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Paul Wilson
pwilson@hamiltonspectator.com

July 30, 2010 4:30 AM -

Home cooking at Gramma Willie's

July 28, 2010 4:30 AM -

By George, he gets a day of his own Our city is named for him. And now August's ...

July 19, 2010 12:01 PM -

The silver screen's hottest cars

July 22, 2010 10:56 AM -

Wilson: West is best for our new stadium

September 11, 2009 4:30 AM -

Church's legacy lives on

August 31, 2009 7:10 AM -

A misplaced camera still tells a tale

August 28, 2009 4:30 AM -

Winona remains one peach of a place

August 26, 2009 4:30 AM -

This house was their home

August 21, 2009 7:22 AM -

A little Hamilton is buried with Diefenbaker

August 19, 2009 4:30 AM -

Jackie's story is ancient history

July 20, 2009 4:30 AM -

Time here is lighter than Ayr

July 15, 2009 4:30 AM -

It's been a long road to Street Meat

July 13, 2009 4:30 AM -

All in vanes atop mountain home

July 10, 2009 4:30 AM -

The architect no one knows

July 08, 2009 4:30 AM -

Western Gages return to roots

July 06, 2009 4:30 AM -

A teacher's dream comes true

July 03, 2009 4:30 AM -

Proudly made in Hamilton

June 29, 2009 4:30 AM -

Mac geologist hits the motherlode

June 26, 2009 4:30 AM -

Bruce brings the sounds of comfort

June 24, 2009 4:30 AM -

It's our city's biggest secret;

June 22, 2009 4:30 AM -

Facing the truth about Facebook

June 19, 2009 4:30 AM -

A few tunes and a trim

June 17, 2009 4:30 AM -

All Saints makes saintly choice

June 12, 2009 4:30 AM -

Descent into valley is a journey into past

June 10, 2009 4:30 AM -

Cycling the shore of Lake Erie

May 29, 2009 4:30 AM -

Stairs and tunnel are a Cut above

May 27, 2009 4:30 AM -

A tribute to an old friend

May 25, 2009 4:30 AM -

A fixture in Fisherville

May 22, 2009 4:30 AM -

The little Mini that could

May 20, 2009 4:30 AM -

From classes to condos for Stinson

May 15, 2009 4:30 AM -

'Aeronaut' thrilled crowds in 1909 flight

May 13, 2009 4:30 AM -

Wanted: TLC for faded Bay St. beauty

May 08, 2009 8:19 AM -

Mama Rosa and 15 make a family

May 06, 2009 10:16 AM -

Hamilton Lancaster pilot getting his due

May 04, 2009 4:30 AM -

A most remarkable Anglican

May 01, 2009 7:12 AM -

It's worked out pretty well so far

April 29, 2009 4:30 AM -

I'll miss the clickety-clack of old bridge

April 27, 2009 7:20 AM -

Memories grew under a mighty tree

April 24, 2009 4:45 PM -

This dealer is staying downtown

April 22, 2009 6:24 AM -

Farewell to Hamilton's 'Doughnut U'

April 20, 2009 7:51 AM -

A short flight to a new home

April 17, 2009 4:30 AM -

Old world meets new technology

April 08, 2009 11:02 AM -

Love lost, labour for sale

April 06, 2009 6:45 AM -

A fresh look at a gritty city

April 03, 2009 6:36 AM -

Cannon Street's spiritual haven

April 01, 2009 4:30 AM -

Doughnut capital

March 30, 2009 7:04 AM -

Dreaming of a walkable world

March 27, 2009 4:30 AM -

Trails laden with legends inspire him

March 27, 2009 4:30 AM -

Trails laden with legends inspire him

March 25, 2009 4:30 AM -

The women of the tin mill

March 23, 2009 4:30 AM -

Call him a Gus of all trades

March 20, 2009 7:16 AM -

Thumbs up to a sign of spring

March 18, 2009 4:30 AM -

We can learn from Guelph's transformation

March 16, 2009 12:38 PM -

The fiery face of Steeltown

March 11, 2009 12:56 PM -

Canine criminal gets a makeover

March 06, 2009 4:30 AM -

150-year-old pipeline to the past

March 04, 2009 7:17 AM -

It's a Hamilton kind of thing

March 02, 2009 7:08 AM -

Job is right up his alley

February 27, 2009 12:48 PM -

Nurse, abandoned baby reunited 50 years later

February 25, 2009 6:53 AM -

A 100-year-old whodunnit

February 23, 2009 4:30 AM -

A call she couldn't ignore

February 20, 2009 6:10 AM -

The new home of a Hamilton stadium?

