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  • Canada honours victims of École Polytechnique massacre on 32nd anniversary

    Evan Solomon speaks with Nathalie Provost, who was shot four times when a gunman stormed École Polytechnique in 1989 — widely believed to be Canada's largest mass shooting specifically targeting women.

    On today's show: 

    • We play Evan’s full interview with Evan Siddall, former CEO of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, on whether Canada is in a housing bubble.
    • Dick Pound, longtime member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and former Canadian Olympian, on the U.S announcing a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics.
    • Nathalie Provost, survivor of the École Polytechnique massacre. 
    • Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist, on how one out of every 15 points of light in the sky will soon be a satellite.
      • 1 hr 19 min
    • Free For All Friday

      Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent from 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 features panelists Karl Dockstader, co-host of One Dish One Mic which airs in St. Catherine’s, London and Windsor on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Elias Makos, host of The Elias Makos Show which airs on CJAD in Montreal from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

      Topics: 

      1. Do you agree with the travel bans Canada has implemented?
      2. Barbados just got rid of the Queen — should Canada follow suit?
      3. Nanos is seeing a 'cocktail of pessimism' driving down Canadians' perception of future living standards. Are you optimistic for the future?
      4. If you were snowed in at a bar for three days with a cover band, which band would you want it to be?
      5. What’s your stance on real versus fake Christmas trees?



        6. 40 min
      6. NACI updates recommendations on COVID-19 boosters

        Amanda Galbraith guest hosts The Evan Solomon Show and breaks down NACI's latest recommendations for COVID-19 booster shots.

        On today's show: 

        • Hélène Normandin, communications director for Québec Maple Syrup Producers, on why Canada is unlocking its vault of maple syrup.
        • Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti, infectious disease specialist at Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, on COVID-19 booster shots. 
        • Katherine Velan, a travel agent with Direct Travel in Montreal, on travel bans and what to know if you are planning to travel soon. 
          • 40 min
        • Jane Goodall, world-famous ethologist and conservationist, shares message of hope

          Graham Richardson fills in for Evan Solomon. He speaks with Jane Goodall, the world’s most famous living naturalist and foremost expert on chimpanzees, on her message of hope as we head into 2022 and beyond. 

          On today's show: 

          • A conversation with Jane Goodall, the world’s most famous living naturalist and foremost expert on chimpanzees.
          • Gemma Hickey, Canadian LGBTQ2 rights activist, on MPs unanimously agreeing to pass a bill banning conversion therapy. 
          • Rob Fleming, B.C’s Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, on the government's response to flooding in that province.
          • Dr. Abdu Sharkawy, infectious diseases specialist at the University Health Network, on the Omicron variant, travel bans, and booster shots. 
            • 1 hr 19 min
          • Canada adds more countries to travel ban list over Omicron concerns

            Evan Solomon speaks with Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport of Canada, on Canada tightening border measures amid Omicron COVID-19 variant concerns. 

            On today's show: 

            • We play Evan's full interview with Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport of Canada, on Canada's response to the Omicron variant.
            • Zoey Purves, a 17-year-old litigant from Ottawa, on launching a court challenge to lower federal voting age from 18.
            • 'The War Room' with political strategists Tasha Kheiriddin and Zain Velji and former NDP leader Tom Mulcair.
            • Spencer Coyne, mayor of Princeton, BC, on the severe flooding in his town.
              • 1 hr 18 min
            • Canada may need to do ‘more’ to combat Omicron variant, Trudeau says

              Evan Solomon speaks with Dr. Peter Singer, special advisor to the World Health Organization’s Director General, on updates regarding the Omicron COVID-19 variant.

              On today's show: 

              • David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, on a new report which suggests fear of the Omicron variant is triggering anxiety across Canada.
              • Dr. Peter Singer, special advisor to the World Health Organization’s Director General, on Omicron.
              • Simon Gleave, head of Sports Analysis at Nielsen Gracenote, on predicting Canada will have its worst Winter Olympic medal haul in 20 years.
              • David Molko, senior reporter with CTV Vancouver, on B.C’s flooding.
              • Steven Page, founding member and  primary songwriter of Barenaked Ladies, on creativity and how watching the new Beatles documentary has reminded him of his own band’s breakup. 
              • Jim Puckett, former mayor of Fitzgerald, Georgia, on standing by a giant topiary chicken that got him ousted as mayor.
                • 1 hr 19 min
              • What we know and don't know about Omicron variant

                Evan Solomon speaks with infectious diseases physician Dr. Isaac Bogoch about the new COVID-19 Omicron variant, and what we know about it so far. 

                On today's show: 

                • Dr. Isaac Bogoch, infectious diseases physician, on the Omicron variant.
                • We play Evan’s full conversation with Canada’s former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz on the cause of Canada’s inflation problem.
                • Gen. Wayne Eyre on his top priorities as Canada’s chief of the defence staff.
                • Brad Hunter, national crime columnist for the Toronto Sun, on Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-trafficking trial. He has been following this case for years.
                • Steven Page, founding member and primary songwriter of Barenaked Ladies, on his tribute song to Ryan Reynolds and the new Beatles documentary.
                • Nicola Townsend, manager of the Tan Hill Inn in the U.K, on how British pub-goers spent the weekend confined to a remote Yorkshire pub with an Oasis tribute band after getting snowed in.
                  • 1 hr 19 min
                • Free For All Friday

                  Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent from 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 features panelists Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and Karen Gordon, Principle of Gordon Strategy.

                  Topics: 

                  1. The WHO has designated new variant of concern named Omicron, with Canada now issuing a travel advisory and banning entry of foreign nationals from southern Africa.
                  2. Is it disingenuous to blame Trudeau for inflation?
                  3. Should we be considering a diplomatic boycott of the Olympics?
                  4. The great Wiarton Willie cover up — The mayor of a small Ontario town is defending its decision to keep a famous weather-prognosticating groundhog's death a secret for about a year.
                    5. 40 min
                  5. Chapman’s responds to pay raise backlash from anti-vaccine groups

                    Evan Solomon speaks with Chapman's Ice Cream's VP Ashley Chapman on the backlash the company has received over a pay bump for vaccinated employees.

                    On today's show: 

                    • 'Overhyped v. Underplayed' with CTV News political commentator Scott Reid. 
                    • Hameed Amir Khan, who represents a group of 300 former Canadian interpreters, on Canada announcing a new immigration 'pathway' for Afghan interpreters' extended families.
                    • Ashley Chapman, vice-president of Chapman’s Ice Cream, on a pay bump for vaccinated employees.
                    • Astrophysicist Amita Kuttner, the interim leader for the Green Party of Canada. 
                      • 1 hr 19 min
                    • Storm hitting Atlantic Canada 'very similar' to what struck B.C.

                      Evan Solomon speaks with Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun on his city preparing for the next atmospheric river and chats with Channel-Port aux Basques Mayor Brian Button on an 'unprecedented' storm moving over southwestern Newfoundland.

                      On today's show: 

                      • We play Evan's full interview with Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole on his reaction to Tuesday's Throne Speech. 
                      • Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun with an update the severe flooding that has submerged areas of his city.
                      • 'The War Room' with political strategists Zain Velji and Tasha Kheiriddin and former NDP leader Tom Mulcair. 
                      • Channel-Port aux Basques Mayor Brian Button on his town being cut off from the rest of Newfoundland because of an 'unprecedented' storm.
                      • Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist, on NASA launching a spacecraft to crash into an asteroid.
                        • 1 hr 19 min

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