Weekly check-in with Geoff Currier. This week: The Federal Government is still unclear about how to handle the border issue, and why was a Winnipeg radio host was fired this week?

Guest: Geoff Currier - Host, CJOB Winnipeg

In the “largest ever effort to document symptoms of people before they know they have MS” the University of British Columbia has found that during the five years before people developed the first clinically recognized signs of MS, they are up to our times more likely to be treated for nervous system disorders such as pain or sleep problems, and are 50 per cent more likely to visit a psychiatrist.

Guest: Helen Tremlett - Professor in the Division of Neurology at UBC

1. It’s a very important holiday today...World Emoji Day! So today, Twitter Canada released lists of the most-used emojis by Canadians, coming in at number one is…

2. An announcement last week confirmed a Blockbuster in America will be the last one open in the country...but where is it?

3. The incoming legalization of recreational cannabis has organizations across the country scrambling to update smoking policies, and landlords are no different.

Back at the White House today, Trump is now claiming he meant the opposite when he said in Helsinki that he doesn't see why Russia would have interfered in the 2016 U-S elections. Trump told reporters that he really meant he doesn't see why Russia “wouldn't” be responsible.

Guest: James Moore - Former Canadian Minister of Industry, Current Senior Business Advisor at Dentons law firm & Chancellor at the University of Northern British Columbia

1. If you’re dealing with some scorching summer weather where you live, you’re not alone. SEVEN provinces have issued hot weather warnings as governments work to find ways to keep people cool.

2. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday but when asked whether he also had concerns about U.S. President Donald Trump’s defence of Putin, he refused to say.

3. A survey released today by the Angus Reid Institute is taking a deeper look into what exactly living in poverty means in Canada, and the challenges faced by those who struggle to make ends meet.

This week: Rob’s column on why we need to think “outside the bus” when it comes to replacing Greyhound services, and what happens when politicians make ridiculous statements on twitter.

Guest: Rob Breakenridge - Host, 770 CHQR