February 18, 2009 7:13 AM -

Thanks Mom, wherever you are

February 13, 2009 7:40 AM -

Award seals Mel's mark on history

February 11, 2009 4:30 AM -

Back to the past on York Boulevard

February 09, 2009 4:30 AM -

What became of this little baby?

February 06, 2009 7:17 AM -

Home is where the heart is

February 04, 2009 4:30 AM -

Would-be landlady foils fraudsters

February 02, 2009 4:30 AM -

Bernie made the buses run ... on laughter

January 30, 2009 4:30 AM -

A big trip that costs just a little

January 28, 2009 6:17 AM -

Escaping the tempest - in a tea shop

January 21, 2009 4:30 AM -

Where rubber met road to philanthropy

January 19, 2009 6:38 AM -

Nickie socks it to Chicago kids

January 16, 2009 4:30 AM -

Canada let Okorie's brother down

January 14, 2009 4:30 AM -

Video didn't quite kill this radio star

January 12, 2009 4:30 AM -

Life just can't keep Sam down

January 09, 2009 4:30 AM -

What to do with City Centre?

January 07, 2009 4:30 AM -

He heard the call of the North

December 25, 2008 10:26 AM -

Mandy's first Christmas without her father

December 19, 2008 4:30 AM -

Life with Karsh was black and white

December 17, 2008 4:30 AM -

Marie's first Canadian Christmas tree

December 15, 2008 4:30 AM -

Red Ensign is more than just a flag to Sandy

December 12, 2008 6:27 AM -

Paul Wilson and the case of the disappearing trees

December 10, 2008 4:30 AM -

The end is nigh for Christian bookstore

December 05, 2008 4:30 AM -

The drugstore where time stands still

December 03, 2008 7:35 AM -

Home is where the yurt is

December 01, 2008 4:30 AM -

Who wants the beast of John North?

November 28, 2008 4:30 AM -

Fry lady feels the heat of city red tape

November 26, 2008 4:30 AM -

Aileen finds new life reading the old classics

November 24, 2008 4:30 AM -

To Antarctica ... with a swimsuit

November 21, 2008 7:34 AM -

Former mayor Bob jumps into City Hall campaign

November 19, 2008 4:30 AM -

Rise and fall of our splendid Centre Mall

November 17, 2008 4:30 AM -

Soldier's letter back where it belongs

November 14, 2008 4:30 AM -

The secret shame of Darky Lane

November 12, 2008 5:13 PM -

The spitting image

November 12, 2008 4:30 AM -

Rebuilt pipe organ thunders to heaven

November 10, 2008 4:30 AM -

'My main ambition is to get home'

