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Community event delivers free cuts and styles to 257 kids and youth

Excel in Style saw 66 textured hair professionals donate their Saturday to boost confidence and self-expression for Black and racialized young people. Lohifa Pogoson Acker gets teary when she recaps a recent event to deliver haircuts and styling to more than 250 Black and racialized kids and…
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Hamilton’s arena transformation on time and on budget, says developer

Concert and hockey venue at Bay Street and York Boulevard will see vast unused space turned into clubs, lounges, restaurants and concessions. Check out the gallery below! From the outside, it may look like little is happening within the walls of Hamilton’s downtown arena.  But that’s…
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Cycling Without Age: Wind in their hair

The Hamilton and Burlington chapter of Denmark-born non-profit provides free rides on trishaws for those who can’t pedal for themselves. Copenhagen businessman Ole Kassow frequently saw an elderly man sitting on a bench while Kassow was out for a bike ride. One day, in 2012, he offered…
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For the Love of Hamilton

This regular feature highlights people from all walks of life who have embraced Hamilton as their new home. PHOTOS BY GEOFF FITZGERALD BHAIRAVI KUMAR was born and raised in India. After getting married, she moved to Pasadena, California to broaden her career. She worked in the banking sector,…
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Hounds of Hamilton: Dogs are the stars at Fetching Studios

We need a big dose of dogs these days so HAMILTON CITY Magazine is a new feature to celebrate the city's canines. Send in your dogs! This story starts with a photogenic bulldog.  Soon after he moved to Hamilton in 2020, a neighbour who breeds bulldogs…
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CITY VIEW: Always in a pickle

Marty Strub's family has been in the pickle business since the 1920s and, since the family business was sold, he's been using his great-grandparents' recipe and methods to build his own venture. MARTY STRUB knows one thing very well: pickles. His family name still lives on jars of…