A 1960s-era medical building on Main Street East in Hamilton’s central lower city is soon to become 15 apartments for people living with mental-health challenges who have struggled with housing. The local branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (... See more
Good Shepherd hopes to start building a 10-storey supportive-housing residence at the site of its downtown Hamilton men’s shelter this year as the agency shifts away from short-term responses to homelessness. That plan, which awaits approval of federal fu... See more
EMMA:LRT construction.JPG A demolition crew razes what left of a building at the corner of Balmoral Avenue and King Street East on March 6, 2026, as part of a series of tear-downs for Hamilton’s LRT project. A demolition crew razes what left of a building... See more
For the uninitiated, Hamilton’s Industrial Sector D — with its metallic air, dusty streets, roaring trucks and auto yards — can be an unforgiving landscape, but nestled next to the steel mills are blocks of modest homes. And the working-class area around ... See more
The Salvation Army’s recent pitch to move its downtown Hamilton men’s shelter to a neighbourhood in the city’s northeast industrial sector struck out with outraged local residents. The proposal also withered at the committee of adjustment, which rejected ... See more
