DOES HESS VILLAGE NEED THE "DOUCHE DOME?": Code Bad Part II

Once the "Hotel of Kings", hosting the likes of Haile Selassie I, Johnny Cash, Augusto Pinochet, and Queen Victoria, nothing has fallen so far from grace as the Motor...

Hamilton City Hall's double-pronged attack on disabled citizens is taking a lot of heat around "The City of Scooters."  As of June 1st, cane users will no longer be allowed to...

Spring may have arrived, but snow is falling on Rob Ford's parade. The high-flying mayor has been allegedly video taped smoking crack cocaine. This time around, it looks as though Ford will...

If there's one thing a bureaucrat is good at, it's coming up with a great name.

Ottawa's new CFL team, The Ottawa Tigercats, set to hit the turf in 2014, proudly bearing...

If you're a college student sharing your Netflix account, I hope you like Teletubies. 

Netflix Canada is debuting a uniquely cruel anti-sharing measure called "content...

NASA has disciplined Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield over 'lurid' use of a space station telescope, Hammer in the News has learned.

A complaint from Helen Wasserman of Stoney Creek led...

This weeks’ list comes from Forbes.com where they have writers on staff making lists for their website. This is a professional list, my friends, so you know it’ll be heavily cited....

Wimp, dipshit, pansy, weakling, pantywaist, needle-dick, tub-o-lard, fatso, dimwit, tool.  These are ten words Bob Bratina won't be uttering in council any time soon. In a...

After months of planning, Hamilton's bold new Marineland-style whale and dolphin display is ready to go in the harbour, and citizens are invited to come down to the brand-new state-of-the-art...

Everyone knows that childhood obesity is a serious issue in Hamilton, requiring a fully-staffed task force.  But hidden among the headlines is the troubling trend of babies retaining their...

It seems like everyday there's a new diet craze:  the 100-mile diet, the fast diet, the paleo diet, or even the Chinavore diet.  The 100cm diet, started by Rebecca Dunsmuir, may be...

The debate over public funding for faith-based schools in Ontario has heated up once again, and a new voice has entered the debate.  A small but growing religion called "Akimboism"...

Today's modern building is tomorrow's heritage site.  Doors Open is a fabulous chance to see Hamilton as it was by touring heritage buildings still standing...

Terry Florence, an Italian immigrant with very little English, was a 1^st year engineering student at McMaster out to buy his girlfriend a Christmas present, late 2009.   “After...

36 residents of East 33rd street are feeling relief this morning.  Early last morning, a costumed toy thief broke into their houses and took all the presents.   Hamilton Police were...

On the tail of a controversial demolition permit for four Victorian buildings in Gore Park, the council has put forward a new bylaw.  By-law 12-2 gives all new buildings...

“Too much confidence can lead to arrogance,” says the Principal of one of Hamilton’s biggest High Schools.   “This is a one-of-a-kind program, in the sense that...

A Hamilton Policeman and his horse were on the scene for a heinous vandalism in Gore Park at 3:04 am, December 28th.  “I was trotting by on my horse, Snuffles, when I noticed Queen...

It wouldn’t be New Years without a swimsuit calendar from City Hall.  And it would be a City Hall swimsuit calendar without a “budgie smuggler” a.k.a The Speedo.  This...