It will be the Mohawk Mountaineers and the Humber Hawks in the OCAA rugby championship game next Saturday. The Mountaineers whipped the Seneca Sting 42-17 in their semi-final at Mohawk Sports Park today.

For Hamilton, the third time was the charm.

• Politics.

There’s his version and her version and the truth lies somewhere in between. It can apply to many of life’s challenges, including putting the garden to bed.

Seventy years ago Canada was thrust into a war to defend Great Britain and to free Europe from the grip of Nazi domination. Hamilton was abuzz with military activity.

“Every day should be Remembrance Day,” Margaret Davies says as she talks about the mural she commissioned to honour her son and other Canadian soldiers.

Police are investigating a growing number of smash and grabs at Mountain businesses in recent weeks. “There’s definitely a theme,” said Acting Sgt. Patrick Mitchell. “They all seem to be related.”

Four years into the Sport Academy program at R. A. Riddell, Amos Connolly and Wes Hahn can see the success students will have long after they leave the halls of the elementary school.

The Sir Allan MacNab Lions say there are ready, willing and able to repeat as Hamilton public school senior football champions. In a playoff preview on Tuesday, the first-place Lions hammered fourth-place Waterdown 23-3 to finish the regular season at 7-0.

Hamilton is facing an H1N1 vaccine shortage as the federal and provincial governments scramble to acquire more of the medicine, says the city’s association medical officer of health.

The recession has taken a toll on Steve Featherstone’s annual fundraiser. Normally by this point he would have more than 1,000 items donated for raffles at his Steel City Safari. Earlier this week, he only had about 400.

The sun broke through the clouds on a cool and dark day, with its bright rays falling on as the royal couple just as they walked out of Dundurn Castle’s balcony and waved to the enthusiastic crowd during day two of their cross-Canada tour.

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Mountain Cablevision subscribers might find Channel 14 replaced next year with the new owner's own community station. Shaw Communications Inc. completed its purchase of Mountain Cable on Oct. 30.

Hamilton’s waste diversion goal has fallen far short of its long-anticipated 65 per cent by 2011, acknowledged waste management officials.

The push to raise Hamilton’s transit fares to counter a potential million-dollar loss this year is expected to be proposed by the politicians before the next council meeting.

How about walking onto a bus or train and simply flashing a card to get on board? What about going to the post office or grocery store or even using your phone to load up your smart card as you do a gift card?

A provincial inspection of the Hamilton Police Service found problems with the service’s facility management and review process, 12 months before a report to the local police services board revealed insufficient space is a problem, that most branches are at capacity and there is little opportunity for growth.

The St. Jean de Brebeuf Braves will face the Cardinal Newman Cardinals in the Hamilton Catholic high school senior football championship at McMaster University this Monday.

Hamilton Police are investigating two of their own after an alleged altercation between an on-duty officer and an off-duty officer in Hess Village two weeks ago.