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Minister mum on funding for new public high schools
Ontario’s education minister is keeping tight-lipped on whether Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board trustees can expect to find a pot of gold at the end of three reviews that could close seven of the city’s 18 public high schools.
Peddle ‘guarantees’ she won’t for school board again
Mountain trustee Laura Peddle insists this will be her final term on the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board.
Dundas students sweep public board’s trustee spots
They may be set to lose one of their two high schools in 2014, but Dundas students will have a noticeable presence at the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board this fall.
Don’t make life for mentally ill worse, students urged
Sarah Cannon vividly recalls the day her daughter came home from school and talked about putting a bag over her head to suffocate herself.
‘Fluke’ battery mishap brings bomb squad to Riddell
A freak accident with a cell-phone battery is being blamed for a scare that brought in the Hamilton police bomb squad and kept students out of class at R.A. Riddell Elementary School on Friday afternoon.
Stoney Creek’s finest honoured
The Stoney Creek Chamber of Commerce Achievement Awards were handed out May 10.
Upper James bar sings into first place
With local radio celebrities Sunni Genesco and Matt Hayes lending a hand and their voices, Tracie’s Place has grabbed an early lead in the fourth annual Mountain Bar Challenge.
Light up at Streetfest
Those attending Concession Streetfest next month will be able to light up without having to worry about the smoking police issuing them a warning or a ticket.
Family affair
Sharon Peters doesn’t like to think about it, but she knows she’s at risk of losing her vision.
Faces of history
War of 1812 re-enactors will be spotted all over the Ancaster village core during Ancaster Heritage Days festivities on June 9.