Paraguayan folk harpist Eduard Klassen performs for children of Eritrea
Paraguayan harpist and Christian speaker Eduard Klassen will present a benefit concert at Mount Hamilton United Church.
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Great pumpkin
Eight-year-old Ethan Madden along with staff sergeant Dominic Palmieri (left) and sergeant Mark Petkoff were judged to have carved the best pumpkin at the Mountain police station Oct. 17. The pumpkin carving contest was part of the Rogers Communications 24th annual Halloween safety program. The program sees the company team up with police to provide safety tips for little trick or treaters.
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More students set to help fill food bank shelves
St. Thomas More students Nicholas Klimchuk and Emily O'Rourke, drop off a flyer at the home of Rebecca Pope, another More student, reminding her that St. Thomas More students will be out in the community collecting canned goods for Neighbour to Neighbour Centre Oct. 31 as part of the school's annual Halloween for Hunger food drive.
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Argylls train at Bayfront
Soldiers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada practice clearing a simulated minefield at Bayfront Park as part of the Hill 195 Challenge, which took place last weekend in Hamilton.
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Catholic educator retires after 41 years
Alexis Fama and Zachary Zampini from St. Thérèse of Lisieux Catholic Elementary School presented retired Superintendent of Education Remo Presutti with a spiritual bouquet prepared by students from the various West City schools that he supervised at a Mass of Thanksgiving in his honour. Presutti's 41-year teaching career was defined by "his dedication and commitment to what is important in education," said Director of Education Marcel Castura, "the teaching and learning that goes on in the classroom. Helping children was his passion and priority."
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Diamonds at Rushdale
John and Lillian Mills will celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on Sunday at The Court at Rushdale on the east Mountain.
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Singing for their supper
Members of the John Laing Singers went out into the community Oct. 18 with a Singathon. The chamber choir visited the Hamilton Art Gallery, Carnegie Gallery in Dundas, and the Meadowlands Retirement Home in Ancaster.
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Junior League gears up for annual Holiday House Tour
This breathtaking 3,500 square foot home in Carlisle is one of the featured stops on the annual Junior League of Hamilton-Burlington Holiday House Tour.
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Province ‘kicking’ city in economic corner
“The province has failed miserably in mitigating the economic effects." - Coun. Sam Merulla
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Anti-poverty goal seeks to supplant ‘woozy rhetoric’
McMaster University social work student Brooke Camplin helped develop a post-card campaign urging the province to reduce poverty by 25 per cent in the next five years. Based on a quilt sewed by teens at the Arrell Youth Centre, more than 4,000 of the cards will be presented to Children and Youth Services Minister Deborah Matthews on Monday.
