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Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast

Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast

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Could the closures on the Île Aux Tourtes Bridge be the story of the year?

In for Aaron and Natasha, David Heurtel is joined by Brenda O’Farrell, a career journalist and editor, founder of The 1019 Report.

Dec 26, 202310 min

Dr. Chris Labos: One million Quebecers infected with respiratory viruses

Dr. Christopher Labos speaks with David Heurtel on Montreal Now to explain the current health situation in Quebec.

Dec 26, 20237 min

How the Jewish community is feeling after a year of turmoil

Joining David Heurtel on Montreal Now is Eta Yudin, Vice President of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.

Dec 26, 202322 min

Breaking down Bill 15 and the changes to Quebec's health-care network

Beryl Wajsman, editor-in-chief at the Suburban Newspaper discusses the new Bill 15 with David Heurtel.

Dec 26, 202311 min

Meet our Winner of 12 Days of Starlight

Brian Bringolf, CEO of Starlight Children's Foundation Canada

Dec 22, 20233 min

MENNIE: So you think 2023 was nuts?

James Mennie, Montreal Gazette

Dec 22, 202311 min

We Are a Dumpster Fire: A Montreal Now Parody

Dec 22, 20231 min

Concordia joins McGill in offering bursaries to counter tuition hikes

Graham Carr, President and Vice Chancellor of Concordia

Dec 22, 20238 min

MENNIE: Merry Christmas, here’s your recession

James Mennie, Montreal Gazette

Dec 21, 202311 min

Only 15% of Canadians got updated COVID vaccines this fall

Dr. Peter Hotez, Co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Author of The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A Scientist's Warning

Dec 21, 20237 min

Montrealer breaks Guinness record for underwater photo shoot

Kim Bruneau, Montreal real estate broker, model and Guinness record winner for posing 131 feet underwater

Dec 21, 20237 min

The Canadian government is taking steps to help curb greenhouse gas emissions from cow burps

David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst

Dec 21, 20237 min

Bonaventure Expressway will be turned into an urban boulevard

Rick Leckner, CJAD 800 Wall of Fame Traffic Reporter

Dec 20, 20238 min

MENNIE: Is a full scale public sector strike inevitable?

James Mennie, Montreal Gazette

Dec 20, 20239 min

CJAD 800 LISTENER WINS $1,500 ON EMPIRE GOLD NEWS QUIZ

Congratulations to CJAD 800 listener Maria for winning $1,500 with the Empire Gold News Quiz! Tune in to Montreal Now with Aaron Rand & Natasha Hall everyday at 4:45PM for your chance to play!

Dec 20, 20233 min

9 scams to avoid as the holidays approach

Rachel Jolicoeur, Director of Fraud Prevention and Strategy at Interac

Dec 20, 20237 min

How much can you expect to spend on groceries in the new year?

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, ‘The Food Professor’, Senior Director at Agri-Food Analytics Lab, and Professor of Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University

Dec 20, 20237 min

MENNIE: Valerie Plante hurls a Yuletide ice ball straight at Francois Legault

James Mennie, Montreal Gazette

Dec 19, 202310 min

Why do we indulge in holiday sweets so much?

Milan Valyear, Post-doctoral fellow in the department of psychology at McGill University, studying addiction

Dec 19, 20238 min

A new report suggests rents are rising faster in Quebec than in the rest of Canada

Catherine Lussier, Community organizer at FRAPRU (Popular Action Front in Urban Redevelopment)

Dec 19, 202310 min

City councillor sounds alarm over plans to build a hotel on the site of the Montreal Casino

CRAIG SAUVÉ, City Councillor in Le Sud-Ouest (Saint-Henri-Est-Petite-Bourgogne-Pointe-Saint-Charles-Griffintown) and member of Projet Montréal

Dec 18, 20234 min

Can McGill and Concordia take Quebec to court over tuition hikes and French requirements?

Julius Grey, Montreal-based constitutional lawyer, Senior Attorney at Grey Casgrain

Dec 18, 20239 min

MENNIE: Is Quebec ready for another Charest in politics?

