Sunday
May272012

Fantastic panorama shot of Hamilton - Pic

Looks like it was taken from middle the Sherman stairs..

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Saturday
May262012

READERS WRITE: Hortons lineups block traffic

Thursday
May242012

McMaster University researchers discover drug that kills cancer stem cells

Friday
May182012

$1.5 million grow op busted in Hamilton Mountain home

Friday
May182012

Hamilton’s home to Canada’s first male midwife

Canada’s first male midwife will practise in Hamilton.

Otis Kryzanauskas will be wearing red Adidas instead of the traditional red heels at McMaster University’s graduation ceremony Friday, when he makes history by becoming the first man in Canada to get a midwifery degree.

“It’s fantastic,” said Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews. “We really believe in the practice of midwifery. This is exciting, and I have to say I’m not surprised it’s happening in Hamilton.”

Hamilton is already a pioneer in midwifery, creating the country’s first university program at McMaster in 1993.

Kryzanauskas tries to avoid thinking too much about making Hamilton a leader yet again.

“It’s exciting and scary at the same time,” he said. “It’s exciting, because I can make this different. I can, hopefully, help expand the profession and I can do my part to make midwifery a really strong part of the Canadian health-care community. But it’s also terrifying, because there is no precedent set. We didn’t know how clients would receive me.”

Most women have been accepting so far, and Kryzanauskas is close to delivering his 100th baby. He’s joining the Community Midwives of Hamilton on Main Street West, after writing the national registration exam next week.

His patients say he’s good at the job. Mike and Jessica Dyment went so far as to name their baby after him.

“His personality is so perfect for the role,” said Mike Dyment. “He is definitely a care provider.”

The Dyments met Kryzanauskas about two months before their baby boy was born Jan. 25, and were at first skeptical about having a male midwife.

“As soon as he walked in the room, I was really at ease with him,” said Mike Dyment. “We hit it off right away.”

Friday
May112012

James North Art Crawl Rundown for May 11, 2012

Tonight is Art Crawl! James North comes alive with a flurry of new art exhibitions opening, concerts, impromptu sidewalk happenings and lots of people. The door to Mixed Media stays open until the last person leaves – we’re happy to share with you a listing of what some of our neighbours will be up to tonight. We hope to see you!

1. You Me Gallery, 330 James St. N. 905.523.7754 • www.youmegallery.ca
PETER KIRKLAND New Paintings – Large scale paintings on canvas and wood continuing the artists exploration of allusive organic forms. Exhibition continues to June 3. Gallery Hours: Wed – Sun, 12-5

2. James North Studio, 328 James St. N. www.jamesnorthartcollective.com
New Exhibition: Sherelle Willsack, “Feast”, Oils & Chalk Pastels, May 11 – June 3. See new work by the James North Art Collective’s members in the Kitchen Gallery and downstairs in the Photography Gallery. Reg. Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 12 noon – 5 pm & Sunday 12 noon – 4 pm

3. This Ain’t Hollywood 345 James St. N. Live music venue • www.thisainthollywood.ca
Live music with BIBLICAL, MILK RUN & DIRTY NIL

4. Dave Gruggen Photography 326 James St. N. 905.522.1031 • www.gruggenphotography.com

5. Artword Artbar 15 Colbourne St. Multi-purpose venue & gallery • www.artword.net/artbar
A Touch of Klez, Hamilton’s own Klezmer band, playing the high-energy sounds of Eastern European music, gypsy, Jewish, swing.

6. Christ’s Church Cathedral 252 James St. N. 905.527.1316
New Harbours Music Series features beautiful, mesmerizing music from guitarist M.Mucci and deeply hypnotic ghetto ragas from the depths of space from NO SHOES and ONE SOCK. Makers’ Market returns to the front courtyard for a new season of local handmade goods and fabulous vintage finds.

7. The Factory Media Arts Centre 228 James St. N. 905.577.9191 • www.hamiltonmediaarts.org
HAMILTON FILM – A Look at the Film Festival Circuit in Hamilton presented by Nathan Fleet.

8. b contemporary 226 James St. N. 289.389.3949 • www.bcontemporary.ca
Steve Newberry – Straits continues to June 2nd. Steve Newberry explores the nature of boundaries and borders with work that is both minimalist and graphic. He joins the abstract language of maps with naturalism to examine how we define ourselves and the concept of otherness.

9. Hammer City Records 226 James St. N. (basement) Hardcore, Punk, Metal, Vinyl, Tapes, CDs •www.schizophrenicrex.com
Hammer City Records is thrilled to host an Art Crawl Night featuring Runt! In the words of the artist, Runt is “That Lee’s Palace guy that makes the Hanna Barberic paintings”, whose work is influenced by “everything from Aztec to Dr. Seuss, Robert Crumb and M.C. Escher.” He’s been voted Best Graffiti Artist multiple times in NOW Magazine and his vibrant and chaotic art speaks for itself. Records and refreshments will be served! On Art Crawl nights you can enter the shop via BContemporary Gallery on James Street North aside from the regular entrance off the alley that runs from Robert Street between Classic Cafe & Grannie’s Caribbean.

10. Grey Room Studio 195 James St. North (upstairs) • www.thegreyroom.ca
Featuring the art of Jesse Parenteau & Melissa Mostacci. New works every month.

Thursday
May102012

Doors Open Hamilton breaks records

Sunday
Apr292012

Hamilton police SWAT team busts movie shoot

Thursday
Apr262012

Pot advocate Walter Tucker dies at 79

Thursday
Apr262012

Pensioner jailed for stealing food

A provincial court judge threw a 71-year-old pensioner in jail Wednesday for shoplifting, among other items, foodstuffs.

