Opponents of a towering housing plan for Winona’s LIUNA Gardens property are criticizing the city for not disclosing a second Ontario Land Tribunal appeal filed by the developer to try to speed up approvals. #HamOnt #StoneyCreek #development thespec.com/local-stoney-c…

The Hamilton Cat Fanciers returned to the Ancaster Fairgrounds for their first March cat show since 2019 this past weekend. #HamOnt #HamiltonMountain #cats thespec.com/local-ancaster…

GFL Environmental Inc. says a sample of leachate from the Taro industrial dump that had traces of the banned pesticide DDT came from a monitoring well at the neighbouring closed west quarry dump. #HamOnt #StoneyCreek thespec.com/local-stoney-c…

Women are less likely than men to enrol in a post-secondary science, technology, engineering and math program, predominately because of “feeling isolated” and receiving “unequal treatment,” according to data from Statistics Canada. #HamOnt #women thespec.com/local-ancaster…

Sharon Benjamins has been providing an important service at Neighbour to Neighbour Centre for the last seven months. #HamOnt #HamiltonMountain thespec.com/local-hamilton…

Soil excavation was apparently underway recently at the University Plaza site of a proposed quick oil change facility. A hydrovac truck was at the site of the demolished former Beverly Tire at 101 Osler Dr. in Dundas on March 15. #HamOnt #Dundas thespec.com/local-dundas/n…

The Royal Canadian Legion Valley City branch 36 in Dundas is holding a spring market and tea room organized by the ladies auxiliary. Vendors are needed for the event on Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. #HamOnt #Dundas #Fundraiser thespec.com/local-dundas/n…

The Knights of Columbus are stepping up in the fight against food insecurity with the annual spring food drive, April 4 to 6 at St. Augustine’s Parish, 58 Sydenham St., Dundas. #HamOnt #Dundas #FoodDrive thespec.com/local-dundas/n…

The Ancaster Lions annual spring craft show is coming up on Good Friday April 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ancaster Fairgrounds and organizers are currently accepting vendor applications. #HamOnt #Ancaster #CraftShow thespec.com/local-ancaster…

Police are investigating a fire that destroyed a barn at 264 Governor’s Rd. on March 7. Const. Inderjit Bharaj said: “The barn had no electricity or gas running to it, increasing the probability the fire started by human intervention.” #HamOnt #Dundas thespec.com/local-dundas/n…

Did you know that Popeye was Polish? Let Zig Misiak explain. #HamOnt #Popeye thespec.com/local-ancaster…

COLUMN: I tried bonsai but found it a little too highbrow and costly for my taste and budget, and my traditional houseplants and tropicals occasionally suffered from water and nutrient complications. #HamOnt #Gardening thespec.com/local-hamilton…

Dave Wilson took a phone call from a person telling him a medal that his great-grandfather, Spr. Robert Gordon Sutherland Wilson, earned had been found, and Canadian Heroes was going to clean it up and frame the historic item. #HamOnt #History thespec.com/local-ancaster…

A skunk found behaving abnormally on Autumn Leaf Road in Dundas on Tuesday, March 14, was euthanized but will not be sent by City of Hamilton Animal Services for testing for avian influenza and other viruses. #HamOnt #Dundas #Skunks thespec.com/local-dundas/n…

The Ancaster Film Fest screenings of the double Oscar-nominated "Living" are Monday, March 20 at 2 and 7:15 p.m. at the Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre. #HamOnt #Ancaster #Film thespec.com/local-ancaster…

Some of the top young female basketball players in the province will be hitting the court at McMaster University and Mohawk College in memory of Hamilton basketball player, coach and enthusiast Kelly Dunham. #HamOnt #HamiltonMountain thespec.com/local-hamilton…

A second Ontario Land Tribunal case management hearing has been scheduled in May for the appeal of Hamilton Conservation Authority’s denial of a proposed dentist office and walk-in medical clinic at 10 Governor’s Rd. #HamOnt #Dundas thespec.com/local-dundas/n…

A citizen member of the Taro industrial dump’s community liaison committee is being assured there are no environmental or safety concerns about the Hamilton public school board’s plan to build an elementary school near the site. #HamOnt #StoneyCreek thespec.com/local-stoney-c…

Despite the recent heavy snowstorm, turtle mating season is almost upon us. Dundas Turtle Watch is looking for some new recruits. Volunteers need to be over 18 and able to walk unaided for two hours, sometimes over rough terrain. #HamOnt #Dundas #Turtles thespec.com/local-dundas/l…

Hamilton Public Libraries planned a wide variety of family-oriented activities for March break, including a "Make and Create" event at the Sherwood library. #HamOnt #HamiltonMountain #MarchBreak thespec.com/local-hamilton…

ANALYSIS: Decisions made within the first 100 days of any new government administration may only be a symbolic and arbitrary determination, but for Hamilton’s new council, there are still several emerging themes. #HamOnt thespec.com/local-ancaster…

Monique Taylor says it will save lives. The Hamilton Mountain NDP MPP has introduced a bill that would create a new alert system for missing vulnerable persons. #HamOnt #HamiltonMountain thespec.com/local-hamilton…

Cartoon: The logic at Hamilton City Hall according to Mike Vukovich. #HamOnt #Cartoon thespec.com/local-ancaster…

Members of the McMaster Divestment Project say they plan to stage a hunger strike, until university agrees to completely divest from fossil fuels and remove gas-powered electricity generators under construction next to Cootes Drive. #HamOnt #ClimateCHange thespec.com/local-dundas/n…

You may be able to take Sammy’s out of Ancaster, but you can’t take Ancaster out of Sammy’s. After a six-month delay and two months without a restaurant, the iconic Sammy’s restaurant is back. #HamOnt #Ancaster #Food thespec.com/local-ancaster…

Four bids for the City of Hamilton contract to replace the J.L. Grightmire Arena roof were over the project’s budget set last year, but anticipated contingencies mean at least the low bid comes in under available funding. #HamOnt #Dundas thespec.com/local-dundas/n…

Rob McGowan (senior) is very modest about his latest honour. The founder of McGowan Insulations Ltd. in Stoney Creek is Hamilton’s 2023 Irish Person of the Year as selected by the local Wearing of the Green committee. #HamOnt #Ancaster thespec.com/local-hamilton…

A proposal to increase commissions to agents who recruit international students to study at Hamilton public schools is getting pushback from some trustees. #HamOnt #Education #InternationalStudents thespec.com/local-ancaster…

There is power in the Canadian citizenship ceremony and the federal government should fight to preserve it, not replace it, writes Gordon Cameron. #HamOnt #Column #Citizenship thespec.com/local-ancaster…

TAKE OUR POLL: How are you planning to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? #HamOnt #StPatricksDay2023 thespec.com/local-peterbor…