Butternut Tree: Red Ball

red ball: If ever there was a "red ball" in Hamilton, it was the homicide of Tim Bosma . Stories about his bizarre abduction, the pleas from his tearful wife and the manhunt for his killers tugged at the heartstrings of Hamiltonians and gripped people across the country. , according to Hamilton Spectator. A butternut tree held up construction of the Queen Street Hill. The nature-loving Royal Botanical Gardens declared war on deer by bringing in native archers because the animals had been damaging the RBG's famous lilac bushes. In the gritty TV crime drama Homicide Life on the Street from the 1990s, detectives with the Baltimore Police used the term "red ball" to describe high-profile, emotionally-charged cases. But that wasn't the only emotionally charged event of 2013. The year will be remembered for all kinds of sad turns and strange outcomes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.