CHCH Podcasts

Send us a text A CHCH Podcast, Newsmakers goes beyond the headlines into the stories in Hamilton, Halton & Niagara.  On today's episode, host Louie Butko takes the show on the road as he heads to Tim Hortons Field to catch up with Hamilton's Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League ahead of their chase for another CPL title. We hear from Head Coach & Sporting Director Bobby Smyrni...

Send us a text A CHCH Podcast, 'Newsmakers' goes beyond the headlines into the stories that matter to you in Hamilton, Halton & Niagara. On today's episode, host Louie Butko is joined by Hamilton Ward One City Councillor Maureen Wilson.  Councillor Wilson was first elected in 2018 and won a second term in 2022 with the largest margin of victory amongst any council race taking 75...

Send us a text A CHCH Podcast, Newsmakers goes beyond the headlines taking a deeper dive into the stories that matter to you in Hamilton, Halton & Niagara. On today's episode, host Louie Butko is joined by CHCH News Director Greg O'Brien to discuss a recent AI created video using a manipulated video from CHCH being used on Facebook to promote fake investment scams & the impact of...

Send us a text As always it has been a busy week on Trending Now and podcast host & producer Louie Butko is here to recap what you may have missed.  On today's show we check in with fill-in producer Emily Tayler on what goes into putting the show together, Matt Ingram stops by to recap a strange week on Parliament Hill after House Speaker Anthony Rota resigned. And later Manesa Dhanabalan...

Send us a text A CHCH Podcast, Newsmakers goes beyond the headlines with notable people in Hamilton, Halton & Niagara.  On today's episode host Louie Butko was joined by General Manager of the 2023 Grey Cup Festival Gerry Fonzo to discuss how planning is going ahead of November's big game, landing super-star Carrie Underwood to headline their concert series, working with community pa...

Send us a text A CHCH Podcast, 'Newsmakers' takes a deeper dive beyond the headlines into the stories of the day.  As the Ontario Legislature returned this week following Premier Doug Ford's stunning reversal of his decision to open up the Greenbelt, host Louie Butko was joined by Political Commentator Keith Leslie to discuss whether and how the PC's can move on from the from t...

Send us a text A CHCH Podcast, 'Newsmakers' checks in with notable residents of Hamilton, Halton & Niagara to tackle the big stories of the day.  Born and raised in Ghana, Kojo came to Hamilton to study at McMaster at age 17 and has called it home ever since. He is well known in Hamilton for his anti-racism work including previously serving as executive director for the Hamilton Cent...

Send us a text As always it has been a busy week and Trending Now Podcast host Louie Butko is here to break it all down for you. On today's show, host Matt Ingram recaps Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's North American tour, reporter Manesa Dhanabalan stops by to discuss Rupert Murdoch stepping down at Fox News and Laura Sebben recaps the protests and counter protests that t...

Send us a text A CHCH Podcast, 'Newsmakers' checks in with notable residents of Hamilton, Halton & Niagara to tackle the big stories of the day.  On today's episode host Louie Butko is joined by Hamilton Mountain MPP Monique Taylor.  Ms. Taylor was first elected as a member of provincial parliament in 2011 and has been re-elected three times since, making her the longest active...

Send us a text It's a brand new episode of the Trending Now Podcast! On today's episode we provide on update on host Kelly Botelho, and welcome new fill-in host Matt Ingram to the podcast! Louie recaps the biggest stories of the week including the earthquake in Morocco, the flooding in Libya, Republicans opening an impeachment inquiry and much more! Later Trending Now producer Laura Sebb...

Send us a text Trending Now Podcast host Louie Butko is back to catch you up on everything you may have missed in the week that was. On today's show we re-visit a deadly shooting in Jacksonville, John Herdman's decision to leave Canada Soccer for TFC, Hurricane Idaila making landfall in the US, and even more Greenbelt drama. 

Send us a text Trending Now podcast host Louie Butko is back for another recap of everything you may have missed throughout the week on Trending Now. On today's show, we look at the latest on the wildfires in BC, extreme weather in California, a shooting at the West Edmonton Mall that injured 3 people, the GOP debate and what is likely the world's most famous mugshot. All that and more a...