November 07, 2008 4:30 AM -

Many stitches in time at old furniture factory

November 05, 2008 4:30 AM -

The Kanes of Cochrane Road

October 31, 2008 4:30 AM -

'Tankful' as war drew to an end

October 29, 2008 4:30 AM -

Our Skyway is a tale of tolls, trolls and twins

October 27, 2008 4:30 AM -

Their light keeps on shining

October 24, 2008 4:30 AM -

Go back in time ... and wonder at Steeltown

October 22, 2008 4:30 AM -

The great doors of Stinson are closing

October 20, 2008 4:30 AM -

Where there's light, there's power

October 17, 2008 4:30 AM -

The past lives on ... in a million stitches

October 15, 2008 4:30 AM -

Remembering the Mayor of All the People

October 10, 2008 4:30 AM -

Hamilton came calling 50 years ago

October 08, 2008 4:30 AM -

Two tales on one corner

October 06, 2008 4:30 AM -

Let's recycle the cycling championships

October 03, 2008 8:18 AM -

Economy, city derailed Hilton, says developer

October 01, 2008 4:30 AM -

The Queen of Barton and Emerald

September 29, 2008 4:30 AM -

Chats, cats and nonexistent spats

September 26, 2008 4:30 AM -

Vanderlaans are one big happy family

September 24, 2008 4:30 AM -

Holdouts in the noisy industrial zone

September 22, 2008 4:30 AM -

For Fred, Tent Town was a step up

September 19, 2008 4:30 AM -

Bob finds walking so ... inspiring

September 10, 2008 4:30 AM -

City scrubbing away public baths

September 08, 2008 4:30 AM -

Some things a family doesn't talk about

September 05, 2008 8:12 AM -

Believe it or not Conway wrote his big hit here

August 29, 2008 4:30 AM -

Grand old lady will shine again

August 27, 2008 4:30 AM -

Gone a century ago but never forgotten

August 22, 2008 4:30 AM -

Highway 97 revisited

August 20, 2008 4:30 AM -

A strong man with a firm grip on life

August 18, 2008 4:30 AM -

'I could achieve or ... stay home'

August 15, 2008 4:30 AM -

'A city of promise' to thankful refugees

August 13, 2008 4:30 AM -

Enough love for 55 grandchildren

August 01, 2008 4:30 AM -

Eleven storeys where high hopes live

July 30, 2008 4:30 AM -

A dollar saved can be worth lots

July 28, 2008 4:30 AM -

Life at No. 2 comes to an end

July 25, 2008 4:30 AM -

Lifetime at the Beach

July 25, 2008 4:30 AM -

Lifetime at the Beach

July 23, 2008 4:30 AM -

Cars were king, gas was cheap

July 21, 2008 4:30 AM -

Dundas pays tribute to its driving park

July 18, 2008 4:30 AM -

It's Plan B for Red Green's big King B

July 16, 2008 4:30 AM -

Verna marks her 85th ... with a 'wake'

July 14, 2008 4:30 AM -

A little bungalow by the lake

July 14, 2008 4:30 AM -

A little bungalow by the lake

July 11, 2008 4:30 AM -

Durand debate: heritage or green space?

July 07, 2008 10:17 AM -

Seeing the world at handlebar level

July 04, 2008 4:30 AM -

Sad legacy of a little house on Dundurn

June 27, 2008 4:30 AM -

Farmers in a tight squeeze

June 25, 2008 4:30 AM -

These boots were made for celebrating

June 23, 2008 4:30 AM -

Take a sweet stroll past the Big House

June 20, 2008 4:30 AM -

St. Mark's neighbours fight to save their oasis

June 18, 2008 4:30 AM -

Thirty years unfold in pages of newspaper

June 16, 2008 4:30 AM -

A gem of a company

June 13, 2008 4:30 AM -

The dead have stories to tell

June 11, 2008 4:30 AM -

Still going strong at 90

June 06, 2008 4:30 AM -

It's never too late for love

June 04, 2008 4:30 AM -

Lofty dreams scale The Brow's heights

May 28, 2008 4:30 AM -

Squint, and these quints look authentic

May 26, 2008 4:30 AM -

Girl Fridays get their due

May 23, 2008 4:30 AM -

Derby runs its course

May 21, 2008 4:30 AM -

Are trustees OK with their HQ in core?

May 16, 2008 4:30 AM -

High time on Hamilton Harbour

May 14, 2008 4:30 AM -

Making music at King and James

May 12, 2008 4:30 AM -

Calendar girl needs a printer's help

May 10, 2008 8:33 AM -

A Mother's Day to celebrate

May 07, 2008 4:30 AM -

Past and present meet at Imperial Cotton

May 05, 2008 4:30 AM -

Hypnotic dance of the Democrats

May 02, 2008 4:30 AM -

Theresa's the star of the slots

April 30, 2008 4:30 AM -

Clean, green and good for the city's future

April 28, 2008 4:30 AM -

Crooks' Hollow: Water over the dam

April 25, 2008 4:30 AM -

Stalemate on Highway 5

April 18, 2008 4:30 AM -

The walking wanderer

April 16, 2008 4:30 AM -

Is downtown heading back to the future?

