The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton
A Liberal Spiritual Community Since 1889
Jennifer WallaceCanadian governments were roundly criticized this week for failing to meet their international human rights obligations related to housing and homelessness. In presentations Tuesday and Wednesday to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the Canadian Human Rights Commission and a coalition of housing rights groups stated that our governments had failed to implement measures needed … Read more
Green Venture’s Rain Ready webinar series explores the process of adding a Low Impact Development (LID) feature to your backyard, whether it is a rain garden, permeable paving, rainwater collection or others. NOTE: In order to qualify for a project grant from the city which Green Venture is dispersing, you must attend at least one … Read more
The following is an excerpt from an article by Ontario Clean Air Alliance. Read the full article here. https://www.cleanairalliance.org/lecces-nuclear-spin/ Energy Minister Stephen Lecce likes to trumpet how Ontario Power Generation (OPG) finished its Darlington Refurbishment Project on budget and ahead of schedule. It’s a great story. Except it’s not true. In fact, as OPG … Read more
On February 12th, we asked you to speak out about a last-minute motion to cut Hamilton’s budget for the Office of Climate Change Initiative and Climate Change Reserve. Council received dozens of letters and the motion was defeated. Councillors did approve a deferral to 2027 of $706,580 to build a bike bridge across the Red … Read more
Home prices in the Hamilton-Burlington area continue to decline from the record-high prices of the second quarter of 2022. The median price for a condo is down 14 per cent and the median for other homes is down 11 per cent. But as the chart at right shows, prices are still way up—by a third … Read more