HamiltonMountainNews.com RSS Feedshttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.comMon, 26 Jul 2010 16:58:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/MountainNews/imgs/logo.gifhttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.comhttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215822Former Hamilton mayor Larry Di Ianni made it official today confirming he wants his old job back.215822Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:58:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215772Hamilton’s Centre for Civic Inclusion’s board of directors would like to have a new executive director for the community anti-racism organization by the fall, said the board’s co-chair.215772Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:19:41 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215669To have your activity appear in this column, please submit a brief paragraph about the event, mentioning time, place and day. Please leave a phone number for information. This listing is reserved for non-profit organizations and guaranteed placement is not possible. 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Publication is not guaranteed.215669Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215671They can play under the lights, but washrooms are still about six months away at Turner Park215671Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215672A decision following a provincial environmental assessment study to drop a proposed roadway from Fort Erie to Highway 407 has left Hamilton politicians scrambling to determine how it will impact plans to develop the southern part of the city.215672Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215673The four-foot-tall letters on the back of the Golf Links Road exit sign above the Lincoln Alexander Parkway — put there by some acrobatic vandal with black spray paint more than a month ago — might be interpreted my some residents as a testament to a “do as we say, not as we do” attitude at city hall.215673Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215674When FirstOntario’s new central Mountain branch opens in September, it will be among the first financial outlets to have a cash machine which connects tellers with customers via video while they do their banking.215674Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215675Experience matters in just about everything. For Jerry Goudreault and his partner Alain, their travel experience has helped them become experts GLBTQfriendly vacation sites.215675Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215676The Ontario Municipal Board will ultimately decide if a Mississauga developer can build as many as 700 condominium and town house units on the Chedoke brow lands.215676Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215678Residents at Applegrove Cooperative Homes on the east Mountain have Aug. 28 circled on their calendars.215678Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215686The owners of a new Stoney Creek clinic on Queenston Road that treats opiate drug dependency say it’s about providing a clean, safe environment for clients to recover rather than sneaking behind walls in dank, dark back alleys away from prying eyes.215686Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215687It’s enough electricity to light up more than 200 homes.215687Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215688There will be a race for the west Mountain council seat this fall.215688Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215691A Pan Am stadium on the east Mountain will only put money into the coffers of corporations rather than if it was located in the west harbour where it could act as a catalyst to a rejuvenated downtown core, say a group of local arts and business people.215691Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215692Hamilton Health Sciences’ Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) needs volunteers to support senior patients who benefit from mental stimulation and socialization while in hospital. Volunteers are asked to give three hours per week, must be over 18 years of age and be willing to participate in 24 hours of training, including two full days of classroom instruction.215692Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215695Police probe South Park shooting215695Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215699For most Canadians, the fourth of July is nothing more than another day on the calendar. Not for Thie Convery. Not by a long shot. The 43-year-old Dundas financial advisor celebrated the fourth in her own unique way, successfully swimming 18.6 kilometres across Lake Erie.215699Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215706George Hamilton is getting his own day.215706Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215474The owners of a new Stoney Creek clinic on Queenston Street that treats opiate drug dependency say it’s about providing a clean, safe environment for clients to recover rather than sneaking behind walls in dank, dark back alleys away from prying eyes.215474Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:50:19 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215374The Liberal government has announced it will scrap the controversial eco fees after a consumer backlash that took them by surprised when the fees were introduced July 1.215374Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:58:39 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215232It appears marijuana is becoming the drug of choice over alcohol for a growing number of youths who’ve been congregating at Mountain parks during the evening or late night hours this summer.215232Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215234Breaking news: The Red Hill Valley Creek turns into a raging, terrible river. Torrents of frothing, muddy water barrel down the length of the valley from Albion Falls to the bay.215234Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215235It was the moment Mountain heritage boosters had been dreading.215235Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215236After about two and a half years of sometimes heated debate by a panel of citizens, the airport employment lands are ready to be presented to