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When singer Michael Jackson stayed at the Hamilton Princess in 1991, it was bellman Eddie Benjamin’s job to fool the waiting crowd. “If he was coming around the front, I had to convince everyone that he was coming by boat,” the 60-year-old laughed. ...

In third grade, Milton McKenzie felt invisible. His teacher seemed to hate him, some of his classmates called him the n-word; his school claimed he had attention deficit disorder. “My situation there was definitely because of race,” he said. Mr McKe...

George Jones collapsed in the middle of his first race. He blames the limited water stations in the 1973 Bermuda Day half-marathon. However, it’s likely the beer didn’t help. “I had trained a lot and I felt good,” the 82-year-old said. “I had a good ...

As a kid, Brotha Richie doodled on whatever he could — colouring books, the brown paper covers of his schoolbooks, his sneakers. Music took over but then three years ago he went through a rough patch and rediscovered his old hobby. “Art is therapy,” ...

Cynthia DeSilva kept things hush when she decided to pursue a college degree in 2014. She wasn’t sure her friends would understand why she needed to do it, at age 78. “They would have said what are you trying to prove,” the retired nurse said. “I rea...

The world’s bosses are feeling gloomy about the global economy this year, and that’s not a good sign. Fifty-three per cent of chief executive officers are predicting a decline in the rate of global economic growth in 2020, up from 29 per cent last ye...

As the City of Hamilton planned its block party for New Year’s Eve, Jessica Astwood could only cross her fingers and hope for the best. Mindful of the many celebrations that usually take place on December 31, her best-case scenario was that a couple ...

Every night you lock your doors, and set the security alarm, but is your business really secure? TLC Group Solutions, a firm that advices on data security, sees many clients who are under prepared for a data breach or cyberattack. “In many of the lo...

Family has always been very important to Gloria Carey. It may be because she came from a big one, the 90-year-old was the middle child of ten born to Edith and Albert Spencer. Her parents moved here from Jamaica in search of a job for her father, a L...

Tammy Pescatelli got pregnant and her manager assumed her career was over. There weren’t many expectant stand-up comedians performing in 2007. For six months, she kept the news quiet and hid her belly, but once her son was born, she hit the ground r...