The Jim Richards Show

Ford is developing automated tech that will let drivers doze off, and Driving.Ca David Booth weighs in.

Richard Crouse discusses Chris Rock Live Netflix special, Selective Outrage during which he addresses at Will Smith Oscar slap last year.

MenTell Health, we talk to the author of a book called Smartphones Don’t Give Hugs, Dr. H David Burstein

CTV political analyst Scott Reid joins NEWSTALK Tonight to further discuss Trudeau’s announcement about a top-secret national security committee to investigate foreign interference. Then we take your calls and texts on the matter.

A BC firm got Health Canada approval to make and sell cocaine. To explain more, Dr. Paxton Bach, co-medical director at BC Centre on Substance Use.

And one of our weekly segments Explain Your Likes, W5’s Avery Haines talks about some of her social media favourites.

PM Trudeau to tap top-secret national security committee to investigate foreign interference amid inquiry calls, and we discuss this with our panel on the Rundown with Mike Kakuk and Laura Babcock.

Later we talk to Tom Mulcair - CTV News Political Analyst, former leader of the NDP

Did Richard Crouse like these movies? We play previews from some of the movies you can watch this weekend and guess whether CTV Movie Critic Richard Crouse like them.

Later its Slow News Day with producer Tony, some of the stories that did not make the cut.

What makes the difference in grocery prices in the different provinces? The food professor Sylvain Charlebois explains.

Police rescue 64 Mexican nationals who were brought to the GTA and exploited for their labour – Deena Ladd of Workers’ Action Centre talks to Jim about how foreign workers are often exploited.

We have a look at the feel good stories of the week; and find out if they give us feels.

Randi Fixes Everything: We discuss some of the controversies in the news and Randi Rahamim offers the fix.

Jim starts the show with a train of thoughts ‘choo choo’. Later the Rundown panel with Dan Laxer and Andrew Pinsent, we discuss some of the biggest stories of the day.

Finally a conversation about the weather we are expecting in the GTA with the greatest Phillips – David Phillips of Environment Canada

CP24 Crime reporter and former homicide detective Steve Ryan, joins NEWSTALK Tonight to talk about his book about some of the cases he worked on, The Ghosts That Haunt Me.

And TV Critic Amber Dowling comes on to tell us what to stream this weekend.

The hour starts with Cancel Court. Who will be cancelled this week? Mark Wahlberg, Scott Adams and others are on the NEWSTALK Tonight Trial

David Cooper joins the show and reads some text messages from his mom.

Finally for Slow News Day, producer Tony reads some of the news stories that didn’t make all the other shows.

Kids Help Phone Launches Largest Movement for Youth Mental Health and Alisa Simon, Chief Youth Officer tells us all about it.

Captain Ron joins the show as he does every week to talk about some of the podcasts he has reviewed this week.

Craig Baird from Canada History EhX talks about the time Mr. Bean came to Toronto

Finally, it’s National Sleep Awareness Month and Jory from Sleep Country tells us how to improve our sleep health.

Joy Smith, Founder of the Joy Smith Foundation, talks about how to see the signs to stop human trafficking; Nordstrom is leaving Canada and Retail Analyst Bruce Winder on the show to explain what happened.  Dr. Abdu can understand and speak multiple languages so he helps us with words that Merriam-Webster cannot translate to English. Later we talk to the Walrus Whisperer about Smooshi the walrus leaving Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., for SeaWorld Abu Dhabi.