After a three-year pandemic pause, one of Ontario's largest Canada Day celebrations makes its return to Gage Park. Returning to Gage Park after a three-year absence is the venerable It’s Your Festival. Presented by the Hamilton Folk Arts Heritage Council, the three-day event held over the Canada Day…

Textile artist Amanda Rataj is intrigued by the enduring quality of fabric, combined with how it inevitably changes over time. Amanda Rataj brings a thoughtful spirit and a keen eye for light and shadow to a self-taught weaving practice that she has now been pursuing for over a…

Ryan McGreal wants to know what, exactly, Metrolinx has been up to for the past two years. On May 13, 2021, the federal and Ontario governments jointly announced a $3.4-billion funding commitment to build and operate a new light rail transit (LRT) system in Hamilton. This milestone was…

Hamilton entrepreneurs create online platform for moms of all kinds to forge friendships, support networks and community. It takes a village to raise a child, the old adage goes, but where does one find a village these days? That’s where Mamaraderie (rhymes with camaraderie)…

Hamilton-based housing provider Indwell has grown from operating a single group home on Locke Street to building affordable housing across southern Ontario. It’s not often that people cheer the destruction of a local landmark. And yet, when workers began ripping apart the windowless – and derelict – Ottawa…

Incite Foundation for the Arts supports the contributions of Musicata, Hamilton's Voices and the Carnegie Gallery. The Incite Foundation for the Arts has contributed more than $5 million to 30 Hamilton-area organizations in grants from $2,500 to $150,000 since it was founded in 2011. It is the legacy of…

It isn’t a new concept but it’s a chance to refocus on what makes a city a walkable, livable and sustainable community for everyone. The concept of the 15-minute city is a hot discussion of late, primarily because of misinformation surrounding what it means. Nothing illustrates this…

PHOTOS BY BRENT PERNIAC AND DONNA WAXMAN DJ David Murkovich & Amy Lombo at the A Side B Side second anniversary, The Casbah, March 18. Brit Floyd, The World’s Greatest Pink Floyd Show, FirstOntario Concert Hall, April 12.Brit…