The Start

Snowy start to the weekend, and... PEEPSI?; With 'The Last Blockbuster' documentary recently launched on Netflix, today we discussed memories of video stores!; New Zealand passes law giving three days sick leave for miscarriage & stillbirth; It wasn't just about renting movies - what about renting video games??; Dry start as farmers slowly start seeding; Some great stories on video stores, and we...

Happy 40th to Lisa! Just a few grey 'hares' / Setting up an AMAZING email from listener Jamie (1:40); Are independent grocers a dying breed? (7:40); Simple acts with profound impacts (tied to Jamie's email) (13:10); New numbers show COVID hospitalizations cost far more than the average stay (22:30); Small Town Salute to Golden West Radio President Lyndon Friesen, who is retiring after 45 years (29...

Jamie recently won tickets for Zoo Lights. The way it ended up affecting her and her family was profound, and ended up having a profound effect on us.

Rich & Julie throwdown over the temperature / Manitoba makes minor tweaks to public health order (1:06); Fun memories of staying at hotels! (7:32); Stay home, or Staycation? Spring Break is typically a busy time for hotels. What's happening this year? (14:15); More on hotel memories (21:15); Brett's peanut disaster / Flu cases down to almost nothing (23:57); Monthly visit with Mayor Brian Bowman (...

Scott Jocelyn, President & CEO Manitoba Hotel Association

One more step, and it would have been Mackling & McNabb: Brett almost got hit by a car (1:40); Allergies vs COVID: Roussin says err on the side of caution (8:35); After Brett's close call, what's your close call story? (14:15); CAA Manitoba launches Worst Roads campaign (24:30); BIG YOSHI Jermarcus Hardrick for Breakfast with the Bombers (30:40); Recreation & cottage property prices are surging to...

McNabb is back! And she's armed with the letter B (1:06); NCAA has egg on its face thanks to double standard on men's vs women's weight rooms (7:38); Is something you should not or will not try with your partner? (11:48); Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman on Winnipeg's first ever anti-racism week (20:48); Weekly visit with Bob Irving: Why do basketball games sometimes take SO LONG TO FINISH?? (33:33); Can a...

Psychologist Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman weighs in on the City of Winnipeg's first-ever anti-racism week

Jets lose / more loosened restrictions? (1:40); Province considering further loosening restrictions (8:00); Brett needs a new playlist for golf: Feel-good fun rock songs! (14:00); Pharmacists begin administering the vaccine (21:45); The Couch Potatoes assemble to review Zack Snyder's Justice League, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (28:50); Academic group suggests PC government directly 'borr...

Jets win in OT, St. Patrick's Day was good to many restaurants, Brett has FOUR HOURS of Justice League to watch for 'homework' (1:07); NHL goalie Robin Lehner on his battle with mental health & addiction issues (9:04); WORST HANGOVERS (12:11): Small Town Salute to Morden! Prairie Barnwood makes furniture out of reclaimed wood from local barns (18:07); 'Youth hubs' announcement for mental health an...

Happy St. Patrick's Day! The weather looks solid for the next few days (1:07); Canada's COVID alert app is essentially useless because almost no one who tested positive is using it (7:34); Tell us a story about a wild night partying! (11:14); Inadvertent street party erupts! (20:41); The forecast is magically delicious (22:02); The Young & the Restless with a hilarious tie-in to March Madness (29:...

Sweeping education changes, aurora borealis, Jets lose (0:30); What's the most spectacular thing you've ever seen? (7:15); Concerned citizen on safety issues re: lining highways to watch the northern lights (13:25); Breakfast with the Bombers - Ed Tait weighs in on the XFL 'talks' (20:50); Education review reaction to Manitoba Association of Parent Councils (27:10); A 'lovely' text on the most bea...

Spring Forward time change stinks, but visiting a patio was nice! (1:06); Third round of lockdown predicted?? (7:24); Email blunders! (12:30); This year is the 50th anniversary of email is anyone celebrating? (18:59); St. Boniface wants the City of Winnipeg to #keepthekeys and NOT sell St. Boniface City Hall (25:33); MASSIVE win for the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday (34:50); Weekly visit with Bob Irvi...

