Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

Many employers these days are offering mental health days to their employees. Should more companies be offering mental health leave? How important is it? How does it affect workers?

Guest: Sevaun Palvetzian, CEO at CivicAction.

Photo: (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

What would raising interest rates do to the average consumer? An Ipsos poll says that 77% of Canadians would struggle to pay another $130/month in interest payments on debt. A one percentage interest hike would work out to $130/month for the average family at the median income of $78,870.

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

With wildfires blazing across British Columbia, Canadian’s have opened up their hearts and wallets to assist victims. However, this means that scammers are looking to take advantage of our collective goodwill. How can we spot these scammers and make sure that our charitable dollars go to the right place?

Guest: Evan Kelly, Senior Communications Advisor, Better Business Bureau Serving Mainland British Columbia.

A news anchor out of Augusta, Georgia was called “disgusting” in a voicemail for working on-airwhile pregnant. Her blog post on the voicemail has gone viral and apparently, this is all too common.

Guest: Laura Warren, Anchor, WRWD in Augusta, Georgia.

Photo: (Twitter)

A news anchor out of Augusta, Georgia was called “disgusting” in a voicemail for working on-airwhile pregnant. Her blog post on the voicemail has gone viral and apparently, this is all too common.

Guest: Laura Warren, Anchor, WRWD in Augusta, Georgia.

With wildfires blazing across British Columbia, Canadian’s have opened up their hearts and wallets to assist victims. However, this means that scammers are looking to take advantage of our collective goodwill. How can we spot these scammers and make sure that our charitable dollars go to the right place?

Guest: Evan Kelly, Senior Communications Advisor, Better Business Bureau Serving Mainland British Columbia.

What would raising interest rates do to the average consumer? An Ipsos poll says that 77% of Canadians would struggle to pay another $130/month in interest payments on debt. A one percentage interest hike would work out to $130/month for the average family at the median income of $78,870.

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

With wildfires blazing across British Columbia, Canadian’s have opened up their hearts and wallets to assist victims. However, this means that scammers are looking to take advantage of our collective goodwill. How can we spot these scammers and make sure that our charitable dollars go to the right place?

Guest: Evan Kelly, Senior Communications Advisor, Better Business Bureau Serving Mainland British Columbia.

What would raising interest rates do to the average consumer? An Ipsos poll says that 77% of Canadians would struggle to pay another $130/month in interest payments on debt. A one percentage interest hike would work out to $130/month for the average family at the median income of $78,870.

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

Photo: (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

What would raising interest rates do to the average consumer? An Ipsos poll says that 77% of Canadians would struggle to pay another $130/month in interest payments on debt. A one percentage interest hike would work out to $130/month for the average family at the median income of $78,870.

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

With wildfires blazing across British Columbia, Canadian’s have opened up their hearts and wallets to assist victims. However, this means that scammers are looking to take advantage of our collective goodwill. How can we spot these scammers and make sure that our charitable dollars go to the right place?

Guest: Evan Kelly, Senior Communications Advisor, Better Business Bureau Serving Mainland British Columbia.

A news anchor out of Augusta, Georgia was called “disgusting” in a voicemail for working on-airwhile pregnant. Her blog post on the voicemail has gone viral and apparently, this is all too common.

Guest: Laura Warren, Anchor, WRWD in Augusta, Georgia.

Photo: (Twitter)

A news anchor out of Augusta, Georgia was called “disgusting” in a voicemail for working on-airwhile pregnant. Her blog post on the voicemail has gone viral and apparently, this is all too common.

Guest: Laura Warren, Anchor, WRWD in Augusta, Georgia.

Photo: (Patrik Stollarz/Pool Photo via AP)

Donald Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday at the G-20 Summit in
Germany with a great deal of public anticipation surrounding the event. Shortly after an
announcement of a possible cybersecurity unit with Putin, Trump seems to be back-peddling. Also; Trump Jr. was hit with a report from the New York Times on Sunday. The report cites that advisers to the White House briefed on Trump Jr. meeting with a Russian lawyer to get damaging information on Hillary Clinton.

Guest: Michael Taube, Troy Media syndicated, columnist, and Washington Times contributor. Former speech writer for Stephen Harper.

There have been four suicides in Northern Ontario First Nations communities in the past week. These suicides include 3 children and a 21-year-old man. What is drawing members of our First Nations communities to suicide and what can Canada do to prevent this in the future?

Guest: Susan Barberstock, Executive Director of the Hamilton Regional Indian Centre.

Why were credit unions ordered to stop using the terms “bank,” “banker” and
“banking” to describe what they do? What is the difference between a bank and a credit union? What will this do to the industry?

Guest: Sandy Shaw, Corporate Strategist and Social Justice Advocate.