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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:
We look at the planned boycott of Loblaw stores, and the reaction from the CEO. New polling shows that 60% of Ontario residents believe they will need a second job or side hustle to afford a home in the province. A North Korean missile landed in Ukraine, after seemingly being launched from the territory of the Russian Federation. Seems like they procured it from North Korea. Why is Justin Trudeau showing up on podcasts and pitching his messages to Americans? Ontario Minister of Education Stephen Lecce joins us to walk through the updated rules around cellphones and vaping in our province’s schools. Chrystia Freeland has previewed a new omnibus budget bill with the proposed capital gains tax change left out. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!
Guests:
Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst & Author, ‘Retail Before, During & After COVID-19’.
Brian J. Karem, journalist and author, White House correspondent for Playboy and political analyst for CNN.
Don Fox, Executive Financial Consultant, with The Fox Group, IG Private Wealth Management.
Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University.
Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, former CSIS analyst.
Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop Culture Expert.
Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education for the Province of Ontario.
Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University.
Scott Radley, host of the Scott Radley show and columnist with the Hamilton Spectator.
Host – Scott Thompson
Content Producer – William Erskine
Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay
Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan
News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Jen McQueen
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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:
A documentary that highlights the connection between exercise and mental health is coming to the Art Gallery of Burlington. Hamilton is set to go ahead with its vacant unit tax, following a procedural vote by city council last week. We talk about why you A.I. therapist is not your therapist. A group of Canadian MPs and senators who belong to an international parliamentary alliance critical of the Chinese government say the F.B.I. recently informed their organization that many in their ranks were targeted by hackers linked to Beijing. Are we ready for self-driving transport trucks on our roads? It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!
Guests:
Ted Michaels, mental health and wellness advocate, avid runner, and radio personality.
Kathleen Morrison, Hamilton resident who lives near the landfill.
Esther Pauls, Ward 7 councillor.
Christa Jackson, Falcon Watch Coordinator.
Zoha Khawaja, Master of Science Student with Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University; co-author of the piece.
Steven Chase, Senior Parliamentary Reporter, The Globe and Mail.
Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, professor of food distribution and policy, and the director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University.
Ron Foxcroft, Canadian businessman, Fox40World, creator of the FOX40 whistle, author of 40 Ways of the Fox, CEO of Fluke Transport… former Honorary Colonel with the Argyll Regiment, Chairman of the Argyll Commemorative Fundraising Campaign.
Scott Radley, host of the Scott Radley show and columnist with the Hamilton Spectator.
Host – Scott Thompson
Content Producer – William Erskine
Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay
Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan
News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Jen McQueen
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Three peregrine chicks were sighted by Falcon Watch cameras on Saturday morning at the Sheraton Hotel 18th floor ledge nest, after cracks in the eggs first began forming on Friday. This is the 30th year that local falcons are nesting at the Sheraton Hotel site.
Guest: Christa Jackson, Falcon Watch Coordinator. 

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:
We remember Bob Cole’s legacy as a broadcaster. A wrap-up of Trump’s week in court, and what is on the horizon. This weekend marks the 31st annual Paris to Ancaster Bike Race! The cost-of-living crisis facing Canadians is only getting more bleak, according to new polling that shows everything from buying a first home to affording groceries has gotten harder in the past year. The New York Court of Appeals, in a scathing 4-3 opinion, overturned Weinstein's conviction on sex crimes against three women, finding the trial judge "erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes." How is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s popularity with Canada’s youth who grew up under his leadership? It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!
Guests:
Bill Brioux, television critic and author.
Brian J. Karem, journalist and author, White House correspondent for Playboy and political analyst for CNN.
John Thorpe, co-founder of race director for the Paris to Ancaster Bike Race.
Randall Denley is an author and columnist for the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post; author of mystery novels, including Payback, Spiked, and One Dead Sister.
Darrell Bricker, CEO of IPSOS Polling.
Ari Goldkind, Toronto criminal lawyer, legal expert, media commentator.
Eric Kam, Professor of macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Monetary Economics, Implications of Monetary Growth, with Toronto Metropolitan University.
Jon Roe, Research Associate with Angus Reid.
Host – Scott Thompson
Content Producer – William Erskine
Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay
Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan
News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Jen McQueen
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The Hamilton Today Podcast with guest host Scott Radley:
We look at The Leafs’ heartbreaking – to some – Game 3 loss. Balloon-powered Space Glamping. It’s not three random words drawn out of a hat, it is an option for space tourists in the near future. The question is, would you want to? Writing in the Globe and Mail, Don Drummond says that the Ottawa is manipulating markets with the capital-gains hike in order to score small, arbitrary goals. Legendary hockey broadcaster Bob Cole has died at age 90. What is the impact of body cameras worn by police officers? Premier Doug Ford’s government is planning to relax rules on sick notes in a bid to ease the paperwork burden on busy doctors. The Jamesville development has yielded some surprising developments after the city, CN and the Ontario Land tribunal put their heads together in some ways and butt heads in others. Are you ready for a musical loosely based on the 2010 snowstorm that saw drivers on a highway east of Sarnia, Ontario, forced to wait out the inclement weather at a local Tim Hortons? Ready or not, ‘The Last Timbit’ is coming to Elgin Theatre in Toronto, brought to the world the marketing firm Gut.
Guests:
Rick Zamperin, host of Good Morning Hamilton
Orbax, Science communicator with the University of Guelph
Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow at Queen’s University, fellow-in-resident at the C.D. Howe Institute; previously chief economist at Toronto-Dominion Bank and associate deputy minister at Finance Canada
Brian McFarlane, Hockey Night in Canada legend, creator of Peter Puck
Michael Kempa, Associate Professor of Criminology, University of Ottawa
Colin D’Mello, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News
Larry Di Ianni, former mayor of Hamilton
Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop Culture Expert
Host – Scott Radley
Content Producer – William Erskine
Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig
Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan
News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Jen McQueen
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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:
Tasha Kheiriddin’s new piece for The National Post: “Anti-Israel hate marches holding the rest of us hostage while Trudeau shrugs.” What does the fast-moving ban on TikTok mean, and what are the concerns about the app? On June 14, 2024 – sixty years to the day since its arrival – the Lancaster is set to make a celebratory return visit to Goderich Regional Airport. NASA hears from Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after months of quiet. The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for months. Is Canada in a productivity crisis, and if so, how did we get here and can be done about it? New Leger polling reveal how Canadians feel about the new federal budget. The province is planning on upping the speed limit on certain 400-series highways across Ontario.
Guests:
Tasha Kheriddin, journalist, writer with National Post, GZERO media, and her Substack page ‘In My Opinion’; Author of ‘The Right Path.’
David Shipley, Cyber security expert and CEO of Beauceron Security
Al Mickeloff, Marketing Manager with the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
Paul Delaney. Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Science - Department of Physics & Astronomy at York University
Charles Burton, Senior Fellow with Sinopsis
Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University
Andrew Enns, Executive Vice-President, Central Canada, for Leger
Brian J. Patterson, President of the Ontario Safety League
Scott Radley, Host of The Scott Radley Show and Columnist with The Hamilton Spectator
Host – Scott Thompson
Content Producer – William Erskine
Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay
Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan
News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Jen McQueen
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