DundasStarNews.com RSS Feedshttp://www.DundasStarNews.comFri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/DundasStarNews/imgs/logo.gifhttp://www.DundasStarNews.comhttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153292A Breakfast with Santa, hosted by the Community Emergency Response Volunteers Association (CERVA) takes place Saturday, Dec. 6 at the Dundas Lions Memorial Community Centre, 10 Market St. S. from 8-11 a. m.153292Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153293The Zonta Clubs of Hamilton I and II once again sponsor the Young Women in Public Affairs Award program.153293Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153297One person or a small group of people working collectively towards a common goal can make a big difference.153297Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153298The Salvation Army needs volunteers to help with its Christmas kettle drive at 57 locations around the city.153298Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153300In recent weeks, blood donors answered the call to help increase donations needed across the country. These donations have, in turn, helped raise national blood inventory levels. But this important type of giving can’t stop there. As Canadians head into the holiday season, patients across the country will continue to rely on donor support.153300Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153303With 106 auction items available for a loonie or a toonie per bid, the Soroptimist International of Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough raised over $8,500 at its annual Christmas Auction.153303Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153306Hey minister, can you spare $24 million? It may not be an original request, but Mayor Fred Eisenberger will ask Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan to preserve Hamilton’s provincial funding over the next two years, including the city’s crucial annual social services cash when both meet over the next couple of weeks.153306Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153309About 150 Baha’is and their guests from the Hamilton area celebrated the birth of the Prophet Founder of the Baha’i Faith, Baha’u’llah, at Wesley Neighbourhood Centre. Baha’u’llah was born on Nov. 12, 1817, in Tehran, Persia.153309Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153311Eight hundred students from St. Bernadette Catholic and Sir William Osler elementary schools in Dundas showed their true colours by donning blue clothes in support of World Diabetes Day. The students were part of a media event organized by the Canadian Diabetes Association and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to draw attention to the growing diabetes epidemic that affects 246 million people worldwide.153311Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153312Winter Break programs for children five to 12 years of age are available through several community organizations and licensed child care centres in the Hamilton area.153312Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153313To have your activity appear in City Sidelines, please submit a brief paragraph about the event, listing time, place and day. Leave a phone number for more information. This listing is reserved for non-profit organizations, and guaranteed placement is not possible. Dundas and Ancaster events are given priority. Deadline is Friday noon prior to the Friday publication date. E-mail ddowney@hamiltonnews.com.153313Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153332The head of the union representing Hamilton’s 1,200 public high school teachers says she’s hopeful of reaching a deal on a new local contract before Sunday’s province-wide strike deadline.153332Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153335Many people don’t think a fire will ever happen to them, however each year residents continue to be injured or killed, and millions of dollars in damage are incurred as the result of fires. Most fire-related injuries and deaths occur in the home, a place where most of us feel the safest.153335Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153336New Democrats in the provincial riding of Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale host a meeting for the four candidates seeking the leadership of the Ontario NDP on Nov. 28, 7 p. m., in Dundas.153336Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153337Hamilton could join other municipalities this week in the United Stated, Australia and Europe in banning fluoride in its drinking water.153337Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153379Pending a health and safety review of the Greensville fire station, local paramedics will make the Old Brock Road facility their home base during renovations at the Dundas fire station in Memorial Square.153379Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153380Residents of St. Joseph’s Estates are questioning a proposal to build two additional 10-storey retirement buildings near the corner of Governor’s Road and Ogilvie Street.153380Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153382Are you allergic to grass? Are you bothered by allergy symptoms in May, June, and July?153382Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/1533892009 Dundas Heritage Calendar are now on sale. Each month features a ’50s or ’60s black-and-white image of historic Dundas to go along with monthly milestones, $17 each, taxes included. Contact Stan at basil.cottage@sympatico.ca or 905-627-8832.153389Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153390CITY COUNCIL153390Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153404Canada Post expected to open contractor’s bids this week for the construction of a new 18,639 square foot mail distribution facility in Ancaster’s industrial park that will replace Dundas’ historic downtown post office building.153404Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/153407Discussions continue around a new Dundas farmers market in the downtown core, with a spring opening targeted. Downtown Dundas BIA chair Phyllis Kraemer told Dundas Community Council last week the business organization plans to apply for available provincial government grants, but the market will not be a BIA project.153407Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152378Winter Break programs for children five to 12 years of age are available through several community organizations and licensed child care centres in the Hamilton area.152378Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152379Dundas Community Services presents Turning Points, a support group for divorced, separated or widowed people. Nov. 25 will feature an interactive presentation and discussion on Dealing with the Holidays.152379Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152380The Giant’s Rib Discovery Centre presents The Portage Options of the First Nations of the Dundas Valley with local author Bob Henderson as part of its ongoing Bruce Duncan Memorial Lecture Series.152380Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152381The award-winning writer who coined the term “nature-deficit disorder” and whose work has spawned a U. S. movement to get children off their X-Boxes, out of their virtual chat rooms and outside to play and interact with nature appears at the Royal Botanical Gardens on Friday, Nov. 21, 7-9 p. m.152381Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152388Barbara Schneider recalls her shock at her eldest son’s reaction to his being diagnosed with schizophrenia at 23.152388Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152391The need for increased dental care becomes more important as individuals age, however, when an elderly person becomes ill, their oral health may be neglected. Declining physical or mental health, medications for age-related systemic conditions such as diabetes, congestive heart failure or chronic pain, and the reluctance or failure to seek routine dental health may cause dental problems.152391Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152394‘Tis the season of giving, and a local real estate firm is reaching out to residents to give where the need is greatest. Coldwell Banker Pinnacle Real Estate, Brokerage, holds a community fundraiser to benefit The Salvation Army on Saturday, Nov. 29 from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m.152394Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152395To have your activity appear in City Sidelines, please submit a brief paragraph about the event, listing time, place and day. Leave a phone number for more information. This listing is reserved for non-profit organizations, and guaranteed placement is not possible. Dundas and Ancaster152395Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152402Liberal MPP Ted McMeekin says he’s willing to listen to “constructive” ideas on how to resolve an increasingly bitter dispute between his government and grandmothers who have been denied financial help to raise their grandchildren.152402Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152403Aban on the sale and use of disposable water bottles at city public schools could take effect as early as next June.152403Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152412City parking staff recommends establishing a standardized on-street parking meter rate across Hamilton and paid parking in all of the city’s commercial areas.152412Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152414Shutting down city hall, temporarily laying off employees and cutting services and programs are just some of the ideas Mayor Fred Eisenberger is suggesting Hamilton may have to consider to solve its precarious financial situation.152414Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152445When zoning and official plan amendment applications were made to allow a four-building self-serve storage business at 201 King St. E., the Hamilton Conservation Authority’s chief administrator wondered if there would be any impact on a proposed nearby natural area.152445Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152446Shell Canada is waiting for environmental test results of soil samples taken from the Dundas Lions Memorial Community Centre property earlier this month to determine if hydrocarbon contamination has moved off its former gas station site.152446Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152448A dedicated community volunteer known for his involvement with the Dundas Cactus Festival and the Griffin House has died.152448Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152450Seven companies have picked up tender documents issued last Friday after more than three years of planning a major renovation of Dundas’ fire station, .152450Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152451Walk Together in Friendship, Hope, Peace, Joy and Love.152451Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152452CITY COUNCIL152452Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/152455Implementation of Hamilton Health Sciences Access to the Best Care plan, which includes converting McMaster University Medical Centre into a children’s hospital with pediatric emergency room, should not be affected by possible hospital cutbacks.152455Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/151394Hamilton politicians want to create an environment commissioner to protect residents from local polluters.151394Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/151395It wasn’t exactly an auspicious beginning.151395Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/151396In the spirit of the giving season, Nie Spa's second annual Holiday Extravaganza, in support of The Good Shepherd, takes place on Nov. 27 from 3:30 -10:30 p. m. at the spa, 26 Legend Court, Ancaster.151396Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/151400Sarah Leach, who turned 12 years old on Nov. 9, decided to donate her hair for her birthday. This is the second time in three years Sarah has grown her hair to donate to Wigs for Cancer. She had her hair cut at Koupi Studios in Burlington. Owner/stylist Rob Chiarini lost his wife to cancer just over a year ago, so it was a special moment for both.151400Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/151405Hamilton councillors decided this week that establishing a hiring freeze could prove difficult, despite what Councillor Sam Merulla says could mean “significant savings” for taxpayers.151405Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/151409The Hamilton Conservation Authority will allow electric bikes on its trails as long as they look and mostly operate like conventional ones.151409Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/151410On Nov. 19 at 7:30 p. m., the Jewish Genealogy Society of Hamilton & Area, presents Cheryl Tallan, who will speak on Jewish Women Throughout the Ages.151410Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/151412The Dundas Valley Historical Society’s 2009 Dundas Heritage calendar is on sale now, just in time for Christmas. Produced by Northshore Publishing, the calendar features fascinating black and white photographs of events and locations from Dundas' past. Each month features numerous short descriptions of dates of historical significance. This is a fundraising project of the society and a percentage of all sales goes to support programming.151412Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.DundasStarNews.com/news/article/151413St. Joseph’s immigrant women’s centre hosts its annual International Marketplace Nov. 21 from 10 a. m. to 7 p. m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 29 Park St. W., Dundas.151413Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST