Forging Ahead: About the series
Hamilton’s steel landscape is changing. To get a sense of the scope of change and the possibilities that lie ahead, Spectator reporter Amy Kenny and…
Hamilton’s steel landscape is changing. To get a sense of the scope of change and the possibilities that lie ahead, Spectator reporter Amy Kenny and…
Mainline Protestant churches across downtown Hamilton are in trouble. Declining congregations and revenue have put them in a fight for survival that could permanently alter the…
Interest from potential land deal could keep central Hamilton church afloat By Teri Pecoskie St. Vladimir can’t change its demographics — the good news is that…
Immigration the key factor, experts say, along with the church institution. By Teri Pecoskie It’s no surprise that some religions are booming in Hamilton. But Roman…
1878 Church opens at corner of Bay and Hunter streets 1925 Congregation erects Sunday school, bell tower on site 1967 Church begins to struggle financially after…
When a church closes or moves, what comes of the building? In some cases, it meets the wrecking ball; in others, it’s recycled as anything from…
Unique United Church program pulls congregations back from the brink By Teri Pecoskie United Church officials predict hundreds of congregations across the country will be forced…
The Spectator invited local religious leaders to submit short essays on the future of their institutions. Here is an excerpt of the letter penned by Christina…
By Steve Arnold, Hamilton Spectator Paul Bates was warned from the start – McMaster University’s business school “eats its deans.” Over the next several years that’s…
By Steve Arnold, Hamilton Spectator An appeal has shattered the secrecy around suspensions of Mac faculty, as five professors go to court to ask for…
Paul K. Bates Position: Dean, Michael G. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University Salary: $235,000 as dean in 2009. $225,921.80 in 2012 as special advisor…
The battle at DeGroote is covered by more than 15,000 pages of records, including emails, letters, complaints and reports. A number of the records summarize…
The unseemly civil war at Mac’s business school Why did it take so long for the university to investigate? What was the impact on students of…
This story was originally published in The Spectator in December, 2005 Paul Bates was nervous. The feeling surprised him a bit. A successful entrepreneur, Bay Street…
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