Send us a text As always it has been a very busy week and Trending Now Podcast host Louie Butko is here to help you through all of it. On today's episode, we get the latest on the Yellowknife wildfires and West Kelowna wildfires from reporter Jason Gaidola. Later Louie is joined by Trending Now producer and entertainment expert Laura Sebben on the latest in the fourth indictment for former US...

Send us a text As always it has been a busy week on Trending Now, and there are no shortage of topics to dive into recapping the week that was. On today's show, host Louie Butko breaks down the struggle of 'Swifties' to get tickets to her show in Toronto, the bombshell report from Ontario's Auditor General on Premier Doug Ford's Greenbelt plan, and the latest on the devast...

Send us a text As always it has been a busy week on Trending Now -- which you can catch every Monday to Friday on CHCH & at CHCH.com --  and Louie Butko is here to help you catch up on all of the news you may have missed. On today's show we take a look at the Canadian Women's National Team's early exit at the World Cup, discuss Facebook & Instagram banning news for Canadians...

Send us a text As always, it has been a busy week on Trending Now and Louie Butko has you covered on an all new episode of the Trending Now Podcast! On this week's show, Louie takes a look at the floods that have left at least three people dead in Nova Scotia. Manesa Dhanbalan stops by to give her thoughts on Elon Musk changing Twitter to X. We take a look at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&apo...

Send us a text As always it has been a busy week on Trending Now and there's no shortage of topics to discuss as host Louie Butko breaks them all down. On today's show we dive into the end of a blockade in Winnipeg, the latest in Ukraine, recap the 2023 Wimbledon final, look into the new inflation numbers released by Stats Canada and much more. Producer Laura Sebben and host Kelly Botelh...

Send us a text As always it has been a busy week on Trending Now, so no shortage of topics to dive into on the podcast. On this week's show, host Louie Butko recaps the NATO summit in Lithuania this week. We look into the affect of the Bank of Canada raising the overnight interest loan to 5%, the highest in 20 years. The Emmy nominations are unveiled and within 24 hours the actors vote to go...

Send us a text Another busy week that was on Trending Now, and podcast producer and host Louie Butko is here to break it all down for you. On today's show he takes a deeper dive into the violence in France and in Palestine. We look at Meta -- parent company of Facebook-- launching Threads a direct competitor to Twitter. We talk grocery rebates being mailed out and more.  Also as always, Kelly...

Send us a text It was a condensed week on the air for Trending Now, but Louie Butko is here with a full episode to catch you up on everything you may have missed, and a few bonus stories from later in the week. On today's show Louie recaps the attempted coup in Russia. Olivia Chow is the new mayor of Toronto. Google says they will block Canadian news for Canadians following the passing of Bil...

Send us a text It's special Thursday edition of the Trending Now Podcast! On today's episode host Louie Butko breaks down the Twitter beef between vaccine scientist Dr. Peter Hoetz and Joe Rogan and Elon Musk. Speaking of internet tough guys, Andrew Tate was indicted in Romania on charges of human trafficking, Laura Sebben joins with the latest on that story. Manesa Dhanabalan stops by t...

Send us a text Another busy week that was on Trending Now and Louie Butko is back to break it all down. We talk Championship season in the world of sports as the Denver Nuggets win the NBA Championship and the Vegas Golden Knights win the Stanley Cup. Fall out continues from the transfer of convicted serial rapist and murderer Paul Bernardo and former US President Donald Trump is indicted again. 

Send us a text Another busy week that was in the world and on Trending Now. On this week's show, host Louie Butko recaps the wildfires that continue to burn across the country particular in Nova Scotia. June marks Indigenous Heritage Month and Pride Month. However a Blue Jays reliever shares and anti-LGBTQ+ post and apologizes while the York Catholic board says no to raising the Pride Flag. A...

Send us a text Back for our final episode of May, host Louie Butko recaps another busy week that was on Trending Now. On today's episode Laura Sebben dives into the NAACP issuing a travel advisory for Florida. Louie breaks down Florida Gov. Ron Desantis' presidential bid. Later Manesa Dhanabalan stops by to recap a busy week from the reporter desk while Kelly Botelho joins the show to re...

Send us a text After a short week's hiatus, Louie Butko is back with the Trending Now Podcast. On today's show Louie breaks down the breaking news of the Leafs parting ways with Kyle Dubas before diving into the biggest stories of the week including the G7 meeting in Japan.