Spotlight on… Forage to Fossil and artist Melissa Mulder, who works with plaster, flora and fauna, to create intricate impressionist landscapes in clay. This process has been used to create large works and even ornaments for your tree.

Guests: Melisa Mulder, Hamilton artist,  Forage to Fossil, visit her online at foragetofossil-dot-com, to schedule a studio appointment

https://www.foragetofossil.com/

https://www.instagram.com/mellymulder_art/

Public Relations expert Elissa Freeman joins us to share her thoughts on some of the important and bizarre stories from this week! Hamilton’s Police Services Board has a new chair: Pat Mandy and she joins us on the show today! Canadians are divided on when COVID-19 vaccine mandates should be lifted for various activities, a new poll suggests, with no clear consensus on when life should return to the way it was before the pandemic. Does Parliament's hybrid model, allowing for virtual sittings, hinder the process or could it be beneficial? And what do we need to know about this new variant spreading in southern Africa?

Guests:

Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop Culture Expert

Pat Mandy, Chair of the City of Hamilton’s Police Services Board, Chair of the De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre board; former CEO of the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network, former vice-president of patient services at Hamilton Health Sciences

Sean Simpson, VP of IPSOS Public Affairs

Duff Conacher, Co-Founder of Democracy Watch

Dr. Timothy Sly, Epidemiologist and Professor Emeritus in the School of Population and Public Health with Ryerson University

Scott Radley. Host of The Scott Radley Show, Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator

Lisa Polewski, reporter & anchor with Global News Radio 900 CHML

Ted Michaels, anchor with Global News Radio 900 CHML, host of the Health & Wellness Show, super recycler & The Birthday Boy!

William P. Erskine, producer with Global News Radio 900 CHML

Host - Scott Thompson
Content/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine
Podcast Co-Producer - Ben Straughan
News Anchors - Diana Weeks and Ted Michaels
Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://omny.fm/shows/scott-thompson-show

Spotlight on…

The Caledonia Community Foundation. This segment has been used to shine a spotlight on small businesses, artists, initiatives, and charities in our wider communities… today we take a look at one of the driving forces behind the Caledonia Lights display. The lights were discovered to be meticulously vandalized yesterday, when they were supposed to be officially lit! There has been a lot of community support and attention… Some are offering donations of new lights, although those apparently cannot be used, but there are plans for going forward… we find out more.

Guest: Julie Henning, President of the Caledonia Community Foundation

The Federal Liberals have tabled a bill to help businesses still recovering from the pandemic, how does it plan to help and how will a plan for "targeted support" work? Big news is being made in the music world as Massey Hall reopens with Gordon Lightfoot after being closed since 2018, a documentary about The Beatles starts streaming & Billboard's Hot 100 Song of All Time is now Blinding Lights by The Weeknd. The office of Defence Minister Anita Anand says that the official apology promised two years ago to survivors and victims of military sexual misconduct will come before the end of this year, with a firm date coming “shortly.” The U.S. is planning on dipping into its oil reserves but what could that mean for Canadian gas prices? Following a fire at a homeless encampment in J.C. Beemer Park in Hamilton, two people have been arrested at a HESN rally. And what is this year's shopping season expected to look like?

Guests:

Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University

Alan Cross, Host of the Ongoing History of New Music

Christian Leuprecht, Professor at both the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's University, and a Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute

Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for Affordable​Energy, Former Liberal MP

Jason Farr, Ward 2 councillor, City of Hamilton

Bruce Winder, Retail analyst & author

Scott Radley. Host of The Scott Radley Show, Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator

Lisa Polewski, reporter & anchor with Global News Radio 900 CHML

Ted Michaels, anchor with Global News Radio 900 CHML, host of the Health & Wellness Show, super recycler & The Birthday Boy!

William P. Erskine, producer with Global News Radio 900 CHML

Host - Scott Thompson
Content/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine
Podcast Co-Producer - Ben Straughan
News Anchors - Diana Weeks and Ted Michaels
Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://omny.fm/shows/scott-thompson-show

Small Business Spotlight on…

Scott Barnim’s pottery. Working out of a beautiful 1850 stone house and stable located in the heart of Dundas, he creates durable stoneware table/kitchen ware, dinnerware and decorative accessories inspired by the natural beauty of the Dundas Valley, and much more! His work is included in public and private collections internationally.

Guests: Scott Barnim, Potter, founding member of the Beyond the Valley Studio Tour; his studio and showroom is located at 15 Park St. East in Dundas, Ontario