Ronald McDonald House Hamilton (RMHH) and Liaison College have joined forces to give families and students alike a unique and delicious opportunity. RMHH will soon house a fully stocked catering kitchen built and staffed by Liaison Culinary College. Liaison students will be given the chance to learn and prepare restaurant quality meals for families staying at the house.
“We’re the first house in all of Canada, and as far as we know, the United States that are having this unique type of partnership,” says Debbie Logel Butler, the Director of Development at Ronald McDonald…

Valentine’s Day is usually reserved for make out sessions, gorging on chocolates and sappy romance movies, but not this year. Feb. 14 marked the return of one of Sony’s most famous and beloved exclusive franchises, Twisted Metal. Even though it didn’t ruin my day I’m sure relationships around the world were put on hiatus as drivers strapped themselves back into their machine gun clad vehicles to re-enter the dark and demented minds of David Jaffe (Past Twisted Metal’s, God of War, Calling All Cars,) and Eat Sleep Play (ESP).
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In a rematch of last year’s Ontario Colleges’ Athletic Association bronze medal game, the Mohawk Mountaineers men’s volleyball team took to the court to face Seneca College.
“It feels really good,” said Ian Cameron, Mohawk’s player of the game in the bronze medal match. “This is the end of my career and I didn’t want to go home empty handed. After we pushed around the number one team in the country (Humber) and fell short, I was kind of disappointed but I wasn’t leaving this tournament without hardware.”
The Mountaineers beat Seneca (25-15, 15-25,…

Mohawk’s varsity men’s basketball team hosted a playoff crossover game on Saturday (Feb. 25) to determine if they would advance to the Ontario Colleges’ Athletic Association (OCAA) Championships in Ottawa from March 1-3.
The Mountaineers sealed their ticket with a 90-65 win over the Durham Lords of Oshawa. Mohawk (13-5) will now matchup against the OCAA’s East Division top-ranked Centennial Colts (18-2) of Scarborough on Thursday at tournament host Algonquin College.
Mohawk has played great basketball of late, handing the top team in their division (Humber) their third loss of the season when the…

Mohawk’s women’s basketball team had their fate in their hands when Humber visited the Fennell Gymnasium on Wednesday (Feb. 22). The Mountaineers could have assured themselves a playoff spot if they had pulled their regular season record to .500 and beat Humber.
“We just didn’t have any hustle in the first half but we picked it up in the second half and I guess we just showed them that we won’t give up,” said Mohawk’s starting point guard, Rachelle Abella.
Mohawk looked like different teams in the two halves, climbing back from a 19-point…

Mohawk’s men’s volleyball team will be travelling to Nipissing University in North Bay for this year’s Ontario Colleges’ Athletic Association (OCAA) Championships Feb. 23-25.
“We’re looking for revenge,” said Mohawk’s right-side Justin Scapinello about participating in his second provincial championships. “We lost in the semi-finals last year and we don’t want to go down that easy this year.”
The team earned their berth in the tournament after defeating La Cité Collégiale in straight sets (25-20, 25-21 and 25-19) in an OCAA crossover game on Saturday (Feb. 18).
Mohawk found an offensive rhythm that over…

There are currently 10 players shooting 50 per cent or better in the Ontario Colleges’ Athletic Association (OCAA) basketball standings and two of those players play guard for Mohawk.
Manny Campbell and Aminu Bello rank fourth (55.2) and tenth (50.5) respectively in the OCAA standings for field goal percentage.
“I’m feeling confident,” said Bello who ranks second in the OCAA in scoring with 24 points per game. “I mean, we’ve always been confident from the beginning of the season but now we’re gelling as a team—because we know it’s getting to the end stretch…

The women’s varsity basketball team is in a situation where they can guarantee themselves a chance in the Ontario Colleges’ Athletic Association playoffs.
“The good thing is, it’s in our control,” said coach Kevin Duffy. “If we win Wednesday night against Humber, we’re in the playoffs. It doesn’t matter what anybody else does.”
The do-or-die games started a little early for the Mountaineers and the women have responded winning three of their last four games.
Failing to make the playoffs last season, this year’s group is looking to change the culture of women’s basketball…

Mohawk’s women’s volleyball season came to an end Feb. 15 when Fanshawe visited the Fennell Gymnasium for the Mountaineers last regular season game.
The Mountaineers didn’t finish with the record they were looking for (3-15), and missed out on this year’s playoffs – but that didn’t stop the remaining women from showing up to support their school and each other.
Throughout this season several women that appeared on the roster have left the team for different reasons. Some women had scheduling conflicts arise while others let a relationship filled with tension with first-year coach…

After months in limbo and hard work, the youth who have fought so hard to save their “second-home” have succeeded in preserving the downtown youth centre.
“The youth who had been trying to get it to re-open when the Globe Youth Centre had closed called themselves the ‘Globe Saviors’,” said Jordanna, a volunteer at the Youth Centre. “They were brainstorming, they would meet at Jackson square and they would meet with Don [Mahleka] and try to think of creative ways to get this place back together.”
In March of 2011, the Globe Youth Centre,…