Hamilton Spectator

Hamilton Spectator reporter Jon Wells tells the story of Michael Smith, a Port Dover fisherman lost off the north shore and the quest to bring him home.

Able Innovations founder Jay Singh presents his one-minute pitch to the Innovation Factory's Lion's Lair

Unplug founder Denis Burkov delivers his one-minute pitch to the Innovation Factory's Lion's Lair 

Moe Gaber, a co-founder of Routible, presents his one-minute pitch to the Innovation Factory's Lion's Lair 

Engagement Agents founder Sean Snyder delivers his one-minute pitch to the Innovation Factory's Lion's Lair 

Cheryl Muise, founder of BTXpen, delivers a one-minute pitch to the Innovation Factory's Lion's Lair competition

Tim Carr, founder of wifibooth, delivers a one-minute pitch for the Innovation Factory's Lion's Lair competition

Emil Sylvester Ramos, a founder of IrisR&D, delivers his pitch for the Innovation Factory's Lion's Lair competition

Kristian Borghesan is a partner in Arch, which fronts money to homeowners for a down payment. Here is his one-minute pitch for the Innovation Factory's Lion's Lair competition. 

Scott Cooper talks about his invention, a sustainable tooth brush design. He is one of 10 contestants in the Innovation Factory's Lion's Lair competition 

The English Channel is often called the Mount Everest of long-distance swimming. Which doesn't sound like the place you'd expect to find a Hamilton professor. Especially as the weather turns sour and the suffering begins to set in.

Hamilton will be hosting Supercrawl from Sept. 13 to 15. It's a free festival featuring music, art, dance, poetry, fashion, fun and a whole host of other good vibes taking place on James Street North.

Logged out deserts and a decimated Niagara Escarpment sparked a McMaster University student's crusade that earned him the title "father of reforestation." 

Harbour town is a six-part series on thespec.com examining Hamilton's diverse and evolving waterfront, from its port industries to recreational west harbour.  In this episode we touch on a little bit of everything that's going on down at Hamilton's Harbour. 

It wasn't Jed Clampett -- it was James Miller Williams who first successfully harnessed oil.

Guy Annable, the Ontario spokesperson for Yellow Vests Canada, spoke to Teviah Moro at The Spectator about the movement and frustrations about anti-fascist protesters.

As Hamilton clocks its own LRT progress, Insider checks in with therecord.com's Luisa D'Amato about the opening days of the LRT launch in Waterloo Region. 

Comic, garage podcaster and sometime actor Marc Maron is in Hamilton at a film shoot and held nothing back as he described his first impressions of the place.  

Insider talks with Hamilton Spectator writer Tom Hogue about the changing nature of the cemetery

The Spec's Scott Radley discusses what the ongoing renovation of the Monthill Golf and Country Club means for Hamilton. And whether or not the course can one day become the permanent home of the Canadian Open.  

The Spec's Jeff Mahoney talks about the Ashley Madison list that ranks Canadian cities based on the number of sign-ups to the covert dating platform. Hamilton is No. 5 on that list.