Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

Ginger St James joins Scott to chat about her career, how she got
started and her upcoming show.

Guest - Ginger St James

It’s a game of “Yes I do/No I don’t” with President Trump and whether he has tapes of his conversations with former FBI director James Comey. Around the time of Comey’s testimony, the president tweeted that he “better hope” that the tapes don’t get out. He appeared to acknowledge in an interview that the tweet was intended to influence testimony.

Guest - Michael Traugott, professor emeritus of communication studies and political science, authority on communication, public opinion and media polling

Earlier this week, a video went viral of an incident at a Missisauga walk in clinic. A woman had started demanding that a “white doctor” treat her son. How do doctors handle a racist tirade such as the one in the video?

Guest - Kulvinder Gil, President, Concerned Ontario Doctors

Earlier this week, a video went viral of an incident at a Missisauga walk in clinic. A woman had started demanding that a “white doctor” treat her son. How do doctors handle a racist tirade such as the one in the video?

Guest - Kulvinder Gil, President, Concerned Ontario Doctors

It’s a game of “Yes I do/No I don’t” with President Trump and whether he has tapes of his conversations with former FBI director James Comey. Around the time of Comey’s testimony, the president tweeted that he “better hope” that the tapes don’t get out. He appeared to acknowledge in an interview that the tweet was intended to influence testimony.

Guest - Michael Traugott, professor emeritus of communication studies and political science, authority on communication, public opinion and media polling

The Department of National Defence has confirmed that a Canadian sniper has beaten the record for the lognest sniper killshot in military history. The soldier deployed to Iraq killed an ISIS fighter at a distance ofalmost 3 ½ kilometres.

Guest - Steve Torino, President, Canadian Shooting Sports Association, had been an adviser on the Firearms file for the government from 1995-2014

Ginger St James joins Scott to chat about her career, how she got
started and her upcoming show.

Guest - Ginger St James

It’s a game of “Yes I do/No I don’t” with President Trump and whether he has tapes of his conversations with former FBI director James Comey. Around the time of Comey’s testimony, the president tweeted that he “better hope” that the tapes don’t get out. He appeared to acknowledge in an interview that the tweet was intended to influence testimony.

Guest - Michael Traugott, professor emeritus of communication studies and political science, authority on communication, public opinion and media polling

Earlier this week, a video went viral of an incident at a Missisauga walk in clinic. A woman had started demanding that a “white doctor” treat her son. How do doctors handle a racist tirade such as the one in the video?

Guest - Kulvinder Gil, President, Concerned Ontario Doctors

Yesterday, a Canadian man stabbed a police officer at a Michigan airport. He made reference to the conflicts in the Middle East during the attack. It is now being investigated as an act of terrorism, according to officials. What do we know so far?

Guest - Lorne Dawson, Professor at the University of Waterloo, Director of TSAS (Canadian Network for Research on terrorism, security and society)

Kathleen Wynne is “disappointed” with New York’s decision to “Buy American” when it comes to iron and steel. How will this affect Ontario and Hamilton in particular? ALSO; Sears applies for creditor protection.

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

The privacy commissioner in Ontario is calling for the government to make information public on which facilities provide medically assisted death. Why are these facilities kept quiet?

Guest - Shanaz Gokool, CEO of Dying with Dignity Canada

The privacy commissioner in Ontario is calling for the government to make information public on which facilities provide medically assisted death. Why are these facilities kept quiet?

Guest - Shanaz Gokool, CEO of Dying with Dignity Canada

Kathleen Wynne is “disappointed” with New York’s decision to “Buy American” when it comes to iron and steel. How will this affect Ontario and Hamilton in particular? ALSO; Sears applies for creditor protection.

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