Jon Wells

A drive-by shooting and arson at popular Burger Barn on Six Nations in the dead of night early this year led to more violence on Canada’s most populous First Nation, where the OPP have warned of ‘non-Indigenous organized crime network,’ and the Haudenosaunee people fear extortion and ‘societal catastrophe’

Sewing for Cuddle Quilts in Hamilton is a labour of love for volunteers who have a passion for sewing and also making a difference in the community. In other good news: the roses have risen from the ashes in Southern California, and Kiki the sheep is on the go, despite paralysis at birth.

Hamilton Tiger-Cat receiver Drew Wolitarsky has had a tough start to his CFL season, but in a sense won long before a game was played this year. The California native and U.S.-Canadian citizen travelled to Kenya in the spring, to help World Vision Canada raise awareness of clean water access challenges in the East African country.

St. Joseph’s Healthcare executives, staffers and politicians gathered Tuesday to celebrate completion of a $1.5-million renovation project in the hospital’s emergency department in the city’s core.

Police “astonished” by calm and quick-thinking Good Samaritan; Pete Vanderboom’s sunflower field of dreams offers more good news.

Gerald Wagner, the last soldier known to have served in the Second World War fighting for the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry regiment, has died at 100.

Mike Bradaric, and wife Julie, were both 21, and in 1956 knew there was no life for them anymore in communist dictator Tito’s Yugoslavia. So they made a break for freedom; one that Mike recently revisited with his grandson.

The good news: a 97-year-old typhoon survivor rejoices in her new Canadian land, a bear is freed from the bondage of a plastic lid, and Lorenzo the lobster avoids a future of boiling water and melted butter.

Hamilton police recorded a 14 per cent increase in ‘use-of-force’ incidents involving its officers last year compared to 2023, a spike Chief Frank Bergen attributes to rising firearms-related crime in the city. Police chief cites ‘troubling rise’ in shootings leads to ‘high stakes situations’ for officers

Four peregrine falcon chicks hatched this season at the Sheraton Hotel, the 31st year the birds of prey have nested in downtown Hamilton, and are faring well, while in other good news, a mom and son’s giving garden of charity springs from seeds of faith.