City Life

As the days grow shorter and we embrace the fall colours, there’s no shortage of wow-worthy local events happening in and around our fine city. Here are but six that will help you have an awesome autumn. Have Veggies, Will Travel If you are thinking about following a…

Paul Elia is well-known for creating art that celebrates the grit and beauty of the city’s many streetscapes. He recently sat down with Marc Skulnick to talk about his life in Hamilton: from getting inspired to being entertained; from Gage Park and Supercrawl to the Bruce Trail and Ottawa Street…

How many pedestrians have to die before council gets serious about making our streets safer? I started writing this in early July. Over the next few weeks, I had to rewrite the opening no less than six times.  On July 4, a driver struck…

When you’re cruising around Hamilton, do you ever wonder about the street names and how they came to be? Many cities have Main, King, and Queen Streets but Hamilton’s unique names are clues to the noteworthy people, events, and circumstances that helped to…

Hamilton’s oft-delayed LRT system is back from the dead and past the point of no return, which has local transit fans celebrating. Here’s what you need to know. First proposed in 2007, the 14-km Hamilton Light Rail Transit (LRT) line between McMaster University and Eastgate Square has…