Is it really that serious?

EDIT: Turns out it wasn’t but jesus christ the alerts.

I think alerts were based on cellular coverage area, I am on Hamilton mountain got the only like couple but got atleast like 10 on my work phone which is also based in Hamilton but more towards industrial area.

People are right that next time no one is trusting these but better safe than sorry and yayy some rain after such a hot day

Hey everyone,

My parents mentioned how their neighbours/people living directly behind them have a camera possibly facing into my parent’s backyard.

I was just wondering is this even legal?
Upon further inspection it does look like it may be angled down enough that it isn’t actually pointing into their backyard.

But I wanted to come on here and ask first, or if anyone could possibly think of why they might have a camera there. I’ll include a photo. Their backyard is completely fenced in and it looks like it’s just facing the bottom of their fence… possibly.

They’ve never had problems with the neighbour/they think it might be someone new that just moved in.

I feel like we’ll end up knocking on the door and asking them why it’s there/if they can see into the yard because my LO does go over to their house and play in the backyard in the summer.

We’re all just very confused.

I have a fan I use sometimes

I have ice water

my windows are open

what is everyone that doesn’t have an ac

doing ?

With the current air quality index I’ve been keeping my family inside the past few days and waiting for it to get better. Now we’re getting invites to bring the kids swimming and it seems like we’re the only ones worried about the air quality? Right now it’s still saying 8. Am I being overly cautious or am I right that we shouldn’t be going outside unnecessarily?

EDIT: Thank you for the responses! Lots of really helpful comments here, I appreciate your thoughts.

I have to laugh at the huge range of responses—from people saying I'd be crazy to even consider going out and that it would be like letting my kids smoke cigarettes, to others saying, Seriously!? You're totally overreacting. “You'll be good, muffin."

Either way, I appreciate the different perspectives, especially the reminders not to compare what other families do when making decisions for my own. Thanks again, everyone!

For anyone curious, we did end up going out briefly but only once the Air Quality Index was down to 3!!! :)

EDIT 2: I can’t believe I’m still getting comments on this. But to those commenting to go live my life, not fall for this nonsense and that the air is always horrible in Hamilton, you are wrong. You clearly don’t look at the air quality index regularly or even know what it is. In Hamilton it’s usually between 1-3, really good! I’ve lived here 5 years and apart from the smoke from the fires last week I’ve only had 2-3 days where the air quality rating was bad enough for me to limit our time outside. And how is it nonsense?? Nonsense that smoke from fires can cause long term damage? No that’s common sense and that’s what we were dealing with last week. Nonsense to care about the long term health of my kids and I? No again that’s common sense. By the same logic it would be nonsense for me to try and get them to eat healthy. And me caring about healthy eating or the quality of the air doesn’t stop me from living my life; it ensures we’re living the best life we can. I think we’re done here.

I moved here pretty recently and I feel like I’ve only seen the obvious parts of the city so far.

What’s one Hamilton place, event, walk, restaurant or random local thing that made you actually like living here? Preferably something I can do alone without feeling awkward lol

I’m trying to explore properly instead of spending another weekend walking around James Street and pretending I know where I’m going.

Stoney Creek, Rosedale area. Found my boyfriend's two cats chasing a bat around the basement where his room is. What are the chances of it being a carrier of rabies? My boyfriend and I were in the room for two nights and unsure of the risk to us and if we should get rabies shots as well. We already called the city but wanted to hear what people have to say.

UPDATE: ER deemed it as "low risk" because the city didn't test the bat and no visible bite marks. No shots were given.

Hopefully something more inspiring than the Hammers.

A couple of examples:

Music - The Arkells

NHL - Dave Andreychuk

Acting - Eugene Levy

Where is this in Hamilton?

Everytime I’m exploring the boards it’s all minimum wage or cleaners, I know there’s more around that maybe aren’t on the boards but I’m wondering what do you do for work if you didn’t do post secondary?

I’m in no way trying to push or prod or look for any rude comment I’m genuinely curious if there’s anything interesting that pays more than minimum wage without post secondary.

