Jon Wells

Swiston was sentenced to 14 years and five months in prison after being convicted on charges including attempted murder, dangerous driving causing bodily harm and arson

The girl’s surname sounds not unlike ‘miracle,’ and you could say the same of robotics technology at Hamilton Health Sciences helping guide little Lily Maracle’s movements. In other good news, stained glass windows paying tribute to a fallen Second World War airman find new life in Mount Hope.

Judge Martha Zivolak told court she found Milka Spanovic’s son, Gojko (George) guilty of manslaughter in his mother’s June 2024 death, caused by complications from chemical burns to 17 per cent of her body’s surface area.

Four years after elevating the Emily Bailey missing persons case to a homicide, Hamilton police are searching a building in the heart of the city, on Stinson Street

The good news includes a fitting farewell for a legendary soldier, plus fundraisers for exemplary causes: one led by career volunteer Connie Price, and the other funded by the Dianne Baboth Memorial Golf Tournament, which supports playgrounds at McMaster Children’s Hospital that help lighten heavy moments for families.

Eastwood Arena, closed since mid-April, will reopen in the fall, according to Coun. Cameron Kroetsch who said it will stay open for at least one year or longer.

Hamilton police Const. Preston Gabriele has long done good deeds on the job, but one of his most recent received special recognition May 28 in Windsor, when he received the On-Duty Difference Maker award, given to an officer who “has exceeded job expectations” while on duty in uniform by The Police Association of Ontario. Last December, Gabriele took the initiative to repair a woman’s doors, after her partner had tried to break into her home.

That element of danger trying to survive a ride on an 1,800-pound bull persisted amid the party atmosphere of the Professional Bull Riding event in Hamilton, festooned as it was with music, giveaways, and pyrotechnic pageantry.

The feel good news this week includes a Hamilton triple-A baseball team fundraising since last fall to attend a legendary tournament this summer in Cooperstown, N.Y., and a woman whose ability to speak with clarity is compromised but whose mission and message comes through loud and clear.

Summer weather is here and the good news is the return of Romeo Palombella’s 1971 VW Super Beetle. Plus let’s lounge around with nostalgic TV sitcom fluff, and raise a frosty mug to Hamilton’s oldest tavern and reminisce about its role in the suds strike of ‘58.