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,…

The MSA’s president will not be elected for the second consecutive year.
After successfully completing the nomination package, Rick Kovacs was told by the MSA board he was no longer allowed to run.
“There was an issue that came up since the nomination period and it put him in breach of some of our policies and procedures,” says MSA President Daniel Clark. “Via our elections policy you can’t run if you’re not in good standing with the students association or the college.”
Clark would not cite the policies he was breaching, but did confirm…

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…

Mohawk College graduate and teacher Connie Smith was awarded to the Order of Ontario for her achievements in journalism.
“It’s shocking, it’s wonderful, it’s surprising, and it’s an honour that’s very humbling,” she said.
Smith has been a fixture on local television for over thirty years, beginning as CHCH-TV’s first female weather personality following her graduation from Mohawk’s Broadcast Journalism program in 1976 and its first female anchor in 1988. Though she currently hosts a program on CTS-TV, Smith has remained a part of Hamilton’s journalistic establishment, returning to her alma mater to teach…

One of Canada’s hottest coffee spots will be throwing its customers for a loop. Tim Horton’s will be changing the names of its sizes on Monday to introduce its new extra large, a 24 oz. cup.  The original small will now be Tim Horton’s extra small size, a downsize that all cups will undergo.
“We tested the names of the new hot cup sizes with our guests and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Our guests also told us that they love our small eight-ounce cup, so we will continue to offer that size,”…

In an act of defiance, major websites across the Internet have drawn a line in digital dirt to give the world a taste of what it would be like if the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) were passed by congress. Wikipedia, Firefox, WordPress and even Google are among those that have blacked out their websites in protest or have changed their homepage to display their stance on the issue.
Despite all the negative publicity the bills have received since coming into being late last year, not everyone believes the…

Out of all the hobbies a kid could have one in particular took the world by steam. Boys, and perhaps a few girls, across America have been fascinated by model trains and their life-sized counterparts for over 90 years. With a new train engine the size of your finger commanding, on average, a $200 price tag, this past time has burned more holes in a hobbyists pocket than coal in a furnace. Unfortunately, as time moves on, so do tastes in entertainment. Video games and the Internet have become major players in competing for…

If there is life out in our universe, NASA is sure to find it. A recent planet discovery conducted by NASA shows that earth may indeed have a “twin” planet. This planet, or Kepler-22b was found in the centre of the “Goldilocks” zone. Kepbler-22b is a planet that may hold the essentials to life, such as water.
“The answer to whether it would be fit for Earth-type life of any kind would need knowing what its surface composition is,” said Bill Harris, a Physics and Astronomy professor at McMaster University. “We don’t know anything…

Club Gain isn’t your typical social group.  Ran out of the Delta United Church in downtown Hamilton, Club Gain is a social group for young adults with disabilities.  The club started eight years ago after founders Shonna Sager and her mother discovered there were no social groups for young people between the ages of 14 and 26.
The club is entirely parent and worker free; volunteers are what keep the club running.  Currently, with only five or six consistent volunteers, Club Gain is running the risk of being shut down.
“We have advertised at…

On Friday Dec. 2 the public relations program at Mohawk College is putting on a charity entertainment night for The Jack Project. The charity raises mental health awareness for suicide prevention.
“It helps youth who are transitioning from high school to post secondary education,” said Kait Hunt, who is planning the charity night. “They also provide information for parents and teachers. They partnered up with the Kids Help Line.”
Hunt said she heard about the charity from her mother. The planning began with a class project where she was to pick a charity to…