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Posted: Apr 08, 2021 8:42 AM ET | Last Updated: April 8 Hamilton Naturalists' Club will hire a coordinator and lead the plan, which will focus on protection, enhancement, restoration and education.(Samantha Craggs/CBC) The City of Hamilton will spend $40,000 on a biodiversity plan it says will help protect local habitats and species. The plan, which council still has to approve, could include the city using specific plants for landscaping and construction, collecting data from certain areas and updating policies to encourage a diversity of species, among other measures. The Hamilton Natural...

Posted: Mar 09, 2021 12:08 PM ET | Last Updated: March 9 ArcelorMittal Dofasco had an emission that put may have released carbon monoxide into the air.(John Rieti/CBC) ArcelorMittal Dofasco says it is investigating and called the province's spill action centre after an emission from a blast furnace may have put carbon monoxide and other substances into the air. The Hamilton steel factory said the emission was spotted on Friday morning at 8:17 a.m. "The visible emission was from the blast furnace's 'bleeder valve' and lasted 12 seconds," the company said in a notice.  Bleeders are press...

Posted: Feb 23, 2021 3:17 PM ET | Last Updated: February 23 According to the city, between 2021 and 2051, Hamilton is expected to grow by 236,000 people and 122,000 jobs, and a future urban boundary expansion growth area may be required to accommodate population growth.(Terry Asma/CBC)

City says it can't meet the province's deadline for cleaning up Chedoke Creek The City of Hamilton's projected timeline for dredging Chedoke Creek — after 24 billion litres of sewage and stormwater entered the water over four years — probably won't meet the province's deadline.  Social Sharing

Posted: Dec 28, 2020 11:06 AM ET | Last Updated: December 28, 2020 The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks says it expects a report on Tuesday with more information about the explosion at ArcelorMittal Dofasco. (Submitted by Sheri Ovis) The provincial government says it has requested a "detailed report"  investigating the explosion at a steel factory in Hamilton, which sent clouds of brown and red smoke into the air on Christmas day.  The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks says it will follow up with the company, ArcelorMittal Dofasco, on Tuesday to investigate t...