The city is home to the only research centre specializing in chronic pain of veterans in Canada and the largest clinic nationally treating retired soldiers experiencing the debilitating effects of long-term pain.   By Lise Diebel, Hamilton Health Sciences Hundreds of Canadian veterans, including many treated for…

From a dark Shakespearean drama to the debut of a local playwright, a quartet of companies are bringing a wealth of ways for Hamilton-area theatre lovers to enjoy some warm hours inside over the next several weeks. Binbrook Little Theatre presents HAMISH Binbrook Little Theatre has been producing…

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…

A dynamic network of startups coming out of academic research – along with an eye-popping takeover of a homegrown success story – is fuelling Hamilton’s rise as a national biotech capital. A $2.4-billion takeover of local startup Fusion Pharmaceuticals is showing how McMaster University and Hamilton are challenging…

As McMaster University's campus station celebrates its 45th anniversary, Jamie Tennant looks back on the trials, tribulations and, yes, triumphs of bringing community radio to life, and to the community. This year, CFMU celebrates its 45th anniversary on the FM airwaves. On Jan. 13, 1978, at…