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.
|  | Having met its goal of saving land to the east from bulldozers, the Friends of the Eramosa Karst is setting a new target: to help pay for any trails to integrate the open meadow with the existing park.Brad Gautreau, the group’s chair, last week presented a cheque for $3,000 to the Hamilton Conservation Authority’s fundraising foundation, the first installment of a... (more) | | (0 comments) Environmental Law Hamilton and Region Other |
| | | HAMILTON TOWNSHIP -- The continuing cleanup of the CN train derailment and hazardous- material spill south of County Road 2 near Lake Ontario, just east of Port Hope, is a wait-and-see game for the two property owners most directly impacted.One of the local residents is Harris McKeen, who has lived in the farmhouse on the land abutting the rail line for 65 years, and the... (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Farming Groundwater Hamilton and Region |
| | | Tests conducted by Hamilton and the Environment Ministry confirm the Hamilton International Airport is the source of the toxic substance perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) that has been found in fish and wildlife in the Binbrook Reservoir.Meanwhile, the city of Hamilton’s public health staff conducted tests in 25 water wells, around the Hamilton Airport, and along the... (more) | | (0 comments) Fish Hamilton and Region Sewers & Urban Runoff |
| | | The operator of Hamilton’s airport has the provincial go-ahead to temporarily trap chemical-polluted run-off on the city-owned property.The move is meant to protect the environment while experts study the extent of historic perfluorooctanyl sulfonate (PFOS) contamination at the airport, said operations director Frank Scremin.Transport Canada hosted fire training at... (more) | | (0 comments) Fish Hamilton and Region Sewers & Urban Runoff |
| | | The Ontario Ministry of Environment is expected to examine any recommendations Tradeport provides to clean up a pond and an adjacent ditch at the Hamilton Airport that has been linked as a primary source to the contamination problem along the Upper Welland River and Lake Niapenco in Binbrook.MOE officials met June 8 with Hamilton representatives and Tradeport officials to... (more) | | (0 comments) Fish Hamilton and Region Sewers & Urban Runoff |
|  | Can you put a dollar value on the benefits the Niagara Escarpment’s ecosystem provides?The Stop Escarpment Highway Coalition says you can and has released a report in support of this.The coalition, which consists of 12 local environmental and citizen organizations with more than 7,000 members, recently released a report called Flamborough-Burlington Natural Capital:... (more) | | (0 comments) Aggregate & Mining Development & Land Use Drink Fish Hamilton and Region |
| | | The process to preserve the Eramosa Karst Conservation Area feeder lands and transfer their ownership to the Hamilton Conservation Authority has begun.Infrastructure Ontario has announced an amendment to the Environmental Assessment for the feeder lands will be released for public comment Thursday.“The letter from Infrastructure Ontario is the first real indication... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Drink Environmental Law Fish Hamilton and Region |
|  | Our snazzy new Swim Guide lets you locate beaches near you, figure out which ones are safe for swimming (the green ones!), and plan your next trip to the beach. It’s free, and it’s fun, and it’s available now online and for your smartphone.Bayfront: Bayfront Park is one of Lake Ontario's youngest waterfront spaces. The park itself was opened in 1993. It was a... (more) | | (0 comments) About Waterkeeper Hamilton and Region Swim |
| | | Our snazzy new Swim Guide lets you locate beaches near you, figure out which ones are safe for swimming (the green ones!), and plan your next trip to the beach. It’s free, and it’s fun, and it’s available now online and for your smartphone.Beachway North and Beachway South: Both Beachway Beaches are part of a 2-kilometre stretch of waterfront that juts out into Lake... (more) | | (0 comments) About Waterkeeper Hamilton and Region Swim |
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