April 14, 2008 4:30 AM -

A life-saving premonition

April 11, 2008 4:30 AM -

School closed in 1961, but still students come

April 09, 2008 4:30 AM -

Little horse brings a whole lot of joy

April 07, 2008 4:30 AM -

There goes the neighbourhood

April 04, 2008 4:30 AM -

Much is gone, but not Lynden's revue

April 02, 2008 4:30 AM -

The good and bad of James Street

March 31, 2008 4:30 AM -

Frid Street -- a great street?

March 28, 2008 4:30 AM -

Joy has just walked out on them

March 26, 2008 4:30 AM -

When service was the name of the game

March 24, 2008 4:30 AM -

A life as beautiful as the land she loved

March 19, 2008 4:30 AM -

Signs of spring: mud, ice cream, bikes

March 17, 2008 4:30 AM -

Trusty mailbox served well for 100 years

March 14, 2008 4:30 AM -

Goodbye Pompeii, hello hotels

March 12, 2008 4:30 AM -

Learning in a world of silence

March 10, 2008 4:30 AM -

Hall sisters proud to be in their 80s

March 07, 2008 11:59 PM -

Time to put a push on spring

March 05, 2008 11:59 PM -

Diamonds in the rough

March 03, 2008 4:30 AM -

Eastgate thinking outside the big box

February 29, 2008 11:59 PM -

A leap in exposure for Hamilton

February 27, 2008 11:59 PM -

Farewell to a little big man

February 25, 2008 11:59 PM -

Mercedes drives away from Steeltown

February 22, 2008 11:59 PM -

A city portrait, one face at a time

February 20, 2008 4:30 AM -

20 years of sharing people's stories

February 15, 2008 11:59 PM -

April and Richard find each other

February 13, 2008 4:30 AM -

Adding a twist to station's familiar refrain

February 11, 2008 4:30 AM -

Happy birthday, Mr. Lincoln

February 08, 2008 4:30 AM -

Where are you, Richard?

February 06, 2008 4:30 AM -

June's three decades of devotion

February 04, 2008 4:30 AM -

ABCs of replacing the art gallery's AGH

February 01, 2008 4:30 AM -

Jean is one tough cookie, thief finds out

January 30, 2008 4:30 AM -

He's like Red Green for canoe lovers

January 28, 2008 4:30 AM -

No surrender at wartime clubhouse

January 25, 2008 4:30 AM -

The voice from an authentic life

January 23, 2008 4:30 AM -

Core values for Liaison

January 21, 2008 4:30 AM -

'Jaques' wrote the StreetBeat of old

January 18, 2008 4:30 AM -

A tug of war over Batchawana

January 16, 2008 4:30 AM -

Dancing was all for Popaleni pair

January 14, 2008 4:30 AM -

Roy won't fight big Mountain

January 11, 2008 4:30 AM -

Paradise by the winter light

January 09, 2008 4:30 AM -

Board belongs in core

December 21, 2007 4:30 AM -

Diary gives peek into sparse Christmas past

December 19, 2007 4:30 AM -

A rift close to home

December 17, 2007 4:30 AM -

Christmas feelings stirred by a call

December 14, 2007 4:30 AM -

Peace reigns under Carluke's new cross

December 12, 2007 4:30 AM -

Last Christmas rush for landmark Sears

December 10, 2007 4:30 AM -

Goodbye to good eats

December 07, 2007 4:30 AM -

After a 10-year hiatus, BMO moves back in

December 05, 2007 4:30 AM -

Nathan's first cut is the kindest

December 03, 2007 4:30 AM -

Life has changed on Centennial Parkway

November 30, 2007 4:30 AM -

Memories from the shul will endure ... on video

November 28, 2007 4:30 AM -

'Sounds like beauty and the beast'

