Mark McNeil

An Ancaster man found a rare set of Bank of Hamilton banknote proofs in an attic.

Members of a version of his former band, The Hawks, will carry on in his absence — nearly four years after his death — at Clifford Brewing Co. on Saturday in a ‘heavenly celebration’ of his 91st birthday.

The city entered 1946 riding a wave of lingering euphoria after the end of the Second World War the previous September. But the year quickly evolved into a tumble of sharp contrasts, a roller-coaster of highs and lows.

Today, I want to look at two Hamilton stories connected to that fateful voyage: one about a courageous young physician who died and another involving love letters recovered from the wreck in 1993.

Many notable instances of Hamilton residents careening off the Mountain brow.

The exhibition and sale features nearly 50 images from the late 1970s by Ralph Alfonso, a punk scene insider who has worked as a rock journalist, band manager, promoter, record industry veteran as well as a photographer.

Norma Berti was a longtime Stelco worker and unionist who made labour history in 1976 when she became the first woman elected to the executive of United Steelworkers Local 1005.

This year’s May 31 commemoration at the battlefield site, now part of the town of Fort Erie and less than six kilometres from the American border, takes on new resonance.

The City of Hamilton will host the annual Battle of Stoney Creek re-enactment at Battlefield Park National Historic Site, featuring “two days of history, heritage and family fun.”

The Queen Elizabeth Way became Canada’s first superhighway.