The Hamilton Today Podcast with guest host Scott Radley:

You heard today’s poll question: what do you think the Ticats’ chances are? Let’s find out what the host of The 5th Quarter thinks we should consider when getting our hopes up or bracing for the worst. We heard today that some more Hallmark Christmas Specials wrapped up filming on James North, and this is not the first time our city has been the stage for the romance and magic of everyone’s(?) favourite(?) Holiday TV candy. This weekend is the Hamilton Road2Hope marathon. We get all the details on this year's events, and what the runners are running for. If you live along Hamilton’s planned LRT corridor, you may now need a special permit from Metrolinx to build a home addition, move a shed or dig out a pool. Another time change is coming this weekend. How much of an impact does it really have on us? Hamilton Day is this weekend and the lead-up events are already underway! Yesterday we learned of the plans for Hamilton’s First Ontario Centre. But, as noted by Ward 8 Councillor J. P. Danko, there seems to be a “loud segment of the people who are eternally pessimistic” and “hardwired to actively reject success.” Is this the case for Hamilton?

Guests:

Rick Zamperin, host of Good Morning Hamilton as well as host of The 5th Quarter which follows every Tiger-Cats game on 900 CHML

Kim Adrovez, Acting Manager for Creative Industries and Cultural Development in the Planning and Economic Development Division for the City of Hamilton

Gord Pauls, Organizer of the Road2Hope marathon

Bob Assadourian, Triple R Inc, and host of Just Ask Bob on Cable 14

Patricia Lakin-Thomas, Chronobiologist with York University

Greg Dunnett, CEO of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce

Ron Foxcroft, Canadian businessman, Fox40World, creator of the FOX40 whistle, author of 40 Ways of the Fox, CEO of Fluke Transport & former Honorary Colonel with the Argyll Regiment, Chairman of the Argyll Commemorative Fundraising Campaign

Host – Scott Radley

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – Jen McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with guest host Scott Radley:

The Oak View Group, Hamilton Urban Precinct Entertainment Group, and the City of Hamilton announced this morning that they have signed a deal to begin major renovations in the spring of 2024 with a reopening by fall 2025. Patrick McKenna is bringing his fellow improv comedy veterans, Neil Crone and Kevin Frank, into his home city tonight for the first performance of the ‘The Yes Men’ in Hamilton, ever! Ontario’s Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) has approved an extension to allow for the completion of in-water work at Chedoke Creek. The Beatles have released a new song... with the assistance of artificial intelligence to clean up the old vocals. How does that make us feel? The Bernardo transfer earned public outcry as well as apparently a deluge of letters to the Prime Minister's Office. Bobby Knight, the legendary basketball coach, has died at the age of 83. We talk with one of the many people whose life he touched. Writing in the Globe and Mail, Oded Haklai says that “Many have raised concerns after multiple student groups on university campuses issued alarming statements that characterized the massacres perpetrated by Hamas against Israeli civilians on October 7 as ‘legitimate resistance’ and part of the ‘decolonization struggle,’ insinuating that the victims were to blame for the atrocities committed against them. In response to these statements, some university administrators censured transgressing university clubs.” The Ontario Government has unveiled its Fall Economic Outlook.

Guests:

Tim Leiweke, CEO of the Oak View Group, former president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, former President and CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group

Patrick McKenna, one of The Yes Men; comedian, actor, producer, also known for his work on ‘The Red Green Show,’ ‘Traders,’ and the Documentary ‘ADHD and Loving It?!’

Cari Vanderperk, the City of Hamilton’s Director of Watershed Management

Eric Alper, Publicist and music commentator

Ari Goldkind, Toronto criminal lawyer, legal expert, media commentator

Glen Grunwald, former General Manager of the Toronto Raptors, former athletics director at McMaster University

Oded Haklai, Professor of Political Science at Queen’s University

Michael Veall, Professor Economics at McMaster University, Academic Director, Statistics Canada Research Data Centre

Host – Scott Radley

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – Jen McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with guest host Scott Radley:

