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11/7/2009
Hamilton's community H1N1 vaccination clinics will remain open next week despite reports that supplies of the vaccine might run out.
The province announced Friday that it will receive another allotment of 770,000 doses from the federal government next week. Hamilton's associate medical officer of health, Dr. Chris Mackie, says the city should get its portion by Tuesday or Wednesday.
The clinics continue to be only for those considered high-risk, including people under age 65 with chronic medical conditions, pregnant women, children 6 months to under 5-years and health care workers.
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11/6/2009
The Golden Horseshoe will host the 2015 Pan Am Games after beating out two rival South American cities.
The decision came down today in Guadalajara, Mexico, where a team including Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Toronto Mayor David Miller made their last pitch to host the games.
Organizers have said a win would bring new jobs, facilities and a little civic pride to Ontario's capital.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper declined an invitation to travel to Mexico for the decision, but Federal Minister of State for Sport Gary Lunn is one of the delegates.
The Toronto 2015 bid committee won on the first ballot, beating out bids from Lima, Peru, and Bogota, Colombia.
Toronto won with 33 votes, with Lima receiving 11 and Bogota 7.
The decision means Hamilton will get a new stadium for the Pan Am Games' track and field events, which will also become the home of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Hamilton will get a new stadium to host track and field. A new aquatic centre at McMaster University is also in the cards, while volleyball would be played at Copps Coliseum.
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11/6/2009
The 2015 Pan Am Games will result in a massive renewal of Hamilton's sports infrastructure.
Mayor Eisenberger expects a total investment of about 230 million dollars, of which the city will pay about one-third of the total cost.
The biggest investment will involve the construction of a new football stadium near the west harbour. It will host track and field during the games in 2015 and become the new home of the Hamilton Tiger Cats.
Plans also call for a velodrome to be built in conjunction with the stadium, a new aquatic centre at McMaster University and upgrades to Copps Coliseum which will host volleyball.
The Mayor describes it as "spectacular", saying it will be a "revitalization opportunity" for the City of Hamilton ranging from waterfront redevelopment to the potential of rapid transit.
He adds that "today we celebrate" and "tomorrow we go to next steps" including land acquisition and neighbourhood issues tied to the new stadium.
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11/6/2009
The president of the Hamilton Tiger Cats is sharing in the excitement.
Scott Mitchell says that the city is long overdue for some of the infrastructure projects, and he now looks forward to helping to execute the plan following confirmation that the Golden Horseshoe will host the 2015 Pan Am Games.
Mitchell also stresses that a new stadium will be much needed for the club's long term "viability and success".
There are suggestions that a new stadium could be built in as little as three years. Mitchell insists "the sooner the better", noting that "Ivor Wynne is a diminishing asset".
Tiger Cats owner Bob Young has verbally pledged to help pay the cost of building their new home.
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11/7/2009
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are going to the playoffs for the
first time in five years.
The 8-and-9 Cats clinched at least third place in the East
Division after Edmonton throttled
B-C 45-13 on Friday night in Vancouver.
The win gives the 9-and-9 Eskimos third place in the West
Division while pushing the 8-and-10 Lions to the brink of elimination.
The only way the Leo’s can make the playoffs now is as a
cross over team.
That can only happen if the Ticats beat the 7-and-10 Blue
Bombers on Sunday in Winnipeg.
CHML’s coverage of the game begins with the pre-game show at
noon.
Kick off on Y108 and AM900 CHML is at 1pm.
A Hamilton win
in the ‘Peg would set up a Ticats vs. Lions East semifinal at Ivor Wynne next
Sunday, marking the first time the Cats would host a playoff game since 2001.
It would also mark the return of quarterback Casey Printers
to Hamilton.
Although the former Ticats pivot injured his thumb in B-C’s lopsided
loss to the Eskimos.
Buck Pierce re-injured his shoulder, forcing third stringer Zac
Champion into the game.
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11/6/2009
The sales pitch continues at Burlington's Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital.
Officials have given local Liberal cabinet minister Ted McMeekin a tour, as they lobby the province for funding of a more than 300 million dollar expansion and redevelopment..
The hospital has also requested 60 million dollars from the City of Burlington.
McMeekin, who recieved a first-hand look at the plans on Friday, says he'll champion the proposal and "plant the seeds" to move it forward.
The first stage of redevelopment at Joe Brant would include construction of a six-storey tower, a new ICU, additional acute care beds and operating rooms and increased capacity for diagnostic imaging and cancer care.
Hospital officials hope to start redevelopment within five years.
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11/6/2009
Thanks to the federal government, businesses in southern Ontario will have greater opportunities to expand and improve their operations.
Conservative Minister Gary Goodyear has announced a pair of investments worth 30 million dollars.
15 million has been put into the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters SMART Program to fund roughly 300 projects that will help small and medium sized manufacturers increase their productivity and competitiveness in the global economy.
A top-up of 15 million dollars has also been announced for the Southern Ontario Development Program.
Overall funding for the SODP through next year is 100 million dollars.
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11/6/2009
Canada's jobless rate rose by 2-10th's of a point to 8.6% in October as the economy shed more jobs.
More than 43-thousand jobs were lost last month -- reversing much of the rebound over the past couple of months.
Many economists expected a gain of 10-thousand jobs.
Most of October's losses were in retail and wholesale trade.
Hamilton's jobless rate was 8.4% last month, down from a 3-month average of 9.1%.
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11/6/2009
The Tiger-Cats have released 8 players: running back Terry Caulley, defensive back Lewis Baker, kicker Jeremy Ito, offensive lineman Chris Kowalczuk, wide receivers Kevin Robinson, Rodgeriqus Smith and Shawn Bayes, as well as linebacker Spenser Smith.
The Tiger-Cats play the Bombers in Winnipeg, Sunday at 1 on Y108 and CHML.
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11/6/2009
Tonight at Ron Joyce Stadium, the McMaster Intramural flag football team, Awfy-Wick will take to the gridiron to compete in the intramural playoffs for their 25th consecutive season.
The Awfy-Wick McMaster intramural team, which derives it’s name from Scottish slang which means “awfully-wicked”
was founded in 1985.
In their 25-years, Awfy-Wick football team has never had a losing season and has advanced to the McMaster Intramural championship game a half-dozen or more times capturing the coveted McMaster championship t-shirt in the mid-1990’s.
The Awfy-Wick Intramural team has also competed in Intramural basketball, indoor soccer, outdoor soccer, 3-pitch softball, volleyball, 3-on-3 basketball, and innertube waterpolo, but football is the only sport the team has competed in each year.
In a quarter century, Awfy-Wick has never forfeited a game in any sport the team competed.
Awfy-Wick has also made a point of giving back to McMaster University and the team former and present members donated to the construction of the David Braley Athletic Centre and Ron Joyce Stadium.
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