Connecting Winnipeg with Hal Anderson

Mackling & Megarry, with guest host Tristan Field-Jones -- Thursday, August 17th, 2017 00:00 - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers welcome the Edmonton Eskimos tonight at 7:30 at Investors Group Field. Pre-game show with Bob Irving & Doug Brown at 5:30. *** GUEST: Morley Scott, the voice of the Edmonton Eskimos on 630 CHED 18:39 - Eclipse glasses will likely be sold out by the end of the day at the Manitoba...

Guest host Tristan Field-Jones joins Brett Megarry for this week. 00:00 - Introductory shenanigans... 04:30 - More than half of Canadians think Ottawa isn't in control of refugee issue according to Ipsos polling for Global News. 29:48 - The appeal process for an injunction to remove protesters from the Parker Lands begins today. Gem Equities wanted the blockade removed immediately but the court da...

Guest hosts Tristan Field-Jones and Kelly Moore are filling in for Greg Mackling and Brett Megarry. 00:00 - Winnipeg nurses learn how their jobs will be impacted in the healthcare overhaul. What do you think about all of these changes to Manitoba's hospitals? 19:26 - Negotiations regarding NAFTA take place this week with Canada presenting a list of ten demands. How does this impact Manitoba and wh...

Guest hosts Tristan Field-Jones and Kelly Moore are filling in for Greg Mackling and Brett Megarry. 00:00 - With so much going on in Winnipeg, did you partake in any of the weekend's festivities? 04:38 - Should the first year of post-secondary tuition be free? 18:01 - Ticket giveaway for Guns N' Roses. 20:39 - The Slapshot 40th Anniversary Golf Tournament takes place next week to raise funds and a...

Guest host Tristan Field-Jones joins Greg Mackling for this week as we broadcast from the rooftop patio at Santa Lucia's on St. Mary's Road. 00:00 - If Manitoba built its own Mount Rushmore, who would you like to see on it? 29:12 - Your predictions in 68 seconds for the upcoming Bomber game versus the Hamilton Ti-Cats. 34:52 - What's the latest on the railside development at The Forks? Are people...

Guest host Tristan Field-Jones joins Greg Mackling for this week. 00:00 - Brad Wall resigns as premier of Saskatchewan. 13:52 - North Korea says it's planning an attack on the American territory of Guam. As tensions continue to rise, should we take these threats a little more seriously this time? 34:03 - Hundreds of people are getting dirty for dementia. The MudRun is a chance to traverse a muddy...

Guest host Tristan Field-Jones joins Greg Mackling for this week. 00:00 - Should Manitoba lower the allowable blood alcohol level? 04:40 - A new survey shows that nearly one in five Canadian workers have regrets about leaving their former job. 16:19 - More of your feedback on drinking and driving laws... 37:56 - World class drummer and Winnipegger Brent Fitz is going back on tour with Gene Simmons...

Guest host Tristan Field-Jones joins Greg Mackling for this week. 00:00 - What did you do during the beautiful long weekend? Are there any hidden gems in Manitoba that you like to visit? 22:02 - The Canada Summer Games are already a huge success. 31:19 - Are you concerned about wildlife when you're out for a hike? 40:32 - A Canadian and American couple meet after recovering a camera that was lost...

PATIOPALOOZA RESUMES! Once again we're at Santa Lucia Pizza on St. Mary's Rd, on the rooftop patio 00:00 - 680 CJOB's Bob Irving tees up the Friday night football game between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Ottawa Redblacks 09:32 - 680 CJOB's Keith McCullough tees up the Friday night gold medal baseball game at Shaw Park for the Canada Summer Games between Manitoba and Saskatchewan 18:17 - EAGLE &...

00:00 - WINNIPEG TRAFFIC CURIOSITIES Round 2, with Luis Escobar, Transportation Manager for the City of Winnipeg 37:57 - Luis has left the building, but the traffic discussion continues! 56:01 - Carolyn Klassen, therapist with Conexus Counselling, www.conexuscounselling.ca -- "Live like you're dying", that's what Claire Wineland says. She's an inspiring young woman with Cystic Fibrosis, who has em...

00:00 - The headline reads "Your kids should not be the most important in the family". What do you think? 19:04 - Canada Summer Games attendance really good so far, especially baseball where they had to move from Elmwood to Shaw Park! -- Jeff Hnatiuk, President & CEO of the Canada Summer Games 28:47 - Mitch Rosset, Global Sports -- CFL is altering its video review rules, responding to fan complain...

00:00 - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is apologizing for remarks he made to Rolling Stone magazine, in which he was talking about a 2012 charity boxing match with Senator Patrick Brazeau, and he described Brazeau as "the scrappy tough-guy senator from an Indigenous community", also referring to him as a perfect "foil". Greg and I thought "what's the big deal here??" Are we missing the boat? 37:40...

