Hamilton cancer patients are poised to benefit from a powerful new weapon in McMaster University’s nuclear medicine arsenal.
The university unveiled a new $2 million, 10-tonne cyclotron Wednesday that will soon churn out medical isotopes, the radioactive materials used in medical imaging tests such as PET scans to detect cancer and other serious conditions.
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A plan to make Hamilton the home of the car of the future has revved into high gear with an $11.5 million grant from the federal government.
The McMaster Automotive Resource Centre is expected to be complete by the end of 2012 at a total cost of $26 million. The university has already committed $9.5 million as part of its vision to make the school the hub of advanced automotive research and development in Canada.
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When Jeff Feswick bought historic Treble Hall, he knew it had hidden potential.
It wasn’t until he started tearing up floorboards that he realized the John Street North landmark was hiding much more.
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Next week the Young Entrepreneurs and Professionals of Hamilton (YEP) is planning its first big social event — a boat cruise of Hamilton Harbour — and it’s expecting about 150 people.
Not bad for a group that just got its footing six months ago.
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Sean Snyder figures he has a solution for those unused or partially used gift cards crammedinto your wallet or kitchen drawer.
Swapopolisis an online forum where memberscan buy, sell and trade gift cards they don’twant or can’t use. Users can post their cards with their asking price for other members orsell their cards directly to Swapopolis for about70 cents on the dollar.
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Ali Ushaksaraei is spending his summer cleaning Maseratis. Nicole Martin is teaching drama and dance to children.
Matt Wilusz has brought in about $60,000 building fences and porches. They are among the 21 Hamilton students running their own businesses under a provincially funded program called Summer Company.
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If you want to work with robots, you really need to start thinking like one.
That’s one of the things Hamilton physician-inventor Dr. Mehran Anvari has learned in recent months as he continues his groundbreaking research into the use of robotics in surgery.
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Up to 100 new jobs are coming to a field just north of Millgrove.
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One of Canada’s largest grain handling firms is expanding its Hamilton operation.
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Drivers, start your fancy Italian engines.
Groundbreaking for a new Fiat showroom begins Thursday at Hamilton’s Johnston Chrysler dealership,
and vice-president Bill Johnston couldn’t be more excited.
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