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Hamilton Day brings local love and Halloween thrills to every corner of the city

By Meredith MacLeod
With more than 1,000 participants, free admission at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, live music, markets, and plenty of spooky family-friendly activities, the four-day celebration returns with a Halloween twist. The Halloween edition of Hamilton Day will bring together local businesses, artists, performers and community organizations for a…
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Short film shares mother and son’s journey with autism

By Meredith MacLeod
A Hamilton filmmaker hopes Dear Grandpa, It’s Michael can grow into a community initiative that changes how we see potential. It will be screened in Stoney Creek on Oct. 28. When Hamilton filmmaker and producer Tyrone Greenidge met Michael Whitell, the boy was four years old. Michael, who…
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Learning to Breathe: Clara Hughes discovers life beyond the finish line

By Meredith MacLeod
After a lifetime of pushing her body to extraordinary limits, the six-time Olympic medallist found herself facing an unfamiliar opponent: stillness. In her new memoir, the cyclist and speed skater explores a devastating injury, menopausal upheaval, and buried trauma that forced her to rethink everything she thought she…
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State of the City: Hamilton needs 50 ideas to turn around the downtown

By Meredith MacLeod
Business leaders, urban planners, and police officials call for well-executed small wins, stronger partnerships with other levels of government, and coordinated community action to restore confidence in the city’s core. Hamilton’s downtown revival will depend as much on fixing everyday problems as it does on major infrastructure…
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PREVIEW: Crown Point Players presenting unique companion plays

By Meredith MacLeod
Lone Star and Laundry and Bourbon features two one-act plays set in 1970s Texas, one with an all-female cast and the other with an all male cast. It will run at Crown & Press from Oct. 16 to 24. New theatre company Crown Point Players is presenting…
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Staats shines at folk awards in Hamilton

By Meredith MacLeod
The Ontario Folk Music Awards kicked off the five-day Folk Canada conference taking place in downtown Hamilton. Six Nations of the Grand River singer-songwriter Logan Staats won big, along with Tanika Charles and Aysanabee at the awards show hosted by Terra Lightfoot. Six Nations of the Grand River…
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