What’s Cooking in the North End
Recipes provided by Compass Senior Community Kitchen
Farewell to Lighthouse Fish Market
The Jamesville District neighborhood will be saying a final heartfelt farewell this Spring when the Llighthouse closes on April 3rd 2024 after serving Hamilton 1985. Wishing Elcina Miranda and her family all the best. As Elcina indicated, it was time to...
Musing on the Garden
Submitted by Candy Venning Have you ever stopped to wonder what it is that might define a garden as ‘Canadian’? Or, before we had borders and a name for this geographical area (Canada), what makes up and defines a garden as being ‘of this place’? For some, images of...
HOPA Ports celebrates expansion of P&H Milling Group / Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd. Facility at the Port of Hamilton
The Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority (HOPA Ports) celebrates expansion plans to P&H Milling Group and Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd., longstanding partners at the Port of Hamilton. This expansion reaffirms P&H’s commitment to supporting Canadian agriculture...
Councillor Update
Most of my time over the past few months has been spent in meetings about the City’s 2024 budget process. We went from an outlook of 14.2%, to a draft budget of 7.9%, and finally landed on 5.79% on February 15. I voted in favour of the budget. The breakdown of that...
A Very Brief History of Hamilton’s Postal Service
Submitted by Brian Roulston In an age where constant communication spans the globe, the personal touch and warmth of handwritten correspondences appear to have vanished into the shadows of time. Hastily created emails and texts, despite their proficiency, often fall...
Around the Bay Road Race
On Sunday, March 24, the 130th anniversary of the Around the Bay Road Race will run through Hamilton and Burlington. The Around the Bay Road Race is the oldest road race in North America, established in 1894, three years before the Boston Marathon. Throughout the...
Letter from the Editor
By Brenda Duke I just want to say that I am not a lover of cold, dreary winter days. I spend that time snuggled under a heated blanket with a hot cup of coffee. My body takes a rest but I can’t stop the ideas popping up in my head. So, your publication team has been...
The Tobogganers of Hamilton: A Short History of Winter Fun and Adventure
by Brian Roulston Tobogganing was at one time a popular winter-time activity here in the Ambitious City long before skiing gained prominence in the 1920s. There were several tobogganing clubs in the area during the 1880s. The two main ones were the Victoria...
Councillor Update
February is a busy month in our city, even with the colder winter weather. This month we’ll celebrate both Black History Month and Hamilton Winterfest and, for the first time, February will also mark the end of the City’s annual budget process. This is the first year...
My Favorite Memories
By Bev Hill After the excitement and bustle of the Christmas season, I like to take time to reflect on some of the memories that were made. I remember the songs that stirred me. “We are The World” by Michael Jackson, Lionel Ritchie, Diana Ross and many others. To me,...
