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Ontario Wanderer (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Mallow Originally uploaded by Ontario Wanderer This Musk Mallow (Malva moschata) was blooming on November 20 next to the Hamilton Harbour just off the Waterfront Trail. I saw several other Musk Mallow plants but only this one was blooming.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Workers at historic Hamilton apparel factory make it ten straight wins for Workers United against UNITE HERE raids in Ontario Labour Relations Board Elections
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
This week in Hamilton, Ont., a court is hearing a civil suit against the Ontario government and police. The testimony has shed light on just how cack-handed and cowardly the handling of the Caledonia siege has been by provincial officials. The $7-million lawsuit that is at the centre of the Hamilton trial was brought by Dave Brown and his family, whose home is bordered on two sides by the former Douglas...
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Inside Track - Breaking News Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
This is a 169-photo gallery from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum at the John C. Munro Int'l Airport in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada). These shots were taken Tuesday, Nov. 17 during an event hosted by 3M Canada, featuring NASCAR team owner Jack Roush and the Lancaster and Mitchell B-25 bombers. Thanks to Dave Franks for sharing his work. You can see Dave's website here . Inside Track Motorsport...
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Torontoist (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Urban Planner is Torontoist's guide to what's on in Toronto, published every weekday morning, and in a weekend edition Friday afternoons. If you have an event you'd like considered, email all of its details—as well as images, if you've got any—to events@torontoist.com . Photo of Feathers #2 , a mixed-media work available at the Whodunit? Mystery Art Sale. Courtesy of OCAD. ART: Art lovers...
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The crucial word in this report on the lawsuit brought by an Ontario couple caught in the chaos of a native protest is in the very first sentence. The corrosive strain of living through the lawless native occupation around David Brown's house in Caledonia betrayed itself in dramatic fashion: sitting in his underwear at his kitchen table with a shotgun held between his knees, keeping watch in the dark...
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CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
From van to gas station, from record label office to backstage, Vancouver group The Zolas will be broadcasting their tour of Southern Ontario until the end of the month on ustream.tv . The band will not be broadcasting 24-hours a day like something out of Orwell’s 1984, but only at select times. Thus far they have attempted two broadcasts and both have been while driving which included their...
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Medical Humanities Blog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
CALL FOR PROPOSALS Conference: “Health, Embodiment, and Visual Culture: Engaging Publics and Pedagogies” November 19-20, 2010 McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Conference Co-Chairs: Sarah Brophy, Associate Professor, Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University Janice Hladki, Associate Professor, School...
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PRWeb - Daily News Feed (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Quick Fit Ledge from Great Stone is the exact replica of natural stone. Quick Fit line of stone veneer, available in four attractive colour combinations is designed for both professional contractors and home handymen alike.The name of this stone line refers fo the simplicity, ease and short time of it's installation particularly important for "do it yourself "type of renovators. Samples...
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Entertainment and Showbiz! (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Listening to music can significantly enhance human brain’s ability to distinguish between various sounds, say researchers. While analysing brain’s electrical and magnetic signals, lead researcher Laurel Trainor, from McMaster University in West Hamilton, Ontario found that those with some training showed larger brain responses on a number of sound recognition tests given to the children....
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Ontario Wanderer (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Late Flowering Daisy Originally uploaded by Ontario Wanderer Found at the Hamilton, Ontario waterfront on November 13, 2009. It was one of fifty-seven species that I saw in bloom today in the same area. Also included in the fifty-seven were three species that I had never seen before in November. My list of wild flowers found blooming in November is now up to 201 species seen in the last 11 years.
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Some landscapes (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Today I went to the Small Publishers Fair , an annual event which I based posts on last year and the year before . Among today's purchases was a Chris Drury book, Algonquin , on sale at Peter Foolen's stall. Peter publishes prints and books by some of this site's favourite landscape artists - Hamish Fulton, Thomas A. Clark, Roger Ackling. He has his own blog - recent posts feature Richard Long's huge...
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Toronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Country 95.3, a station with the call letters CING-FM broadcasting out of Hamilton, Ontario, billed itself as "Canada's Most Listened To Country Station". I didn't know that until exactly two minutes ago when I found out they've flipped formats. Country 95.3 is now The New 95.3: Southern Ontario's Greatest Hits. "Southern Ontario's Greatest Hits" apparently means classic hits,...
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Caymanian Compass (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
The Rotary Central club invited local students to talk about their experiences at August's Junior Achievement Exchange conference in Hamilton, Ontario.
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flip (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
The Royal couple Prince Charles and Dutchess Camilla are given a royal welcome all over Canada as you can see. In Montreal, Quebec: http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/player.html'clipid=1326326166 "Royal Fetish", Prince Charles visits the Cirque o' Soleil headquarters in Montreal In Hamilton, Ontario on a visit of what was supposedly Camilla's great great grandfather's residence. Dutchess Camilla's...