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Unscripted and honest radio debates. Ontario Today is never shy. The host, studio guests and callers dive right into the contentious issues of the day. CBC Radio One from 12 to 1 ET. Call-in 1-888-817-8995.
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Your stories with Cory Doctorow, author of the book "Enshitification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It."
We hear how higher fuel prices are affecting you -- whether it's heating your home or running your business. With us for the hour is freelance writer Shawn McCarthy. He covered the global energy beat for the Globe and Mail newspaper for many years. Also joining us is energy analyst Bob McNally, he is author of the book Crude Volatility: The History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices.
We hear your stories with Dr. Claudio Soares, principal investigator of Canada's first study into the effects of microdosing non-hallucinogenic psilocybin in the treatment of anxiety. Dr. Soares is a physician at the Kingston Health Sciences Centre's Mental Health and Addiction program.
As the scope of the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran widens, you tell us what you're hearing from loved ones in the region. Our guests are a former Canadian ambassador to Israel Jon Allen and executive director of the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, Younes Zangiabadi.
Our regular gardening expert Paul Zammit starts the show with some shopping and planting tips for summer blubs and takes listener questions.
We hear from drivers in northern Ontario about the close calls they've experienced driving on Highways 11 and 17. We also hear from Kapuskasing Mayor Dave Plourde.
Your stories with Renée Sylvestre-Williams, author of a new book called: The Singles Tax: No-Nonsense Financial Advice for Solo Earners. She writes The Budgette, a newsletter about money for single people.
Your stories trying to navigate the online space as images and video generated by artificial intelligence multiply exponentially. Our guest for the hour is Philip Mai, executive director and senior researcher at the Social Media Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University. We also hear from CBC's Christian Paas-Lang who works at CBC's Visual Investigations Unit.
Callers share their stories about gender bias getting in the way of pain management. Our guest is Dr. Tania Di Renna, a pain doctor and anesthesiologist. She is also medical director of the Toronto Academic Pain Medicine Institute.
We talk about recent changes to Canada's immigration system and the leadership of Minister Lena Metlege Diab. Our guests are University of Ottawa immigration and refugee law professor Jamie Liew and Ihor Michalchyshyn, executive director of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress.
We hear from various voices from across Ontario's Iranian community and we hear from veteran Canadian diplomat Dennis Horak who was Canada's Head of Mission to Iran from 2009 to 2012 and we hear from CBC senior business reporter and Iranian Canadian Anis Heydari.
This year Canada celebrates 30 years of Black History Month -- a tradition that started in Ontario. We speak with the interim president of Ontario's Black History Society, Cali Braithwaite-Walton and long-time member and interim board director Linda Carter, about this year's theme "History Starts at Home." We hear from callers about what they learned about Black history at home and we jump into Orillia, Ont. to hear about events run by Alasoba Kelsy-Braide, founder of Orillia and Area Black Community Association.
Hockey equipment, musical instruments, boxes of childhood art and trophies pile up in the basement. Adult kids and their parents confess the push and pull of their relationship to all that stuff. Our guest is The Globe and Mail's retirement reporter Meera Raman.
The premier thinks students should consider the job market before they decide what to study after high school. We hear your reaction and hear from someone who spent a career researching higher education including student outcomes, Ross Finnie. He is now professor emeritus at the University of Ottawa. We also hear from Paul Clipsham with Skills Ontario.
We hear how recent violence in Mexico is affecting you, your family and potentially travel plans. Our guests are: Solange Marquez Espinoza an international affairs analyst at the University of Toronto and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and we hear from travel expert Amra Durakovic, spokesperson with Flight Centre Travel Group Canada.
Paul Zammit shares some easy ways to get children interested in growing plants from seeds and takes your gardening questions. He's Ontario Today's regular gardening expert, with us every Monday.
Your thoughts on whether it's time for Canada to go to the polls and we hear from Aaron Wherry, a senior writer with the CBC's Parliament Hill bureau.
Your stories with Josipa Petrunić, the president and CEO of Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium.
Your calls about the ongoing fuel shortage crisis in Cuba and we hear from Mark Entwistle, a former Canadian ambassador to Cuba and we hear from Cuban economist Ricardo Torres at American University in Washington, D.C.
Our regular gardening expert Paul Zammit is in to talk about growing fresh greens inside -- things like sprouts and leafy greens-- so you can enjoy fresh produce all winter. He also takes your gardening questions.
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that was really fun to hear some hilarious and heartwarming Christmas stories.
Even the Prime Minister talked about Oakville Ford and Windsor Chrysler. Brampton Assembly is feeling like we are the ugly, ignored step child of FCA despite the fact that our cars are amazing quality. We build the Dodge Charger, the Dodge Challenger and the Chrysler 300. All of these vehicles have won awards. Despite that we are not hearing much of anything about our Plant.
Unifor seems to have forgotten that here at the FCA Assembly in Brampton Ontario are a part of this contract. Everyone is talking about Windsor losing the 3rd shift, but here at Brampton Assembly Plant we lost our third shift several years ago.
This is inexcusable in a society that supposedly ahead of the curve when it comes to mental health. Obviously, Ontario and the rest of Canada have a lot of work to do in this area.
I live in the USA and thankfully just found this podcast. I am looking forward to listening to people who were able to share a closer relationship with Mr McClain as his show was one of the highlights of my week and to this day many of us who listened feel as if a family member has been taken from us with out forewarning. Thank you for sharing his program and him.