Good Morning Hamilton with Rick Zamperin

Topics Include: Today is DQ Canada's Miracle Treat Day. What is your Blizzard flavour of choice? There is a new perfume on the market. & more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you okay with a sanctioned encampment site in your neighbourhood? There are signs that Ontario voters may be called to the polls this fall. The Hamilton-Burlington SPCA has received a massive donation of pet food but have nowhere to store it. The Split The Pot Lottery is underway. The Olympics uses cutting edge technology, so why do some events still end up in ties? And today is DQ Canada's Miracle Treat Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Canadian woman who has conquered Multiple Sclerosis has written a best-selling book on Amazon about living through two epic disasters on Vanuatu, a tiny island in the south Pacific Ocean.GUEST: Kat Finnerty, Author of ‘Never Let a Good Disaster Go to Waste’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics Include: Olympic facts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hamilton's mayor has issued a Mayoral Directive to staff to look into a plan for sanctioned encampment sites in the city. We continue our discussion about residents near Gage Park have grown frustrated with encampments. Did multiple tornadoes touch down in Niagara Region on Monday? Kamala Harris has chosen her running mate: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Do celebrity endorsements influence voters? Canada wants to become a top 10 tourism destination, but our messaging doesn't seem to be working.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics Include: How often do you play the lottery? (poll question) And what is the most money you've ever won playing the lottery? & more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neighbours of Gage Park are growing frustrated by tent encampments at the park. Experts at McMaster Children’s Hospital are spreading the word about the harm button batteries can bring if a child swallows them. Mohawk College is expanding into Burlington. A new study shows the average Canadian family spends more money on taxes than housing, food and clothing costs combined. It is the biggest controversy at the Paris Olympics. And the ALS ice bucket challenge celebrates its 10th anniversary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics Include: Many Olympic athletes endure ups and downs, including injuries. But a field hockey player from Australia is in a different category altogether & Fun facts about merry-go-rounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A coalition of developers in Ontario is asking governments for tax breaks it says will pass on to homebuyers. What does the local paramedics union think about a paramedic hub in Hamilton? A writer from Burlington has been selected to be a superfan adviser on all things Taylor Swift. Brad Roberts of Crash Test Dummies will play Hamilton's Festival of Friends this weekend. Canadian woman who has conquered MS has written a best-selling book on Amazon about living through two epic disasters on a tiny island in the south Pacific Ocean. And can the Tiger-Cats make it three wins in a row? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guests: Susan Curran, Producer & George Mihalka, Director of ‘Ominous’ on Bell Fibe TV1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices