The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Rick Zamperin:

The newest stage of re-opening begins Monday in Ontario.

GUEST: Fred Eisenberger, Mayor, City of Hamilton

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As Ontario opens up again, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce suggests a childcare deal with the federal government will be essential for an inclusive economic recovery.

GUEST: Rocco Rossi, President and CEO, Ontario Chamber of Commerce

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The trucker protest continues at Parliament Hill while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remains in isolation after one of his children tested positive for COVID-19.

GUEST: Mercedes Stephenson, Ottawa Bureau Chief for Global National, host of The West Block

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The 20th annual Soupfest kicks off Thursday in Hamilton.

GUEST: Karen Craig, Program Director, Living Rock Ministries

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Tim Hortons Field played host to the Canada-U.S. World Cup qualifying soccer match on Sunday.

GUEST: Dr. Nick Bontis, President, Canada Soccer

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The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have locked up LB Simoni Lawrence, but will they be able to re-sign other key defenders?

RICK SOLO

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The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Rick Zamperin:

The trucker convoy is expected to make it to Ottawa Saturday, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in isolation after coming into contact with someone with COVID-19.

Amanda Connolly, National Online Journalist, Global News

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Two of the province’s health care unions are asking the government to rescind guidance that brings hospital and long-term care staff that are sick with COVID-19 back to work early.

Michael Hurley, President, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions

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The Health Standards Organization has launched a public review on a new draft of the National Long-Term Care Services Standard.

Dr. Samir Sinha, Technical Committee Chair, HSO’s National Long-Term Care Services Standard

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A local group is supplying the province with temperature stable storage mediums for PCR testing.

Peter Kalra, President and CEO, Bay Area Health Trust

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Will this year's provincial election campaign be primarily waged online?

Sabrina Nanji, Founder of the Queen’s Park Observer

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Tim Hortons and the Special Olympics are teaming up to offer a special donut.

Sharon Bollenbach, CEO, Special Olympics Canada

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The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Rick Zamperin:

Advocates for the homeless in Hamilton are criticizing a move to board up the vents behind city hall.

GUEST: Roger Boyd, Founder of Men's Street Ministry

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Up to 184 employees at Hamilton Health Sciences are in danger of losing their job because they are unvaccinated.

GUEST: Lior Samfiru, co-founding partner, Samfiru Tumarkin LLP

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The so-called "Freedom Convoy" of truckers has made its way into Hamilton and the GTA.

GUEST: Brittany Rosen, Digital Online Journalist, Global News

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A new study shows a third of Grade 6-12 students believe the Holocaust was exaggerated or fabricated.

GUEST: Dr. Alexis Lerner, assistant professor of political science at the U.S. Naval Academy

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MLB legend Barry Bonds has been snubbed once again from being enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

GUEST: Scott Radley. Host of The Scott Radley Show, Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator

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Some grocery stores are seeing empty shelves, but experts are telling us not to panic buy.

GUEST: Janet Music, Research Program Coordinator at the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University

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The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Rick Zamperin:

The federal government is supporting the creation of affordable homes in Hamilton.

GUEST: Lisa Hepfner, Liberal MP, Hamilton Mountain.

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Ontario is said to be close to a $10 a day child care deal with the federal government.

GUEST: Carolyn Ferns, Public Policy & Government Relations Coordinator, The Ontario Coalition for Better Childcare.

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Two years into the pandemic and anxiety seems to be reaching 2020 levels once again.

GUEST: Dr. Hayley Hamilton, Senior Scientist at CAMH's Institute for Mental Health Policy Research.

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You've heard of Read to Me programs for kids, but what about Read to Dogs? Such a program is being offered by the Region of Waterloo Library.

GUEST: Sheryl Tilley, Manager Library Services, Region of Waterloo Library.

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Tensions continue to brew along the border between Russia and Ukraine.

GUEST: Crystal Goomansingh, Europe Bureau Chief, Global News

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The Bank of Canada is set to raise interest rates to battle inflation.

GUEST: Marvin Ryder, Professor with the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University.

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The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Rick Zamperin:

A new poll shows 67% of Canadians want the government to impose further measures on the unvaccinated population.

Guest: Darrell Bricker. President. IPSOS Public Affairs.

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Should Canadian truckers be exempt from COVID-19 mandates to help the supply chain crisis? It was our Twitter poll question yesterday, and today we ask listeners to share their thoughts.

CALLS

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Last week's massive snow storm provided us with another glaring example of how ill equipped we are when it comes to accessibility.

GUEST: Anthony Frisina, Director of Media Relations for the Ontario Disability Coalition, and founder of Above & Beyond.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is holding a three day virtual retreat with his cabinet and the No. 1 item on the agenda is the tensions at the Russia-Ukraine border.

GUEST: Marcus Kolga, founder of DisinfoWatch, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

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Are we at a crossroads for international affairs? Given the situation in Ukraine, is conflict on the horizon? Also, Global Affairs Canada says it has suffered a cyber attack amid the Russia-Ukraine tensions.

GUEST: Stephanie Carvin, Associate Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, Former National Security Analyst for C-SIS, author of the new book "Stand on Guard: Reassessing Threats to Canada's National Security"

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GMH Roundtable with Paul & Shiona

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