Hamilton’s escarpment increasingly at risk Behemoth on a postage stamp; Dundas development on Bruce Trail would dwarf neighbourhood (Opinion, April 19) The residents of the Greater Hamilton who are fortunate enough to live at the top or base of our “Mountain” need to know our Niagara Escarpment is at risk. Dundas residents are in the [...]

Building along the brow appears to be a disaster waiting to happen Re: “Building near escarpment edge too dangerous to be considered Hamilton Community News By Jacquie Reid Colleen Jewell is not the only person that considers building near the escarpment edge too dangerous. It’s interesting the OMB would not allow the memo regarding the [...]

“The Escarpment is Falling, The Escarpment is Falling”….I Feel like Chicken Little…  By Colleen Jewell Spectator letter In December 2011, the residents  opposing the proposed Chedoke Browland Development went to the OMB for their last kick at the can.    One of the residents tried to get a memo written by a “city staffer” admitted into [...]

Costs pile up as OMB cases soar Sep 18, 2011 Outside lawyers have been paid well over $600,000 in the last twenty months to represent the city in a rapidly growing number of cases at the Ontario Municipal Board. The unbudgeted spending ballooned last year after Art Zuidema, the city’s senior OMB solicitor, was transferred [...]

City wants OMB abolished Chris Clay June 23, 2011 The City of Mississauga is calling on Queen’s Park to abolish the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) and instead empower elected municipal officials to solve planning and development disputes. Council voted unanimously yesterday in support of Ward 2 Councillor Pat Mullin’s motion calling on the City to [...]

Use ‘snow surplus’ to relight the cross I agree with bringing back the cross at the Mountain brow to life — to light. It would be a wonderful memorial for all the staff and patients who worked there, including my mother Cathrina Barton, who was a nurse back then in the times of disease and [...]

Undemocratic OMB has no place in a democratic state By Andrew Knowles The Ontario municipal board or the OMB, is the only institution in Canada which handles civil services that does not have officials publicly elected, have staff appointed by elected officials or have staff accountable to the public. The job of the OMB is [...]

Light-the-cross campaign under way By Jeff Mahoney Hamilton Spectator san survivor MAINDoris Ursul was a resident in the San back in the 1930s and almost died there. Robert, her son, is leading a campaign to have the Cross of Lorraine functioning again. Barry Gray/The Hamilton Spectator I asked in last Wednesday’s column if we in [...]

Our old, rugged cross Wednesday, February 1 By Jeff Mahoney   Hamilton Spectator I hope Hamilton is here forever. But if, for any reason (climate change, asteroid collision, the leachate from Adam Sandler movies), humankind must move to a new home in the stars, let there be at least one thing left of our city. [...]

Lands sales could have save the cross Mountain News re: Start a fund to save the Cross of Lorraine (Community Columnist, Dec. 22) Starting a fund to save the cross is the easy way out. The sanatorium had a large piece of property and over the years large parcels were sold off to developers. Even [...]

 Start a fund to save the Cross of Lorraine By Robert G. Ursul, special to the News (Dec. 22, 2011) Mountain News The fight over west Mountain brow lands is overshadowed by a far greater story. A story of prayers answered, a city served and saved; but sadly, also a story of loss, neglect, obscurity. [...]

Residents say total number of units could be in 670 range     By Mark Newman, News Staff The fate of the proposed development of the Chedoke brow lands will soon lie with Ontario Municipal Board officials. A hearing into Deanlee Management’s plan to develop a large portion of the 25 acres of land along [...]

The Hamilton Spectator sescott@thespec.com – The next round of the Chedoke brow lands battle that was slated for Wednesday has been adjourned again. It came as no surprise to many, as word spread the day before that Deanlee Management was going to ask to push the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing into the fall. Deanlee’s [...]

  The Hamilton Spectator City council rejected a secret compromise plan to develop the Chedoke brow lands Tuesday, but left the door open for a last-minute settlement to avoid an Ontario Municipal Board battle. Council turned down an alternative building plan from Deanlee Management in a closed-door meeting Tuesday, but also voted to make a [...]

There is a special meeting involving city Council on the brow lands development. Speculation is that Council wants to make a deal with Deanlee. I ask that all of you email and phone Terry Whitehead and respectfully oppose making any deal with Deanlee. The buzz is that Deanlee has come to the city with another [...]

Letters To The Editor – The Hamilton Spectator Re: Latest brow lands proposal gets dismal reviews; Residents say number of units proposed with new unnamed partner doesn’t suit community (Aug. 23) Not only have Chedoke Health and Deanlee Management Inc. broken their promises to respect the character of this community, but why has the city [...]

Matter slated to go to Ontario Municipal Board next month By Mark Newman Hamilton Mountain News A revised development plan for the Chedoke brow lands that is destined for the Ontario Municipal Board is drawing negative reviews from many of the neighbours. “It’s still too dense for the area,” said Andrew Knowles of the plan [...]

The Hamilton Spectator By Stacey Escott sescott@thespec.com Chedoke browlands residents say they are unimpressed by a developer’s reduced plan for 529 condominium and townhouse units alongside Scenic Drive on the Hamilton Mountain. Deanlee Management had initially proposed up to 700 units along the browlands after the company purchased the land from Chedoke Health in 2007. [...]

Formally “Scenic Drive’, Soon to be called ‘Mohawk Road Lite’ (Sans the four lane thoroughfare)

It was entirely predictable that the Ontario Municipal Board would be tasked with making the final decision on the size and scope of development on the chedoke brow lands. A three day hearing is slated to begin on Sept. 7. It’s expected a number of residents who live near the 24-acre site will make impassioned [...]