An important question to kick off Friday: Is one hot dog enough? (1:40); Is it time to shorten the traditional 40-hour work week? (8:25); Your best / worst memories of watching sports on TV (18:15); Turns out, there IS a silver lining to the pandemic (26:35); Curling legend Jeff Stoughton with a peek at this weekend's action at the Brier (30:45); Gabrielle Marchand can fall asleep standing up in t...

Happy 75th Anniversary CJOB! (1:06); Greg's message and thank you to listeners (9:12); Kevin 'The Lizard' Wallace - former technical producer for Charles Adler, and former program director of CJOB (12:42); What was your best ever birthday party? (19:25); Doug Brown on the CFL talking to the XFL (25:20); A message from Charles Adler (32:26); Barry Burns, former CJOB news anchor (35:17); One year ag...

It's CJOB's 75th tomorrow! (1:40); Secret concession stand apartment at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium / NY woman finds secret apartment behind her bathroom mirror (3:40); Premier Brian Pallister interview with Richard Cloutier - has regrets on COVID's impact on seniors, inability to 'save everybody' (9:35); The funny and awkward places where we've fallen asleep (16:05); One year of COVID series...

Megarry & Fortier had issues paying for their cabs, Mackling has had recent issues remembering his wallet (1:28); Burger King UK: 'Women belong in the kitchen.' Whoopssssssssss (8:03); The dumb things we did in school that got us in trouble (12:00); COVID one year later - How has it affected school? In this case, how has it affected first-year university students? (18:22); Moving from junior high...

Greg Mackling & Brett Megarry speak to Denise Pochinko and Darlene Todd about the October 3rd 1980 murder of Jackaleen Dyck. Denise is Jackaleen's daughter, Darlene is her sister.

Melty weather, International Women's Day, and When Meghan & Harry met Oprah! And Lauren is filling in for Geoff Currier (1:40); One year this week that COVID-19 arrived in Manitoba: Navigating a year of mass-anxiety at the grocery store (8:10); The women other than our moms who have impacted our lives (15:35); Lauren on Habitat Women Build Speaker Series for IWD (22:50); Listener Sandy wants to se...

Walter Gretzky dies at 82 (1:40); Is curling the perfect TV sport? (4:50); After talking blizzards yesterday, today let's talk Spring splashy stories! (10:55); AMC condemning province's plan to push for indoor smoking ban on First Nations (19:55); Girls Who Game! Video games in school (26:25); More on Walter Gretzky (33:40); Follow-up chat on the educational benefits of video games (36:55); Gab wi...

ARE WE HITTING A PATIO THIS WEEKEND??? (1:22); Today is the 55th anniversary of the 1966 blizzard! (7:37); More blizzard memories (17:40); How are dogs being trained in a pandemic? We speak to DUMBLEDOGS (21:34); Listener Kerry with an amusing story on trucking his 'supplies' home through the snow in the 1986 blizzard (29:18); More chat on blizzards (30:55); More chat on patios (38:30); Former Env...

CJOB transmitter mayhem! Also, Greg blamed the wrong kid for a misdeed (1:40); The 'non-injury' injuries we suffer! Like a stubbed toe or a paper cut (9:25); Portage Place & Starlight - Richard Cloutier on what we NOW know (17:15); Texts on non-injuries (24:20); Why was the deadline for the Engage MB survey Tuesday at 9am if the province was ready to announce the restrictions two hours later? (25:...

Starlight deal on Portage Place in danger of dying / do we need referenda on Hydro projects? (1:25); Premier Brian Pallister makes his pitch on holding referenda for big Hydro projects (7:39); If you could live ANYWHERE in Manitoba... any building, any location... where would it be, and why? (13:14); Dead, or just delayed? Portage Place deal in jeopardy as developers wait for feds to respond (21:1...