The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

A year-in-review Town Hall with Hamilton's mayor. Hamilton's response to the Omicron threat, what you can do to slow the spread, and Q&A with listeners.

GUEST:  Mayor Fred Eisenberger

The new modelling suggests that Omircron's spread requires a "circuit breaker" to prevent overloading Ontario's ICUs by early January. The Ontario Science Advisory Table states that increased booster shots are not enough to slow the spread.

GUEST: Dr. Peter Juni, Director of Ontario’s Science Table and a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Toronto.

With people scrambling for booster shots and rapid tests across the province, has the Ford Government left pharmacies unprepared with their announcement Thursday?

GUEST: Justin Bates, CEO of the Ontario Pharmacist

The NHL is facing overwhelming COVID outbreaks, and they are implementing new protocols from now through to January.

GUEST: Nick Alberga Freelance Hockey Analyst and Broadcaster.

It's time for Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield!

Topics include: The Metaverse in your back-to-work life, 2022 the last year for passwords (says Adam), UV sanitation and more!

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

Ontario is giving its COVID-19 booster program a shot in the arm, allowing everyone 18 and up to get a third vaccination as of Monday and slashing the time between doses.

ALSO: free rapid tests at the LCBO as well as changes to capacity by 50% to NHL, OHL and NBA games

What makes Omicron different from other variants?

GUEST: Dr. DaSantila Golemi-Kotra, Microbiologist at York University

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The Ontario Housing Summit has been postponed, but the issue isn’t going away

What needs to be addressed regionally in order to solve the province’s housing crisis?

GUEST: Kevin Crigger, President of the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board

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The federal government is reimposing its advisory against all non-essential international travel as it tries to stop the growth of the Omicron variant, but it stopped short of imposing more significant restrictions that were also under consideration.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced the new travel advisory on Wednesday, just 10 days before Christmas and as airports were expecting December to be the busiest month yet since the start of the pandemic.

GUEST:  Abigail Bimman, Ottawa Correspondent for Global News

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Ontario is now the lone province without a $10-a-day child care deal with Ottawa, as New Brunswick announced such an agreement on Monday.

However, talks between Ontario and Ottawa are progressing well, both sides say – although it’s unclear whether the major impasse over billions of dollars in funding for the country’s largest province will be resolved before the end of the year.

GUEST: Karina Gould, MP for Burlington and Minister of Families, Children and Social Development