Unveiled in 2006 by the Hamilton Waterfront Trust, the trackless Hamilton Waterfront Trolley is one of the city’s best-kept secrets. For only $7 (less for children and seniors), the Harbour-West…
Where There Is Smoke: The Women Firefighter Visibility Project
Where There Is Smoke, an interactive audio installation featuring women firefighters’ narratives, is a multi-dimensional portrait of career and volunteer firefighters with a diverse range of experienc…
Hamilton Feminist Zine Fair
Every year, the Hamilton Feminist Zine Fair, organized by the Sexual Assault Centre (Hamilton and Area) — better known as SACHA — celebrates and creates spaces for marginalized groups to have discussi…
Best Places to Buy Stationery
April is National Letter Writing Month, and conveniently, it comes to an end with National Stationery Week, which took place this year between April 23-29. Both are part of a growing movement aimed at…
7 Hamilton Book Clubs You Should Join
Book clubs get a bad reputation of being … well … boring and stuffy. However, across Hamilton, book clubs on a variety of topics are challenging that idea. Whether you want to embrace your…
“Foully Done in Death”: The 1909 Murder of Ethel Kinrade
One-hundred-and-nine years ago this week, 25-year-old Ethel Caroline Kinrade was murdered in her family’s elegant Herkimer Street home. Her younger sister, Florence, a church soloist and an aspiring v…
Toby’s Good Eats
If you live or work downtown, you probably know Toby’s Good Eats. You’ve likely walked by it dozens of times while cutting through Jackson Square or, like me, you’ve noticed its Comi…
Breweries in Hamilton
In large and medium cities across Canada, brick and mortar craft and micro breweries have been thriving; however, until recently, Hamiltonians had few beer-buying options besides standing in line at t…
Connaught Fish and Chips
There’s a sign that hangs high on the Connaught Fish & Chips building — located at 976 Main Street East at Gage — that claims the eatery is “the best in town.” A Steel Town stapl…
The Hamilton Toy Museum
Located on Main Street East between Edgemont and Park Row, the Hamilton Toy Museum might be small; however, its collection is mighty, boasting more than a century’s worth of treasures. Incorporated in…