Locke Street

Tuesday March 13, 2018

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday March 13, 2018

Organized mob used G20 tactics in Locke Street attack

An organized masked mob that wreaked havoc on the Kirkendall North neighbourhood over the weekend strategies similar to those used during the 2010 G20 riots in Toronto.

The group of 30 people, brandishing a banner that read ‘We Are The Ungovernable,’ donned black clothing and face coverings to conceal their identities — a tactic called “black bloc,” said Insp. Paul Hamilton on Monday.

After smashing a handful of storefront windows with rocks, lighting fireworks and setting off smoke bombs, they fled — some on foot and others by vehicle — from Locke Street South Saturday night, ditching their clothing after the unprecedented attack.

“They’ll strip off their black clothing and now they’re wearing something orange, and then they go down another street and they strip that clothing off, and it becomes very difficult,” he said. “Our immediate concern was for the public safety.”

Police believe they have recovered pieces of clothing, including some tucked at the top of neighbourhood driveways, as well as information about some of the getaway cars used, but no arrests have been made.

Who is responsible for the attack and what their motives are is not clear, but police have said they are investigating a possible link to the anarchist book fair that took place in the city over the weekend.

Later Monday, a sheet of plywood boarded up the window of The Tower, the meeting place of Hamilton anarchists on Cannon Street East at Victoria Avenue. A message was written across it in black letters: “We are not the least afraid of RUINS for we carry a new world here in our hearts” followed by the letter A in a circle, the anarchist symbol.

An anonymous poster on the website Anarchistnews.org claims to have taken part in the rampage, saying ” all my worst bosses have been small business owners — the problem isn’t the size of the business, it’s that the relationship is exploitative.” (Source: Hamilton Spectator)  

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Wednesday February 26, 2003

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator Ð Wednesday February 26, 2003 Another Hole to Fill MP Stan Keyes, whose Hamilton West riding has been plagued by the recent water main breaks, said Ottawa has been spending money on municipal infrastructure and will continue to.But he said it has to be balanced with the other priorities of the country. "There is a point at which the federal government will not go into deficit," he said. "We have to get into priority spending.Ó While Keyes decried finger-pointing between various levels of government, he said Ontario could be doing more priority spending of its own. "Maybe we don't need tax cuts this year. Maybe we need to invest more in municipal infrastructure," Keyes said. "I don't think there is a resident on Locke Street who would disagree.Ó At least a few Hamilton West residents are a little fed up with all the political finger-pointing. Crews were pumping water from brothers Tom and Tim McDermott's basement yesterday as the family made a list of all the items damaged on Sunday -- golf clubs, memorabilia, bicycles and appliances. (Source: Hamilton Spectator)Ê Hamilton, Stan Keyes, infrastructure, spending, crumbling, Locke Street, flooding, funding

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Wednesday February 26, 2003

Another Hole to Fill

MP Stan Keyes, whose Hamilton West riding has been plagued by the recent water main breaks, said Ottawa has been spending money on municipal infrastructure and will continue to. But he said it has to be balanced with the other priorities of the country.

“There is a point at which the federal government will not go into deficit,” he said. “We have to get into priority spending.”

While Keyes decried finger-pointing between various levels of government, he said Ontario could be doing more priority spending of its own.

“Maybe we don’t need tax cuts this year. Maybe we need to invest more in municipal infrastructure,” Keyes said. “I don’t think there is a resident on Locke Street who would disagree.”

At least a few Hamilton West residents are a little fed up with all the political finger-pointing. Crews were pumping water from brothers Tom and Tim McDermott’s basement yesterday as the family made a list of all the items damaged on Sunday — golf clubs, memorabilia, bicycles and appliances. (Source: Hamilton Spectator)

 

Thursday January 23, 2003

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator Ð Thursday January 23, 2003 The Great Flood of 2003 The old pipe couldn't take the pressure anymore and blew just before 5 a.m. For 76 years, it had ferried water from the city's main trunk line up Locke Street to fill the Beaumont Reservoir, which in turn quenches west Hamilton's thirst. But yesterday, after days of bitter cold, frost worked its way under the 30-inch cast iron pipe, right where one section connects the next under the intersection of Herkimer and Locke streets. The frost pushed the ground up until the big feeder pipe shattered like a poorly fired clay vase, blowing out a one-metre-square piece of metal. It released a geyser of water so powerful it blasted straight up through concrete roadbed and asphalt and spewed three metres into the air. Within minutes, it sped down streets into more than 100 homes and businesses, completely flooding some basements and reducing water pressure across large parts of west Hamilton. (Source: Hamilton Spectator) Hamilton, Locke Street, Marvin Caplan, water, infrastructure, flood, pipe, politics

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday January 23, 2003

The Great Flood of 2003

The old pipe couldn’t take the pressure anymore and blew just before 5 a.m. For 76 years, it had ferried water from the city’s main trunk line up Locke Street to fill the Beaumont Reservoir, which in turn quenches west Hamilton’s thirst. But yesterday, after days of bitter cold, frost worked its way under the 30-inch cast iron pipe, right where one section connects the next under the intersection of Herkimer and Locke streets.

The frost pushed the ground up until the big feeder pipe shattered like a poorly fired clay vase, blowing out a one-metre-square piece of metal.

It released a geyser of water so powerful it blasted straight up through concrete roadbed and asphalt and spewed three metres into the air.

Within minutes, it sped down streets into more than 100 homes and businesses, completely flooding some basements and reducing water pressure across large parts of west Hamilton. (Source: Hamilton Spectator)