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  New $30-million steel processing facility opens at Stelco in Hamilton

  Stelco executive chair Alan Kestenbaum noted that the company’s new $30-million steel processing plant is the “first investment in a new production facility in our Hamilton Works facility this century.” – Barry Gray , The Hamilton Spectator Stelco has unveiled a new $30-million, state-of-the-art…

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  Seed capital: Agrifood giants stalk the city of steel

  The control room for production at World Energy’s biodiesel plant on Wentworth Street North – John Rennison,The Hamilton Spectator Plant-based plants create billion-dollar economic harvest for Hamilton Leonardo DiCaprio and the brains behind Bunge’s Hamilton operation hit the jackpot when shares of Beyond Meat…

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  City hits new record-setting economic milestone: $1 billion in building permits in eight months

  City hits new record-setting economic milestone: $1 billion in building permits in eight months HAMILTON, ON – Building activity is a key economic indicator that provides insight on the health of a municipality. Today, the City of Hamilton’s Chief Building Official Ed VanderWindt announced…

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  Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority to lead $16M Agri-Food Expansion at Pier 10

  NEWS PROVIDED BYHAMILTON PORT AUTHORITYAug 21, 2019 HAMILTON, ON – The Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Seniors and Member of Parliament for Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, announced the Port of Hamilton will receive a $5.5 million investment for a Pier 10 Export Expansion from the National Trade…

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  Hamilton Ranks One Of Canada’s Best Communities

  Hamilton, ON- August 14, 2019 –   As part of its 2019 Canada’s Best Communities rankings, Macleans Magazine has ranked Hamilton in the top 25 and third “Big City” overall.  This ranking, along with Hamilton being named in the top 2 in North America for…

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  Growth of Hamilton Airport Brings Opportunities For Local Businesses

  Growth of Hamilton Airport brings opportunities for local businesses SAIRA PEESKER THE GLOBE AND MAIL August 11 at 3:23 PM ET Max Daviau is vice-president of retail for Detour Coffee Roasters, who are overseeing the launching of two new food and beverage kiosks inside…

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  Stelco Goes Hollywood!

  Jeff Tessier,Images provided by Stelco With Hamilton now one of the busiest filming locations in Ontario, more film related investment is coming to the city.  Whether through AEON’s major film studio announcement (read it here) and now an investment in more filming capacity at…

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  FASHION POP-UP SHOW

  With a growing number of fashion designers, Hamilton has 521 fashion businesses and is the 5th largest cluster of fashion businesses across Canada. One of the major fashion clusters is located on James Street North, which is the location for the annual Supercrawl festival…

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  Weekend Getaway: Yes, Hamilton is well worth a visit (says the Globe and Mail)

  The Rock Garden at the Royal Botanical Gardens. Domini Clark/Handout I feel like summer is rapidly slipping away and I want to maximize the weekends that are left. What’s an easy day trip from Toronto that doesn’t require much planning? It’s Hammer Time. Wait.…

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  Hamilton startup gets ‘big win’ with NYC transit pilot project

  From left, Kevin Talaue, Ravi Puvan, Kelly Moylan, Sasha Kucharczyk, and Ethan Jackson at Preteckt, a vehicle diagnostics company that has been chosen to collaborate on a transit pilot project in New York City. – Barry Gray , The Hamilton Spectator Preteckt is one…

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  Sucro Sourcing Announces New Sugar Refinery in Hamilton

  June 7, 2019 HAMILTON, Ontario Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sucro-sourcing-announces-new-sugar-refinery-in-hamilton-canada-300863828.html PRNewswire/ — Sucro Sourcing announced today the completion of its new granular sugar refinery in Hamilton, Canada. The refinery was completed with the support of the Port of Hamilton and will begin refining sugar immediately. The construction of the granular…

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  Mohawk College, EON Reality open new virtual reality lab

  On June 24, 2019, Mohawk College officially opened its new EON AVR Development Lab.  The new lab, built in partnership with EON Reality, will support and build on the Virtual Reality community in Ontario, positioning Mohawk College as a leading location for AVR development and…

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  Fluke Transportation expands its Port of Hamilton presence

  Fluke Transportation is growing its footprint in the Port of Hamilton with a 56,000-square-foot warehouse expansion that is seen as one of the first steps in transforming the Westport area of the docks. The building will be a pre-engineered, steel-frame, pitched-roof structure on the…

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  National Trade Corridor Funding Announced for Hamilton International Airport

  Four-year, $38.8 million infrastructure project will support continued cargo and passenger traffic growth HAMILTON, ON (June 14, 2019) – John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport will undergo an Airfield Rehabilitation and Modernization Project to fully restore its two main runways, supporting taxiways and lighting…

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  Expansion Well Underway at KF Hamilton

  June 12, 2019—Hamilton—The expansion of KF Aerospace is on schedule with the steel framework of its wide-body hangar at YHM. The aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider is on track with the 100,000 sq. foot expansion that will add wide-body aircraft capability to KF’s Hamilton operation.…

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  Shovels in the ground for $20-million Marriott hotel development on Hamilton Mountain

  The new TownePlace Suites by Marriott on Upper James will add 125 long-stay rooms and also mean 35 new full-time jobs when it opens next spring – Steve Helber , The Associated Press TownePlace Suites by Marriott will add 125 long-stay rooms. The foundation…

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  Significant expansion planned for P&H flour mill

  HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA — Parrish & Heimbecker, Ltd. (P&H) plans to expand its Hamilton flour mill and grain terminal. Work is already under way to have the P&H Hamilton site also become the home of a second flour mill, which will make P&H the…

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  Fusion Pharmaceuticals Raises $105 Million In Oversubscribed Series B Financing

  Lead investors Varian and OrbiMed, are joined by Perceptive Advisors, Pivotal bioVenture Partners, Rock Springs Capital and all existing investors Funding to Accelerate the Development of Targeted Alpha Therapeutics Across Multiple Cancer Types Based on Fusion’s Fast-Clear™ Linker Technology Platform Fusion Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical…

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  CHCH to move to new Flamborough home

  4 Innovation Dr., in Flamborough will be the new home of CHCH. The television station is expected to move into the property by spring 2021. – Mac Christie/Metroland CHCH is moving to a new home in Flamborough after 70 years in downtown Hamilton. The…