Let's ask an expert.

GUEST: Robert Thompson, Founding Director of the Bleier Centre for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University

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The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Rick Zamperin:

Will the COVID-19 Omicron variant deliver another blow to Ontario’s tourism industry?

GUEST: Jim Diodati, Mayor, Niagara Falls

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Patients at West Lincoln Memorial Hospital are benefiting from the facility's Surgeon of the Week Program.

GUEST: Dr. Ved Tandan, Chief of Surgery, West Lincoln Memorial Hospital

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The first government approved supervised safe injection site in the United States has opened in New York City.  How are local safe injection sites operating during the pandemic?

GUEST: Tim McClemont, Executive Director, The AIDS Network - Hamilton, Halton, Haldimand, Norfolk, Brant

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The Hamilton Tiger-Cats travel to Toronto to face the Argonauts this Sunday in the CFL’s Eastern Final.

GUEST: Mike Hogan, Play-by-play announcer, Toronto Argonauts

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Forge FC is in Honduras Wednesday night for the second leg of their CONCACAF Champions League semifinal vs. CD Motagua.

GUEST: Oliver Platt, Analyst, One Soccer

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What is the best Christmas movie of all-time?  Let's ask an expert.

GUEST: Robert Thompson, Founding Director of the Bleier Centre for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University

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The goal is to raise funds to enhance the student-athlete experience. 

GUEST: Shawn Burt, Director of Athletics & Recreation at McMaster University

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The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Rick Zamperin:

Hamilton has two potential cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. 

GUEST: Michelle Baird, Hamilton Public Health Services COVID-19 Operations Chief.

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Has a liquor & wine shortage in the supply chain impacted Hamilton’s bars? 

GUEST: Jennifer & Kyle Ferreira, Bar Sazerac.

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The federal government has tabled a new bill to ban conversion therapy. 

GUEST: Erika Muse, local Hamiltonian and survivor of conversion therapy

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A generous donor has stepped up to create a gift matching campaign for Giving Tuesday to help Mohawk College students not go hungry. The donor is going to match all donations to the Mohawk College Student Food Assistance Program. 

GUEST: Ron McKerlie, President of Mohawk College and the Mohawk College Foundation

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The McMaster Marauders have kicked off their Giving Tuesday challenge. The goal is to raise funds to enhance the student-athlete experience. 

GUEST: Shawn Burt, Director of Athletics & Recreation at McMaster University

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CityKidz is pushing for donations on Giving Tuesday to help their Gift of Christmas campaign. 

GUESTS: Todd Bender, Executive Director & Laura Carmichael, Associate Executive Director at City Kidz

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The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Rick Zamperin:

The W-H-O is monitoring a new COVID-19 variant first identified in South Africa that has 32 different mutations. The federal and Ontario governments have announced that there are 2 cases here in Canada. 

GUEST: Dr. Colin Furness, Epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information AND the Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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Ontario’s Minister of Colleges and Universities says students need to get back to the classroom. 

Guest: Sean Van Koughnett, Associate Vice-President (Students and Learning) & Dean of Students, McMaster University.

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Job vacancies are soaring in a tightening labour market in Canada. 

Guest: Marvin Ryder, Professor with the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University

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The federal Green Party has named Dr. Amita Kuttner its interim leader.

GUEST: Amita Kuttner, interim leader, Green Party of Canada

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A tasty event in Niagara is going to take place this weekend where you can savour the flavours of various wineries, breweries and distilleries.

GUEST: Jeremy J. Parsons, SIP Niagara

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Boxing, professional wrestling and Mixed Martial Arts have dominated the combat sports scene for decades. Now, a pillow fighting league has burst onto the scene.

GUEST: Steve Williams, CEO, FightPFC

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