The National Gallery’s art competition, So You Want to Be an Artist, is now underway and you are invited to vote for your favourite painting, sketch or photograph. All submissions are from Canadian artists aged 16 to 19, and represent a wide array of styles and expressions.

Hop on over to the Players Paradise Sports Complex in Stoney Creek for a fun-filled day for the whole family. The second annual Good Friday Easter Egg Hunt, put on by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Hamilton, will get underway on Friday, April 16th, 2012.

Step back in time and witness the thrills and chills of one of the most important battles in the War of 1812. This year marks the 31st anniversary of re-enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek, an important victory for the British and a turning point in the defence of Upper Canada.

The Stoney Creek Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for the Citizen of the Year Award for 2011. This year marks the 44th anniversary that the Chamber of Commerce has issued the award.

The exhibit William Kurelek: the Messenger will be showing at the Art Gallery of Hamilton from January 28-April 29. The touring exhibit is collaboration between the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the Art Gallery of Hamilton.

The Stoney Creek Food Bank has new headquarters in downtown Stoney Creek; they are finding that the new location is bringing in more people than usual since opening last month.

The Ontario Credit Union Charitable Foundation has been recognized as Ontario’s 2011 Distinguished Co-operator. The award was given out at the Co-op Conference and Gala on October 19. The 11th annual gala recognized several organizations that have benefitted the co-op movement in Ontario.

The American company Target announced in early 2011 that they had acquired several store leases from Zellers and would be converting them into Target stores beginning in March 2013; the company hopes to convert between 125 and 135 Zellers stores by 2017. With that goal in mind, Target has recently acquired the leases of four more Zellers stores in the Hamilton area, including the one at Queenston Place in Stoney Creek. It will be difficult for many to see a store chain that has been a Canadian institution for several decades taken over by an American company.