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150 years of the HSR

Hamilton’s transit agency began to roll in 1874 with six streetcars, 22 horses and three-quarter miles of track. It now oversees a fleet of 308 buses carrying an average of 55,000 people each day. It’s pretty incredible to reflect that as we undertake to build an electrified light-rail…
City Life

From YHM to Where? St. John’s, Nfld.

Experience Hamilton to St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Canada Day kicks off summer on Canada’s far east coast. Where can you fly to from the Hamilton airport? One answer is St. John’s, Nfld. Welcome to another in HAMILTON CITY Magazine’s series highlighting destinations…
Arts + Culture

Gene Champagne uncorks debut album

Rock veteran, who wrote the songs, played the instruments, arranged, recorded and mixed the record at his home studio, will perform at The Corktown June 29. Gene Champagne is ready for takeoff.  Let’s Jet! That is the title of the four-song EP the Hamilton rock singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist released at…
City Life

Hamilton’s affordability emergency: Words vs action

Council’s flub of an affordable housing project on a parking lot in Stoney Creek has thankfully been vetoed by the mayor. It’s time for Hamilton to act on the housing emergency that’s been declared. On April 12, 2023, Hamilton city council voted unanimously to declare a state of…
City Life

PRIDE: Building a queer archive for Hamilton

The collection began with a posthumous donation of 50 years of materials in 2018 and the hope is to see that be a foundation for the inclusion of diverse and marginalized voices from across the 2SLGBTQ+ community. The hope is to see a donation of archive materials from…
City Life

PRIDE: From heaviness to hope

As we celebrate Pride in Canada, it’s important to remember that in many parts of the world, LGBTQI+ people are unsafe and in danger. At least 50 people from Uganda and Kenya are now making a home in Hamilton. More than 50 gay, lesbian and bisexual asylum seekers…
HCC
Hamilton music Collective