Episodes
Thursday Jun 20, 2019
Hamilton ranks high on infidelity hotlist
Thursday Jun 20, 2019
Thursday Jun 20, 2019
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.
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
The Message: Still Paul Wilson
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Jon Wells in conversation with Paul Wilson.
Thursday Apr 04, 2019
The Message: Her Life in Comics - Artist Sylvia Nickerson
Thursday Apr 04, 2019
Thursday Apr 04, 2019
Hamilton artist Sylvia Nickerson talks her comic “Creation,” and latest work, “All We Have Left Is This,” that is now on display at the Assembly Gallery downtown.
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
The Message: Wells on Arkells
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Jon Wells and Ayesha Nasir talk about "Arkells: Relentless," Jon's mega-feature in The Hamilton Spectator about the six-time Juno Award-winning band that was born and raised in Hamilton.
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
The Message: Beware of Cartoonist
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Jon Wells in conversation with the Hamilton Spectator's award-winning editorial cartoonist: Graeme MacKay.
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
The Message: The doctor is in
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
This week on The Message, Jon Wells speaks to Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, who is the Medical Officer of Health for the City of Hamilton.
Thursday Feb 21, 2019
The Message: Rent Wars
Thursday Feb 21, 2019
Thursday Feb 21, 2019
On The Message, Jon Wells and Teviah Moro discuss the rent strike in east Hamilton, affordable housing, and the politics of homelessness.
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
The Message: To love or not to love Valentine's Day
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
This week on The Message, Jon Wells and Ayesha Nasir discuss Valentine's Day.
Thursday Jan 31, 2019
The Message: Behind the Hijab
Thursday Jan 31, 2019
Thursday Jan 31, 2019
On the eve of World Hijab Day, Feb. 1, host Jon Wells chats with The Message producer Ayesha Nasir about her experience with the headscarf that, depending on your point of view, is a symbol of humbleness and modesty before God, or one of oppression.
Thursday Jan 24, 2019
The Message: Cocaine on a plane
Thursday Jan 24, 2019
Thursday Jan 24, 2019
In July 2015, Hamilton's Emily O'Brien was arrested at Pearson Airport for smuggling cocaine. She looks back at a frightening and life-altering experience, along with Spectator reporter Natalie Paddon, who has written about Emily's odyssey.