Teviah Moro

Hamilton

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

Hamilton Spectator reporter, [email protected]

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Articles

Auditor probe found ‘many serious issues’ with Hamilton’s cybersecurity

1 week ago | thespec.com | Teviah MoroReporter |Teviah Moro

Hamilton’s auditor general is reviewing the speed and adequacy of the city’s uptake on recommendations it made four years ago to bolster cybersecurity. The followup probe is to analyze “meaningful progress” on the 29 recommendations, with special attention paid to the 2024 cyberattack that hijacked municipal IT networks. It’s too early to say how many of the confidential recommendations the city had acted upon when the ransomware breach struck, auditor Charles Brown said.
Funding for hundreds of Hamilton residential units put on hold as election kicked off. Here’s where the parties stand on housing

1 week ago | thespec.com | Teviah Moro

When his non-profit landlord launched a pilot project to help renters break into a daunting ownership market, Jordan Powell took the plunge. Thanks to the initiative, Powell, who’d lived in Hamilton East Kiwanis Non-Profit Homes since he was a kid, now owns a three-bedroom, single-detached home. It’s near what was until recently called Tim Hortons Field, where the 34-year-old CFL fan’s hometown Ticats play. And if he has children down the line, it’s close to schools.
Acorn Flats: Indwell breaks ground on affordable housing for families

1 week ago | thespec.com | Teviah Moro

Indwell has broken ground on a new affordable and supportive housing apartment building for families just east of downtown Hamilton. The non-profit aims to welcome residents to Acorn Flats, 23 apartments at the corner of Robert Street and East Avenue, in the fall of 2026. The future three-storey building will join The Oaks, Indwell’s existing, 108-unit supportive housing complex on the site.
Hamilton non-profits with projects in funding limbo nervously eye federal election battle

1 week ago | thespec.com | Teviah Moro

When his non-profit landlord launched a pilot project to help renters break into a daunting ownership market, Jordan Powell took the plunge. Thanks to the initiative, Powell, who’d lived in Hamilton East Kiwanis Non-Profit Homes since he was a kid, now owns a three-bedroom, single-detached home. It’s near what was until recently called Tim Hortons Field, where the 34-year-old CFL fan’s hometown Ticats play. And if he has children down the line, it’s close to schools.
Mayor’s task force finds 80% of survey respondents don’t trust Hamilton city hall

1 week ago | thespec.com | Teviah MoroReporter |Teviah Moro

Hamilton has serious trust issues with city hall, suggests a report by a task force Mayor Andrea Horwath struck to delve into transparency, access and accountability. In fact, 80 per cent of respondents to a survey conducted as part of the task force’s 14-month inquiry said they had “low” or “very low” trust in the city. Accountability for mistakes, responding to inquiries and spending transparency were the overriding factors in that outcome, the report notes.
Council backs boost, extension of Hamilton’s bike-share program

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Teviah MoroReporter |Teviah Moro

The city is keeping Hamilton’s bike-share program rolling with a fleet of 1,000 through a two-year contract extension with its non-profit operator. The 100-bike boost and hike of $258,000 for a total $744,000 annual contribution will see its more than 32,000 riders peddling through 2027. The city’s contribution works out to $62 per bike and represents about 33 per cent of the program cost with Hamilton Bike Share Inc. covering the balance.
Hamilton boundary battles brewing — again — as developers pitch expansions

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Teviah Moro

A struggle over Hamilton’s growth strategy is heating up again as developers look to advance plans for thousands of homes outside the city’s urban area. The aspiring builders of subdivisions in Elfrida and east of Mount Hope have submitted applications under new provincial rules. Recent policy shifts allow developers to pitch urban expansions of any size at any time and challenge plans municipalities reject before the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT).
Hamilton boundary battles brewing — again — as developers pitch expansions

2 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Teviah MoroReporter |Teviah Moro

A struggle over Hamilton’s growth strategy is heating up again as developers look to advance plans for thousands of homes outside the city’s urban area. The aspiring builders of subdivisions in Elfrida and east of Mount Hope have submitted applications under new provincial rules. Recent policy shifts allow developers to pitch urban expansions of any size at any time and challenge plans municipalities reject before the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT).
‘We will get to them’: City says encampment cleanup a work in progress

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Teviah Moro

The city says it’s working to clean up debris lingering in Hamilton green spaces as it resumes enforcement of a bylaw that bans tents in parks. But with a limited team tasked with that work and with many sites to cover across the city, the job will take time, public works says. “We want to know where those locations are because we will get to them and clean them up. It just might not be right away,” Cynthia Graham, director of environmental services, told The Spectator.
70 people, 24 pets: Hamilton’s mini-cabin community reaching capacity

3 weeks ago | thespec.com | Teviah MoroReporter |Teviah Moro

Hamilton’s mini-cabin project has welcomed roughly 70 residents and is expected to fill to capacity in the coming days. All 40 of the cabins, which together can accommodate 80 people, are operational at the city-owned site off Barton Street West at Caroline Street North. There’s no shortage of interest in them, but for some people, moving in can take time, says Katherine Kalinowski, chief operator officer of Good Shepherd, the social-service agency which runs the project.