Bill Kelly Show

Photo: (REUTERS/Bryan Woolston) Should Hamilton house the second North American headquarters of Amazon. Hamilton is acting quickly to reach the deadline of October 19th to get the company to consider opening up here. What are our chances? Guest: Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University. Hurricane Irma has hit Florida, turning streets in Miami into raging rivers and knocking out power for millions. FEMA Chief Brock Long said some places won’t have electricity for weeks. Guest: Athena Masson, PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, University of Toronto. Guest: John Gyakum, Professor, Atmosphereic and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University. Ontario Legislature resumes today and topics like hiking the minimum wage and dealing with legalization of marijuana will be two of the major priorities this government has. Guest: Barry Kay, Political Science Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Photo: (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick) Ontario Legislature resumes today and topics like hiking the minimum wage and dealing with legalization of marijuana will be two of the major priorities this government has. Guest: Barry Kay, Political Science Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Photo: (REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) Hurricane Irma has hit Florida, turning streets in Miami into raging rivers and knocking out power for millions. FEMA Chief Brock Long said some places won’t have electricity for weeks. Guest: Athena Masson, PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, University of Toronto. 

Photo: (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File) Should Hamilton house the second North American headquarters of Amazon. Hamilton is acting quickly to reach the deadline of October 19th to get the company to consider opening up here. What are our chances? Guest: Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University.

Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield.

Photo: (Netherlands Ministry of Defence/Handout) Hurricane Irma is expected to hit Florida this weekend. How have people in the US been preparing? Guest: Mike Armstrong, National Correspondent, Global News. With councilors in our city saying ‘no’ to the Commonwealth games, are opinions ahead of facts the attitude that is prominent at city hall? Guest: John Best. President of the Bay Observer.   There have been 29 shootings in Hamilton so far this year, the total of which has surpassed the amount of last year. Five of those shooting have happened in the past few days, with one in the East End, one on Upper Wellington, two teenagers were shot on the mountain and one downtown. What’s causing this rise? Guest: Superintendent Ryan Diodati, Hamilton Police Services.

There have been 29 shootings in Hamilton so far this year, the total of which has surpassed the amount of last year. Five of those shooting have happened in the past few days, with one in the East End, one on Upper Wellington, two teenagers were shot on the mountain and one downtown. What’s causing this rise? Guest: Superintendent Ryan Diodati, Hamilton Police Services.

Photo: (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh) With councilors in our city saying ‘no’ to the Commonwealth games, are opinions ahead of facts the attitude that is prominent at city hall? Guest: John Best. President of the Bay Observer.

Photo: (NOAA via AP) Hurricane Irma is expected to hit Florida this weekend. How have people in the US been preparing? Guest: Mike Armstrong, National Correspondent, Global News.

Photo: (Netherlands Ministry of Defence/Handout) Hurricane Irma has killed at least eight people and injured 23 in the Caribbean as it continues to roar overhead. Antiqua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Brown told an outlet that nearly every building on Barbuda was damaged, and 60% of its population are homeless. Irma also blacked out most of Puerto Rico. Guest: Anthony Farnell, Chief Meteorologist, Global News. Yesterday, the Bank of Canada raised the interest rate to 1%. How will that affect people who are wanting to buy homes? Guest: Lou Piriano, President of the Realtor’s Association of Hamilton-Burlington. Hamilton’s City Council has voted against bidding for the 2030 Commonwealth Games. What was some of the reasoning behind the decision? Guest: Donna Skelly, City Councilor for Ward 7. Guest: Terry Whitehead. City Councillor, Ward 8.

Hamilton’s City Council has voted against bidding for the 2030 Commonwealth Games. What was some of the reasoning behind the decision? Guest: Donna Skelly, City Councilor for Ward 7.

Yesterday, the Bank of Canada raised the interest rate to 1%. How will that affect people who are wanting to buy homes? Guest: Lou Piriano, President of the Realtor’s Association of Hamilton-Burlington.

Photo: (Carlos Giusti/AP) Hurricane Irma has killed at least eight people and injured 23 in the Caribbean as it continues to roar overhead. Antiqua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Brown told an outlet that nearly every building on Barbuda was damaged, and 60% of its population are homeless. Irma also blacked out most of Puerto Rico. Guest: Anthony Farnell, Chief Meteorologist, Global News.

Photo: (NOAA) Should Hess Village have paid duty police on hand? Ward Councillor Jason Farr introduced a a motion yesterday that would remove policing from the district bylaw. The pitch itself won’t be debated until September 19th. Guest: Jason Farr, City Councillor, Ward 2. Hurricane Irma is picking up strength and battering down on the Caribbean right now. Florida may be impacted by Saturday. The president has already approved pre-landfall emergency declarations in the state. Guest: Jaclyn Whittal, Meteorologist, The Weather Network. The Trump administration has ended DACA, saying that only Congress can save undocumented immigrants known as “Dreamers”. The former President, Barack Obama, who has laid relatively low since he left office, issued a statement via Facebook in regards to the decision. Guest: Laura Babcock. President, PowerGroup.

Photo: (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) The Trump administration has ended DACA, saying that only Congress can save undocumented immigrants known as “Dreamers”. The former President, Barack Obama, who has laid relatively low since he left office, issued a statement via Facebook in regards to the decision. Guest: Laura Babcock. President, PowerGroup.

Photo: (NOAA National Weather Service National Hurricane Center/Handout via REUTERS) Hurricane Irma is picking up strength and battering down on the Caribbean right now. Florida may be impacted by Saturday. The president has already approved pre-landfall emergency declarations in the state. Guest: Jaclyn Whittal, Meteorologist, The Weather Network.

Should Hess Village have paid duty police on hand? Ward Councillor Jason Farrintroduced a a motion yesterday that would remove policing from the district bylaw. The pitch itself won’t be debated until September 19th. Guest: Jason Farr, City Councillor, Ward 2.

With the sudden passing of a justice and the reassignment of another for wearing a “MAGA” hat, some cases are in danger of being tossed out due to backlog. Guest: Jeff Manishen. Criminal Lawyer, Ross & McBride/Former Crown Attorney. The US Envoy at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council says that North Korea is “begging for war”. Nikki Haley, the ambassador also added that her country’s patience “is not unlimited”. This comes after news broke that North Korea had tested a hydrogen bomb. Guest: Jean-François Bélanger, Ph.D student, Department of Political Science, McGill University. The Liberal caucus is meeting in Kelowna BC to plot strategy, particularly when it comes ot hot button issues such as the small business tax. The small business tax, would eliminate tax loopholes the government maintains give wealthy small business owners a tax advantage. Guest: Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University.

Photo: (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick) The Liberal caucus is meeting in Kelowna BC to plot strategy, particularly when it comes ot hot button issues such as the small business tax. The small business tax, would eliminate tax loopholes the government maintains give wealthy small business owners a tax advantage. Guest: Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University.

PHoto: (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP) The US Envoy at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council says that North Korea is “begging for war”. Nikki Haley, the ambassador also added that her country’s patience “is not unlimited”. This comes after news broke that North Korea had tested a hydrogen bomb. Guest: Jean-François Bélanger, Ph.D student, Department of Political Science, McGill University.