John Hadden
Online Video Journalist
John is an Online Video Journalist with Global News, covering stories all over the world for GlobalNews.ca.
John joined Global Sports in 2003 as an intern from Niagara College. When Global Sports went off the air, John moved into news editing and eventually producing for the website. He’s worked on some of the biggest stories of the past decade – including the G20 Summit in Toronto, multiple elections and the terror attack in Ottawa.
An avid soccer fan and distance runner, you can usually find him on a trail somewhere in the GTA pretending he’s still young.
Follow John on Twitter and Instagram: @runawayfromnews
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Video Archives
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Remembering the day Kurt Cobain died 25 years ago
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All about Benjamin Netanyahu in 2 minutes
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What is the Golan Heights?
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Mike Trout joins world’s highest-paid athletes with new record contract
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Facts about goldfish after boy’s cuddle attempt kills one
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Why Trudeau apologized for Inuit tuberculosis treatment
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Wrestling legend King Kong Bundy dead at 61
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1,529 turtles discovered inside alleged smuggler’s luggage
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Man fighting ticket claims he was eating hash brown while driving
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World’s smallest-ever baby boy healthy enough to leave hospital
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Iran: A timeline from Persian monarchy to Islamic Republic
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Name a cockroach after your ex and watch it be fed to animals on Valentine’s Day
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Study claims colonization, genocide and disease contributed to 17th century climate change
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Activist: ‘Someone’s got to account for this’ after study claims colonization sparked climate change
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How researchers determined 55 million killed after colonization
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Monarch butterfly count increases 144 percent
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Monarch butterfly count increases 144 percent
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Victim describes year leading up to Bruce McArthur pleading guilty
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The milkman concept is coming back to help save the planet
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How the RCMP’s efforts to protect its public image have worked
Author Archives
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Meet the Great Dane that gave birth to 19 puppiesOne of the world's biggest dog breeds recently gave birth to one of the world's biggest piles of puppies.WorldApr 9, 2019
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APB issued for ‘Captain America’ because wife sent him wrong directions — twice"If you know Captain America, have him give us a call. We need to talk to him," police in Jermyn, Pa., inquired in a now-deleted post.WorldApr 1, 2019
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Camera captures wild brawl at overcrowded Tennessee jailNews outlets report the jail was 76 inmates over its 116-bed capacity when the fight broke out.CrimeMar 28, 2019
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Curious Vancouver, Wash., woman’s DNA upload leads to arrest in 1979 unsolved murderBrandy Jennings says she was on a search to find information about the father that left when she was very young. Police found an alleged murderer instead.CrimeMar 27, 2019
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Igloo recalls some coolers after boy gets locked inside oneFive-year-old Nicholas Wanes was playing at his Pompano Beach, Fl., home on March 2 when he vanished from sight.ConsumerMar 12, 2019
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700 dogs rescued from ‘extreme hoarding puppy mill’ in GeorgiaThe dogs were reportedly kept in small cages and many of the animals rescued had never been walked or held before.WorldMar 11, 2019
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Arkansas teen saves to buy friend electric wheelchair, reminding us all about compassion"I feel like life is a little too short to, you know, be judging everybody," Tanner Wilson said. "You should think more of others than just yourself."WorldMar 7, 2019
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More than 50,000 cards sent to WWII veteran who asked for 100 cards on his 100th birthdayStaff at the assisted living facility that Joe Cuba calls home had to open a vacant room to store all the birthday greetings.WorldMar 4, 2019
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Video of giant tarantula eating animal causes university to label research ‘stuff of nightmares’Maggie and Michael Grundle's video recording of a "dinner plate-sized" tarantula slowly eating a mouse opossum is the first documented observation of its kind.ScienceMar 1, 2019
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Cameras show teen escaping sheriff’s office the moment he’s left aloneA news release states the teen was "briefly left unattended" in a locked interview room. The door closed, and he was out of the building 10 seconds later.CrimeMar 1, 2019
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Some Lake Ontario cottages found completely frozen overCottage owners on Lake Ontario's southern shore say they have never seen anything like it: their summer homes are completely encased in ice.CanadaMar 1, 2019
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Couple rents 45 hotel rooms to get Oregon’s homeless out of coldAn Oregon couple took action after reading about homeless people contemplating suicide "because they were cold and didn’t have anywhere to go."WorldMar 1, 2019
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Driver fighting distracted driving ticket claims phone was actually a hash brown, can prove itA Connecticut man is waiting for a judge's decision on what could be the most expensive breakfast of his life.WorldFeb 28, 2019
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British Airways flight diverted after videos capture plane rocked by high winds in GibraltarSome British Airways passengers got more than they paid for on Monday when their plane began to rock back and forth wildly.WorldFeb 25, 2019
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‘You’re a dead SOB’: Pistol-packing great grandmother tells alleged naked burglarAn alleged naked burglar met his match earlier this month when he tried to invade the home of a 79-year-old pistol-packing great-grandmother.CrimeFeb 25, 2019
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Compassionate cop heard comforting baby left home alone in New MexicoA San Juan County sheriff’s deputy is being applauded for his compassion and sweet approach to comforting a baby he discovered home alone.CrimeFeb 14, 2019
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Building contaminated after Massachusetts man melts dental fillings: officialsThe unidentified culprit is the grandson of a dentist who tried to melt a bag of unused fillings on a stovetop.HealthFeb 13, 2019
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Multiple charges laid after relatives find 50-year-old Oklahoma man living with father’s corpse"It didn't take officers very long upon arriving to know that someone had been deceased for quite some time," police said.CrimeFeb 8, 2019
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Valentine’s Day: Name cockroach after past lover and watch zoo feed it to animalsWho needs love on Valentine's Day when you can experience the sweet taste of revenge instead?WorldFeb 8, 2019
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‘Little Ice Age’ caused by death of 55-million Indigenous people after colonization: studyColonization of the Americas at the end of the 15th century killed so many people, it disturbed Earth's climate, according to a new study.CanadaFeb 6, 2019
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Tears of joy when homeless man in England is reunited with missing dogIt was an emotional reunion this week for a homeless man in Leeds, England, and his dog that had gone missing.WorldJan 24, 2019
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Pastor’s 12-year-old daughter dies in snow fort collapse during Illinois church servicePolice are calling the death of a 12-year-old girl a "tragic accident" after a snow fort collapsed while she was playing with a friend outside a church.WorldJan 22, 2019
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Religious woman awarded $28M after hotel chain forced her to work SundaysA former Miami hotel worker has been awarded more than $28 million after her boss repeatedly attempted to make her work Sundays despite her religious beliefs.WorldJan 18, 2019
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Pilot flies within inches of mountainside to rescue injured French skierA video shows the pilot's incredible act of precision to put only the front of the helicopter's right ski down on the steep mountain slope.WorldJan 8, 2019
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Teacher seen dragging autistic 9-year-old boy no longer teaches at U.S. schoolA Kentucky teacher has been removed from a school after she was seen on video dragging an autistic nine-year-old boy by the wrists.CrimeJan 8, 2019