The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Rick Zamperin:

All three of Ontario's opposition leaders are joining union leaders from the healthcare sector Friday for a joint news conference to call on the Ford government to recall the legislature to confront the staffing crisis in the province's health care sector.

GUEST: Michael Hurley, President, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (CUPE/OCHU)

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The Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to have a great impact on local hospitals.

GUEST: Eric Vandewall, President & CEO, Joseph Brant Hospital

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How can we support small businesses that are impacted by Ontario’s return to a modified stage 2 of its COVID-19 reopening plan?

GUEST: Keanin Loomis, President of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce

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An assistant professor in McMaster University’s department of medicine who was diagnosed with COVID-19 a year ago but is still feeling the effects of long COVID.

GUEST: Dr. Manali Mukherjee, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Respirology, McMaster University

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Today marks the one year anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riots. 

GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News

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There’s a new person leading the Realtors Association of Hamilton-Burlington. 

GUEST: Lou Piriano, President, Realtors Association of Hamilton–Burlington