The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Rick Zamperin:

The Ontario Medical Association is calling on all levels of government to expedite and expand the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and rapid tests.

GUEST: Dr. Adam Kassam, President, Ontario Medical Association.

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Physicians at McMaster Children’s Hospital are urging local parents to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 before the holidays.

GUEST: Dr. Jeffrey Pernica, infectious disease specialist, McMaster Children’s Hospital

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Good Morning Hamilton Roundtable with Rick, Paul, and Shiona!

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After a blast of snow on Saturday it is finally beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

GUEST: Anthony Farnell, Chief Meteorologist, Global News

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A look back at the year in sports.

GUEST: Scott Radley, Hamilton Spectator columnist, Host of the Scott Radley Show on CHML

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The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Rick Zamperin:

No clinic booster appointments are available in Hamilton. As well, the rapid tests that were available at Dundurn Castle were gone within minutes. 

Elizabeth Richardson, Chief Medical Officer of Health for the City of Hamilton. 

A third party investigation has found there was no evidence to back up allegations that Hamilton city employees were involved with a mob linked soil dumping conspiracy. 

Charles Brown, City Auditor, City of Hamilton. 

A poll from Scotiabank has found many Canadians are losing sleep over financial worries. 

Paul Ihnatiuk, Licenced Insolvency Trustee, BDO Debt Solutions. 

Bruce Springsteen has decided to sell his entire catalog of songs to Sony Music for a reported $500 million.

Alan Cross, Host of the Ongoing History of New Music.

In Friday's GMH Roundtable, Rick share a tale about buying face moisturizer, while Paul and Shiona wonder how the shape of a Christmas tree helps you in the bedroom.

Guests: Shiona Thompson, Paul Tipple. CHML News Anchors.

BThe Hamilton Bulldogs host the Peterborough Petes Friday night in the annual Teddy Bear and Toque Toy Toss.

Reed Duthie, Manager; Broadcasting & Communications / Play-by-Play Announcer, Hamilton Bulldogs. 

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The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Rick Zamperin:

Information about third booster shots for Ontarians was released Wednesday by the Ontario government. The federal government is also advising against international travel. 

GUEST: Ahmad Firas Khalid, health policy expert

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Indwell is looking to purchase the Delta Secondary School property to make affordable housing. 

GUEST: Graham Cubitt, Director of Projects & Development, Indwell

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Ontario’s housing summit to tackle affordability has been postponed so the government can tackle the Omicron variant.

GUEST: Jessica Bell, Housing Critic for the NDP and MPP for University – Rosedale

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What ‘stocking stuffers’ should the Ontario government give to taxpayers? 

GUEST: Jay Goldberg, Ontario Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation

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The Salvation Army is midway through its Christmas kettle campaign.

GUEST: Glenn van Gulik, Divisional Secretary for Public Relations, The Salvation Army Ontario Division

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Canadian racer James Hinchcliffe is stepping away from the track… at least the IndyCar track.

GUEST: Erik Tomas, Host of Raceline Radio, The Raceline Radio Network

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The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Rick Zamperin:

With COVID-19 cases rising, how real is the concern in the city about Omicron? 

GUEST: Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, Chief Medical Officer of Health for the City of Hamilton

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As COVID-19 daily case counts continue to rise due to the Omicron variant, is Ontario going to implement new restrictions?

GUEST: James Tiessen, Director, Master of Health Administration (Community Care) & Associate Professor, Ryerson University

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What is impacting Hamilton’s not for profit charities and organizations? Hesitancy by volunteers. 

GUEST: James Vanderberg, Executive director, Welcome Inn Community Centre

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford has invited the prime minister to a summit on housing affordability. 

GUEST: Sabrina Nanji, Founder of the Queen’s Park Observer

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What came out of Tuesday’s fiscal update from the federal government?

GUEST: David Akin, Chief Political Correspondent, Global News.

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Wednesday is Pioneer 3-cent a litre day in support of the CHML Children's Fund.

Guest: Michael Stevens, Territory Manager, Pioneer Energy

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The Good Morning Show Podcast w/ Rick Zamperin:

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats fell oh, so short against Winnipeg in Sunday's 108th Grey Cup at Tim Hortons Field. Is the Ticats' championship window still open?

GUEST: Orlondo Steinauer, Head coach, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

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Time Magazine has named tech innovator Elon Musk as it’s Person of the Year. But…. why? 

Guest: Carmi Levy, Tech Analyst

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The fiscal update is expected to be released today. What does the government need to do to tackle inflation and rising costs? 

GUEST: Devin McCarthy, Senior Vice President & Federal Practice Lead, Sussex Strategy

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Canada & Inflation: Canada’s inflation rate is the 6th highest among a group of 35 countries, according to new research from the Fraser Institute. 

GUEST: Livio De Matteo, Professor of economics at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and a Senior fellow with the Fraser Institute

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It’s name is Oscar - Oscar Sort. It’s a new AI powered system that’s being used at Burlington Centre to assist with waste management and to divert waste away from oceans and landfills. 

GUEST: Heidi McGaw the GM of Burlington Centre

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A study has shown that by talking baby talk to infants, it will help a child learn words.

GUEST: Maureen Denis, content creator, spokesperson, and on-air speaker, Wee Welcome

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