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Deb Hutton speaks with a woman who alleges she faced discrimination when the Vancouver Canucks terminated her employment at the end of September. 

On today’s show: 

• A conversation with Rachel Doerrie, who has filed a complaint with the BC Human Rights Tribunal against the Canucks. 
• Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux, who is challenging Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland’s fall economic statement.
• Nicole Novroski, an assistant professor and forensic geneticist at the University of Toronto Mississauga campus, on how DNA genealogy can help solve cold cases.
• Lesia Vasylenko, a Ukrainian member of parliament, on Russian president Vladimir Putin “weaponizing winter.”
• Michelle Dittmer, president and co-founder of the Canadian Gap Year Association, on an increase in gap year popularity. 
• Rowena Santos, a Brampton city councillor who brought a motion forward to ban election signs on private property.

What is the significance of Canada’s long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy? How does it address China’s ‘disruptive power’ on the global stage? Deb Hutton speaks with a former Canadian diplomat.

On today’s show: 

• A conversation with Ben Rowswell, director of the Global Democracy Program at the Canadian International Council and former Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan.
• What are the key takeaways from the Emergencies Act inquiry? We speak with Peter MacKay, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General and former Minister of National Defence, Michael Kempa, a criminologist at the University of Ottawa, and Sharan Kaur, former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau.
• Ian Bridge, defencement from the 1986 Canada World Cup team, reacts to Canada scoring its first-ever World Cup goal. 
• Carolyn Stewart, executive director of Feed Ontario, on a new report which shows more Ontarians are relying on food banks.

Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. 

This week's show is hosted by Tamara Cherry and features panelists Robert Benzie, Queen's Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, and Sharan Kaur, political commentator and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau.

Topics:

1. Was there anything in the Emergencies Act inquiry that swayed or surprised you this week?
2. Canada put on a show in its return to the World Cup after a 36-year absence. Should we be celebrating a loss that we “deserved to win”?
3. With respiratory infections hitting the health system hard, Canada's Health Minister says more children need to get their COVID-19 and flu shots. Should that be the focus?
4. Quebec restaurants are asking the province to let them charge people for no-shows. Do you support this?
5. Were you lined up outside any stores this morning or has Black Friday lost its lustre? Does looming recession have you changing your spending habits this holiday season?

Tamara Cherry breaks down the key takeaways from Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland's testimony at the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa. 

On today's show: 

• Dwayne De Rosario, a Canadian former professional soccer player, on Canada's first game in the 2022 World Cup. 
• Overhyped v. Underplayed with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin. 
• Miniature ponies are visiting patients at a hospital in the U.K. We speak with Sarah Router, the owner. 
• Dr. Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, on Canada's new climate adaptation strategy. 
• Marieke Walsh, political reporter with The Globe and Mail, on the Emergencies Act inquiry. 
• Riskin It All with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist. 

Mike Kakuk hosts a World Cup special with a defenceman from Canada's 1986 World Cup team, the former head coach of the senior men's national team, and a soccer analyst who is in Qatar. 

On today’s show: 

• A conversation with Ian Bridge, defenceman from the 1986 Canada World Cup team.
• Glen McGregor, senior political correspondent for CTV News, provides an update on the Emergencies Act inquiry. 
• Cory Muscara, a former monk who once meditated 15 hours a day for 6 months straight with who he calls “one of the toughest Buddhist monks on the planet.” 
• The War Room political panel with Tom Mulcair, Tim Powers and Laura D’Angelo.
• Peter Galindo, a Canadian freelance soccer analyst who is currently in Qatar at the World Cup. 
• We check-in with Michael Findlay, former head coach of the Canadian senior men’s national soccer team.

One week after NASA launched its long-awaited Artemis 1 flight, the program manager for the Orion spacecraft tells guest host Deb Hutton the agency plans to have humans living on the moon sooner rather than later. 

