Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

Ontario budget: Ahead of today’s budget announcement the government in Ontario is promising billions in new spending for daycare, hospitals and drugs.

Guest - Peter Graefe. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University

Pope Francis says that he cannot personally apologize to residential school survivors and their families for the role the church played. A papal apology was one of the 94 recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Guest - Emma Anderson, Professor, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa

Walmart has decided to remove ‘Cosmopolitan’ from their check out aisles after concerns were raised in regards to it’s content. The group that raised the concerns said that the magazine is comparable to porn.

Guest - Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop culture expert, Principal at Elissa Freeman PR

Are digital downloads on the decline? Are vinyls and cds the way of the future for music? According to RIAA 2017 stats, vinyl and cds actually beat digital downloads in sales.

Guest - Eric Alper, Music Publicist

Pope Francis says that he cannot personally apologize to residential school survivors and their families for the role the church played. A papal apology was one of the 94 recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Guest - Emma Anderson, Professor, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa

Toronto Police are planning for more search warrants when it comes to the Barry and Honey Sherman murder case. ‘Covert’ techniques may be used to find the killer or killers according to police documents.

Ross McLean. Crime Specialist. Security expert, Former Toronto Police
Officer. rossmcleansecurity.com

Ontario budget: Ahead of today’s budget announcement the government in Ontario is promising billions in new spending for daycare, hospitals and drugs.

Guest - Peter Graefe. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University

Pope Francis says that he cannot personally apologize to residential school survivors and their families for the role the church played. A papal apology was one of the 94 recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Guest - Emma Anderson, Professor, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa

Walmart has decided to remove ‘Cosmopolitan’ from their check out aisles after concerns were raised in regards to it’s content. The group that raised the concerns said that the magazine is comparable to porn.

Guest - Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop culture expert, Principal at Elissa Freeman PR

Are digital downloads on the decline? Are vinyls and cds the way of the future for music? According to RIAA 2017 stats, vinyl and cds actually beat digital downloads in sales.

Guest - Eric Alper, Music Publicist

Pope Francis says that he cannot personally apologize to residential school survivors and their families for the role the church played. A papal apology was one of the 94 recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Guest - Emma Anderson, Professor, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa

Toronto Police are planning for more search warrants when it comes to the Barry and Honey Sherman murder case. ‘Covert’ techniques may be used to find the killer or killers according to police documents.

Ross McLean. Crime Specialist. Security expert, Former Toronto Police
Officer. rossmcleansecurity.com

An online guerilla campaign is taking aim at the newly minted leader of the Ontario PC party Doug Ford. The group has launched a website that targets the leader and lists his controversial statements.

Guest - Christopher Cochrane, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

Russia has called the expulsion of its diplomats from countries a ‘provocative gesture’ and is promising a response.

Guest - John Colarusso, Ph.D.,Professor Anthropology, and Linguistics and Languages. (expert on the people, conflicts, history and culture of the Caucasus region of Russia)

A Montreal movie theatre charged a mom with a young infant $7 to bring her six month old to a matinee showing. This has sparked a debate about whether the movies is a place to bring a baby and whether parents have the right to enjoy a movie even with an infant in tow. ALSO: An ice cream parlour in Toronto is having it’s branding being accused of ‘hate speech’.

Guest - Gary Direnfeld (Social Worker, www.yoursocialworker.com)

Facebook has been losing a ton of money in the stock market post the news last week about it’s data and Cambridge Analytica. Now, are advertisers jumping ship?

Guest - June Cotte, Scott & Melissa Beattie Professor in Marketing, Faculty Director, Research, Ivey School of Business, Western University