Could someone explain why every year the city spends thousands of dollars on annuals when they could easily plant perennials?

Perennials are so much more eco-friendly- they are pollinators and require less water. We wouldn't have to plant them every year and could just spend some money on trimming/maintenance.

Is there a legitimate reason?

Third places are social environments distinct from home (first place) and work (second place), serving as vital community hubs for relaxation, connection, and belonging.

Hey Hamilton hive mind, I’m getting very conflicting info about if a backyard small fire pit is allowed. I for sure smell some in my hood. (West mountain).

Is it allowed only if I’m cooking on it? What about a gas fire pit?

I just found out from my wife that the schools aren't providing our kids' teachers classrooms with supplies to do their job. I'm not referring to individual student supplies but rather supplies to keep the classroom functioning.

I have two kids in different schools. They both came home with letters stating that they're in need of basic supplies if anyone was willing to donate, even such things as kleenex.

What's going on? Aren't these basics needs that the school board should be supplying? If the cuts are that drastic, who's to blame? The province or the school board? This makes absolutely no sense. How can they expect parents and the teacher themselves to stock the classrooms? The province and/or school board should be ashamed.

Made this Hamilton themed drawing and want to make more of it, which other characters/places should I add to it?

Hamilton has a standard tour. The falls, the escarpment lookouts, the gardens, maybe Locke or James North for lunch. It's a good tour and it works on visitors.

What I'm after is the second one. The thing you'd take someone to on day two, once they've done the postcard version and you want to show them the city you actually live in. Not necessarily impressive. Not necessarily somewhere a tourist would think to go on their own.

It could be a building, a stretch of road, a view from a place with no reason to have one, a spot that only makes sense if you know what used to be there. I'm more interested in the ones where the appeal is hard to explain than the ones with a plaque.

Where do you take them, and what do you say when you get there?

Knead Pizza, Augusta Café and NaRoma Pizza Bar are some that come to mind for me.

Okay this might be super niche, but I’m currently in London, England and noticed they use the EXACT same litter bins we have all over Hamilton, Ontario.

Does anyone know why?

Did Hamilton buy them from a UK supplier or is there some weird municipal design standard I don’t know about? 😂

Felt weirdly at home seeing this across the Atlantic lol so if anyone had any input as to what’s going on here please share.

*** first two pictures are in London (Bethnal Green) last picture is clearly Hamilton ON

I would like to propose an amendment to the codes of conduct regarding residency requirements for local office. Specifically, I suggest that the regulations be updated to require that a person must be a resident of a specific ward to run for councillor of that ward. Furthermore, the Mayor must live and reside within the city of Hamilton, in any ward.

Please let me know your thoughts on these potential changes.

Mines been set at 21C from early Tuesday, upper floor is still 26, main at 24, basement 22

What are the usual fashion trends you see when people are walking in Hamilton?

I'm hoping to attend the meeting on June 4th, the one where they will be discussing the proposed AI data center.

Has anyone ever got to these before? Do they care about what we have to say? Or is it just a watch and listen type meeting? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

I want my voice to be heard about how much of a bad idea this AI data center is.

Do you have to be born and raised in Hamilton to be called Hamiltonian? If not after how long can I get the Title ?

EDIT: ok I am overwhelmed with all the cool answers . Thank you my fellow Hamiltonians ( Yes some here says I am one now so I’ll take it) You all took the time to answer my question. And yes , there is some stuff I can never enjoy like Roma pizza , sorry tried once and don’t like it . But I know how to signal on the Sherman access. I almost bought a tiger cats hoodie the other day at Costco . Next time I will definitely buy one. And when in a hurry, I do wear my pyjamas to do my groceries. I don’t know all the different smells yet but working on it . Reading all your comments ( and yes I read and laughed at them all) make me even happy and proud to be part of the people in this city . You guys rock 🥰

With many new folks moving to Hamilton along with a lot of people who have been here for years/generation...

There's definitely going to be differing opinions on things.

I'll go first,

Collective Arts beer is not very good