the public for inspection over the next two months. But there remains some consternation and even anger by some members of the public committee over their creation of the airport employment growth district plans, but for very different reasons.215236Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215238Volunteers are needed to help the Hamilton Civic League take the pulse of residents heading into this fall’s municipal election.215238Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215241Hamilton residents should get used to the Red Hill Valley Parkway being closed when it floods during particularly short, intense rain storms, say city officials.215241Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215242This summer, a stay-cation may be all we can afford. On July 1, the HST came into effect in Ontario and British Columbia. If you’re planning a sunny weekend with family and friends, make some room for your new friend, the Harmonized Sales Tax!215242Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215245THURSDAY215245Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215247Nick Gabriele and Mary Ellen Logan met each other while working at a private college and became instant allies.215247Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215253Joseph Szucsko was getting ready for work when he had a stroke. He woke up in a hospital three days later and couldn’t speak.215253Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215254The city’s integrity commissioner has delayed again a report on a Mountain councillor’s professional conduct.215254Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215255Specifics on deployment of Hamilton police officers in Toronto during the G20 are not available as several investigations into police behaviour at the summit get underway.215255Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215256It may have been a case of trustees rubber-stamping a staff recommendation, but the press release should have waited until after that formality, says Hamilton public school board chair Jessica Brennan.215256Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215258Hamilton politicians failed to save an important public health program from being cut by the provincial government.215258Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215261The TD Summer Reading Club is back again at Hamilton Public Library. This year’s theme is Destination Jungle, transporting children to an exotic locale with lions, tigers and monkeys — all while keeping their reading skills up over the summer.215261Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215262The Hamilton/Burlington SPCA reminds pet owners to be aware the summer heat can be fatal to animals and offers some tips.215262Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215263Pellet shots fired215263Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215266The Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice Day Program offers care and company to people coping with life-threatening illnesses. Weekly sessions include a hot meal, nurse consultations, entertainment and more. Contact Mary Klingenberg at 905-387-2448, ext. 2209, or email mary.klingenberg@hwcn.org for information or to sign up.215266Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215267Gord Pauls is putting his body through three days of hell to help thousands of people in Haiti get a start in the business world.215267Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215268The crimes against seniors unit of Hamilton police is investigating after some east Mountain seniors were conned out of more than $10,000 earlier this month.215268Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215270It may not have taken on the North American importance of NBA star Lebron James’s decision on where to play basketball next year, but Larry Di Ianni is expected to decide next week if he is ready for a rematch against Fred Eisenberger for the city’s mayor’s chair.215270Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215271Hamilton’s newest hospital should begin treating patients in less than three weeks.215271Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/215294Limericks, leprechauns and the Blarney Stone are some of the most commonly recognized images from the Emerald Isle.215294Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/214969Even though it looks like a done deal for the city to build a new 25,000-seat stadium on the east Mountain, proponents of the west harbour site are making their voices heard to keep the stadium on the waterfront.214969Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:12:59 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/214966Hamilton International Airport officials say they didn’t need a demolition permit to level a prospective Mount Hope heritage property at the end of May.214966Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:08:09 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/214964Hamilton politicians have rejected a request from an operator of a Glanbrook waste disposal site to keep tires at the recycling centre.214964Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:06:52 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/214962The National Cycling Centre president says the proposed velodrome for the Pan Am Games should be a stand-alone facility rather than saddled near the track and field stadium at the proposed east Mountain location.214962Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:04:27 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/214702With Mayor Fred Eisenberger bemoaning how events had transpired over the last day, Hamilton councillors agreed to examine an east Mountain location as a more suitable site than the waterfront for a Pan Am stadium.214702Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:47:50 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/214711Two men have been charged after one of the soccer fields at Mohawk Sports Park was damaged.214711Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.HamiltonMountainNews.com/news/article/214712Hamilton residents can now renew their health card, driver’s licence and vehicle registration under one roof.214712Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST