The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson: Willowbridge Community Services – a not-for-profit operating in Hamilton, Brantford, Six Nations and beyond – is intent on instituting a 4-day work week after a test-run turned out to be a wild success. Hamilton-born, Toronto-based music historian Bob Wegner has scoured the archives over countless hours to bring audiences the definitive guide to one of Canada’s most prolific rock bands of all time, with his new book –“Max Webster: High Class”. Leger polling has looked into how Canadians feel about the government's response to crime and addiction. Concerns about the journalism industry, and the news that Mohawk College has suspended it’s journalism program after it was found to not be currently financially viable. Millard & Smich stay behind bars after their appeals for sentencing int he murder of Tim Bosma as well as the murder of Babcock were both denied. Canada missing out on NATO largest-ever air exercises in Germany because our forces are “currently committed to modernization activities.” We had years to plan for this. We look at the ongoing fallout from the decision to move Paul Bernardo to medium security prison, particularly word of how the plans were/were not communicated to the PMO, Trudeau and Mendicino, and Minister Mendicino's directive to change how transfers are handled in the future. Russia says it is close to severing ties with Canada. What would that look like and how would our nations be affected? Guests: Leslie Josling, Executive Director of Willowbridge Community Services Bob Wegner, music historian, multi-instrumentalist, and radio host Andrew Enns, Executive Vice-President, Central Canada Jeffrey Dvorkin, Senior Fellow at Massey College, Former Director of Journalism at the University of Toronto-Scarborough and author of Trusting the News in a Digital Age Alex Pierson, Host of The Alex Pierson Show on 640 Toronto, covered the Tim Bosma murder trial for 900 CHML Richard Shimooka, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Ari Goldkind, Toronto criminal lawyer, legal expert, media commentator Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and a Senior Member of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto Scott Radley, Host of the Scott Radley Show and Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator Host – Scott Thompson Content Producer – William P. Erskine Technical/Podcast Producer - Ben Straughan News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Jen McQueen Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://megaphone.link/CORU8835115919