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Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast

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Aaron Rand gets Montrealers through the end their work day with the latest news and compelling conversation. The show includes analysis from former NDP leader Tom Mulcair and The Montreal Gazette’s James Mennie. Also expect a laugh or a challenge with the Empire Gold News Quiz!

Location:

United States

Description:

Aaron Rand gets Montrealers through the end their work day with the latest news and compelling conversation. The show includes analysis from former NDP leader Tom Mulcair and The Montreal Gazette’s James Mennie. Also expect a laugh or a challenge with the Empire Gold News Quiz!

Language:

English


Episodes
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Canada announces measures to support the Canadian steel industry, New chemistry on the horizon for sunscreens, Should you, as a parent, be looking through your kids phone to keep them safe? How workplace relationships can affect your livelihood & job, & American journalist takes a trip to Canada to witness just how done Canadians are with the US

7/18/2025
Francois Desmarais, Vice President of Trade and Industry Affairs at the Canadian Steel Producers Association Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Host of the Dr. Joe Show, Sundays at 3 PM on CJAD 800 & director of the McGill Office for Science & Society Dr. Sara Grimes, Professor at McGill University and expert in children’s digital media culture and children’s rights in the digital environment Chris Dimakos, CJAD 800 legal contributor Chris Dimakos is a lawyer and managing partner at Dimakos Law Group. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand. Simon van Zaylen-Wood, Features Writer for New York Magazine,

Duration:00:44:44

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What does it take for a new municipal party to succeed?

7/18/2025
Balarama Holness, human rights advocate, co-founder of Montreal in Action, Mouvement Montréal and Bloc Montreal

Duration:00:10:41

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Mennie: Have Québecers truly turned their backs on the US?

7/18/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Duration:00:10:34

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What are the best travel destinations this summer?

7/18/2025
Nathalie Preddie, Travel journalist and author

Duration:00:06:52

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Business Brief: Are tariffs paying off for Trump?

7/18/2025
Amanda Lang, CTV News Chief Financial Correspondent

Duration:00:09:25

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Mennie: UK drops voting age to 16. Time for Canada to follow suit?

7/17/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Duration:00:10:02

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MTLNOW - JULY 17 - Francois Desmarais

7/17/2025
Francois Desmarais, Vice President of Trade and Industry Affairs at the Canadian Steel Producers Association

Duration:00:07:51

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Should you, as a parent, be looking through your kids phone to keep them safe?

7/17/2025
Dr. Sara Grimes, Professor at McGill University and expert in children’s digital media culture and children’s rights in the digital environment

Duration:00:07:31

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Canadians increasingly going abroad for medical surgeries, despite higher risks

7/16/2025
Dr. Valorie Crooks, Professor of Geography at Simon Fraser University and Canada Research Chair in Health Service Geographies

Duration:00:11:54

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Mennie: Will the fate of the Epstein tapes determine Canadian trade policy?

7/16/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Duration:00:11:38

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Legal Corner: Workplace relationships can affect your livelihood & job

7/16/2025
CJAD 800 legal contributor Chris Dimakos is a lawyer and managing partner at Dimakos Law Group. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Duration:00:08:18

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Meet one of the men behind Montreal’s new political party

7/16/2025
Joel DeBellefeuille, Founder of the new municipal party Futur Montreal and Founder of the Red Coalition

Duration:00:07:09

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American journalist takes a trip to Canada to witness just how done Canadians are with the US

7/15/2025
Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Features Writer for New York Magazine

Duration:00:11:57

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Mennie: Air quality warnings, monsoons and floods — remember when summer in the city was just a hot, gritty neck?

7/15/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Duration:00:11:42

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The Right Chemistry: New chemistry on the horizon for sunscreens

7/15/2025
Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Host of the Dr. Joe Show, Sundays at 3 PM on CJAD 800 & director of the McGill Office for Science & Society

Duration:00:08:13

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Mennie: Whenever the heavens open, Montreal and Quebec become flooded with excuses.

7/14/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Duration:00:11:52

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New study shows obesity rates have been on the rise since the pandemic

7/14/2025
Dr. Kabiri Dasgupta, professor in the Department of Medicine and physician at the McGill University Health Centre

Duration:00:08:25

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Everything you need to know about making a flood-related insurance claim

7/14/2025
Curtis Killen, President of KBD Insurance

Duration:00:04:56

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A Montreal driver was found guilty of assault and his sentence is 14 months in prison, Viagra's surprising new health benefit, What are someone’s rights in the US while waiting for a visa? Cases of colon cancer in young adults are on the rise & prioritizing Made-In-Canada AI

7/11/2025
Avi Levy co-founder of Ticket911 Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Host of the Dr. Joe Show, Sundays at 3 PM on CJAD 800 & director of the McGill Office for Science & Society Patrice Brunet, Immigration lawyer Dr. Chris Labos, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology and a regular contributor on CJAD 800 - you can catch him every Sunday on Weekends with Joanne Vrakas at 7:20AM, Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Liberal member for Toronto Centre

Duration:00:47:08

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Melançon: Lasalle College was not respecting the quotas

7/11/2025
Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal and the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies

Duration:00:11:39