Bill Kelly Show

Photo: (Orkin LLC / The Canadian Press) Hydro One is considering allowing its users to utilize prepaid meters for electricity use. The proposal also asks for a rate increase of .5 % for this year and 4.8% next. Guest: Peter Tabuns, NDP MPP for Toronto Danforth.   A family of two has been fighting bed bugs for two years and have tried getting help from agencies, the property manager and city departments to no avail. What should landlords be doing to combat this issue? Guest: Arun Pathak. President, Hamilton and District Apartment Association.  Guest: Chad Collins, City Councillor, Ward 5. The City of Kingston is mulling over the idea of scrapping municipal seniors discounts on programs and services. This would be in order to boost supports for low income residents of any age. Guest: Cecile Cassista, Executive Director for Coalition for Seniors and Nursing Home Residents’ Rights and Deputy Mayor for the town of Riverview in New Brunswick.

Rogers Hometown Hockey is making it’s eighth stop in Oakville this weekend. Ron McLean joins Rick. Guest: Ron McLean, Hockey Night in Canada. 

Photo: (File, Global News) The City of Kingston is mulling over the idea of scrapping municipal seniors discounts on programs and services. This would be in order to boost supports for low income residents of any age. Guest: Cecile Cassista, Executive Director for Coalition for Seniors and Nursing Home Residents’ Rights and Deputy Mayor for the Town of Riverview in New Brunswick.

Photo: (Getty Images) A family of two has been fighting bed bugs for two years and have tried getting help from agencies, the property manager and city departments to no avail. What should landlords be doing to combat this issue? Guest: Arun Pathak. President, Hamilton and District Apartment Association.

Hydro One is considering allowing its users to utilize prepaid meters for electricity use. The proposal also asks for a rate increase of .5 % for this year and 4.8% next. Guest: Peter Tabuns, NDP MPP for Toronto Danforth.

CHML's Rick Zamperin chats with USports CEO Graham Brown about Saturday's Vanier Cup matchup between Western and Laval and gets an update on ticket sales.

Photo: (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Federal government has detailed a 10 year national housing strategy which includes the introduction of a housing benefit for families. Guest: Peter Milczyn, Minister of Housing and Minister Responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy. Guest: Renee Wetselaar, Senior Social Planner with the Social Planning & Research Council of Hamilton.  Hamilton Mountain NDP MPP has called on the Wynne government to stop its plan to let Hamilton’s new GO stations to sit empty. Guest: Monique Taylor. Hamilton NDP MPP.  The Grey Cup is fast approaching. What is the atmosphere like in the days leading up to the event? Guest: Mike LeCouteur, Global National Ottawa Correspondent. The US FCC plans to scrap the net neutrality rules put in place during Barack Obama’s presidency. How will this affect the average consumer? Guest: Ryan Singel, Media and Strategy Fellow, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School.

Photo: (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) The US FCC plans to scrap the net neutrality rules put in place during Barack Obama’s presidency. How will this affect the average consumer? Guest: Ryan Singel, Media and Strategy Fellow, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School.

The Hamilton Mountain NDP MPP has called on the Wynne government to stop its plan to let Hamilton’s new GO stations to sit empty. Guest: Monique Taylor. Hamilton NDP MPP.

Photo: (The Canadian Press) The Federal government has detailed a 10 year national housing strategy which includes the introduction of a housing benefit for families. Guest: Peter Milczyn, Minister of Housing and Minister Responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy.

Photo: (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld) Should LRT construction also include the installation of fibre optic technology? Our mayor will be introducing a motion at today’s meeting of council to investigate the possibility of doing so. Guest: Fred Eisenberger, Mayor for the City of Hamilton.

A city report says that the city needs to find atleast $2 million to fix the crumbling exterior of the Hamilton Convention Centre as well an extra $4 million for FirstOntario Centre. Guest: Jason Farr, City Councillor, Ward 2.

Premier Wynne held a townhall last night and got an earful from Ontarians on the topics of hydro, the college strike and health care. Officials say other town halls will be held at later dates. Guest: Henry Jacek. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University. Transgender patients in our city are facing massive issues in regards to transgender healthcare. Many patients have been left on waiting lists for two years or have chosen to seek doctors in other cities. Guest: Cole Gately. MA in Adult Education and Community Development and works in Hamilton as a community-based educator. The Hamilton Wentworth District School board is offering up a new resource this year as part of bullying awareness week: A handbook, available online, that address parent, student and teacher questions about the issue. Guest: Sharon Stephanian, Superintendent of Equity and Wellbeing.

The Hamilton Wentworth District School board is offering up a new resource this year as part of bullying awareness week: A handbook, available online, that address parent, student and teacher questions about the issue. HWDSB Guest: Sharon Stephanian, Superintendent of Equity and Wellbeing.

Transgender patients in our city are facing massive issues in regards to transgender healthcare. Many patients have been left on waiting lists for two years or have chosen to seek doctors in other cities. Guest: Cole Gately. MA in Adult Education and Community Development and works in Hamilton as a community-based educator.

Photo: (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick) Premier Wynne held a townhall last night and got an earful from Ontarians on the topics of hydro, the college strike and health care. Officials say other town halls will be held at later dates. Guest: Henry Jacek. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University.

Photo: (Carlos Jasso/Illustration/File Photo) Hamilton police have held off on the body worn cameras again for officers saying that research does not dictate whether they’re worth the money. Another reason was that the same tensions between the public and police aren’t the same as in the USA. Guest: Clint Twolan. President, Hamilton Police Association. Hamilton police will be holding a second recruiting event at a local mosque next week. Is it time for the force to be more diverse? Guest: Kamran Bhatti, Muslim Association of Hamilton. How realistic is Hamilton’s shot at the Amazon bid? Guest: Steve Howse, Adjunct Professor at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster, Millington & Associates.

Photo: (David Ryder/Getty Images) How realistic is Hamilton’s shot at the Amazon bid? Guest: Steve Howse, Adjunct Professor at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster, Millington & Associates.

Hamilton police will be holding a second recruiting event at a local mosque next week. Is it time for the force to be more diverse? Guest: Kamran Bhatti, Muslim Association of Hamilton.

Hamilton police have held off on the body worn cameras again for officers saying that research does not dictate whether they’re worth the money. Another reason was that the same tensions between the public and police aren’t the same as in the USA. Guest: Clint Twolan. President, Hamilton Police Association