Hi there! Brett here. Here's what we did on Monday, July 31st, 2017: 00:00 - When is an "offensive" license plate not actually offensive? A Winnipeg man had his Star Trek themed license plate revoked by Manitoba Public Insurance because it is offensive to Indigenous people. It reads ASIMIL8, or, assimilate. It's based on the BORG alien race. We're joined by John Carpay, president of the the Justic...

PATIOPALOOZA RESUMES! We're back at Santa Lucia Pizza on St. Mary's Road 00:00 - CIBC survey says most Canadian parents prefer to give their adult kids money than live with themGUEST: Jamie Golombek, Managing Director, Tax & Estate Planning, CIBC Wealth Strategies Group (he is the author of the report) 33:28 - Greg gives a summary of his visit with Scott & Gregory Mortland, who are in Winnipeg thi...

00:00 - Brett's by himself! Greg's on the road today with Scott & Gregory Mortland, who are visiting from San Diego. They adopted the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as their new team when the Chargers fled San Diego for Los Angeles, and today they're in Winnipeg to watch the Bombers play. SO, Greg is playing tour guide to show them around Winnipeg. In the meantime Michael Phelps took on a shark and lost. P...

00:00 - Greg gets to play tour guide tomorrow! Scott and his son Gregory Mortland are here from San Diego, in town to see their new adopted football team -- the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The football club is hosting Montreal Thursday night, and Thursday afternoon, Greg will ferry Scott and Gregory around Winnipeg on a 3-hour tour. WHERE SHOULD HE TAKE THEM??? 18:05 - GHOST SIGNS in Exchange District...

00:00 - In the tiny Manitoba community of Waterhen, Jon and Karissa Warkentin are fighting for the right to stay in Canada and run their business. In 2013 Jon and Karissa Warkentin moved from Colorado to Waterhen, about four hours north of Winnipeg. But because their daughter Karalynn has an intellectual disability, Immigration Canada denied their application for permanent residency. 37:22 - Some...

00:00 - Shocking & violent road rage incidents in Ontario -- In Peterborough, a 74 year old cyclist was pinned and beaten by a man with a club (fish bonker), while in Toronto, a brawl ensued in after a dispute over a parking spot 18:34 - A Winnipeg family is speaking out after their stepfather took his own life just hours after being released from hospital -- We're joined by Mary-Jo Bolton, MMFT,...

PATIOPALOOZA CONTINUES! We're back at Santa Lucia on St. Mary's Road, starting with a thunderstorm! Luckily, they have retractable roof, which is super cool. *** EDITOR'S NOTE (Brett) I just realized I was saying St. Mary the whole afternoon, when I should have been saying St. Mary's. I never claimed to be smart. 00:00 - 680 CJOB's Kelly Moore tees up the Bomber game in BC 10:13 - RIP Kenny Shield...

00:00 - The OJ Obession continues -- OJ Simpson parole hearing in Nevada is on 08:32 - Reverse angled parking pilot project coming to Bannatyne between Waterfront and Rorie 17:22 - Winnipegger on Jeopardy! George Buri, a sessional instructor at the University of Manitoba & the University of Winnipeg will appear on Jeopardy tomorrow evening. 32:33 - OJ Simpson decision: Parole granted! 37:38 - Rola...

00:00 - James Cowen, from Winnipeg, lost his Go-Pro last year while tubing at Red Lake Falls in Minnesota. Krystal Luck, from Grand Forks, recently found it sticking out of the water. To her surprise, it still works, she posted a couple pictures on Facebook, and within 12 hours -- was in contact with James. We speak to them both! 18:06 - Working Hard or Hardly Working? - Canadian professionals sur...

00:00 - City notice of sewer cleaning & inspection comes with a LONG list of suggested instructions for you -- Chris Carroll, manager of Wastewater Services with the City of Winnipeg 12:03 - RCMP news conference regarding armed standoff in Portage la Prairie 18:45 - Sticky wasp trap being pulled from store shelves after Toronto woman discovers seven baby birds stuck to her trap. We're joined by Sh...

Hi there, it's Brett. I ended up having to take Monday off for a family emergency, so Greg carried the show on his own. Most would probably argue he does that all the time. You wouldn't get an argument from me. - Brett

Guest host Tristan Field-Jones joins Greg Mackling for this week as we broadcast from the rooftop patio at Santa Lucia's on St. Mary's Road. 00:00 - The latest on the sentencing of Andrea Giesbrecht. 09:17 - A dreadful call during the Bomber game Thursday night prevented Karen Kuldys of Winnipeg from becoming a millionaire. 22:53 - Hundreds of patients receiving physiotherapy and occupational ther...

Guest host Tristan Field-Jones joins Greg Mackling for this week. 00:00 - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter became dehydrated this morning while working at a Habitat for Humanity build site in Winnipeg. 10:00 - Ticket giveaway for the Blue Bombers. 12:22 - A Winnipeg city councillor racked up a whopping $57,000 in personal expenses on a city issued credit card. 17:25 - Inner city activist and Nor...