Two Hamilton city councillors are calling for an independent investigation into how police responded to violence at a recent LGBTQ Pride festival.
Maureen Wilson and Nrinder Nann met with the chief, deputy chief and other members of the Hamilton Police Service, they said in a joint statement Friday.
Read MoreHamilton city councillors will debate Monday whether to make a plan to discourage residents and businesses from using single-use plastic — including not accepting the material at local landfills.
Nrinder Nann, a Ward 3 city councillor, says plastic is a direct threat to the ecosystem and human health. And only 34 per cent of it in Hamilton is recycled.
She wants the city to develop a "zero plastic waste plan" that would push businesses to phase out using plastic when there are other options. That includes public education or not allowing them at landfills.
Read MoreHamilton city council will set up a committee to look at homelessness among women and the transgender population, and is also looking at new rules for when it decides where to spend on housing.
City councillors voted Thursday, via council's emergency and community services committee, to set up a "gender and equity framework" to make sure the city is addressing the problem of women's homelessness.
They're also establishing a subcommittee to make sure the city is considering women and LGBTQ people when it spends money on housing. That subcommittee will talk to community agencies to learn more, then inform council at budget time.
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