Treat your mother to an afternoon of music presented by STRATA Vocal Ensemble. The performance will feature music from the Renaissance to the 21st century, including Canadian composers Ruth Watson Henderson, Stephen Chatman, Paul Halley and Stephen Hatfield. It takes place Sunday, May 11 at 3 p.m., MacNeill Baptist Church, 1145 King St. W. Tickets are $12, $9 seniors, $6 students and are available at the door. See www.stratavocalensemble.ca.

Geordie McGarry is a recent graduate of the Mission Services of Hamilton - Employment & Training program.

Emily Beaton, a student at Ancaster High School, took part in the Ontario Youth Challenge by volunteering at the SPCA of Hamilton and Burlington. Gort, a German Shepherd cross, is one of many dogs and cats that were available for adoption at the east mountain shelter last week. See the related story in Lifesytle News.

Sean Malcolmson, principal at Queen's Rangers School, promised to kiss a pig if 80 percent of the students participated in the MS Read-A-Thon. The students raised close to $2,000 for multiple sclerosis, sooooo...Mr. Malcolmson had to "pucker up."

Shown from left are Anya, Sarah and Haley, who bring a special joy to Meals on Wheels clients.

Hamilton politicians approved spending $830,000 for a program they hope will curtail the wide-spread infestation of the gypsy moths.

Alix Nikulka met Trish, the cat.

Colin Whyte walked two-year old Watson, a bloodhound

Ancaster's Griffin House has been designated a National Historic Site by the federal government.