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Indigenous-led child care: A chance to right a historic wrong

By Madeline Wilson Shaw
On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we must talk about true healing from the devastating legacy of residential schools in Canada. From 1883 to 1996, Indian residential and day schools across Canada forcefully removed Indigenous children from their families, igniting generations of…
City Life

Vital Signs: A call to action on housing affordability

By Meredith MacLeod
Homelessness is at crisis levels but there are plenty of solutions if we just have the political will to fight for them, Hamilton Community Foundation panel argues. Homelessness is a choice, an affordable housing panel discussion hosted by the Hamilton Community Foundation heard on Wednesday. But that choice…
Made in Hamilton

Grey Cup Festival: ‘You will be wowed’

By Meredith MacLeod
Six days of events ahead of the CFL’s championship game in November, will showcase the best of Hamilton. When two teams line up for the 6 p.m. kickoff of the 110th Grey Cup at Tim Hortons Field on Nov. 19, it will mark the 12th time Hamilton has…
Arts + Culture

Incite Foundation supports new musical incubator

By HCM
Theatre Aquarius’s National Centre for New Musicals gets $500K boost from Hamilton arts support organization founded in 2011 by the late Carl and Kate Turkstra. The Incite Foundation for the Arts is investing $500,000 in the National Centre for New Musicals at Theatre Aquarius. “We are thrilled to…
City Life

Focusing on humanity

By Kathryn Dunmore
Human Beings of Hamilton shines a powerful spotlight on those living on the streets of the city. The man behind the Facebook page has walked that road himself. Human Beings of Hamilton started as a Facebook page, sharing photography taken over…
Arts + Culture

‘This is theatre, baby!’

By Annie Rosenberg
City Life

Walk off the Earth covers “Y.M.C.A.” for the YMCA

By Meredith MacLeod
Food + Drink

Dishing on the delis

By Heather Peter
City Life

Blessed by the Bruce Trail

By Jason Allen

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THINGS TO DO IN HAMILTON, BURLINGTON

By HCM
We are spoiled for things to see and do in #HamOnt and #BurlOn. HAMILTON CITY Magazine helps you keep up with it all. Think of us as your plugged-in friend who knows all the cool stuff happening around town! Get out and enjoy – and tell them HCM sent you!
Arts + Culture

Decades of jazz and art

By HCM
Incite Foundation for the Arts supports the contributions of Hamilton All Star Jazz Bands and Hamilton Artists Inc. The Incite Foundation for the Arts has contributed more than $6 million to 30 Hamilton-area organizations, through grants from $2,500 to $150,000, since it was founded in 2011. It is…
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City Life

Indigenous-led child care: A chance to right a historic wrong

By Madeline Wilson Shaw
On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we must talk about true healing from the devastating legacy of residential schools in Canada. From 1883 to 1996, Indian residential and day schools across Canada forcefully removed Indigenous children from their families, igniting generations of…
Arts + Culture

Finding life’s ‘moments’ through art

By Meredith MacLeod
Artful Moments was developed by the Art Gallery of Hamilton and St. Peter’s Hospital for late-stage dementia patients. It’s now serving as a template being used across the country. The Art Gallery of Hamilton’s Artful Moments has been providing art experiences to people with dementia for nearly 12…
City Life

Vital Signs: A call to action on housing affordability

By Meredith MacLeod
Homelessness is at crisis levels but there are plenty of solutions if we just have the political will to fight for them, Hamilton Community Foundation panel argues. Homelessness is a choice, an affordable housing panel discussion hosted by the Hamilton Community Foundation heard on Wednesday. But that choice…
City Life

Blessed by the Bruce Trail

By Jason Allen
Hamilton is uniquely fortunate to have the 900 km world-class hiking route running right through the spine of the city. Autumn is the best time to explore it. At last, it’s autumn. The one time of year when if someone tells you to “take a hike” they really…
Arts + Culture

‘This is theatre, baby!’

By Annie Rosenberg
Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts offers theatre, dance, music, and visual arts classes, workshops and camps for children, teens and adults, along with performance opportunities. In the attic of the Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts, Jay Watson hooks her thumbs through her jeans, puts on a top hat…
Food + Drink

Hess Village: The veterans and the newcomers

By Diane Galambos
Hamilton is a city blessed with  great food and dining districts. We will regularly be profiling local culinary corridors and we start here with Hess Village. My earliest memory of Hess Village is a visit to a stylish salon to have my “colours” done – a fabric draping…
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