James Mennie, Montreal Gazette

Dec 18, 202310 min

Wait lists for people who need surgery growing to record levels

Paul Brunet, Patient Rights Advocate, president of the Quebec Council for Patients Rights

Dec 18, 20237 min

Quebec’s healthcare system has never been worse

Aaron Derfel, health reporter with the Montreal Gazette

Dec 18, 20239 min

What can be done to prevent fatal injuries in minor league hockey?

Dr. Luc De Garie, President of the Association of Sports and Exercise Doctors of Quebec (AQMSE) / Association québécoise de médecine du sport et de l’exercice

Dec 18, 20237 min

Cote Saint-Luc mayor laments transparency from City of Montreal over Cavendish extension

Mitchell Brownstein, Mayor of Côte Saint-Luc

Dec 18, 20233 min

HEURTEL: Quebec is the worst province economically

David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst

Dec 15, 20238 min

MENNIE: Trudeau’s comeback plan seems to involve a Time Machine

James Mennie, Montreal

Dec 15, 20239 min

‘It doesn’t make any sense’: Liberal MP Anthony Housefather reacts to tuition hikes for Quebec English universities

Anthony Housefather, Liberal MP for Mount Royal

Dec 15, 202311 min

Are you suffering from long COVID? Doctors say there’s still hope

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

Dec 15, 20238 min

MULCAIR: They thought they were dealing with someone with good faith

Tom Mulcair, CJAD 800 Commentator

Dec 14, 202310 min

MENNIE: You can now add flat out cowardice to the CAQs political CV

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Dec 14, 20239 min

Why Is Everyone So Unhappy at Work Right Now?

Vanessa Fuhrmans, Deputy Bureau Chief of Careers and Workplace at The Wall Street Journal

Dec 14, 20239 min

Quebec's tuition hikes for out-of-province students will go ahead with some adjustments

Graham Carr, President and Vice Chancellor of Concordia

Dec 14, 202310 min

Israel ambassador 'deeply disappointed' in Canada's UN vote for ceasefire

Iddo Moed, Israel’s Ambassador to Canada

Dec 13, 20239 min

JEAN-FRANCOIS LISEE: ‘I don’t know why she would lie’

Jean-François Lisée, Former PQ leader

Dec 13, 20239 min

MENNIE: Did you really think you’d still be hearing about the Big O roof in 2023? (Face it. You did.)

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Dec 13, 20238 min

'A copy and paste of what he had in 1965': West Island mayor calls out plans for new Ile-aux-Tourtes bridge

Paola Hawa, Mayor of Sainte Anne de Bellevue

Dec 13, 20239 min

Montreal radio host joins mental health initiative to help local teens

Lee Haberkorn, Host of Virgin Radio & mental health advocate

Dec 13, 20238 min

MULCAIR: We all have to keep hoping and praying for peace

Tom Mulcair, CJAD 800 Commentator

Dec 12, 202311 min

MENNIE: Duhaime’s Conservatives could help Poilievre in Quebec (according to Duhaime)

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Dec 12, 20239 min

Everything you need to know about the new federal dental plan

Dr. Michael Wiseman, Part-time associate professor with the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences at McGill University, has a private dental practice in Cote St Luc

Dec 12, 20238 min

JEAN-FRANCOIS LISEE: The PQ could wipe out the CAQ

Jean-François Lisée, Former PQ leader

Dec 11, 20239 min

MENNIE: Unions seem ready for the long haul, but is Legault?

James Mennie, Montreal Gazette

Dec 11, 20239 min

Quebec nurses and health care workers join teachers on the picket lines

Jennie Rhee, head of the nurses’ union at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), which is affiliated with the FIQ (Fédération Interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec)

Dec 11, 202310 min

'It's all fun and games until you can't get to work on time': Constructions starts on new Île-aux-Tourtes bridge

Brenda O’Farrell, Media mogul, career journalist and editor, founder of The 1019 Report, which covers the other side of the Ile aux Tourtes Bridge, and The 1510 West

Dec 11, 20239 min

Santa Claus takes calls from CJAD 800 listeners and their kids

Dec 8, 202316 min

HEURTEL: This is not a government governing for all Quebecers; it's governing for François Legault

David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst

Dec 8, 202311 min

MENNIE: Invoking closure on Bill 15 was inevitable - as is its assault on health care to Anglos.

James Mennie, Montreal Gazette

Dec 8, 20239 min