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Public health relocating Hamilton General STD clinic
By Joel OpHardt The Hamilton General Hospital STD Clinic and a downtown sexual health clinic are closing their doors in a consolidation move. Health Initiatives For Youth on York Boulevard, the clinic founded by Elizabeth Bagshaw, is also closing. Both will move to a central location downtown. A public health official says it’s part of …
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Sandy Shaw, social justice advocate, appointed to port authority board
By Samantha Craggs The city’s new representative on the Hamilton Port Authority board pledges to balance everyone’s interests, from the community to the economy, when she takes on the new role that puts her in the centre of the debate over the port’s gasification plant proposal. The city appointed Sandy Shaw, a social justice advocate and corporate strategist, on Wednesday night to …
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Only four Hamilton councillors ride buses for charity
The Throw Council on the Bus campaign has wrapped up with only four of 16 city councillors completing five trips on the bus over a two-month time frame. The “friendly challenge” issued to council by the Throw Council On The Bus campaign and Environment Hamilton raised $1,388 for various city charities, organizers reported. The councillors …
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A life of their own choosing
After a very traditional start in Pakistan, couple makes new future for their family in Canada By Anam Latif Nazia Zeb remembers sitting at home as a young girl, eagerly awaiting a new pair of shoes. She and her three younger sisters all needed new shoes. So a servant went out to the market and returned …
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