Here's a list of what has come, gone and changed in Hamilton and Burlington in September. Launched & opening soon AlBash Shawarma (197 Locke St. S., Hamilton) Locke Street is the lucky recipient of a new quick lunch spot that will tempt your tastebuds with mouthwatering shawarma and…

This production explores male friendship through the lens of basketball’s larger-than-life LeBron James and the triumph and heartbreak of being a diehard sports fan. It's not necessary to be a basketball devotee in order to enjoy Theatre Aquarius’s debut production of the season, but it sure helps to…

Are human beings born with memories? A new collection of essays by pediatric clinical geneticist Margaret Nowaczyk probes her fascination with the mystery of inherited awareness – what she calls marrow memory. On a dreary afternoon more than two decades ago, Margaret Nowaczyk received the flimsy airmail envelope…

She explores her own cancer diagnosis, loss of loved ones, racism, pain, and global migration through her fibre and fabric art works. I visited Ravinder Ruprai’s short-term studio nestled in an idyllic Strathcona garden where two massive box frames awaited their transformation. One loomed over us on its…

Volunteer-run repair cafés tackle our throwaway culture by taking goods destined for the landfill and giving them new life. They are even teaching people how to fix their own stuff. A few years ago, thanks to my eclectic Instagram account, I was approached by Green Venture about…

Same Boat and Rook’s Theatre stage a radical new look at the Shakespeare classic in a North End historic gem. Local indie companies Same Boat and Rook's Theatre have collaborated on an immersive, gender-bent production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, which will open for a limited run on Sept.

At a mayor’s breakfast event hosted by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, she delivered a positive but cautionary progress report on homelessness, development and growth. A new deal for the lease of the Hamilton International Airport, a move to speed up approvals for development applications in the…

The agreement with Tradeport International Corporation will see the company manage the John C. Munro International Airport for 49 years. The City of Hamilton and the operators of the Hamilton International Airport have reached a 49-year deal that will see $400 million invested in the Mount Hope…