TheParis Paralympic Gameskick off are set to begin Wednesday and there are a few athletes on Team Canada with connections to the Hamilton area.

On Saturday, Hamilton police arrested a 23-year-old man from Toronto who they said had a semi-automatic gun modified to be a fully automatic gun, along with a prohibited high-capacity magazine and ammunition. The local councillor says the incident was "highly unusual."

When Eric Spearin moved back to Hamilton from Los Angeles, he didn't yet know the next chapter of his life would involve running one of the city's oldest sports teams.In the two years under his ownership, the stands are consistently full, he says.

Lai, 24, has been preparing for her second go at the Paralympic Games and has spent the last few days training with her teammates in Quebec City before heading to Paris. The games start on Aug. 28 and go until Sept. 8.

Talli Osborne, an inspirational speaker andformer Hamilton resident, got her driver's licence three weeks ago and is now able to driveher dream car, a modified fuchsia Mini Cooper, without any assistance.

Marineland has been ordered to pay nearly $85,000, months after it wasfound guilty under Ontario's animal cruelty laws of charges related to its care of three blackbears.

A woman who had been living in a Hamilton apartment for at least six months was found dead last week in her bed after being stabbed by a 51-year-old neighbour, Det.Frank De Vuonotold a news conference Monday. Police also confirmed the man took his own life.