Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

A patent has been filed by Apple to develop a new technology for an iphone to quickly and automatically call 911. The patent itself says the current ways to call 911 are ‘insufficient’.

Guest - Derek Sardo. President, Rolling Thunder

The Connolly condo tower project is in receivership. This project knocked down a historic Hamilton church but has not moved further.

Guest - Frances Murray, Durand Neighbourhood Association

Sears will be asking an Ontario court this week as to whether it can start it’s liquidation process. ALSO: Can Netflix’s business model survive or will it go the way of Blockbuster before it?

Guest - Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

Small brewers are saying that the big beer companies are ramping up efforts to buy craft breweries as well as employing other tactics that will make it more difficult for beer drinkers to tell if the suds are local.

Guest - Dan Malleck. Health Sciences Professor, Brock University. Author: Try to Control Yourself: The regulation of public drinking in post prohibition Ontario

Small brewers are saying that the big beer companies are ramping up efforts to buy craft breweries as well as employing other tactics that will make it more difficult for beer drinkers to tell if the suds are local.

Guest - Dan Malleck. Health Sciences Professor, Brock University. Author: Try to Control Yourself: The regulation of public drinking in post prohibition Ontario

Can Netflix’s business model survive or will it go the way of Blockbuster before it?

Guest - Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

The Connolly condo tower project is in receivership. This project knocked down a historic Hamilton church but has not moved further.

Guest - Frances Murray, Durand Neighbourhood Association

The Connolly condo tower project is in receivership. This project knocked down a historic Hamilton church but has not moved further.

Guest - Frances Murray, Durand Neighbourhood Association

The Connolly condo tower project is in receivership. This project knocked down a historic Hamilton church but has not moved further.

Guest - Frances Murray, Durand Neighbourhood Association

Sears will be asking an Ontario court this week as to whether it can start it’s liquidation process. ALSO: Can Netflix’s business model survive or will it go the way of Blockbuster before it?

Guest - Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

Small brewers are saying that the big beer companies are ramping up efforts to buy craft breweries as well as employing other tactics that will make it more difficult for beer drinkers to tell if the suds are local.

Guest - Dan Malleck. Health Sciences Professor, Brock University. Author: Try to Control Yourself: The regulation of public drinking in post prohibition Ontario

Small brewers are saying that the big beer companies are ramping up efforts to buy craft breweries as well as employing other tactics that will make it more difficult for beer drinkers to tell if the suds are local.

Guest - Dan Malleck. Health Sciences Professor, Brock University. Author: Try to Control Yourself: The regulation of public drinking in post prohibition Ontario

Can Netflix’s business model survive or will it go the way of Blockbuster before it?

Guest - Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

NAFTA renegotiations begin in thirty days. What can we expect to see the US ask for as the US has yet to put forth their ‘wishlist’.

Guest - Ian Lee. Sprott School of Business. Carleton University

Timmins, ON, wants to normalize an aspect of parenting. The city has put forward a campaign where life size cut outs are placed in restaurants, stores and government buildings to normalize ‘breastfeeding’. Is this a tactic that is actually going to work and do people still get upset over the act? 

Guest - Maureen Dennis, Mom of Four, Parenting Expert and Founder of Wee Welcome.ca

A study done by researchers based in Manitoba says that people are increasingly using artificial sweeteners such as aspartame and sucralose. With the increased use, researchers found that there’s no benefits when it comes to slimming the waistline and in fact, there’s a potential for harm. How does these added sugars affect the body?

Guest - Shannon Crocker. Nutritionist, www.shannoncrocker.com