We chat about the negotiations go down to the wire as 1800 WestJet pilots set to walk out with John Gradek (head of McGill University's aviation management program). We discuss Sean Silcoff's (technology reporter, The Globe and Mail, co-author of Losing the Signal: the Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry) new book on the rise and fall of Blackberry, and the new movie on the device. Rob Breakenridge (host of Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge, 630 CHED/770 CHQR) joins us to talk about today's election debate in Alberta. We look at how parking shapes so much of how we design the world with Henry Grabar (staff writer at Slate, author of “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World”). A new breed of spooky shark discovered near Australia, and they have some very odd looking eyes. Helen O’Neill (research technician, CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection) tells us everything we know about this fish, and Nicole Osinga (nutritionist) tell us what food items belong in the fridges and which ones don’t.

Tonight, we get into rental prices reaching new heights across Canada with Paul Danison (content director, Rentals.ca) and with housing starting to become unaffordable, what can be done about it? Jim Dunn (Senator William McMaster Chair of Urban Health Equity, and director, Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative, McMaster University) gives us some answers. Danardo Jones, (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor) helps us understand if the federal government found the right balance on bail reform. This week on Journo Corner, Tristin Hopper ( columnist and reporter, National Post) gets into what should you keep in your fridge and the new movie on Blackberry. Road workers face life-threatening dangers. Trace Acres (program director, Road Safety at Work) and Christeena Van Doorn (Dispatch Manager, BCRS Road Safe Inc. and roadside worker for 20 years) tells us how can we protect them, and we remember the daring raid that helped change the course of the Second World War, and the Canadians who took part with Karl Kjarsgaard (curator, Bomber Command Museum).

We head to the frontlines of the wildfires across Western Canada with Kyle Brittain (freelance videojournalist and former wildland firefighter). Duncan Dee (former chief operating officer at Air Canada) helps us understand why WestJet pilots issuing a strike notice. We get into the road rage over AM radios being removed from vehicles with Michael Harrison (publisher of Talkers, a trade journal covering the talk radio industry). One of country music’s biggest stars Lainey Wilson (singer, songwriter, actor) gets set for a Canadian tour. We dispell the myths and differences that exist between generations of people with Jean Twenge (professor of psychology at San Diego State University, author of “Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers and Silents – and What They Mean for America’s Future”) and we learn why kids are turning to old tech like flip phones with Omar Fares (Lecturer in the Ted Rogers School of Retail Management, Toronto Metropolitan University).

Stellantis stops construction on Windsor, Ont., EV battery plant amid fed dispute

Guest: Greig Mordue, Associate Professor, ArcelorMittal Dofasco Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Policy, Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University

Another unsuccessful year for Canadian NHL teams

Guest: Reid Wilkins, host of Inside Sports, 630 CHED in Edmonton

Junk food is getting a lot more expensive and we’re willing to pay for it

Guest: Yann Cornil, University of British Columbia

The way we purchase and consume fast food is changing…fast

Guest: Adam Chandler, author of “Drive-Thru Dreams”

Turkish Election

Guest: Chris Kilford, director, Canadian International Council, former Canadian military attaché in Ankara

BC Liquor Auction: $225,000 bottle of single malt

Guest: Ajay Bhardwaj, The Whisky Consultant

We talk about the risks presented by wildfire smoke with Michael Mehta (Professor, Department of Environment, Culture, and Society, Thompson Rivers University) and the fight against cuts to staff and resources, as Alberta firefighters are battling more than just flames, with Harold Larson (Canadian wildland firefighter, author of “The Wildfire Twenty”). Binance leaves Canada - Henry Kim (Associate Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems; Co-Director, BlockchainLab, York University) gets into what this mean for the future of crypto trading in the country, and family lore and female empowerment in Prohibition-era Virginia set the stage for a new novel from bestselling author Jeannette Walls (writer and novelist, author of “The Glass House” and “Hang the Moon”).

