I’m at the Hamilton Future Fund Board of Governors Meeting. Instead of just tweeting, I’m going to use CoverItLive for the remainder of the meeting and enable you to comment with your questions or feedback. DISCLAIMER: I’m on my own time and do not represent The Hamilton…
I’m off the next two days from The Spectator newsroom and will be taking Sun, Mon, Tues as my days off for the next few weeks. (The long weekend will be extra long with Weds off as well.) I’ll be in the newsroom from 5am – 1pm Weds – Fri,…
Photos from the World Cup celebrations on James Street North Sunday night.…
I said I wouldn’t cover the G20 riots. It’s the same thing every summit – a peaceful protest march is met with a show of police force, someone makes the first move, a riot breaks out for the cameras, the protestors are blamed, and everyone forgets about it by…
I received an email late last night asking “Joey, I thought The Olympia (33 floors) was the 2nd tallest bldg in Hamilton. How high is 100 King?” Here’s my response: The Olympia has more floors at 33, but is “only” 98.0 m tall. The Stelco Tower is 103.…
I know I’m a little late on this horse, but I feel I need to speak to it. Jon Stewart of *The Daily Show *put the spotlight on one of the worse practices of some journalists – valuing their “special relationships” and access to the subjects they are suppose to…
Earthquake – is one word enough for my lede paragraph? If you don’t think so, feel free to come up with your own earth shattering pun. Wednesday started quietly for me. I left my place just after 7:30am as I do every day. I walked about five minutes and…
The Spectator’s Jeff Mahoney will be on the hot seat tomorrow at the Art Gallery of Hamilton following a controversial column [http://www.thespec.com/article/779277] he penned about an AGH fundraiser. I don’t really know much about the AGH event and haven’t paid enough attention…