
Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast
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If you’re having trouble sleeping try these tips instead of forcing it
DR. SOPHIE BOSTOCK, a behaviour psychologist in The U.K.

S1 Ep 22Is it a good idea to work 2 remote jobs at the same time? Recreating the ArriveCan app in 48 hours, Montrealer bringing ambulances to Ukraine, & one mother’s holocaust secret.
JOHNATHAN NIGHTINGALE, is the co-founder of Raw Signal Group, which provides management and leadership training About 26 percent of Canadians, aged 25 to 54 were working exclusively from home, which of course provides a lot more freedom than being at the office, and apparently ENOUGH free time to …. take on another job. CARMI LEVY, CJAD 800 tech expert This is a crazy story - A Toronto-based Tech Company says it recreated ArriveCan within less than 48-hours to show that the federal government overpaid millions for the app. The CEO of the company, Tribalscale, says it would have cost his company less than $1-million to build the app – a fragment of the millions poured into the digital software. How did they do it? JESSE ALEXANDER, YouTuber and Ex- Montreal A couple of months ago, we told you about the Montrealer who was trying to bring an ambulance to Ukraine. Well, he did and now he`s back to tell us about his journey… MONIQUE POLAK, Montreal author, freelance journalist and retired English professor Montreal writer Monique Polak is a collector of stories. In her latest work, The Brass Charm — her first picture book for children — Polak tells the story of a gift from a perfect stranger that her mother received on her 14th birthday while a prisoner at the Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt during the Holocaust. Let’s learn more about it now…

Traffic headaches will affect South Shore residents for the next 3 years
RICK LECKNER, Montreal traffic expert

Is all hope lost when it comes to getting a MLB team in Montreal?
DANNY GALLAGHER, Expos author and former Expos beat writer

Sophie Brochu doesn’t want to start a fight with the government
TOM MULCAIR, CJAD 800 Commentator

Is a showdown brewing between the Legault government and Hydro chief Sophie Brochu?
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

This Quebec start-up is working with students to disrupt how we power electronics
PIERRE DES LIERRES, WattByWatt Business Development Director

Are Canadians becoming more like Americans?
ANDREW COHEN, Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University

With over 2,000 cases in Quebec, what’s the COVID situation like in our schools?
OLIVIER DROUIN, creator of Covid Écoles

Quebec is contemplating reducing COVID quarantine requirements
DR. MATTHEW OUGHTON, Physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Jewish General Hospital

Is Geneviève Guilbault out as Quebec’s Minister of Public Safety?
TOM MULCAIR, CJAD 800 Commentator

Does Quebec Solidaire still have a role to play?
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Is it a good idea to work two remote jobs at the same time?
JOHNATHAN NIGHTINGALE, is the co-founder of Raw Signal Group, which provides management and leadership training

Is the ArriveCan app actually worth what it cost the government?
CARMI LEVY, CJAD 800 tech expert

Mulcair: When it comes to Anglade’s leadership, beware of anonymous sources
TOM MULCAIR, CJAD 800 Commentator

Mennie: Will new leadership save the Quebec Liberals?
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Cancer deaths could soar by as much as 25% in Quebec
DR. GERALD BATIST, Director of the Segal Cancer Centre at the Jewish General Hospital

Montreal teacher being recognized for empowering students with special needs
GAIL BERNSTEIN, Teacher at L.I.N.K.S. High School in Ahuntsic, which serves kids with special needs

Do you want a say on how Montreal will look in the future?
ROBERT BEAUDRY, city councillor and the city executive committee member responsible for the master plan

Hockey Canada CEO and board of directors step down
SCOTT STINSON, National Sports Columnist for The National Post

Should the federal government step in on the Hockey Canada scandal?
TOM MULCAIR, CJAD 800 Commentator

Mennie: New poll suggests most Canadians do not like Trudeau or Poilievre
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Tunesday with Virgin Radio’s Kelly Alexander
KELLY ALEXANDER, Virgin Radio Gayle Reve Ellie Goulding WATN: Depeche Mode

Quebec’s ambulance service is only getting worse
HAL NEWMAN, Journalist with The Last Ambulance project

A Montrealer has an update on the ambulance he brought to Ukraine
JESSE ALEXANDER, YouTuber and ex-Montrealer

Should kids be taught how to brush their teeth in school?
DR. MICHAEL WISEMAN, Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, Division of Community-Based Dentistry and Dental Public Health

Mennie: Perhaps the best Quebec Liberal strategy is to do nothing at all
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

New book on the 1972 Summit Series
TERRY MOSHER & DAVE STUBS

A disappointing number of Quebecers are NOT up to date with their COVID shots
DR. CHRIS LABOS, Cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology. You can hear him on Sunday Morning from 8-10 on Weekends with Ken Connors & AARON DERFEL

Do the new Iran sanctions go far enough?
Tom Mulcair joined Natasha to talk about the latest political news.

Who will speak for Montreal in the National Assembly?
The Gazette's James Mennie joined Natasha to talk about the fallout from Monday's provincial election.

A wonderful ending to Jacques Comeau's story!
Earlier this week Aaron and Natasha talked to a man who wanted to end his life because he couldn’t get the care he needed. We got an excellent update from Jacques Comeau.

QCGN wants a minister for Anglos as a fresh start for the new government
EVA LUDVIG, President of the Quebec Community Groups Network

Mulcair: Bye bye, Hockey Canada
TOM MULCAIR, CJAD 800 Commentator

Mennie: A Quebec minister for Anglos? Non, merci.
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Make every dish delicious!
LESLEY CHESTERMAN, Montreal Writer, Restaurant critic and Cookbook author

The latest on Hockey Canada and the fallout from their testimony at a government commission
RICK WESTHEAD, Senior Correspondent at TSN

Mulcair: You always need a couple of people to be the assistant health minister
Tom Mulcair, CJAD 800 Commentator

Mennie: Legault didn’t just get a majority, apparently he also got a magic wand.
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

There’s still a shortage of children’s tylenol and advil in pharmacies
MINA TADROUS, an assistant professor at the Leslie Dan faculty of pharmacy at the University of Toronto

Can you learn about investing on TikTok?
Jessica Rowat and Colleen Kormos, who run the account two girls investing, Phone numbers

Mulcair: We have to keep an eye on Bernard Drainville and Simon Jolin-Barrette
Tom Mulcair, CJAD 800 Commentator

Mennie: Electoral reform? Forget about it!
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Tunesday with Virgin Radio’s Kelly Alexander
KELLY ALEXANDER, Virgin Radio Ed Sheeran Ciara & Summer Walker Paramore WATN: U2

COVID indicators are going up in Quebec and experts are saying they still don’t have enough data
DR. CHRIS LABOS, Cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology. You can hear him on Sunday Morning from 8-10 on Weekends with Ken Connors

Every two weeks, a case of child sexual abuse is reported in Quebec’s daycares
VALERIE ASSOULINE, lawyer specialising in youth and family law

Immigration in this election and Quebec
David Heurtel, former immigration minister and political analyst

Mulcair: Out of the five party leaders, two will win their riding
Tom Mulcair, CJAD 800 Commentator

Mennie: Quebec will wake up on Tuesday more divided than ever before
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Montreal man is seeking medically assisted death because of poor home care conditions
JACQUES COMEAU, a retired art therapist from Montreal, is quadriplegic and uses a wheelchair