Hamilton and Region (1245 articles) Hamilton Harbour is one of Lake Ontario's most notoriously contaminated areas. Most of the rivers that once flowed from the Niagara Escarpment to Lake Ontario have been buried. The shoreline is very industrialized, dominated mostly by the steel industry. More recently, construction of the Red Hill Creek Expressway developed one of the last remaining greenspaces feeding Lake Ontario in the area. Hamilton Harbour is one of Lake Ontario's "Areas of Concern." The city and surrounding region are home to some half a million people.
|  | Mr. Paul Miller: My question is for the Minister of Infrastructure. In September, the former minister from Hamilton Mountain again said that the ecologically sensitive Eramosa karst feeder lands would likely be donated or transferred, for a nominal fee, to the Hamilton Conservation Authority. The main Eramosa karst lands, a rare geological formation of caves and sinkholes, were... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Drink Environmental Law Fish Hamilton and Region Water takings |
| | | Hamilton residents should finally learn next month how badly contaminated their airport is with old firefighting foam chemicals and what will be done about it.Private airport operator TradePort began studying the extent of perfluorooctanyl sulfonate (PFOS) pollution at the facility’s old firefighting training pad after tests revealed high levels of the banned synthetic... (more) | | (0 comments) Environmental Law Fish Hamilton and Region |
|  | Environment Hamilton turns 10 this year. The Spectator ran a large feature describing the organization's inspiring history and its founders:
Environment Hamilton came to be after a battle with the city over contamination in Red Hill Creek.But 10 years later, the group isn’t just about saving the city’s polluted waters. It’s about promoting local agriculture and... (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Fish Hamilton and Region Swim |
| | | When you say the word beach, people are likely to think of Daytona, Waikiki or some other sunny destination with palm trees.Others might shift their thoughts to cold Muskoka waters up north.But for many Hamiltonians, the beach is synonymous with the Beach Strip, a seven kilometre section of sand that divides Hamilton Harbour from Lake Ontario and is split between the... (more) | | (0 comments) Hamilton and Region Swim |
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