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Update: City councillor Sam Merulla lashes out at the elites for the lack of funding sent to infrastructure (PDF)

The weather wasn’t playing nice this weekend and many people found themselves under water with extensive flooding reported across Hamilton. Here’s some information you may want to make a note of if you were affected by the flooding.

The City encourages all affected residents to take the following actions to report claims:

• Call the City’s Claims hotline – 905-667-3157 and your information will be recorded
• Call your insurance company immediately
• Have someone come to your home immediately (within 48 hours) to assess the damages in your home – this could reduce cleanup costs significantly
• The city has a compassionate grant program. Applications are available through the City’s Claims Hotline

All roads have been reopened, however the Red Hill Valley Trail will be closed indefinitely as a result of extensive flooding damages. Closure signs will be placed at the trail head and along the trail.

Important numbers:

• Flood Claims Hotline – 905-667-3157
• City Customer Contact Centre – 905-546-CITY (2489)
• Horizon Utilities – 905-522-6611
• Union Gas – 1-877-969-0999

Waste Collection

The City is waiving the one plus one garbage bag limit for areas affected by flooding for the next two weeks. Quantity limits will not be waived in any area other than those impacted by flooding. This is not a City-wide exemption of waste quantity limits. As well, bulk disposal rates will be waived for residents in flooded areas who take damaged goods or waste to a transfer station.

Household Hazardous Waste facility closed

Flooding on the weekend resulted in water damage at the Household Hazardous Waste facility and Reuse Store at the Mountain Community Recycling Centre, therefore the facility will be closed until Monday, August 3rd. The bin areas for recycling and garbage remain open. Household Hazardous Waste may be dropped off at the Kenora or Dundas Community Recycling Centres which remain fully open.

Find out more via 900CHML

[Also posted at Boxed Geek]
The Torontoist reports that Rogers is preventing some customers from purchasing an iPhone. After the fiasco about the data plans offered with a new iPhone, you would think that Rogers would have learned its lesson.

Apparently not. According to the Torontoist article:

Due to a breathtakingly boneheaded policy created by the company’s National Planning Department, existing customers currently under a Rogers contract and who have upgraded their handset within the year are prohibited from purchasing an iPhone. At all.

Well, that’s only partly true. They can buy an iPhone if they cancel their current contract, pay the early cancellation penalty fee ($20 per month left on the contract) and handset subsidy, and then sign up to a new contract, which includes an additional $35 activation fee. Customers aren’t even allowed to keep their previous phone number, as number porting is only available when transferring carriers—so, to retain a number with an iPhone, a customer would have to sign up for a brand new account with Rogers subsidiary Fido.

Absolutely ridiculous. I fail to understand why this company is so afraid of having happy customers. It is mind boggling.

Rogers will be debuting the iPhone in Canada on July 11th. Unfortunately, in true Rogers style, they have decided to short change potential customers.

Click the button below, become informed, sign the petition and say no to Rogers.