A year in review and a look forward at the Canadian Football LeagueCFL

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced Thursday that head coach Orlondo Steinauer has been signed to a contract extension. Steinauer, who has been part of Hamilton’s coaching staff for a total of six Canadian Football League seasons (2013-16, 2018-present), has helped lead the Tiger-Cats to a first or second place finish in the East Division every season, as well as six home playoff games, five East Finals and three Grey Cup appearances to date. 

GUEST: Orlondo Steinauer, Head Coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

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Year in Review and a look forward: Hockey

How will the NHL operate?

What does the future hold for the OHL?

A non-stats, big picture look at hockey in 2021.

GUEST: Sean Fitz Gerald, Journalist for the Athletic

GUEST HOST: Rick Zamperin

Only five of a possible 17 vaccination clinics across Ontario were in operation over the Christmas holidays as staffing challenges forced the province to scale back operations.

Ministry of Health officials say just over 11,200 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered since Dec. 15 but less than 500 of those were given out since Christmas Eve.

By comparison, Quebec has already administered 17,316 vaccines since Dec. 14, with more than 6,000 alone given since Dec. 24.

The conversation on Twitter all day Monday was about the Ontario Government shutting down vaccinations for holidays in spite of rising cases and deaths because hospitals officials asked for a break. Many physicians have come out and said they were willing and able to work through the holidays to administer them. 

Then late Monday evening, Gen. Rick Hillier admitted they should not have stopped vaccination over the holidays.

ALSO: 41 dead amid COVID-19 outbreak at Scarborough long-term care home.

GUEST: Dr. Amit Arya, Palliative care physician specializing in long term care

It's time for Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield!

US Politics: COVID-19 response, 2020 Election, injecting disinfectant into the body, Black Lives Matter Protests & more. 

GUEST: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political science, Carleton University

Hamilton’s top stories of 2020: Sewage-gate, LRT, Defund the police & more.

GUEST: Laura Babcock, President of PowerGroup

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YIR: BLM movement in culture and sports

As the country protested in the wake of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Tony McDade, the refrain among Black Lives Matter and anti-racists protesters is “don’t stop protesting.” Why? Because protests make a tangible difference—and fast.Protests resulted in some major policy changes in cities around the United States, ones that hopefully will positively impact communities for many years to come.

A series of viral Instagram graphics created by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund detail some of the progress the protests have already accomplished in five cities.

GUEST: Donnovan Bennett, Host, Writer, and Producer with Rogers Sportsnet

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YIR: Ontario’s COVID-19 response: LTC, Second wave, school reopening & more. 

GUEST: Richard Brennan, Retired journalist with the Toronto Star