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The city of Hamilton is renaming a West Mountain park in honour of a local fallen soldier. Olympic Park will be renamed in honour of Mark Anthony Graham. Graham was killed in action on September 4^th, 2006, while serving our country in Afghanistan. The dedication ceremony will be held at the park tomorrow night at 6:00pm.

The province is investing in revitalizing Port Dover's downtown. Norfolk County, the Port Dover Enhancement Association and the Port Dover Board of Trade are working together on a planning strategy to bring new life to the local business environment. Ontario is announcing $135,000 through the Rural Economic Development Program. This will help to create additional jobs in the area, enhance the streetscape and increase pedestrian traffic.

If you need medical care in the local area, be prepared to wait. For the second fiscal year in a row, hospitals across Haldimand, Hamilton and Brant are not meeting wait time targets. The LHIN's annual report says these hospitals are taking too long to provide surgeries, imaging, emergency and long-term care. Health Minister Deb Matthews says the LHIN system is critical for reducing wait times, while the Ontario Progressive Conservatives say the statistics just prove the networks don't work and should be eliminated.

Haldimand County is looking for ways to improve the area's lakeshore. They held a lakescape open house yesterday at the Dunnville arena. The open house gave the public an opportunity to express their wants and needs for the future of the lakeshore. Subjects such as improved signage, building recreational facilities and promoting tourism were all high on the list of their desires. In case you missed the first one, there will be another lakescape meeting tonight at the Cayuga Administration Building.

A man is recovering in a Hamilton hospital after being shot by police. Provincial police in Wellington County went to a home in Mount Forest on Tuesday afternoon. They were to arrest a man for uttering threats. The Special Investigations Unit says the 21-year-old was shot by police. Two officers were also taken to hospital.