Guest Host Rick Zamperin spoke with Charles Burton, to get his take on where Canada’s relations with China are headed, as well as how the U.S. could help with the safe return of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig.

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

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How much will the current spending during the pandemic wind up affecting students? Jasmine Moulton joined the show to discuss.

Guest: Jasmine Moulton, Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Want to hear more about COVID-19, vaccinations and a potential federal election in Canada? Check out the newest podcast of the Scott Thompson Show with Rick Zamperin!

Rick Zamperin was in for Scott today, so he pointed the proverbial toward The Other Bird Restaurant Group, and spoke with executive chef Matt Kershaw.

Guest: Matt Kershaw, Executive Chef for The Other Bird Restaurant Group, which includes Rapscallion & Co., The Mule and The Arlington Hotel in Hamilton, Ontario

Keep up with the small businesses, restaurants and initiatives in Hamilton, Ontario by subscribing to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts! https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/

The Public Health Agency of Canada is warning that the infodemic is worsening the pandemic in Canada. The hoaxes and lies proliferating are causing confusing and distrust. The impact on ordinary Canadians is devastating -- with many families struggling to understand how a loved one could have fallen so quickly out of touch with reality. Anti-lockdown rallies – discounting science and health warnings, this once fringe movement of Covid deniers is growing in numbers and starting to impact how healthcare workers are able to do their jobs.  Jeff Semple looks into who is spreading the falsehoods and who is falling for them. 

Guest: Jeff Semple, GLobal News. COVID deniers airs tonight on Global at 7 p.m.

Health Canada has approved use of the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca this morning, clearing the way for millions of more inoculations in Canada.

Canada's regulatory experts had been assessing the submission from AstraZeneca and Oxford University for safety and efficacy since October, and announced their approval this morning.

Guest: Jonathan Sher, Longtime Health Journalist and Investigative Reporter

McMaster University has signed a partnership that could lead to producing millions of doses of vaccine in Hamilton next year to fight variants of the COVID-19 virus and other diseases. That’s the view of Gerry Wright, a biomedical sciences professor and a top official with the university’s Global Nexus for Pandemics and Biological Threats that was launched last fall. The partnership has McMaster’s Global Nexus joining forces with the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), which has a long track record in human and animal vaccination research and development.

Guest: Gerry Wright, Biomedical Sciences Professor and a top official with McMaster University’s Global Nexus for Pandemics and Biological Threats

There is no indication the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship consulted federal security agencies before approving an arrangement for a company owned by the Chinese police to manage Canada’s visa application centre in Beijing, MPs heard on Thursday.

Guest: Steven Chase, Senior Parliamentary Reporter for the Globe and Mail

We're giving small businesses a voice during the pandemic. This week, Dan Trevisani, Managing Partner of Radius.

Radius is located at 151 James St S, Hamilton and available for takeout.