The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) and Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan say they will be announcing a “horrific and shocking discovery” on Thursday morning. The discovery is in relation to unmarked graves at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School, which was located about 140 kilometres east of Regina. “The number of unmarked graves will be the most significantly substantial to date in Canada,” a news release from the FSIN read.

Guest: Dr. Ken Coates, Senior Fellow of Aboriginal and Northern Canadian Issues with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

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Hostile military and intelligence forces are targeting Canada in a new “sophisticated, multifaceted” type of warfare using a range of tools from criminal gangs to cyber-hackers to high-tech companies such as Huawei and China Telecom, the author of a newly released national security report alleges.

Guest: Sam Cooper, Global News National investigative journalist

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Premiering this week, The Unforgotten is a new film exposing the experience of First Nations, Inuit and Métis within healthcare across the five stages of life: birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and elderhood. The film takes a raw look at systemic racism, the impacts of colonialism, and the ongoing trauma experienced by Indigenous Peoples.

Guest: Dr. Ewan Affleck, Executive Producer of The Unforgotten

Brenda Eszenyi, owner of Penny Pincher Costume Inc., joins Scott to talk about how they're taking costumes to the streets of Hamilton, some of the costumes they rent & have for sale and more.

Tracy Young, owner of True Blue Water, joins Scott to talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on weddings and events impacted them too and how they're keeping fresh drinking water, ice and more flowing to customers.

A new variant of an already known COVID-19 variant could pose a new global threat. What exactly is the "Delta Plus" variant and will we have to change anything we're currently doing to combat it?

Guest: Dr. Ahmad Firas Khalid, Health Policy Expert

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Protests taking place at the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border, over new restrictions, Trudeau touting a matter of weeks -- not months! -- before the Canada-U.S. border lifts further restrictions, and Dr. David Williams delivers news many businesses want to hear. Decisions like these earn and lose politicians points -- sometimes, unfairly -- and that can muddy the waters. Good thing Graeme Benjamin & Tim Powers is here to see through the muck!

Guests: Graeme Benjamin, Digital Broadcast Journalist with Global News Halifax
             Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and Managing Director of Abacus Data

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has challenged the government of China to conduct a transparent probe into the treatment of its Uyghur population. The call for action is a departure -- in tone, at least -- from the Prime Minister's previously steady, tactful approach to the situation with China. The challenge comes after China questioned Canada's human rights record. What will the results of these relatively heated exchanges be?

Guest: Charles Burton, Senior Fellow with the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at Macdonald-Laurier Institute