For those of you who were worried that they would not be able to watch Charlie Brown classics for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year due to Apple owning the rights, you are in luck! A deal has been struck with PBS.

Guest: Bill Brioux, Brioux.tv

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Pfizer has announced that their vaccine has a 95% effectiveness and that they will seek permission for use within days.

Guest: Stephanie Dewitte-Orr, Associate Professor, Health Sciences and Biology; Undergraduate Advisor, Health SciencesWilfrid Laurier

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There are no plans to extend winter breaks for Ontario schools. The Minister of Education previously mentioned the possibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guest: Sabrina Nanji, Queen’s Park Today

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Advocacy group Autism Canada is infuriated over the defense lawyers in the Alek Minassian trial arguing that the killing can be attributed to what they call his “autistic way of thinking.”

Guest: Dominique Chabot, Family Support & Media Relations with Autism Canada

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Is the clean fuel standard overkill for your tank? Does it do much for the environment?

Guest: Dr. Ross McKitrick, Professor of Economics and CBE Fellow in Sustainable Commerce, Department of Economics and Finance with the University of Guelph

The CFL Commissioner says that he’s optimistic that the league will be back, but what changes will be needed so a season can commence. Meanwhile Canada is looking into whether the Raptors can play in within the country.

Guest: Sean Fitzgerald, Managing Editor, feature writer with The Athletic

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The number of people who want to get a COVID-19 vaccine is rising. Why was there such hesitancy before?

Guest: Steven Taylor, Ph.D., R.Psych., Professor & Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia

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Canadian manufacturers are gearing up for the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Guest: Jim Estill, president and chief executive officer of Danby

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According to reports, last week U.S. President Trump asked about striking a nuclear site in Iran but then decided against it after being advised against it.

Guest: Ferry De Kerckhove, Senior Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa

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Toy Retailers are preparing for one busy holiday season and some retail analysts are saying that the lack of normalcy this year may result in strong toy sales.

Guest: Sean Williams, Vice President of Merchandising, eCommerce & Supply Chain at Toys R Us Canada

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With wintery weather upon us, and potential restrictions in movement due to rising COVID-19 cases, how important for our mental health will it be to get up and moving?

Guest: Kathie Sharkey, the president of the Canadian Kinesiology Alliance

A new privacy law proposed by the Canadian government promises penalties for those that abuse data, and stiff fines for companies.

Guest: Carmi Levy. Tech Analyst

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