Kirk Douglas has died at the age of 103. Scott talks to Bill Brioux, to get a retrospective on the life of Kirk Douglas.

Guest: Bill Brioux, of Brioux.tv

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How did the president do in his State of the Union address last night. Christopher Devine of the University of Dayton joins to discuss the speech, the speech-rip from Pelosi and the Iowa Caucus.

Guest: Christopher Devine, Assistant Professor at the University of Dayton

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Yesteday, the Federal Court of Appeal cleared a hurdle for the Trans Mountain pipeline. But where does it go from here? 

Guest: Marvin Ryder, Business Professor with the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University

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There are 251 Canadians that are stuck on the quarantined cruise ship in Japan. What is the latest with this? Albert Delitala of Global News joins Scott to share.

Guest: Albert Delitala, Digital Broadcast Journalist with Global News.

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The Tokyo Olympics CEO says that he’s concerned about the coronavirus with the games less than 6 months away.

Guest: Michael Naraine, Assistant Professor of Sport Management at Brock University

The head of the Ontario teachers union says that the Ontario government’s bid to alter the supply teacher hiring rule derailed the talks. And Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath says it is time for Premier Ford to have Lecce step down. Scott gets the latest on the strike action. 

Guest: Sabrina Nanji, Queen's Park Today's reporter

Scott talks is joined by Reggie Cechini, and then Professor Ryan Hurl, to discuss what to expect from President Trump in tonight's State of the Union address, and the confusion that surrounded the Democratic vote in Iowa. 

Guests:

Reggie Cecchini, Washington Producer and Correspondent with Global News

Ryan Hurl, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto.

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While the rest of the world’s stocks seem stable, China’s main stock index has been hit hard by the new coronavirus. What does this mean for the country and the world?

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

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The rolling teachers' strikes continue this week. With the issues that the union has brought forward to the government, should they be counting their lucky stars the government didn’t go after the bigger items such as pension?

Guest: Randall Denley, columnist for the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post

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There are renewed calls for action on Airbnb after a deadly shooting took place in a rental this weekend in Toronto. Should there be safety regulations in place for Airbnb?

Guest: Thorben Wieditz, of FairBnb