While prosecutor Jill McKenzie and defence counsel Steven Howarth both sought a probation term for Dofasco retiree Pavle Stojanovic, Ontario Court Justice Fred Campling had other ideas particularly after noting the accused had five prior theft convictions on his record.

Campling sentenced the Beamsville resident and Austrian native, who appeared with an interpreter and on crutches stemming from leg and head injuries suffered in a recent fall, to 15 days behind bars.

Stojanovic pled guilty to one count of theft under $5,000 and to one charge of possession of stolen property under $5,000.

Court was told on June 6, 2010 Stojanovic entered the Zellers store on Queenston Road. A store security officer observed the accused place a number of small items, including a quantity of foodstuffs, into a bag and leave without paying. The shoplifted goods, valued at $677, were recovered.

Howarth told court that Stojanovic came to Canada in 1968 and worked at Dofasco for 24 years before retiring. During a previous stint in the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre for convictions of driving while disqualified and failing to appear in court, Howarth said his client was set upon by other inmates, presumably because he didn’t speak English. He still requires 12 dental implants as a result of that beating.

Campling said it was clear Stojanovic had not gotten the message that shoplifting is unacceptable.

Friday
Apr202012

Cable crossed wires caused porn movie to appear on CHCH broadcast  

Wednesday
Apr182012

Halton police seek man who stole dog from 14-year-old girl

Monday
Apr162012

Governor General will meet Hamilton face-to-face

Governor General David Johnson won’t be coming to Hamilton to walk its scenic waterfront trails, visit galleries on James Street North, or marvel at one of the city’s waterfalls.

Instead, he’ll spend time in one the city’s hardest-hit neighbourhoods, where residents struggle with poverty, unemployment and poor health.

But the neighbourhood he’ll visit is also a place of hope, community involvement, and activism — and that’s what Johnson is coming to see Wednesday during his first visit to Hamilton.

“We just thought we’d like the Governor General to get a sense of both the depth of the challenges in neighbourhoods like McQuesten, but also a sense of hopefulness from the good work that’s been going on there,” said Terry Cooke, CEO of the Hamilton Community Foundation, which is hosting Johnson’s visit.

Johnson will start his daylong visit in Hamilton at a round table discussion in the McQuesten neighbourhood, near Parkdale Avenue and Barton Street. The neighbourhood finished as the 10th-worst overall out of Hamilton’s 130 neighbourhoods in the rankings compiled for the Spectator’s 2010 Code Red project.

In the area, just over half (53 per cent) of all children under age 18 live in poverty, the sixth-highest rate in Hamilton. And more than one in four families (27 per cent) is headed by a single mother, the eighth-highest rate in the city. Just four out of every 100 adults between the ages of 26 and 64 have a university degree.

But the McQuesten neighbourhood is also home to some of the city’s most engaged and active citizens.

The neighbourhood planning team, chaired by Pat Reid, encourages residents to get to know each other and the services available to them. With the help of the Hamilton Community Foundation grants, the team has planted flowers to beautify the neighbourhood’s streets, built two successful playgrounds and a large community garden, and hosts an annual block party.

Saturday
Apr072012

Young Stoney Creek artist could be heading to the National Gallery.

Tuesday
Apr032012

Meanwhile on kijiji..

Sunday
Mar252012

Mob hits James North


To those familiar with Hamilton’s Mafia-tinged history, the word “mob” evokes a rather different picture than what took place on Saturday.

Still, the mob activity on James Street North was about the money, and a businessman was presented with an offer he couldn’t refuse.

On the first International Cash Mob Day, a group of about 25 people gathered to declare which local business they would support en masse with a modest spending spree.

“It’s time. Welcome to our first cash mob,” said organizer Meaghan Makins, greeting the “mobsters.”

A cash mob is not to be confused with a “flash mob,” which the Oxford online dictionary defines as a “public gathering of complete strangers, organized via the Internet, who perform a pointless act and then disperse again.”

A cash mob, while organized using social media, and mobilizing strangers to some extent, has a very specific goal: supporting local businesses with cash — $20 was the suggested minimum — in a celebratory way that encourages others to patronize community merchants.

Organizers said more than 100 cities in Canada and the U.S. held cash mobs as well Saturday.

Hamilton’s version hit Mixed Media at the corner of James and Cannon streets.

Makins acknowledged that the store, owned by Dave Kuric, is not one in desperate need of attention. The arts supplies store and its owner have received media coverage in the past for helping to foster the blossoming arts community in that part of town.

And that, she said, is why they chose Mixed Media — to celebrate Kuric’s efforts.

“Dave has done so much for the downtown. And he’s a great guy.”

Participants included Sandy Reynolds, a corporate trainer.

“It’s a great way to stimulate local business,” she said.

Jenna Lane and her younger brother, Daniel, took part in the mob, en route to see the hit movie The Hunger Games.

“James North has come alive and we need to support it,” she said.

Kuric was caught by surprise as people funneled through his front door and began checking out the range of products on his shelves, which range from all manner of art supplies to locally produced artwork and T-shirts, plus vintage typewriters, journals and books (titles include Eat More Dirt about organic food and This Is Not A Book) as well as offbeat postcards. (One woman purchased a card with the caption: “She said kiss me somewhere dirty so we drove to Hamilton.”)

Friday
Mar232012

Wandering dog attacks four people in biting rampage

Tuesday
Mar202012

Needlework Adds a New Element to James North - NewsClipTV Video

Monday
Mar192012

Who's the smartest person in Canada? Ticat Pete

Monday
Mar122012

Project Punchbowl - Youtube