Consider these tips and tax shelters to lower your family's tax bill. Knowing how tax rules affect your investments is essential to maximizing your after-tax return. In addition, keeping up to date on changes to the tax rules ensures that you take advantage of all the tax savings…

Annual migration of hawks, vultures and falcons brings these hunting birds back to our area, lifted by the thermals created by the Niagara escarpment. If you’re like me, then driving this time of year can be a real hazard. It’s not the sudden unexpected snow squalls or foggy…

Hamilton Chamber announces 2023 Outstanding Business Achievement Award recipients. Taking a leap of faith paid off for the 2023 winner of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce Young Entrepreneur of the Year award at a gala reception Wednesday. “I'm so grateful to be the recipient of the Hamilton Chamber…

Irish photographer Cormac Figgis no longer calls Hamilton home but his new book pays homage to a host of his musical heroes, local and otherwise. If you were a regular at one of Hamilton’s indie music clubs over the past decade or so, you likely stumbled across Cormac…

Samantha Mercanti is a successful businesswoman, author and blogger who is candid about her struggles with mental illness. She wrote a book, Embracing Schizophrenia, in which she chronicles her life living with the disease. Samantha recently shared her remarkable journey, her life in Hamilton and why she refuses…

Embrace Hamilton’s great outdoors by booking a stay at one of the new Valens Lake Conservation Area cabins. If you like the idea of camping but don’t actually like the part that involves sleeping on the ground in a tent, the good folks at the Hamilton…

Film galas, live music and fundraisers – feel like you're out on the town by checking out all the Hamilton happenings in our Life in the City event pics.

Greg Dunnett is the new president and CEO of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce and he’s ready to make a positive impact that goes beyond business. If the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce ever wants to put on a large-scale, world-class event, they’ll be in good hands with…