November 14, 2007 4:30 AM -

Looking for the little baby they loved

November 12, 2007 4:30 AM -

\Wanted to buy: one very old stone stable

November 09, 2007 4:30 AM -

Margaret wishes for true remembrance

November 07, 2007 4:30 AM -

Vanished Hamilton is back - in book form

November 05, 2007 4:30 AM -

Church 'omelette' contains holy oil

November 02, 2007 4:30 AM -

Bye-bye, Balmoral Tavern

October 31, 2007 11:12 AM -

Building it back up

October 31, 2007 10:08 AM -

Downtown needs more folks like Gary

October 26, 2007 4:30 AM -

New life at an old corner

October 24, 2007 4:30 AM -

Another reason to love this city

October 22, 2007 4:30 AM -

Watchmaker's shop defies time

October 19, 2007 4:30 AM -

Joe Singer's showpiece still ready to serve

October 17, 2007 4:30 AM -

Anti-terrorist measures will take away our view

October 15, 2007 4:30 AM -

Queen of The Villa stepping down

October 12, 2007 4:30 AM -

How the Incredible Hulk found Harmony

October 10, 2007 4:30 AM -

The creative side of murder

October 05, 2007 4:30 AM -

Newcomer takes on Walt's Variety

October 04, 2007 4:30 AM -

Tarnished tower offers hope

October 03, 2007 4:30 AM -

Heather and Harold: They know what matters

September 21, 2007 4:30 AM -

A tale of two cities

September 19, 2007 4:30 AM -

Montreal still casts a spell

August 24, 2007 4:30 AM -

Exploring Mom's Mount Pleasant

August 22, 2007 4:30 AM -

New life for a mid-1800s building

August 20, 2007 4:30 AM -

Taiwan ... Mongolia ... where next?

August 17, 2007 4:30 AM -

So the guys are getting together ...

August 15, 2007 4:30 AM -

Oh for the days of the King's Highway

August 10, 2007 4:30 AM -

It's more than just oompahpah

August 08, 2007 4:30 AM -

For Wally, Canada is heaven

August 03, 2007 4:30 AM -

Cooking up second career after bagels

August 01, 2007 4:30 AM -

Those were the days, my friend ...

July 30, 2007 4:30 AM -

Let's swing for a home run downtown

July 27, 2007 4:30 AM -

There's still fight left in Jan

July 20, 2007 4:30 AM -

True companions

July 18, 2007 4:30 AM -

Terrible Ten count down

July 16, 2007 4:30 AM -

Strange bedfellows on Barton

July 13, 2007 4:30 AM -

A hugger like no other

July 11, 2007 4:30 AM -

A very tall tale

July 09, 2007 4:30 AM -

Demolition derby on Main West

July 06, 2007 4:30 AM -

They've paved paradise

July 04, 2007 4:30 AM -

Half a house spills with memories

June 29, 2007 4:30 AM -

Happy belated birthday, Freelton

June 27, 2007 4:30 AM -

Back to the future

June 15, 2007 4:30 AM -

Gene stays with his beloved garden

June 15, 2007 4:30 AM -

It's not easy to leave home

June 14, 2007 4:30 AM -

Claudette's story

June 13, 2007 4:30 AM -

Web U grad is flushed with pride

June 12, 2007 4:30 AM -

Wilson deserves a shot

June 11, 2007 4:36 PM -

One small house, one big happy family

June 01, 2007 4:30 AM -

The bride was blindsided

May 30, 2007 4:30 AM -

As City Hall empties, debate rises

May 25, 2007 4:30 AM -

Bunge jumping

May 23, 2007 12:26 PM -

History in a pink satin case

May 18, 2007 11:59 PM -

'...Rough around the edges, but it's real'

May 16, 2007 11:59 PM -

Les is more when it comes to horses

May 14, 2007 11:59 PM -

The Dynes' days are numbered

May 11, 2007 11:59 PM -

An empty chair on Mother's Day

May 09, 2007 11:59 PM -

Seven Wonders of Hamilton

April 30, 2007 11:59 PM -

Trainmen must lay their track elsewhere

April 27, 2007 11:59 PM -

A life that spans three centuries holds on

April 25, 2007 11:59 PM -

Garlic mustard: Eat it to beat it

April 23, 2007 11:59 PM -

Lots to like in an e-bike

April 20, 2007 11:59 PM -

Mr. Generosity