. Some said they’d planned to head east or to higher ground in the sloping terrain as officers urged them along after the city issued trespass notices earlier this week. A long stretch of the rail trail east of Wentworth stairs was closed to the public as parks staff hauled materials from vacated sites to trucks for disposal.
Danko bids Hamilton council adieu with millions in Ward 8 spending

1 week ago | thespec.com | Teviah Moro

Outgoing city politician John-Paul Danko has won support for millions in last-gasp spending in his Mountain ward before he heads to Parliament Hill. Those Ward 8 funds will go toward ongoing work, the Liberal MP-elect for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (HWAD) said in his last meeting at city hall Wednesday. “It’s my last opportunity to put this forward,” said Danko, who leaps to federal politics with more than a year left in the council term.
Hope for reset of Indigenous-city Red Hill board

1 week ago | thespec.com | Teviah Moro

Hamilton officials aim to turn over a new leaf with Haudenosaunee members of a joint Indigenous-city committee meant to look out for the Red Hill Valley after rising tension spurred the exit of two councillors months ago. City manager Marnie Cluckie and Coun. Cameron Kroetsch will fill the two vacancies left by Brad Clark and Matt Francis on the six-member joint stewardship board this past fall.
Fire-destroyed Woodlands Park washroom to be restored this summer

1 week ago | thespec.com | Teviah Moro

A public washroom that burned down in Woodlands Park off Barton Street East more than a year ago is expected to be reconstructed this summer. A new roof and interior should be finished in July or August, Chris Herstek, acting director of corporate facilities, told The Spectator. The anticipated cost of the restoration project is roughly $1.3 million to $1.4 million, he noted, but the city expects its insurer to cover expenses beyond the $500,000 deductible.
Hamilton’s transit boss heading to Mississauga

1 week ago | thespec.com | Teviah Moro

The city’s transit boss is on her way out, leaving Hamilton with another vacancy in its senior leadership ranks. Maureen Cosyn Heath will head up Mississauga’s transit agency starting June 2. Hamilton is “very sorry” to see her go, city manager Marnie Cluckie said this week. “I think she’s an excellent director and she was certainly an asset to this organization.”Cosyn Heath became the city’s transit director in 2021 amid a dramatic drop in HSR ridership due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Hamilton extends deadline to avoid tax on vacant homes by a month

1 week ago | thespec.com | Teviah Moro

The city is giving stragglers another month to make declarations for Hamilton’s new tax on vacant homes. With 94 per cent of residential property owners meeting the original April 30 deadline, finance staff aim to encourage more to file their paperwork. To do that, council has agreed to extend the vacant unit tax (VUT) declaration period to May 30. The city will send letters to the remaining property owners next week, Mike Zegarac, general manager of finance and corporate services, said Wednesday.
Encampment enforcement sweeps Hamilton’s rail trail

1 week ago | thespec.com | Teviah Moro

The city has told people to clear out camps set up along Hamilton’s escarpment rail trail by Wednesday. Kristen Baker was among those who received trespass notices east of the Wentworth Street stairs Tuesday morning. Baker, 50, said she’d only pitched her tent in a clearing there on Saturday. She’s reluctant to part with her dogs, Chief, Ellie and Cheyenne, to stay in a shelter. “We are just going to pack up and move down the trail.”This isn’t the first time Baker has lived outside.
‘There’s actually hope’: Hamilton program offers addiction supports, path to housing

1 week ago | thespec.com | Teviah Moro

A roller-coaster. A snowball. A big blur. This is how Darcy Gagnon describes his bouts with addiction, health and homelessness. The 32-year-old Hamiltonian is working on all three since checking into Wesley’s special care unit in February. At first hesitant to give the residential program a shot, Gagnon is now glad he took the plunge. “I’m more positive. I’m a lot happier. I’m healthier,” he told The Spectator during a recent visit. The storm clouds in his life seem to be dissipating.
City probes potential spill in Glanbrook stormwater pond

1 week ago | thespec.com | Teviah Moro

The city is investigating a potential spill in a stormwater pond in Glanbrook near the Amazon warehouse. Water staff noticed the dry pond off Upper James Street, south of Dickenson Road East, “just didn’t look right” during a routine inspection last month. The source isn’t yet known, but the material didn’t come from a city sewage pipe, Shane McCauley, director of water and wastewater, said Tuesday. What the material is and how far it reached is also still under analysis, McCauley said.
Councillors reject developer’s plan to axe 600-plus trees in Ancaster

1 week ago | thespec.com | Teviah Moro

City councillors have axed a developer’s plan to chop down more than 600 trees to build 17 large homes in Ancaster near Highway 403. The project flies in the face of the city’s goals to boost biodiversity, address climate change and thicken Hamilton’s tree canopy, critics argued Tuesday. Nor does the plan for Hamilton Drive address the city’s affordability concerns for housing or municipal finances, Ancaster councillor Craig Cassar said.