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While debate rages on about the future of transit within Hamilton, slowly but surely the West Harbour GO Station (On James Street North across from Liuna Station) is about to make it easier to travel in and out of the city. For a little over a year now, the station has had two regular trains to and from Toronto's Union station. Currently the existing trains depart West Harbour Go at 06:09 AM and 06:39 AM arriving in Toronto at 07:20 AM and 07:50 AM respectively. The return trains leave Toronto at 4:00 PM and 5:15 PM arriving back at West Harbour at 5:12 PM and 6:27 PM respectively. In spite of the scant schedule, ridership has been increasing steadily on these trains. While these train times may not be the most convenient for all riders, things are likely to improve in the not so distant future. It appears that final stages of station construction are almost complete. The GO Transit website indicates that the following are complete and open for public use: Station...

Red Hill Valleys @ This Ain’t Hollywood with MATTIE LEON, ABIGAL LAPELL & SWEET ROGER Tuesday April 18th Genre: Folk, Americana, Southern Rock Time: 8pm (7:30 pm doors) $6 at the door here's the event page at the venue Who should go? If you like acoustic music with great vocals, harmonies and a band that knows how to have fun - The Red Hill Valleys and their supporting crew for this show definitely fit the bill. Why should I go? The Red Hill Valleys ( band website ) sway between country, folk, Americana and southern rock. I like this band because they don't take themselves too seriously and you feel like you're listening to a bunch of friends at a house party - you'll love it. Check out this car jam to see what I mean On top of that, they have a really great line up for the night with Sweet Roger, Mattie Leon and Abigal Lapelle. Try not to miss this show. About Mattie Leon https://www.mattieleon.com/ Mattie has showcased at Canadian Music Wee...

Punk Rock Karaoke @ This Ain’t Hollywood Thursday April 13th, 2017 Genre: Um...Punk Time: 9pm (8pm doors) $ tbd at the door Who should go? Anyone who’s always wanted to be Joey Ramone or any other punk band front man. This travelling show features Greg Hetson (Bad Religion, Circle Jerks), Stan Lee (Dickies), Darren Pfeiffer (Gold Finger, Sum 41) and Steve Solo (adolescents, agent orange) who form a back up band for anyone who wants to get up and sing. There’s a list of songs to choose from, you sign up and...well, you get the idea. In case you don’t get the idea check out this vid Why should you go? Come on...who hasn’t wanted to sing in a punk band at least once in your life. But seriously if you’re a fan of punk this is pretty frikkin cool. This show is only hitting up a few select cities in Canada (Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton and London) before they head to New York, and Hamilton’s punk heritage probably was a factor so come on out and do Hamilton proud. About...

Leslieville to Jamesville Like a lot of people lately, we recently moved to Hamilton from Toronto.  Talk about a life changing decision!  The prospect of leaving a home and neighbourhood we loved, the friends we've made there over the years and moving the kids away from a school and group of friends that they've had as long as they can remember was difficult to say the least and inspired many tears and doubts along the way, but in the end we realized it was the right move for us.  This is how it happened.