City Life

This regular feature highlights people from all walks of life who have embraced Hamilton as their new home. MURRAY VAN HALEM is a cityscape oil painter documenting the urban scenes of Hamilton and Toronto. He started his arts career as a commercial photographer working with large-format cameras to…

After a 41-year career and 15 years at the helm of the Hamilton Community Foundation, Terry Cooke is retiring. Public service runs deep throughout Terry Cooke’s life. His father was a superintendent of education in the public school board, his grandfather ran the HSR for years and…

Oak View Group offers look at construction well underway at the Bay and York venue. They say the $280-million project is on time and on budget. It may not be visible from the street, but work is well underway on the transformation of Hamilton’s downtown arena. Leaders with…

We face emergencies on several fronts, including housing and climate change and they require a new approach in municipal politics. Strong mayor powers are a tool that could speed up good decision-making. What kind of political system do we want? Do we want a system in which the…

Experiencing all the Nova Scotia city has to offer – history, waterfront beauty, art, brew pubs, seafood and so much more – is just a short flight away from Hamilton. If you’re craving some fresh east coast sea food, Halifax is closer than you think –…

The City of Hamilton is wrapping up its gold recycling box program as the province moves to end blue box processing. How the individual producer model will roll out still hasn’t been announced. On a scorching hot Monday in August, my wife came to pick me up from…