The Jim Richards Show

Gender identity policy divides crowds outside Windsor school board's first closed meeting. Dan MacDonald at Windsor’s AM800 CKLW joined us to talk about some of the conversations he had with parents. The Food Professor, Sylvain Charlebois joins the show to talk about Canada Bread having to pay $50 million fine for role in bread price-fixing scandal. Man describes his own experience being trapped i...

Jim Richards has some issues and tells you about them, including an update on the missing sub and revisiting something Mark Towhey said earlier in the day. On the Rundown, former councillor Karen Stintz and communications expert Bob Reid discuss some of the big stories of the day. More Toronto election coverage with the Toronto Star’s City Hall Bureau reporter Alysha Hasham.

 Plus, Jim and producer Cristina go through the slow news day file. 

Marc Winegust and Ben Harrison give their draft picks for the years with the best movies. Plus, Jeff Hershberg discusses the case of the man who was wrongfully detained for cocaine possession at Toronto Pearson Airport. John Wright joins the show for our Wright or Wrong segment, talking about public opinions. 

Dr. Mitch talks about the problem of Ozempic advertising. Richard Shimooka discusses the recent Chinook helicopter crash in Ottawa. Plus, Richard Donnelly talks about sports betting.

Bob Richardson and Tasha Kheiriddin join the show to talk about the top stories of the day. Plus, retired Commander of the US Coastguard discusses the search for the missing submersible. 

Jim insists we have to do dad jokes. So you might here a cheesy joke about pizza. A father’s day baseball game at Fenway, this kid catches a ball. Find out what he did with it, on Slow News Day with producer Tony.

Dr. Mitch Schulman - NEWSTALK Tonight Chief Medical Correspondent and ER physician talks about the dangers of the barbecue brush bristles. Hackers threaten to leak stolen Reddit data if company doesn't pay US$4.5 million. Daniel Tsai is a law and technology professor at TMU to tell us how this affects users and employees of the company. MenTELL Health, we are joined by Mark Breslin Canadian entrep...

Residential school denialists tried to dig up suspected unmarked graves in Kamloops, B.C., Karl Dockstader is the host of ‘1dish 1mic’, a radio host/producer in the Niagara region and part of the indigenous community. Gabor Lukacs from Air Passenger Rights joins to discuss how Some airlines are stopping economy class passengers from reclining. Juneteenth matters for thinking about race relations i...

Jim is back from vacation and he still has issues, which you get to hear all about. Mike Kakuk and Laura Babcock join the Rundown Panel to discuss byelections and Canadian ERs. On the Deep Dive, Titanic expert and former diver join in to talk about a submarine missing from Titanic expedition, search and rescue operation underway near Newfoundland

Eric Alper weighs in on the new AI-created Beatles song and discusses original bands losing their original members. Plus - This Week in History with Craig Baird, and Great Pods with Imran Ahmed a.k.a Captain Ron.   

Bob speaks with Tamara Cherry about the bus crash in manitoba. Plus, Bradley Poulos talks about the profitability of cannabis. And, Laura Babcock Fixes Everything.

Bob Reid is in for Jim Richards. Dan Laxer and Andrew Pinsent join for the Rundown to talk about the top stories of the day.

Jerry Agar -  Host of the Jerry Agar Show on NEWSTALK 1010  Jon Burnside - TTC Chair, Toronto City Councillor for Ward 16, Don Valley East  Bob Richardson -  NEWSTALK 1010 contributor and Senior Counsel at National Public Relations Scott Reid -  CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister Tasha Kheiriddin  - Political Commentator and Author of THE RIGHT PATH - How Conservatives ca...

ERs in Montreal fall short of Canadian triage guidelines, and will Quebec anglos lose their jobs. CJAD News Anchor Dawn Kagan Flemming joins Mark Towhey to talk about some of these stories out of Quebec. Richard Shimooka is a Military Expert and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, gives us an update on the Ukraine/Russia conflict. What does Canada need to do to get more firefighter v...

Dan Riskin  joins for another episode of Nerd News and we ask whether a plant could ever eat a person. Should we ban cartoons from cereal advertising to kids? Household debt is creeping up. We talk to money expert and host of the More Money Podcast Jessica Moorhouse.

Mark Towhey is in for Jim Richards. He starts the show with a quick conversation about the recent Bell Media Cuts. Later on the Rundown, Karl Dockstader and Bob Reid, discuss some of the biggest stories of the day.  

Mark Towhey is in for Jim Richards who is on vacation There was a set of rules for every Roadrunner cartoon had to follow, Mark tells you what they were. How population growth is affecting everything from jobs to housing in the economy. This story and more on Tomorrow’s News Tonight

Mark Towhey is in for Jim Richards who is on vacation Telus blames Ottawa's Huawei ban for pausing its fibre optic network rollout in Alberta.  Ritesh Kotak, an internationally recognized digital and cybersecurity strategist joins Mark to discuss. We go to the stars with Elaina Hyde, Professor Physics and Astronomy - York University as NASA mission to prevent 'internet apocalypse' which could leav...

Mark Towhey is in for Jim Richards who is on vacation CTV political commentator Thomas Mulcair joins the show to continue the conversation on RCMP investigating foreign interference, and then we take your calls on whether you think we will ever get that inquiry from the feds. More of your calls. How often do you shower?

Mark Towhey is in for Jim Richards who is on vacation, and Mark has some issues too. Some of the big stories of the day discussed on the Rundown with panelists Brayden Aker and Mike Kakuk On the deep dive we talk to Michel Juneau-Katsuya, the former Asia-Pacific chief at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service about the RCMP investigating foreign interference

Mark Towhey is in for Jim Richards tonight. 15 Modern Day Phrases We'd Love to Get Rid of Forever. Are there any you would like to see gone? Tomorrow’s news today. As the late night headlines start to release, we preview some of the news you will be talking about tomorrow.

Mark Towhey is in for Jim Richards tonight. NEWSTALK Tonight’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Mitch Schulman joins the show to discuss how to recognize a heart attack. First Nation chief writes to Gretzky, other stars over appearances in gambling ads. Peter Donnelly, Professor Emeritus, Sport Policy & Politics at U of T joins the show to discuss what it would take to make it so celebrities ca...

Mark Towhey is in for Jim Richards tonight A Russian cargo plane seized by Canadian government at Toronto Pearson Airport. To talk about this story and more about Ukraine/Russia conflict, we are joined by military expert Richard Shimooka. Toronto Eaton Centre stays open on holidays. Why other city malls are vying to do the same. We discuss. Lawyer Gavin Tighe joins Mark to discuss Supreme Court Ju...

Mark Towhey is in for Jim Richards tonight – he starts the show with some of the big headlines of the day. On the Rundown, Reshmi Nair and Laura Babcock discuss paying workers to commute to work… as we look at more discussion stories. Canada's Nick Taylor wins RBC Canadian Open in a playoff to end 69-year drought. Is Golf Boring? What would make you watch. Thoughts from listeners.