Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

The Raptors have evened their series against the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 4. Is momentum and excitement building behind this team? Scott Thompson talks to Scott Radley about how the perception of basketball is changing

Guest: Scott Radley, columnist with the Hamilton Spectator and host of the Scott Radley Show, weeknights at from 6:00 - 8:00 on 900 CHML

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The Canadian delegation is in China and is pushing for the release of the two detainees that have been there since December 2018.

Guest: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political science at Carleton University

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast

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The tariffs placed on the US and Canada have ended! So … now what?

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

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Yesterday, Google placed restrictions on Huawei in order to comply with the US decision to put the telecom company on the Entity List. Today, that decision has been reversed. What happened? And how concerned should we be about Huawei?

Guest: Matt Novak, Editor of the Paleofuture blog for Gizmodo

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Two young children were rescued on Monday from Burke Mountain in Coquitlam, BC. Their injured father had been forced to leave them to find help.

Guest: Ted Heighington, Disaster Managment Instructor at Ryerson University, Senior team lead for the Canadian Red Cross Emergency Response group, EOC Operations at Team Rubicon Canada

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Three handwritten wills have been found in Aretha Franklin’s home months after her death. At the time, it was said she had no will. What happens now?

Guest: Laughlin J Campbell, Campbell Bader LLP

Tributes are pouring in for Formula One driver Niki Lauda, who has died at 70. Scott talks to Erik Tomas, of the Raceline Radio Network, to get more on Lauda’s legacy, life and how the racing world is mourning.

Guest: Erik Tomas, host of Raceline Radio

In Newfoundland, Dwight Ball’s Liberal’s won their election, forming a minority government but the leader of the PC’s is already mounting attacks against him. With the recent changes in governments, are Canadians dissatisfied with the status quo?

Guest:  Christo Aivalis, Social Sciences and humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow in History at the University of Toronto

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Canada and the U.S. will soon remove the steel and aluminum tariffs. Scott gets more on what comes next, and more, from Ian Lee.

Ian Lee. Sprott School of Business. Carleton University

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According to the PM the new digital charter will dictate how countries tackle hate speech and misinformation online and that there will be ‘meaningful financial consequences’ for those that don’t comply. But is this even going to work?

Guest: Carmi Levy, Tech Analyst.