Hamilton Mountain MPP SophiaAggelonitis is flanked by Lt.-Gov. David Onley and Premier Dalton McGunity after being sworn into cabinet Monday.
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Mountain MPP shuffled into McGuinty cabinet
Aggelonitis, Cabinet post
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Parking meter rate hike ‘not unreasonable,’ says BIA chair
Concession Street BIA chair Paul Wharton (left) speaks to city bylaw enforcement officer Martin Walker about the increase in parking meter rates which becomes effective on July 1.
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Chickens come home to roost — and to roast
Michael Smith's recipe for Apple Roast Chicken is featured in his new book, The Best of Chef at Home with Michael Smith.
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Junior citizen nominee
Jason Scozzari receives his Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year nomination certificate from Gerri Antonucci, TD Canada Trust Mall Road manager. Jason, 16, has been volunteering in the community many years and is very active in fundraising activities at St. Thomas More, where he is in Grade 11. The award winners will be announced Friday.
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School planning ultimate goodbye party
St. Catherine of Siena principal Kevin MacIsaac and parents Carol Damery, Sandra McCormick and Judi Hanta are planning a big fundraiser to pay for a year-end trip for all students of the school.
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New office
The Harvard Health Group medical clinic opened recently on the west mountain at 801 Mohawk Rd. West. The group provides the regular medical services practised in family medicine and are also members of the Hamilton Family Health Team. The inter-professional staff includes mental health counsellors, pharmacists, dieticians, lung/asthma professionals and psychiatrists. Pictured from left are: front row -Dr. Barbara Nathanson, Dr. Ieva Neimanis, Dr. Barbara Teal and Dr. Cornelia Mielke; back row -Dr. Andrew Camilleri, Laima Camilleri, Dr. Susan van Baardwijk and Dr. Dominic Spadafora. Dr. Sheilah Lamb, not pictured, is also a member of the team.
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Students stifled in push for healthier cafeteria choices
Justin Beaul (left), Alysia Ceolin, Alyssa Bohaychuk and Emma Gowing want to know more about the relationship between the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board and the company it has contracted to run its cafeterias.
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Dad just wants to build a snowman
Dad Greg Siofer and mom Anita celebrate their daughter Isabella’s third birthday.
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Cobrinha puts hold on martial arts school students
Four-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world featherweight champion Rubens “Cobrinha Charles Macyel works out with P. J. O’Sullivan at the PuraBjj school on Upper James.
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Little Hats That Grew looking for more people who enjoy dying art
Trix Harrison has been knitting since the age of three. A decade ago she founded the Little Hats That Grew. The group has donated 40,000 hats to local charitable organizations.
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Tears of joy and anguish
Georgina Cosentino holds a photo of husband Phelimps Jean Louis, who survived Haiti earthquake.
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Quick shot
Ryan McHaffie of the Westmount Wildcats gets a shot on the Ancaster net during the city high school senior boys water polo final on Jan. 14. Westmount lost 6-2, settling for the silver. Earlier in the night the junior team lost in the bronze medal match.
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Help for Haiti
Stephanie Gris, Brooke Moore and Rachael McCormick react after a close play during a game between the boys basketball team and teachers at St. Catherine of Siena on Monday. The game coincided with the school’s Coins From Caring Kids fundraiser which raised $800 for the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in Port-au-Prince, an orphanage the Hamilton separate school board has long supported and which was destroyed in the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti.
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Red Wings looking for fifth straight win
Hamilton Red Wings goalie Jeff Sinclair makes a big save against Matt Galati of the Upper Canada Patriots in CCHL action at the Dave Andreychuk-Mountain Arena on Monday. The Red Wings won the game 6-2.
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Help for Haiti
Grade 8 student Matthew Mulholland speeds away from teacher Lora Piccioni during a game between the boys basketball team and teachers at St. Catherine of Siena on Monday. The game coincided with the school’s Coins From Caring Kids fundraiser which raised $800 for the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in Port-au-Prince, an orphanage the Hamilton separate school board has long supported and which was destroyed in the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti.
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Soupfest is coming
Dave Schurman (left) of sponsor First Ontario, Patricia Rogue of Acclamation restaurant and Al Craig of Living Rock Ministries taste some asparagus stilton and bacon soup during a preview of this year's Soupfest. The annual fundraiser is being held Feb. 2 at Hamilton Convention Centre. More than two dozen restaurants have signed on so far to present their soups for the public to taste.
