Guest: Blaine Kyllo- Tech Expert at Solo Corps

The trial for Douglas Garland continues in Calgary, as the 56 year old man is charged with three counts of first degree murder in the deaths of five year old Nathan O’Brien and his grandparents Alvin and Kathy Liknes.

Guest: Nancy Hixt- Global Reporter

We are one day away from Donald Trump officially becoming the President of the United States. Some inauguration events took place today, with Donald Trump visiting Arlington National Ceremony for a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns. What else happened today, and what can we expect to see tomorrow?  

Guest: Reggie Cecchini- Journalist based in Washington, Producer/editor for Global National

Budget flight company NewLeaf has been causing frustration and headaches since their first flight took off from Hamilton in July of last year. In January frustrated holiday travelers were stuck on planes for hours...before being taken off and left without help to find hotels or transportation. Today, they cancelled more flights in Ontario, BC, Alberta and Nova Scotia because of negotiations with Flair Airlines, which operates NewLeaf’s flights.

Is it worth it to have a low budget airline if it comes with so many problems?

Guest: Jim Young- President & CEO, NewLeaf

We’ve spent a lot of this week talking about Trump’s inauguration and Kevin O’Leary’s run for Conservative leadership. And some people have pointed out the similarities between the two. Both are originally businessmen, who also had their own tv shows focused on business, and they also have the same way of speaking.

Is it fair to say the rise of politicians like Kellie Leitch and Kevin O’Leary are a result of spillover from Donald Trump supporters? Rachel Gise, the Editor at large and a columnist at Chateline Magazine recently wrote a piece titled “What’s with the Trump-style politics of Kevin O’Leary and Kellie Leitch?”   

A group of very prominent Canadians, including singer Raffi, Claire Martin, Georges Laraque, Neil Young and David Suzuki have added their names to a call on the Liberal Government to keep their promise on electoral reform. The group Every Vote Counts says they want a system that will “provide all citizens with a real opportunity to elect a candidate according to their values,” and that will “reflect the choice of voters without producing skewed results.”  

Yesterday we were taking your calls about the need for a bilingual Prime Minister in Canada, and today it seemed like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was defending that need.

At a town hall in Sherwood, Quebec Tuesday night Justin Trudeau answered all questions in French...even the ones that were posed to him in English.

It our Prime Minister overstepping his boundaries? Or is he playing the language card? 

Businessman Kevin O’Leary has officially joined 13 other candidates in the running for the Conservative leadership. He made the announcement this morning saying he will be courting younger voters, who he calls his “army of entrepreneurs.”

Guest: Vassy Kapelos- Global National, Ottawa Bureau Chief

A study from the Statistics Canada has revealed some pretty shocking statistics relating to the mental health of Canadian youth. It found:

Why is it that Canadian youth suffering from depression aren’t looking for help? What can we do as a country to help those affected by depression, and why is this something we need to pay attention to?