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Hosted by Martin Strong, Vancouver Consumer introduces you to local products and services. We’ll share our experiences, tips, reviews, and recommendations. Tune in on Saturdays from 2pm - 4pm as we investigate all sorts of industries, including real estate, finance, travel, retail, and more.
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Greg has been with CORUS and AM640 since Fall 2019 when he crossed over from Sportsnet 590, the Fan after 9 1/2 years wanting to do something more challenging and diverse than "just" sports. After success early in his career in Detroit co-hosting the top-rated morning sports talk show in the entire state of Michigan from 2002 to 2007, Greg came to Toronto and CORUS/AM640 to co-host "The Bill Watters Show" when the company had the broadcast rights to the Toronto Maple Leafs. His time at Sport ...
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Every weeknight, you can count on A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne to feature compelling stories, diverse viewpoints, thoughtful questions, and frank conversations on topics that matter to all Canadians. From politics to public health, diplomacy to discrimination, affordability to artificial intelligence, and the environment to entertainment, the show will deliver a fresh approach to current affairs from a genuinely Canadian perspective. Who is Ben O’Hara-Byrne? Currently the ...
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The Informed Traveler

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The Informed Traveler Podcast is part of the Informed Traveler Radio Show heard every Sunday on Corus Radio in Edmonton and Calgary. It's Western Canada’s Premiere Travel Radio Show, where our goal is to help you become a more informed traveler.
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This Is Why

Global News / Curiouscast

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We live in a confusing world… so if you’ve ever stopped and asked yourself WHY something matters, we’re here to help. Every week Adam Toy and Dave McIvor will ask one big question and uncover the answer to help you truly understand what’s going on around you. They'll try to get to the bottom of the issue by chatting with experts, journalists and even folks directly involved. They may not have all the answers to climate change, world politics or the economy BUT you can join them on this weekl ...
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The Shift with Shane Hewitt is talk radio done differently. It’s made for the Canadian community of night owls and early risers. Host Shane Hewitt looks at the news of the day under a new light, revealing what’s really happening behind the scenes and the impact on our lives. The Shift shares stories you’ve never heard before, creating bright and lively conversation in the darkest hours of the night, right across Canada.
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Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with former congressman Joe Walsh about former President Donald Trump's record breaking acceptance speech at the final night of the Republican National Convention. 93 minutes! And, will President Biden be out of the race by weekend's end? Next, Don Boyle, CEO of Exhibition Place, about Honda Indy weekend in the city.. wha…
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Greg Brady and the panel of: Harrison Lowman, Managing Editor of The Hub & Ben Mulroney, 640 Toronto Contributor discussed: Trump recounts assassination attempt during RNC speech Once defiant, Biden is now 'soul searching' about dropping out of race Trump/Israel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Mike Van Soelen (@mvansoelen), Crisis communications expert with Oyster Group, about former President Donald Trump's performance at the final night of the Republican National Convention... and a global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air on Friday i…
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Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer and Academic Programs Coordinator of Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations and Integrated Aviation Management at McGill University, about a widespread IT outage that grounded flights around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Jennifer McKelvie (@McKelvieTO), Deputy Mayor and Toronto Councillor for Scarborough-Rouge Park, about renaming a stretch of downtown to 'Taylor Swift Way' when the pop superstar visits Toronto in November as part of her Eras Tour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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NASA's Mars simulator crew emerged after 378 days: What did they learn? (1:23) Guest: Kelly Haston, mission commander for NASA's all-volunteer Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA-1) project Donald Trump promised a gentler tone as he addressed delegates at the Republican National Convention, did he deliver? (28:15) Guest: Drew Kur…
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Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with criminal Joseph Neuberger about two sexual assault cases heading back for new trials after Ontario's Court of Appeal found the judges were wrong to rely on stereotypes to doubt the alleged victims' accounts of what happened. Then, Jim Ginn, Mayor of Central Huron, to talk about why his community will continue to hono…
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Greg Brady and the panel of: Caryma Sa’d, lawyer, protest watcher, Kate Harrison, Vice Chair of Summa Strategies & Kevin Vuong, Independent M-P for Spadina - Fort York discussed: Ready-to-drink beverages can be sold in grocery stores Trudeau cabinet to meet Friday as speculation around a shuffle swirls Trudeau holds meeting with Mark Carney to join…
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Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Sahar Ghafouri, Senior Director of Operations at the North York Harvest Food Bank, about how they're facing a roughly $50,000 loss following Tuesday's storm. What was damaged - and can they proceed if they don't come up with the cash? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Greg (@GregBradyTo) speaks with Jim Ginn, Mayor of Central Huron, about why his town is committed to honouring author Alice Munro, despite revelations of a dark family secret. Munro's daughter Andrea Robin Skinner, the youngest of Munro’s children, penned a first-person essay in the Toronto Star that shed light on the sexual abuse she suffered at t…
