The CP holiday train will be rolling into Hamilton Saturday night, bringing free East Coast entertainment for all the good boys and girls. The train — a beloved 15-year tradition for families across the country — will pull in to Lawrence Road (opposite Gage Park) around 4 p.m. Saturday with live music beginning at 5 […]

The need for food from Hamilton food banks doubles during the holiday season and the charities are gearing up to meet that demand. “There’s a huge spike,” said Joanne Santucci, executive director of Hamilton Food Share. “Usually there are around 17,000 people that cross the threshold to a food bank every month and when it […]

OTTAWA – Ottawa should funnel predicted multi-billion-dollar budget surpluses into helping Canadians who are struggling to make ends meet, an anti-poverty coalition said in a report released Tuesday. Campaign 2000 said while there has been a slight drop in the country’s child poverty rate since the 2008-2009 recession, 967,000 children and their families are still […]