Hudson’s Bay Co. ULC is going to court in a bid to ease retail lockdowns in Ontario’s Peel Region and the Greater Toronto Area.

In an attempt to salvage what remains of the crucial holiday shopping season in Toronto and Peel — which include some of the country’s top-performing malls — Canada’s oldest retailer has applied for a judicial review of the Ontario government’s restrictions on non-essential retail.

GUEST: Bruce Winder, Retail Expert, Speaker, Consultant, Professor and Entrepreneur

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast

Darrel Bricker, CEO of Ipsos, writes in a new op-ed for Global that the popularity of Trudeau's government hinges on the vaccination rollout.

Guest: Darrel Bricker, CEO of IPSOS

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Max Kerman of Arkells joined Scott to talk about the band's first Christmas song, and how it came to be in 2020.

Guest: Max Kerman, lead singer of Arkells

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An update from Ontario's Science and Modelling Consensus Tables says that he present restrictions have not had as much of an impact as the measures taken over the summer.

Guest: Chris Bauch, Research chair in the Department of Applied Mathematics with the University of Waterloo

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How are local restaurants reacting to the pandemic, as we head into week 40 with the promise of vaccinations on the horizon?

Guest: Awnish Srivastava, owner of Unique Restaurant Group

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Time for the Friday Message of Hope, with Reverend Jim Carreirre

Guest: Reverend Jim Carreire

Max Kerman of Arkells joined Scott to talk about the band's first Christmas song, and how it came to be in 2020.

Guest: Max Kerman, lead singer of Arkells

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast

What is next with Canada’s vaccine and who will get it?  How do we address the concerns surrounding the two reported cases of people having an allergic reaction soon after receiving the Pfizer vaccine?  

Guest: Dr. Jason Ohayon, Pediatrician with Hamilton Allergy and a fellow in Allergy & Clinical Immunology

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Scarsin, a Markham-based forecasting and modelling tech company, announced a partnership with the University of Toronto’s Institute for Pandemics (IFP) to advise on and support the deployment of world leading pandemic response tools, technology, research and training.

Guest: Dr. David Fisman, Epidemiologist with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto

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A giant experimental rocket built by Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully soared eight miles above the company's testing facilities in South Texas on Wednesday and came back down as planned, before crashing into the ground in an enormous plume of flames and smoke. That still counts as a win!

Guest: Paul Delaney, Astronomy and Space Exploration Expert, Professor at York University

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford will no longer hold the daily COVID-19 briefings that have been a hallmark of his government’s response to the pandemic since its beginning.

Guest: Travis Dhanraj, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News