City Life

Supported housing provider Options for Independent Living and Development is a labour of life and love for mother and son Kathleen Ward and Michael Power. They are determined to fight for the future of their George Street family. Whenever developers come to poke around the connected stretch of…

The nesting of these large majestic birds is a huge success story for the Royal Botanical Gardens’ efforts to restore Hamilton's ecological gem. When I was eight or so, my family took a trip to Waterton Lakes National Park on the Alberta/Montana border. The highlight of the trip…

Owner/president of record label Sonic Unyon and the driving force behind Supercrawl, Because Beer Craft Festival and venues Bridgeworks and Mills Hardware, Potocic is also among the local pioneers who invested in Hamilton’s downtown long before it was cool to do so. Tim Potocic was born in…

PHOTOS BY BRENT PERNIAC, DONNA WAXMAN AND GARY GREEN Ginger St. James, The Corktown, June 16.The Pistolettes and Ginger St. James, The Corktown, June 16.Alysha Main, Ann Pirvu and Christopher Giroux at the gala premiere for The End…

My mother-in-law’s faith meant she struggled to accept her daughter as a lesbian. But over time, she offered blessings at our wedding and decked herself out in Pride colours in her retirement home. “You seem like a very nice lady, but I can never accept this.” The speaker…

In addition to one-day celebratory event, organizers host fundraisers, socials and plenty of information-sharing. Binbrook may only be 20 kilometres or so from the heart of downtown Hamilton, but when it comes to the ability to access resources for the 2SLGBTQ+ community, sometimes that’s an uncrossable distance. That’s…