City Life

The city is undergoing a massive transformation anchored by the light-rail transit line and that opportunity must be maximized. Hamilton is going through The Big Build, an unprecedented transformation involving billions of dollars of investment anchored along the upcoming light-rail transit route. This isn’t something that is going…

A passionate community builder and event organizer, Daniel Anderson — better known in the scene as The Bear Dan — has been uniting the bear and queer communities through vibrant, inclusive events for over a decade. He launched his first bear party, Husky Bear Social, at The…

Where you can fly from Hamilton is always changing. Porter is now flying to four Canadian cities and the airport has just unveiled its renovations. Looking to travel more within Canada this year? Who isn’t? That just got a little easier for Hamilton residents, and fans of the…

The monthly social mixer in a downtown coffee house brews connections in the city’s 2SLGBTQIA+ community. At Queer Coffee Hamilton, the buzz comes from both the coffee and the conversations.   Queer Coffee is a monthly social mixer at Relay Coffee Roasters on King William Street that started in…

Our country is at a turning point, and Hamilton could be a big winner – if we believe and prepare. Not even the most jaded observer could have predicted just how quickly the political situation would deteriorate in the United States after the election of Donald Trump to…

More than 350 LGBTQ+ asylum-seekers from eight African countries have settled in Hamilton for a life of safety, acceptance and peace and are building of their own community. Herbert Ddiba can’t quite recall how he came up with the name Rainbow Kings and Queens. He knew he…