Aura Carreño Rosas

Reporter, CBC Hamilton

Aura Carreño Rosas is a Hamilton-based reporter from Venezuela, with a passion for pop culture and unique people with diverse journeys. You can contact her at [email protected]

Latest from Aura Carreño Rosas

7-year-old in Hamilton has rare condition with $300K annual treatment her family can't afford

Cena Hermus, 7, was two years old when she was diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening disorder that causes severe obesity. The medication she needs costs around $300,000 annually, something family members, who now live in Hamilton, say they can't afford.

Buffalo police charge man with murder after Six Nations man and partner killed in their home

The Buffalo Police Department said they’ve arrested and charged a 34-year-old man in connection to a double homicide in which a Six Nations man and his partner were killed.

26 people displaced following early-morning fire at Good Shepherd supportive housing

A non-profit housing provider in Hamilton says 26 people have been displaced following a fire Tuesday at one of its location.

Students, teachers rally to save 'unique' City School in Hamilton, once pitched as a model to other cities

City School, the program that offers free post-secondary and employment-pathway courses for adults in Hamilton, closes at the end of March, a decision by Mohawk College in December. Students, teachers and community partners are hoping it might be saved.
IN PHOTOS

Fight between bald eagle and Canada goose in Burlington bay 'very symbolic,' says photographer

A bald eagle may have thought it spotted an easy lunch in a Canada goose sitting on an icy bay in Burlington, Ont., but according to Mervyn Sequeira — who watched and photographed a 20-minute battle between the two birds — the goose held its own.

Heavy rain, localized flooding possible for Hamilton and area, says Environment Canada

Some heavy rain and thunderstorms are possible on Wednesday afternoon and evening.

City staff to explore giving tax break to Stoney Creek residents living within 3 km of stinky landfill

Hamilton city staff will look into measures that could provide relief to neighbours of a smelly GFL dump in Stoney Creek, including tax breaks and a temporary closure of the landfill, after councillors discussed the actions last week. 
ONTARIO VOTES 2025

PCs take Hamilton Mountain for 1st time in 30 years, while NDP win Hamilton Centre

As NDP incumbents across the Hamilton and Niagara areas held on to their seats this provincial election, the PCs picked up Hamilton Mountain in a surprise win. Ontario Premier Doug Ford also won his third straight majority government.

McMaster course aims to fight the erasure of Black history in Latin America

As part of a class on Black Latin American and Caribbean history, a roundtable at McMaster University in Hamilton hears from Afro-Latinx scholars about race, culture, migration and diasporic identities.
ONTARIO VOTES 2025

Ontario Votes 2025: Oakville North-Burlington 

After winning in 2018, Effie Triantafilopoulos with the Progressive Conservatives has been the only MPP here since the riding was created in 2015.