Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

Ontario has put as many as 300 schools on the chopping block. The Education Minister Mitzie Hunter says that hundreds of schools are underutilized or dilapidated. How would the closure of so many schools affect a child’s education?

Guest: Annie Kidder. Executive Director, People for Education. 

The Prince of Pot and his wife Jodie Emery were arrested Wednesday night. Yesterday, Toronto police invaded their Hamilton pot shop, Cannabis Culture. With pot technically still not being legal, what’s the deal? How can businesses operate if it’s not truly legal yet?

Guest: Dan Malleck. Health Sciences Professor, Brock University. Author: When Good Drugs go Bad: Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada's Drug Laws.

The Prince of Pot and his wife Jodie Emery were arrested Wednesday night. Yesterday, Toronto police invaded their Hamilton pot shop, Cannabis Culture. With pot technically still not being legal, what’s the deal? How can businesses operate if it’s not truly legal yet?

Guest: Dan Malleck. Health Sciences Professor, Brock University. Author: When Good Drugs go Bad: Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada's Drug Laws.

Ontario has put as many as 300 schools on the chopping block. The Education Minister Mitzie Hunter says that hundreds of schools are underutilized or dilapidated. How would the closure of so many schools affect a child’s education?

Guest: Annie Kidder. Executive Director, People for Education.

Our Prime Minister is down in Texas at the moment to pitch our Canadian oil. What’s at stake here with the Prime Minister down there right now? Also: Shell is selling its business in the Alberta oilsands.

Guest: Dan McTeague. Former Liberal MP and Consumer Affairs Critic, Analyst, gasbuddy.com.

Our Prime Minister is down in Texas at the moment to pitch our Canadian oil. What’s at stake here with the Prime Minister down there right now? Also: Shell is selling its business in the Alberta oilsands.

Guest: Dan McTeague. Former Liberal MP and Consumer Affairs Critic, Analyst, gasbuddy.com.

Ontario has put as many as 300 schools on the chopping block. The Education Minister Mitzie Hunter says that hundreds of schools are underutilized or dilapidated. How would the closure of so many schools affect a child’s education?

Guest: Annie Kidder. Executive Director, People for Education. 

The Prince of Pot and his wife Jodie Emery were arrested Wednesday night. Yesterday, Toronto police invaded their Hamilton pot shop, Cannabis Culture. With pot technically still not being legal, what’s the deal? How can businesses operate if it’s not truly legal yet?

Guest: Dan Malleck. Health Sciences Professor, Brock University. Author: When Good Drugs go Bad: Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada's Drug Laws.

Yesterday, the Burlington Skyway was closed after a truck toppled over due to high winds. Who makes the judgment call to close the bridge? Why wasn’t just the lanes affected closed and have everyone go around?

Guest: Kerry Schmidt, Sergeant - Media Relations, Highway Safety Division, Ontario Provincial Police

Premier Kathleen Wynne says that the Ontario government is currently in talks to purchase more hydro from Quebec. How is this going to affect the hydro plan that they have put forward that will help consumers struggling with high rates? Can purchasing more power lower rates?

Guest: Brian Hill, Associate Producer, Global News.

White House officials said yesterday that the President was not a target of an investigation. This comes five days after the President raised the claim that President Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower. Until yesterday his press secretary has declined to discuss the claim but yesterday, he was handed a note that said that there is no reason to think that the president was the target of an investigation.

Guest: Michael Traugott, professor emeritus of communication studies and political science, University of Michigan. 

Next year, Hamilton will host Country Music Week and the CCMA Awards Show.

Guest: Graham Rockingham. Music Critic, Hamilton Spec.

Premier Kathleen Wynne says that the Ontario government is currently in talks to purchase more hydro from Quebec. How is this going to affect the hydro plan that they have put forward that will help consumers struggling with high rates? Can purchasing more power lower rates?

Guest: Brian Hill, Associate Producer, Global News.

Yesterday, the Burlington Skyway was closed after a truck toppled over due to high winds. Who makes the judgment call to close the bridge? Why wasn’t just the lanes affected closed and have everyone go around?

Guest: Kerry Schmidt, Sergeant - Media Relations, Highway Safety Division, Ontario Provincial Police.

Yesterday, the Burlington Skyway was closed after a truck toppled over due to high winds. Who makes the judgment call to close the bridge? Why wasn’t just the lanes affected closed and have everyone go around?

Guest: Kerry Schmidt, Sergeant - Media Relations, Highway Safety Division, Ontario Provincial Police

Premier Kathleen Wynne says that the Ontario government is currently in talks to purchase more hydro from Quebec. How is this going to affect the hydro plan that they have put forward that will help consumers struggling with high rates? Can purchasing more power lower rates?

Guest: Brian Hill, Associate Producer, Global News.

White House officials said yesterday that the President was not a target of an investigation. This comes five days after the President raised the claim that President Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower. Until yesterday his press secretary has declined to discuss the claim but yesterday, he was handed a note that said that there is no reason to think that the president was the target of an investigation.

Guest: Michael Traugott, professor emeritus of communication studies and political science, University of Michigan. 

Next year, Hamilton will host Country Music Week and the CCMA Awards Show.

Guest: Graham Rockingham. Music Critic, Hamilton Spec.