Outdoor pools temporarily close due to Air Quality Warning

Posted on by lyndzeefreeman

Due to the Air Quality Warning and out of an abundance of caution, the City of Hamilton will be temporarily closing outdoor pools until air quality conditions improve.


All outdoor pools have closed and will reopen once the air quality warning is lifted. Wading pools remain closed at this time.

The following recreation centres offer regularly scheduled drop-in indoor swimming:

  • Ancaster Aquatic Centre
  • Bennetto Community Centre
  • Bernie Morelli Recreation Centre
  • Central Memorial Recreation Centre
  • Dalewood Recreation Centre
  • Dominic Agostino Riverdale Community Centre
  • Dundas Community Pool
  • H.G. Brewster Pool
  • Hill Park Recreation Centre
  • Huntington Park Recreation Centre
  • Kanétskare Recreation Centre
  • Norman Pinky Lewis Recreation Centre
  • Sir Allan MacNab Recreation Centre
  • Sir Wilfrid Laurier Recreation Centre
  • Sir Winston Churchill Recreation Centre
  • Stoney Creek Recreation Centre
  • Westmount Recreation Centre

For an online list of indoor swimming offerings, please visit: Recreation Centres & Indoor Pools


City of Hamilton staff will take appropriate precautions by moving outdoor activities indoors where possible or adjusting activities to reduce outdoor exposure.

Reduce your health risk from poor air quality wherever possible. Wildfire smoke contains fine particles that can be harmful to everyone, particularly young children, seniors, pregnant people, individuals with asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease (COPD) or heart disease, and people who work outdoors.

Waste Collection in Ward 9 is Proceeding

Posted on by Councillor Brad Clark

Collection is going ahead

Friday collection in Wards 6, 9 and 11 (and a small area in Ward 5):

These waste collection routes are serviced by our Contractor, GFL.  GFL has crews on the routes and anticipate collecting all garbage, green bin, yard waste and bulky items today.

Collection is cancelled, with options

Friday collection in Wards 4, 5, 12 (rural) and 13:

These routes are serviced by our City waste collection staff.  The collection of garbage, green bin, yard waste will not occur today.  At this time, impacted residents are asked to bring their waste back in from the curb and set it out on their collection day next Friday July 24th. To help with compounding residential waste for two weeks, the garbage container limit for Friday July 24th will be three (3) bags / containers for that day only. Reminder the weight limit per bag / container is 50 lbs.

Alternatively, residents with a Thursday or Friday waste collection day who did not receive waste collection this week are able to deliver their waste to the city’s three Community Recycling Centres (locations) at no charge today or on Saturday July 18th. 

  • Residents will be asked for postal code to confirm waste collection day
  • Recyclables must be separated from garbage
  • Food waste is considered garbage and must be packaged in a bag for drop off
  • CRCs are not open Sundays

An extension to the drop off option may occur if Monday’s collection program is impacted by the sustained poor air quality.

Blue Box Recycling is going ahead

The Contractor for the transitioned blue box program has advised that they will be collecting blue box recycling today.  All seven Wards with recycling collection today (4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12 and 13) should anticipate having their blue boxes collected today.

Less strenuous activities to continue

City waste collection staff have been assigned to less strenuous cleanliness activities such as emptying litter containers in the downtown with the support of a mechanical tipper. 

Operationally, the team continues to assess waste collection day by day.  At this time we are monitoring resources for projected air quality over the coming days. Waste collection staff will report to work Monday morning anticipating to head out on Monday waste collection routes.

Waste Management staff are working with Corporate Communications to update our residents of this service impact including a Public Service Announcement,  adding an announcement on the City’s webpage and sharing across social media channels.

We thank the residents for their patience and apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

Closure Communication – Heritage Green Park (Ward 9)

Posted on by lyndzeefreeman

Wednesday, July 8th – Friday July 10th

Echo Valley entrance will be closed Wednesday morning and evening, all traffic to use Frist Rd entrance.
First Rd entrance will be closed Thursday morning and evening, all traffic to use Echo Valley entrance.
Friday morning may have traffic implications depending on any potential delays that may arise.

The park road will be paved and have speed cushions as well as proper drainage. 

Special thanks to Heritage Green Community Trust for the financial support of $275,000