The Board estimates it will have to pay the City $780,000 annually under the new system, meaning the Board will need to cut around one per cent of its $751-million operating budget.

Proposed six-storey residential building in Dundas could be surrounded by flood waters during a severe storm event.

From a 2023 concert staging mishap to drug use during the 2023-24 encampments, unintended uses of Hamilton's Argyll memorial pavilion have escalated Veterans Committee concerns ...

Ontario has 444 municipalities, Hamilton is the only one subject to repeated written orders to comply with freedom of information laws.

The City Clerk's Office included an unredacted cheque in a Council agenda package, exposing the banking information of a corporation.

Waleed Ali campaign posts ChatGPT-generated 'Ward 8' map that's actually Ward 4 with fabricated street names and distorted boundaries - a textbook case of why AI needs human verification.

The mission of The Public Record is to provide informed coverage of Hamilton’s civic affairs to enable all residents to fulfill the responsibilities of citizenship. The Public Record is a ...

9 Westbourne Road in Hamilton on June 20, 2025. The large structure at the rear is a secondary dwelling unit. Credit: Joey Coleman The Ontario Land Tribunal held a rare rehearing this morning ...

There were 15 divided votes during the sixth council cycle of 2025 which began on June 2 and ended on June 20.

Council votes to review demolition control - removing control will lower taxes for developers and land assemblers.

Robert Cooper managed Sonia Brown's 2022 campaign and was her largest single donor. Now both are running against each other for the Ward 8 seat vacated by John-Paul Danko.