On today’s show: 

• Howard Hu, NASA’s Orion program manager. 
• Chris Lewis, CTV public safety analyst and former OPP Commissioner, on Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety of Canada, testifying at the Emergencies Act inquiry.
• Amanda Lang, BNN Bloomberg anchor of Taking Stock, a podcast and weekly business program on Bell Media networks, on alarm bells that have been sounded on the impact of rising mortgage interest costs on personal finances.
• How much cleaning should Airbnb guests have to do? We take your calls.
• Sharan Kaur, former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau, on prepping politicians for inquiries.
• Kevin Laramee, host of the ‘Soccer Today’ podcast, on the Canadian men's national soccer team playing its first World Cup match in nearly four decades.
• Are you cutting back on holiday spending this year? We hear from you.

Deb Hutton hosts. She speaks with parents of twins who were born on Halloween from what may be the longest-frozen embryos to ever result in a live birth.

On today's show: 

• A conversation with Rachel and Philip Ridgeway, the parents of the twins.
• Paul Boniferro, a labour lawyer and the former Deputy Attorney General of Ontario on whether educational workers should be an essential service. Then, we take your calls.
• An Emergencies Act inquiry update with Graham Richardson, chief anchor for CTV Ottawa News at Six. 
• How early is too early to put up your Christmas tree? We hear from you. 
• Gymnasts are testifying on the first day of hearings regarding the safety of girls and women in sport. Among them is Kim Shore, who is also a former member of Gymnastics Canada’s board of directors. She joins the show. 
• Elizabeth May has just been re-elected leader of the Green Party of Canada after three years away from the job. She joins the program alongside Jonathan Pedneault, who plans to co-lead with her. 

Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. 

This week's show is hosted by Mike Kakuk and features panelists Ryan Price, news director and afternoon drive host on CFAX 1070 in Victoria, B.C, and Karen Restoule, CEO of Shared Value Solutions, BOLD Realities and Whose Land.

Topics:

1. Are mask recommendations enough? Or should we reinstate mandates?
2. Are we seeing the end of Twitter? 
3. Do you think Donald Trump has a shot of becoming U.S. president again?
4. Are you excited for the World Cup? Or do you have a hard time supporting or watching with Qatar’s human rights issues? 
5. A new study shows the sounds that Americans love and hate to hear the most. Which ones are on your list? 

Researchers may have discovered a breakthrough vaccine for fentanyl. Guest host Mark Towhey speaks with the study's lead author about how this could work.

On today’s show: 

• A conversation with Colin Haile, a founding member of the University of Houston Drug Discovery Institute.
• The answers to improving Canada's health-care system could be in space. Mark speaks with Dr. Dave Williams, a retired Canadian astronaut. 
• Overhyped vs Underplayed with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin.
• Trudeau’s national security adviser is set to testify at the Emergencies Act inquiry. Mark speaks with Marieke Walsh, a political reporter with The Globe and Mail.
• Phones can now give earthquake early warnings. Robert de Groot, coordinator for communication, education, outreach, and technical engagement for ShakeAlert, joins the show. 
• Why did Xi Jinping publicly rebuke Justin Trudeau and what does it mean for Canada's relations with China? Former diplomat Ben Rowswell joins. 
• Riskin It All with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist. 

Mike Kakuk hosts. He speaks with Canadian astronaut Dr. David Saint-Jacques about the historic Artemis 1 mission. 

On today's show: 

• A conversation with Canadian astronaut Dr. David Saint-Jacques, the most recent Canadian astronaut to fly aboard the International Space Station. 
• Major-General (Retired) Denis Thompson on the missile strike in Poland. 
• Siobhan Morris, Queen's Park reporter for CTV Toronto, on Ontario education workers giving notice to strike again.
• The War Room political panel with Zain Velji, Tom Mulcair and Tim Powers. 
• Rosie Grant, a Los Angeles social media creator who bakes recipes she finds on gravestones epitaphs.