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Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with criminal lawyer Joseph Neuberger about two sexual assault cases heading back for new trials after Ontario's Court of Appeal found the judges were wrong to rely on stereotypes to doubt the alleged victims' accounts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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How bad traffic and crumbling infrastructure are driving people out of cities (1:34) Guest: Jeff Lang-Weir, spokesperson, Toronto Region Board of Trade Health minister concerned over new U.S. border rules for dogs starting August 1 (17:29) Guest: Mark Holland, Minister of Health of Canada Health minister concerned over new U.S. border rules for dog…
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Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Laryssa Waler, Executive Advisor at GT & Company consulting firm, about new internal government polling commissioned by Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives that found the LCBO workers' strike is having little impact on the public and Ford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Dianne Martin, CEO of WeRPN, about a study commissioned by the Registered Practical Nurses Association in Ontario (WeRPN), that revealed a concerning majority of RPNs find staffing shortages are having a negative impact on patient care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Greg (@GregBradyTO) focuses on the disastrous response by the City of Toronto to the extreme flooding we saw Tuesday. Toronto saw road closures, TTC stations shuttered due to flooding.. was the flash flooding a complete surprise? Global News Chief Meteorologist Anthony Farnell with those answers.. Also, Lou Di Gironimo, General Manager of Toronto W…
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Greg Brady and the panel of: Stephanie Smyth, broadcaster, Smyth Media Group, Brad Bradford, Toronto city councillor for Beaches - East York & Mark Saunders, former Toronto police chief, mayoral candidate discussed: Storm response Internal poll for Doug Ford finds strong support for booze liberalization plan Car theft finally decelerating in Canada…
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Record rain swamps Toronto (2:01) Guest: Anthony Farnell, Chief Meteorologist, Global News Why infrastructure in Canadian cities is so vulnerable to extreme weather (16:47) Guest: Slobodan Simonovic, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University; Director of engineering works, Institute catastrophic loss reduction Why is the…
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Greg (@gregbradyTO) leaned into a new survey from the Toronto Region Board of Trade that found that more than half of residents, 53 per cent, have thought about moving away from the GTA and its congestion. Giles Gherson, President and CEO of the Toronto Region Board of Trade, joined Greg in studio to discuss. Also, Earl Blaney, immigration consulta…
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Greg Brady and the panel of: Ana Bailao,housing expert and former Toronto city councillor, deputy mayor & Norm Di Pasquale, Co-Chair of Ontario Place for All, volunteer with Save Ontario’s Science Centre, former school board trustee discussed: Bad traffic causing locals to consider leaving Toronto: survey LCBO launches new ad with negotiations stal…
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Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Parthi Kandavel (@ParthiKandavel), Toronto city councillor for Scarborough Southwest, about an item he's bringing to the city's executive committee meeting, asking for a boost in violence prevention opportunities while young people are on summer break. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Giles Gherson (@gilesgherson), President and Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Region Board of Trade, about the results of an Ipsos poll that shows that more than half of residents, 53 per cent, have thought about moving away from the GTA and its congestion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a…
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Former FBI agent breaks down the investigation into Trump assassination attempt (1:07) Guest: Ken Gray, former FBI special agent, distinguished lecturer, Department of Criminology, University of New Haven Political implications of the Trump assassination attempt (16:57) Guest: Frank Wilkinson, Opinion columnist, Bloomberg Trump shooting: Are attack…
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Greg (@gregbradyTO) discussed the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. There are so many angles to this developing story, but first, let's go to the scene of the crime with Donna Hutz. Donna travelled from Ohio, with her son, to attend Trump's rally. She was just rows behind Trump when he was shot. Also, Michael Harrigan, a par…
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Greg Brady and the panel of: Nokha Dakroub, former Peel District School Board trustee & Ryan Painter, host of the Ryan Painter Podcast, consultant and public speaker discussed: How the attempted assassination of former President Trump unfolded A staff report will be made public today, examining the Ontario government’s obligations regarding the Sci…
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Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Mike Harrigan, Partner at PAX Group, former Chief of the FBI's Firearms Training Unit, about security protocols that would've been in place at President Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Corus Radio
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Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Jon Reid (@tpareid), President of the Toronto Police Association and Hank Idsinga, 640 Toronto's Crime Specialist and former police inspector, about the investigation into the shooting at President Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Donna Hutz, who travelled from her home in Ohio to Butler, Pennsylvania to see former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally. Donna was right behind President Trump when he was shot in the ear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Corus Radio
