Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

The lead singer of Linkin Park, Chester Bennington died by suicide yesterday at the age of 41. The band was slated to actually perform in Canada next month. The singer had been vocal about his issues with depression and drug addiction in the past.

Guest - Eric Alper, Music Publicist

Our premier says it’s impractical for Ontario to have a minimum legal age for recreational pot and that setting it at 19 is ideal. Wynne says that the age of majority should be the same as it is for liquor and beer.

Guest - Cam Battley, executive vice president of Aurora Cannabis, and chair of the advocacy committee for Cannabis Canada, the trade association for licensed producers

The liquidation sales at some Sears Canada locations begin today. But given the store’s problems such as the issues of letting employees go, will consumers rush to go buy. ALSO: Odd timing but Sears has teamed up with Amazon to sell some of it’s appliances.

Guest - Michael Veall, Professor with the Department of Economics at McMaster
University

The West Nile virus has been found in mosquitos in Hamilton. A batch from one of the city’s 19 traps had the virus though no human cases have been reported this summer.

Guest - Dr. Mark Loeb ,professor of pathology and molecular medicine of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University. also a microbiologist, and an infectious disease researcher with the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, and a clinician with Hamilton Health Sciences

An Ottawa woman has filed a human rights complaint after she asked several hotels that she was looking into for a party, about whether they would allow her to swim topless. She would like the act of swimming topless to be ‘normalized’.

Guest - Geoffrey Read, Hamilton Attorney

The lead singer of Linkin Park, Chester Bennington died by suicide yesterday at the age of 41. The band was slated to actually perform in Canada next month. The singer had been vocal about his issues with depression and drug addiction in the past.

Guest - Eric Alper, Music Publicist

The lead singer of Linkin Park, Chester Bennington died by suicide yesterday at the age of 41. The band was slated to actually perform in Canada next month. The singer had been vocal about his issues with depression and drug addiction in the past.

Guest - Eric Alper, Music Publicist

Our premier says it’s impractical for Ontario to have a minimum legal age for recreational pot and that setting it at 19 is ideal. Wynne says that the age of majority should be the same as it is for liquor and beer.

Guest - Cam Battley, executive vice president of Aurora Cannabis, and chair of the advocacy committee for Cannabis Canada, the trade association for licensed producers

The liquidation sales at some Sears Canada locations begin today. But given the store’s problems such as the issues of letting employees go, will consumers rush to go buy. ALSO: Odd timing but Sears has teamed up with Amazon to sell some of it’s appliances.

Guest - Michael Veall, Professor with the Department of Economics at McMaster
University

Right now, public meetings are going on in regards to the minimum wage increase and the labour reforms. An op-ed in the Huffington Post suggested that minimum wage increases will affect the impoverished. Is that accurate?

Guest - Tom Cooper, Director, Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction

OJ Simpson’s hearing is going on right now to see if he will receive Parole from Nevada’s Board of Parole. What are his chances and what is the public perception of this case? Will his previous trial deter a decision?

Guest - Jordan Donich, Criminal Lawyer, Donich Law

We’re in the midst of wedding season and the website FiveThirtyEight has done a survey of couples do discuss what songs they would ban from their wedding. Turns out, many “Dance” numbers where groups of people can dance to a synchronized dance, such as Macarena and Cha Cha Slide are out. Why would couples not want these songs at their wedding?

Guest - Michael Coombs, Michael Coombs Entertainment

OJ Simpson’s hearing is going on right now to see if he will receive Parole from Nevada’s Board of Parole. What are his chances and what is the public perception of this case? Will his previous trial deter a decision?

Guest - Jordan Donich, Criminal Lawyer, Donich Law

Ontario’s auto insurance rates have risen again in the second quarter of this year. The average increase was of .76 %. What does that translate to for Ontarians?

Guest - Lorraine Sommerfeld, Auto Writer with Post Media, Motherlode column in the Hamilton Spec and Host of the Lemon Aid Car Show on RogersTV