Although a majority of Canadians have already received or intend to get a COVID-19 booster shot or flu vaccine this year, 40 per cent of the population does not plan on rolling up their sleeves for the updated shot this fall, according to a new Ipsos poll done exclusively for Global News. Eric Spearin, Majority Owner and Managing Partner of the Hamilton Cardinals, has been awarded the David E. Hastings Trophy as the Intercounty Baseball League 2023 Executive of the Year. A developing and bizarre story in the province: multiple schools in the northern and eastern Ontario area are being evacuated after receiving bomb threats from people demanding money Wednesday. In the last hour, we heard about how many Canadians were not planning on getting their flu shots and COVID-19 boosters this season so we take a look at what the local situation is like with the help of Dr. Brendan Lew. Immigrants are evidently now choosing to leave Canada, according to new numbers. Ontario farmland is set to hit to an average price of $30,000 an acre, doubling its value in a little over a decade, due to tight inventory and high commodity prices driven by global instability and historically low interest rates, according to analysts who watch agricultural real estate closely. Documentary filmmaker Sean Menard is bringing his film about the history of Much Music to Hamilton this weekend. Members of the Hells Angels biker gang put millions gained from an underground gambling ring into cash, cars, a motorcycle and even waterfront land they hoped to develop.

Guests:

Sean Simpson, VP of IPSOS Public Affairs

Eric Spearin, Majority Owner and Managing Partner of the Hamilton Cardinals

Sawyer Bogdan, reporter with Global News Barrie

Dr. Brendan Lew, Associate Medical Officer of Health

Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University

Ryan Parker, partner in the agriculture division at Valco Consultants in London, Ont

Sean Menard, director of ‘299 Queen Street West’

Sean Sparling, retired Deputy Chief of Sault Ste Marie Police, currently the President of Investigative Solutions Network

Host – Scott Radley

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Jen McQueen

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The government's spending is putting upward pressure on inflation.

Guest: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University

The Hamilton Today Podcast with guest host Scott Radley:

How is Buffy Sainte-Marie's Indigenous heritage being called into question being received by the Indigenous community and society at large? How is it that approximately a third of all restaurants in Canada are operating at a loss? The government's spending is putting upward pressure on inflation. Why can't we move Halloween to a time of year that's less cold and challenging to trick or treat in? What is a hate crime in Canada anymore and shouldn't we be seeing more charges get applied in the wake of the Israel's war against Hamas? Should the player whose skate slit the neck of Adam Johnson be charged with manslaughter? While Canadians' support for immigration seems to waning, is there anything in particular that we can point to as the cause? As the Pan Continental Curling Championships are underway in BC, you'll find there are some countries being represented that would surprise you.

Guests:

Darrel J. McLeod is an award-winning Cree author. His most recent book is "A Season in Chezgh'un: A Novel."

Kelly Higginson, CEO of Restaurants Canada

Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University

Corey Mintz is a Winnipeg-based food reporter and the author of the 2021 book "The Next Supper: The End of Restaurants as We Knew Them, and What Comes After."

Michael Kempa, Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa

Don Robertson, Owner of the Dundas Real McCoys

Keith Neuman, Senior Associate with the Environics Institute

Michael Houston, Feature Writer for the World Curling Federation

Host – Scott Radley

Content Producer – Jordan Armenise

Technical/Podcast Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Jen McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with guest host Scott Radley:

A former NHL player has died after having his neck cut by a skate part way through a game. Flu & COVID shots are getting rolled out for Ontarians. A new campaign is suggesting that coffee is good for your liver. Matthew Perry's story encompasses much more than his time on 'Friends', having grown up in Ottawa and some major names in Canadian politics. An airport in Dagestan, Russia was stormed by a mob searching for Jewish passengers on a plane returning from Israel. The majority of Canadians say that they'd be happier if they didn't have to work. NDP MPP Sandy Shaw did not vote with her party during the vote to censure Sarah Jama. How is the suspension of the carbon tax for some but not all Canadians being received around the country? Forge FC has won its 4th championship, this time at home, doing so all within the last 5 years.

Guests:

Kim Crouch, former hockey player whose neck was cut by a skate that severed his jugular vein

Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health for the Province of Ontario

Laura Dellandrea, Manager of Marketing & Communications with the Canadian Liver Foundation

Eric Alper, Publicist and music commentator

Gustavo Rymberg, Chief Executive Officer of the Hamilton Jewish Federation

Dr. Nita Chhinzer, Associate Professor of Leadership & Organizational Management with the University of Guelph

John Best, Publisher of The Bay Observer

Jay Goldberg, Ontario Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Bobby Smyrniotis, Head Coach of Forge FC

Host – Scott Radley

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Jen McQueen

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We are learning the names of some of the teams that will make up the Professional Women’s Hockey League and… they might be kind of bland. Or goofy. Will that impact marketing? What do we make of names like “Echo” and “Alert”?

GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer, Concordia University