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Not only is this unnecessary idling detrimental to the environment, it is a traffic safety issue which the police should be enforcing as they do others.

Patients taking thioridazine for Parkinson’s and schizophrenia have 10 times less instance of cancer after being on the drug for a few years.

“We’re connecting dots that we weren’t connecting before,” said Dr. Mick Bhatia, principal investigator of the study and scientific director of McMaster’s Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute.

“We’re excited we have something interesting, but we’re always nervous because we want to make sure it helps people. The impact of this will be determined if we can put some patients in remission and certainly that’s my romantic goal.”

He expects a small number of Hamilton leukemia patients with no other treatment options will have access to the drug through a clinical trial within a year. He’s also hoping to set up a second trial at another Ontario cancer centre.

Hamilton police found what they called “a very large, sophisticated grow operation that utilized the entire home,” on Ninth Avenue near Fernwood Crescent.

Police seized almost 1,500 marijuana plants, along with some street-ready marijuana.

The hydro line leading into the home had been compromised, and Horizon Utilities was called and shut off power to the home.

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.”

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.

“I heard so many stories this weekend of people that had their first haircut in the Lister Block,” said Donna Reid, founding chair of Doors Open Hamilton.

Reid said 2,000 people visited Lister Block during the two-day event.

“We even had a shoe-shine boy who claimed he was the first Irish-Hamiltonian to be hired in the shoe shine shop.”

The first Doors Open Hamilton event was held in 2003, with 6,800 visitors.

“It's been an incredible growth over 10 years,” Reid said.

She said growing numbers of young people and families are raising the event's popularity.

“One of the most gratifying things is to see the changing demographic of the people who are really interested.”

In one, Derrek Peels, plastic gun in hand, was going to interrupt a robbery, as a duly deputized officer of the law. That's what he was paid to portray.

In the other, some truly duly deputized officers of the law, real guns in hands (and a German Shepherd at heel), were going to interrupt Derrek Peels. Whatever it took. That's what they're trained to do.

This was not the time for the director to say “Shoot.”

He didn't.

Actually, what Derrek expected to hear, standing outside, was a cue to move into the store with his gun drawn (it was still in the holster when the real cops arrived).

Instead, there came a voice Derrek didn't recognize, yelling authoritatively, “Don't move!”

Suddenly surrounding Derrek were several uniformed men, poised to shoot. 

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Walter Tucker, who called himself a reverend in the church, died Thursday at about 5 p.m. of heart failure at Hamilton General Hospital, the church said in a release.

He was 79.

Tucker co-founded the Church of the Universe with Michael Baldasaro, who called himself Brother Michael. The pair was in and out of court over the years arguing their belief. They were touched by the murder of a church member at their Hamilton headquarters and a battle with authorities to preserve a swimming hole in Puslinch Township as the site of their abbey.

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.