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The plane carrying Canadians from China has arrived. Scott found out what is happening in Trenton, from Digital Video Journalist Morganne Campbell.

Guest: Morganne Campbell, Digital Video Journalist with Global News

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Hamilton’s council is telling the government that while they’re grateful for the $1B, the money should not be spent on anything regarding the highway, saying that is the province's responsibility.

Guest: Ryan McGreal, Editor of Raise the Hammer

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The Prime Minister is set to visit Africa, and sit with the African Union. It is widely expected that he’ll be trying to woo support for a security council seat for Canada. But can he actually help restart relations with many of the countries there?

Guest: Tim Powers, Vice-Chairman of Summa Strategies

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A study from Western University spoke to 158 individuals about their near-death
experience. Scott talked to one of the participants in that study, who had been dead for 11 minutes.

Guest: Adam Tapp, paramedic and individual involved in the study

After 40 years, a staple of Hamilton’s downtown music scene is about to go silent. In a post on the company’s Facebook page, the owner of Cheapies Records and Tapes says the store will be closing on, or before, March 27. Scott finds out why owner Brian Jasson believes it is time to close up shop.

Guest: Brian Jasson, owner of Cheapies Records and Tapes

Read more here: https://globalnews.ca/news/6521331/cheapies-record-store-closing/

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Niagara Falls' Mayor Jim Diodati says he has nothing against online dating sites but he would like to see one singles site stop using his photo in their ads.

Guest: Jim Diodati, Mayor of Niagara Falls

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Could we soon be cheering for the Burlington Bulldogs? Marianne Meed Ward, mayor of the city of Burlington, revealed on yesterday's Bill Kelly Show that the Bulldogs and the city of Burlington have been chatting about the idea of moving the team.

Guest: Scott Radley. Host of “The Scott Radley Show” Columnist, Hamilton Spec

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The Education Minister and the teacher’s unions have given contradictory accounts of the failed contract. Scott Thompson spoke with MPP Sam Oosterhoff, the Parliamentary Assistant for the Minister of Education. And then, Scott found out what Dave Woodard saw when he went down to the picket lines to talk with protesters.

Guests:

Sam Oosterhoff, PA & MPP For Niagara West

Dave Woodard, Global News

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Canada's new ambassador to China says that "the chill is real" when it comes to relations between the two countries.

Guest: Gordon Houlden, Director of the China Institute, Professor of Political Science, University of Alberta

The Premiers are off to the States to discuss the USMCA, also known as the "New NAFTA." Scott and Ian Lee discuss what they are looking to accomplish, as well as the pros and cons of campaigns like 'Buy American.'

Guest: Ian Lee, of the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University

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