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Olga Kwak
07 Jul 2017

Trans Rights are Human Rights – and a Women’s Issue

By Olga Kwak Earlier this year, Hamilton joined a handful of Canadian cities in drafting its own policy on gender identity and gender expression to accommodate the needs of its transgender community. ...

Olga Kwak
05 May 2017

The Meat of the HAMBRGR

Burgers, Beers and Business By Olga Kwak The burgers in Hamilton are different. For one thing, they don’t need no vowels, like in the case of HAMBRGR on King William St. and Ottawa St. Vowels are ju...

Olga Kwak
10 Apr 2017

Shedding Possessions

The process of letting go and downsizing By Olga Kwak In 2013 after an eighteen month battle with an aggressive form of cancer, my father passed away at the age of 61. Part of what makes the death of ...

Olga Kwak
07 Mar 2017

Westdale Theatre: The Sequel

New ownership takes over the iconic venue The show will go on for the Westdale Theatre. The houselights may have come up briefly, but Hamilton has once again proven itself capable of keeping the hand ...

Olga Kwak
11 Jan 2017

Narula’s Sunday Langar

Celebrating equality and community with a free meal The Christmas season always brings an opportunity for Hamilton businesses to give back to the community through various social initiatives. Nearly e...

Olga Kwak
12 Dec 2016

Ambitious City 2016: The Music City

Hamilton Can Become A Better Music City By Getting Out Of Its Own Way On an early November evening, members of Hamilton’s arts and business community met at the Lincoln Alexander Theatre to discuss ...

Olga Kwak
18 Nov 2016

Festival of Friends: “We’re Coming Home”

Your Friends are Coming Back to Town Fans of the yearly Festival of Friends were upset when organizers announced in 2011 it would no longer call Gage Park its home. It was packing up its three-day mus...

Olga Kwak
12 Sep 2016

All About BIAs

You probably have a favourite neighbourhood for shopping or dining, right? Maybe it’s the eclectic mix of dining and browsing downtown Dundas or the thrill of the antique hunt on Ottawa Street. Perh...

Olga Kwak
04 Aug 2016

I Liked It.

(or How Not to Be a Creep Online…or How I Maintain Good Social Graces Online) We’re roughly in our third decade as an online species. Have we learned how to be nice on the Internet, yet? Maint...

Olga Kwak
22 Oct 2015

The Big Business of Small Business

5 questions with Rachel Devine (rdevineskincare.com) 1) Why was it important to you to go into business for yourself, with your own spa, and skin care line, as opposed to working for someone else? I w...