
Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast
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Jean Charest’s leadership bid has become a lot less theoretical
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Tunesday with Virgin Radio’s Kelly Alexander
KELLY ALEXANDER, Virgin Radio James Arthur Kygo feat DNCE One Republic WATN: Pet Shop Boys

Let’s check back in with a Canadian who is currently in Kyiv
DARREN SNOW, from Vancouver, moved to Kyiv eight years ago

Ever wonder how you get a job working for CSIS, Canada’s spy agency?
ANDREW KIRSCH, a former intelligence officer with Canada’s spy agency and author of the new book, "I Was Never Here,"

Would you ever get married and live apart from your spouse?
SANA AND ADNAN AKHAND, married couple in New York City, who started living apart last October

Is Putin starting to realize that this conflict was a bad decision on his part?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha

The blitzkrieg Putin ordered wasn’t the one he got.
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Where do we rank when it comes to the military in Canada?
COLONEL MICHEL W. DRAPEAU, retired from the Canadian Forces after 34 years of service

Why are so many Quebecers still waiting on the transplant list?
LOUIS BEAULIEU, Executive Director of Transplant Québec

How is Canada doing in its fight to help Ukraine?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha

The situation in Ukraine changes rapidly.
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Checking in on what is happening on the ground in Ukraine.
INNA SOVSUN, an elected member of Parliament in Ukraine

Have you heard of Monobob?
CHRISTINE DE BRUIN, won bronze in the inaugural Olympic monobob race at the Beijing Games

Sophie Gregoire Trudeau is showing you that it’s OK not to be OK
SOPHIE GRÉGOIRE TRUDEAU

Applying Bill 101 to CEGEPs: You can’t put a fence around ambition
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha

CAQ government amends Bill 96 to now force students in English language CEGEPS to take 3 of their regular courses in French in order to graduate.
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Russia has launched an attack on Ukraine
ANDREW RASIULIS, Fellow Canadian Global Affairs Institute

The Quebec Liberals are standing up for the Dawson College Expansion project
DOMINIQUE ANGLADE, Leader of the Quebec Liberal Party

Some Canadians are in the Ukraine and are staying put
DARREN SNOW, from Vancouver, moved to Kyiv eight years ago

Quebec will be lifting the mask mandate for kids in elementary and high school
DR. EARL RUBIN, Director of the infectious diseases division at the Montreal Children's Hospital

What was Trudeau’s strategy for revoking the Emergencies Act sooner than expected?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha

The Emergency Act is over.
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Can eating veggies really reduce your risk of heart disease?
THEA DEMMERS, Nutrition Suite Supervisor at Concordia University’s PERFORM Center

Is Jean Charest getting ready to throw his hat in the race for the leadership of the Conservative Party?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Our texter from yesterday got to go to the Habs game with his son, thanks to another CJAD listener!
GREG & RICHARD & his son, Alec

Are we headed for an early election in Quebec?
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Tunesday with Virgin Radio’s Kelly Alexander
KELLY ALEXANDER, Virgin Radio Jason Mraz Silk Sonic Years and Years WATN: Olivia Newton-John

Some Quebec restaurants are planning on keeping the vaccination passports in place
ERIK LUKSENBURG, owner Chez Éric & Fils

Quebec Anglos face higher unemployment and earn less than their Francophone counterparts
NICOLAS SALTER Executive Director of The Provincial Employment Roundtable

Meet the 99-year-old social media sensation!
JEAN MORRISON, 99-year-old Winnipeg senior who went viral during the Superbowl

If MPs vote to keep the Emergencies Act in place - what’s next?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Is Trudeau willing to call an election over the Emergencies Act?
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

What was it like having to report live during the protests in Ottawa?
GLEN MCGREGOR, CTV National News journalist in the Parliamentary Press Gallery

Squirrel is what’s on the menu in some restaurants in Scotland
PAUL WEDGWOOD, one of Scotland’s leading chefs, whose restaurant on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile has had gray squirrel on the menu since 2008

The federal government started taxing the sale of principal residences. How much is this going to cost you?
RENAUD BROSSARD, Directeur of Québec of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Why did the government choose to invoke the Emergencies Act?
DAVID LAMETTI, Canada’s Justice Minister

Will the protest end peacefully this weekend? Depends on your definition of peace.

Quebec City - the next hot spot or proof it’s all over?
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Novavax's vaccine has been approved for use in Canadians aged 18 and older.
DR. CHRISTOPHER LABOS, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology who can be heard at 8:10 on Sunday mornings on CJAD 800 on Weekends with Ken

In case you missed it earlier this week, Canada’s inflation rate hit a 3 decade high in January topping 5%
PEDRO ANTUNES, Chief Economist for The Conference Board of Canada

The Conservative Party in Quebec is up in the polls
ERIC DUHAIME, leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec

Fences are up and the Surete du Quebec has been called in to help in Ottawa. How will the Freedom Convoy end?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Well, that escalated quickly, sort of.
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Withholding information on mammograms could put women’s lives at risk
ANNIE SLIGHT, breast cancer survivor, and patient advocate for breast density notification in Quebec

How much of the blame should be put on Trudeau for the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Is there a new sheriff in Ottawa?
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

A Montreal Florist is brightening the life of those living in a palliative care
CAROLYN DE BIEN, florist who works at La Quenouille, a Griffintown flower shop

Here’s what you need to know about the new travel restrictions
ANDREW D'AMOURS, co-founder of the Flytrippers

Restrictions might be lifting, but here’s why you still need to be careful
DR. CATHERINE HANKINS, co-chair of Canada’s COVID-19 Immunity Task Force and a professor in the department of epidemiology, biostatistics and occupational health at McGill’s faculty of medicine

Will Trudeau be able to peaceful end the Freedom Convoy protests across the country?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.