The province says it's already negotiating with someone to buy the old West 5th Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital land. So it may already be too late for Hamilton city council, despite councillors voting Wednesday to look at buying the prime Mountain brow property. But judging from a city council vote on Wednesday, it doesn't appear to be. City council passed a motion, moved by Coun. 'The city was our hope'The group wrote to city council this summer encouraging it to do what it could to buy the building.

Source: CBC News September 29, 2016 21:22 UTC