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The FBI is investigating the shooting at President Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania as domestic terrorism. Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Jacob Ware, a domestic terrorism researcher with the Council on Foreign Relations, and co-author of ‘God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit …
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After a roller coaster week for President Biden, calls continue for him to step aside (1:38) Guest: Christy Setzer, president, New Heights Communications Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial ends after judge tosses the case over withheld evidence (16:18) Guest: Neama Rahmani, President of West Coast Trial Lawyers, former federal prosecutor…
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Guest Host, Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) and the panel of: Ana Bailao, former Toronto city councillor, deputy mayor, housing expert & Jon Burnside, Toronto City Councillor for Don Valley East discussed: Toronto's youth firearm arrests up 161% in 2 years Work at Ontario Place is stopped pending a court hearing Trudeau says he’s trying to recruit Carn…
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Guest host Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) spoke with Gary Sands, senior vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers, about the lag in grocers signing up for new licences that would allow them to sell beer, wine and ready-to-drink cocktails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Guest host Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) spoke with Jay Goldberg (@JayJGoldberg), Ontario and Interim Atlantic Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, about why Premier Doug Ford needs to allow grocers to sell all alcohol during the LCBO workers strike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Guest host Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) spoke with Joe Walsh, Former congressman and host of, 'White Flag with Joe Walsh,' about President Joe Biden's performance at the NATO summit - and if Biden can continue in the Presidential race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Corus Radio
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List of Canadians without a family doctor continues to grow (1:35) Guest: Dr. Jobin Varughese, President-Elect, Ontario College of Family Physicians Winnipeg serial killer found guilty of 1st-degree murder in deaths of four Indigenous women (18:15) Guest: Melissa Robinson, cousin of Morgan Harris Winnipeg serial killer found guilty of 1st-degree mu…
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Guest Host, Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) and the panel of: Caryma Sa’d, lawyer, protest watcher, Kim Wright, Strategist, Founder and Principal of Wright Strategies & Kevin Vuong, Independent M-P for Spadina - Fort York discussed: U of T gave pro-Palestinian protesters amnesty before camp was packed up Second engineering report on Ontario Science Cen…
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A delayed flight could mean some unwanted expenses, or even a ruined vacation. But for a pair of veteran NASA astronauts -- it's meant a few extra weeks in space. What was supposed to be a week-long trip to the international space station for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams has quickly stretched into over a month-long stay Guest host Ben Mulroney (…
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Guest host Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) spoke with Sharan Kaur, political strategist, about Canada moving ahead with the purchase of new submarines to replace its aging fleet, as it faces mounting pressure at this year’s NATO summit to spend more on the military. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Guest host Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) spoke with Norm Di Pasquale (@normsworld), Co-Chair of Ontario Place for All and volunteer with ‘Save Ontario's Science Centre’, about how repairing the Ontario Science Centre would cost nearly half a billion dollars, according to Premier Doug Ford, who firmly rejected the idea of spending the cash required to…
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The Bay closes several stores during the heatwave because of AC issues, is time running out for the legendary retailer’s stores? (1:39) Guest: Bruce Winder, retail analyst New Illinois law forces influencer parents to compensate their children for appearing in social media content (16:00) Guest: Leah Plunkett, Harvard Law, author of Sharenthood: Wh…
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Guest host Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) spoke with Dr. Lori Burrows, a microbiologist and professor with McMaster University and the Canada research chair in microbe-surface interactions, about several plant-based milks being pulled off the shelves across Canada due to potential Listeria contamination that has resulted in illnesses. Learn more about…
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Guest Host, Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) and the panel of: Brad Bradford, Toronto city councillor for Beaches - East York (@BradMBradford) & Mark Saunders, former Toronto police chief, mayoral candidate discussed: Plan to speed Gardiner construction in the works Toronto wants higher fines for drivers stopped in intersections Bars and restaurants alr…
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Guest host Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) spoke with Mike Schreiner (@MikeSchreiner), Leader of the Green Party of Ontario, about the LCBO strike - and why Schreiner believes the Ford government is casting doubt on the future of the crown corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Canada falls to Argentina in the Copa America semi-finals (1:32) Guest: Bob Lenarduzzi, former Canadian National player and coach, member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame Despite falling inflation, nearly half of Canadians say they’re feeling the pinch of rising prices (17:49) Guest: Matthew Fabian, director, financial services research and cons…
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