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Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast

Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast

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The impact of the one-day teachers strike

KATHERINE KORAKAKIS, President of the English Parents Committee Association

Apr 14, 20219 min

Can you really be taxed per kilometre driven? How would that work?

MARVIN ROTRAND, city councillor of Snowden district

Apr 13, 20218 min

6 Million dollars for a Grand Prix with no spectators?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Apr 13, 20219 min

Having weird dreams lately? You’re not alone!

ELIZAVETA SOLOMONOVA, sleep researcher and postdoctoral fellow at McGill University

Apr 13, 20217 min

Reaching out to isolated seniors during the pandemic

DR. KARL LOOPER, Senior Investigator at the Lady Davis Institute & Psychiatrist-in-Chief, for the Department of Psychiatry at the Jewish General Hospital

Apr 13, 20218 min

The pandemic has revealed the hidden nature of people

GÉRARD BOUCHARD, historian, sociologist & retired professor at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, best known for his work on the Bouchard-Taylor commission on reasonable accommodations of religious minorities

Apr 12, 202112 min

What are some of the BEST Québecois expressions?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Apr 12, 20219 min

Why Montreal needs a circuit breaker lockdown NOW

DR. MATTHEW OUGHTON, Physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at The Jewish General Hospital

Apr 12, 20217 min

Why pandemic drinking can be extra dangerous for women

DR. JENNIFER WYMAN, addiction specialist at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto

Apr 12, 202110 min

What can we expect from the Liberal convention?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Apr 9, 20218 min

Ending the cycle of abuse and domestic violence

ANTHONY CALVILLO, greatest Montreal Alouettes quarterback of all time

Apr 9, 20219 min

Montreal’s curfew returns to 8 PM. Will it make any difference?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Apr 8, 20217 min

Kerfuffle between the English boards & the provincial government

RUSSELL COPEMAN, executive director of The Quebec English School Boards Association

Apr 8, 202110 min

You don’t need to find a shrink nearby anymore

ROB PINTWALA, Founder of First Session, a website that helps you connect with a therapist

Apr 8, 20215 min

Confusion over what constitutes a chronic condition

AARON DERFEL, Montreal Gazette health reporter

Apr 8, 20219 min

Why are we still prioritizing Montrealers for vaccinations?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Apr 7, 202110 min

New order forcing all employees to wear masks at all times at the workplace

CHRIS DIMAKOS, CJAD 800 legal contributor

Apr 7, 20217 min

Montrealers are putting off seeking critical care

DR. RÉMI RABASA-LHORET, Endo-crinologist and Director of the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) Clinic

Apr 7, 20218 min

Quebec government flip flops on schools and gyms

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Apr 6, 20217 min

What happens when you come back from the U.S. and you’re supposed to be in quarantine?

Apr 6, 20214 min

Quebec high school students to learn about genocide

HEIDI BERGER, Concordia University teacher and the founder of the Foundation for Genocide Education

Apr 6, 20218 min

Does it make sense to have two different sets of public health guidelines for two different regions?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Apr 5, 20218 min

Do we really believe that Denis Coderre is a changed man?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Apr 1, 202110 min

Is the provincial government doing enough in the regions?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Mar 31, 20219 min

Abolishing schools boards was one of Legault’s biggest mistakes

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Mar 30, 202111 min

Men need to step up & do something about domestic violence

Anti-Sexist Activist, Speaker, Author and Film-maker, Jackson Katz joins Montreal Now to discuss the rising issue of domestic violence.

Mar 30, 20218 min

Public health authorities struggling with vaccine hesitancy

Montreal Gazette health reporter Aaron Derfel and Dr.Christopher Labos join Montreal Now to tackle vaccine hesitancy with the AstraZeneca vaccine

Mar 30, 20219 min

The OQLF gets a significant funding increase... & what sort of money are anglo groups getting?

GREG KELLEY, Liberal MNA for Jacques-Cartier, and Official Opposition Critic for Relations with English-Speaking Quebecers & MARLENE JENNINGS, President of the Quebec Community Groups Network

Mar 26, 20218 min

Did the second wave have less of an economic impact than the first?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Mar 26, 20219 min

New study suggests infants prefer baby talk to grown up speak

KRISTA BYERS-HEINLEIN, associate professor of psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia University

Mar 26, 20218 min

Quebec has tabled its budget

CARLOS LEITAO, Liberal MNA for Robert Baldwin & Official Opposition Critic for the Economy

Mar 25, 20214 min

Just how much will the COVID-19 pandemic cost us?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM 

Mar 25, 20218 min

No, it wasn’t an earthquake. So what was that big boom?

NICHOLAS ACKERLEY, seismologist for Natural Resources Canada

Mar 25, 20213 min

Only 3 of 721 “guardian angel” asylum seekers granted residency

NEIL DRABKIN, served as a senior policy advisor to a former federal minister of immigration

Mar 25, 20217 min

Why this mayor IS seeking re-election in the fall

PAOLA HAWA, Mayor of St-Anne-de-Bellevue

Mar 25, 20218 min

Should taxpayers foot the bill for a new ball park in Montreal?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Mar 24, 20219 min

High school kids are going back to class full time

HEIDI YETMAN, President of the Quebec Provincial Association of Teachers & PHILIPPA KLEIN, professional social worker, parent of a Westmount High student

Mar 24, 202111 min

Healthcare workers in COVID hotspots must have N95 masks

JEFF BAEGLY, President of the CSN’s Health & Social Services  union

Mar 24, 20218 min

Surgery wait times have QUADRUPLED in the last year

AARON DERFEL, Montreal Gazette health reporter

Mar 23, 20217 min

Has the threat level and amount of harassment changed over the years for elected officials?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Mar 23, 20219 min

Why won’t the mayor of TMR seek re-election?

PHILIPPE ROY, Mayor of TMR

Mar 23, 20218 min

Montrealers getting turned away by restaurants in orange zones

EVAN PRICE, co-owner of Le Chic Shack, a gourmet burger joint near Château Frontenac

Mar 22, 20216 min

Is academic freedom being called into question?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Mar 22, 202110 min

Take your vengeance out with a vengeance van!

BREN WALKER, Vengeance Van

Mar 22, 20218 min

Why is the leader of the PQ calling out an Ottawa professor?

AMIR ATTARAN, professor of law and medicine at the University of Ottawa

Mar 19, 20217 min

Quebec prioritizing people with disabilities for vaccines

JENNIFER MACCARONE, Liberal MNA for Westmount Saint Louis

Mar 19, 20219 min

Sleep tips for folks having trouble adjusting to daylight savings

DR. PATRICK PORTER, award-winning scientist who has devoted his career to mental health and researching the brain

Mar 19, 20216 min

What’s going on in Montreal’s hospitals post-March break?

DR. MITCH SHULMAN, CJAD 800 Medical Expert

Mar 18, 202110 min

Apparently white personnel requests are super common

JILL EUSANIO, President of Comfort Keepers

Mar 18, 20216 min

Why are the Americans hoarding AstraZeneca vaccine doses?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Mar 18, 202110 min