After another OPP officer killed on duty, what is behind the disturbing trend of police officer ambushes and deaths in Canada? Greg Brown (Adjunct Research Professor and Contract Instructor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University, spent 35 years with the OPS and retired as a detective sergeant) joins us to talk about what needs to be done. She made her name blowing the whistle on Facebook, now Frances Haugen (advocate for accountability & transparency in social media, author of The Power of One) is coming to work in Canada and the plans she has. Tara Parry ( Director, Permanent Placement Services, Robert Half Canada Vancouver) helps us get into what are working moms looking for from employers. Toronto author Kyo Maclear (author, Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secret) digs up long-held family secrets in her new book, Unearthing. Taylor J. Swift (Senior Policy Advisor, Demand Progress) helps us understand Trump’s CNN town hall, Congressman George Santos’ defiance in the face of criminal charges and the end of shame in US politics, and we discuss the Hollywood Writers’ Strike, and how it affects the Canadian movie industry with Anthony Q. Farrell (Canadian screenwriter and producer, credits include The Office, Little Mosque on the Prairie).

What is the impact of the removal of iconic Canadian images from newly-designed passports? Brad West (mayor of Port Coquitlam) joins us to discuss. Jonny Morris (CEO, Canadian Mental Health Association of BC) talks to us about how should bystanders react to someone having a mental health crisis. On Journo Corner this week, we get into Alberta's election, thew passport redesign and pickleball with Dave Breakenridge (editor Edmonton Journal/Sun, host 10/3 podcast). Journalist Melissa Fung joins us to talk about her new book, Between Good and Evil, and how she found kinship with survivors of Boko Haram. We dive into the continued tussle over tipping with Michael von Massow (a food economy professor at the University of Guelph) and Strange Advance head out on a 40th anniversary tour! Drew Arnott (singer, songwriter and co-founder, Strange Advance) gives us all the details.

Tonight, Rick Mercer joins us to talk about Canada's Walk of Fame and being an inductee this year! Brett Popplewell (writer, assistant professor of journalism, Carleton University, author of Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past) tells us the story of a super athlete in his 80s - and how it may help you re-consider what aging means. On A Little More True Crime, Tamara Cherry (former crime reporter, author of The Trauma Beat: A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News) gives us her perspective on re-thinking how we report on crime. We get into China expelling a Canadian diplomat, and threatening further retaliation in election interference with James Griffiths (Asia Correspondent, The Globe and Mail), and we look at Australia’s strict new vaping rules, and if Canada should follow suit with Cynthia Callard (executive director, Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada).

An inside look at the toll of evacuations and wildfires in Alberta

Guest: Chief Conroy Sewepagaham, Chief of Little Red River Cree Nation

Canada moves to boot a Chinese diplomat out of the country, what now?

Guest: Gordon Houlden, Director Emeritus of the China Institute, University of Alberta

Small business owners struggling to find time away from their work

Guest: Jenn Newark, owner, Pet Grocer (in Ontario)

A Canadian entrepreneur who revived brands such as Toys R Us and Sunrise Records sets his sights on Bed Bath & Beyond

Guest: Doug Putman, Putman Investments

Draft Lottery - Connor Bedard

Guest: Adam Laskaris, sports writer, Offside/Daily Hive Toronto

Willie Nelson at 90

Guest: Michael Gray, Vice President, Museum Services, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Fleeing Alberta’s growing wildfires

Guest: Morgan Black, digital journalist, Global News Edmonton/630 CHED

Early wildfires and what they mean for the summer ahead

Guest: Jen Beverly, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept, University of Alberta (former wildland firefighter)

Camping out for a good spot on the Coronation procession route? 

Guest: Mary Foster, Canadian camped on The Mall in London

How does security work at a coronation

Guest: Philip Grindell, security and protection expert, CEO and founder of Defuse

What to watch for during a coronation steeped in history but promising modern touches

Guest: Joe Little, Managing Editor, Majesty Magazine

Reflecting on the death of Gordon Lightfoot

Guest: Nicholas Jennings, Canadian music journalist and author of Lightfoot