Connecting Winnipeg with Hal Anderson

00:00 - Burton Cummings news / Rodarama prize giveaway with Dukes of Hazzard trivia / Global News reporter Matt Carty on Osborne Village soon to get more parking spots 9:15 - Burton Cummings concert announcement / 680 CJOB's Bob Irving from Blue Bomber mini camp 17:40 - Greg conquers his fear of snakes! Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre 2nd annual Open House Fundraiser happening on Sunday April...

00:00 - Should Portage and Main be reopened to pedestrians? Mayor Brian Bowman has letters of support from all the property owners involved, but does he have YOUR support? 37:36 - It's Daffodil Day, in support of cancer awareness. We're joined by Susana Scott, whose husband died as a result of colorectal cancer, and Barry D. Stein, president of the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada. 55:10 -...

00:00 - This is the week Ste. Agathe was flooded in 1997. 680 CJOB's Richard Cloutier spoke with former Premier Gary Filmon, who says the military proposed blowing up part of the Floodway to help deal with it! Richard will play some of that conversation this afternoon on The News. 17:49 - We discuss National Volunteer Week with Madeleine Deschenes, who lives in Toronto. The 20-year-old is the youn...

00:00 - Taco Bell soon to serve booze? 10:37 - Greg is excited for Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 17:50 - Great West Life announces 450 job cuts in Winnipeg. Hydro previously announced 900 cuts. What is going on?? 36:48 - Black Space Winnipeg is presenting Gilson Lubin - In the Black, featuring Lara Rae, tonight (tues) the Gas Station Arts Centre at 8pm, tickets $15 at the door. Gilson is a St. Lu...

00:00 - It was amusing watching the weekend snow situation unfold on Facebook. First, the never-ending swath of posts about snow. Then, posts complaining about all the snow posts. Then, posts complaining about the posts complaining about the snow posts. 17:44 - Are phone calls too expensive for inmates? We're joined by Ted Mariash, a criminal defence lawyer in Manitoba 37:01 - The French election...

00:00 - Got any weird Kijiji stories? Kim Babij-Gesell does -- she wants to know why someone thought delivery would be included in the $10 item she was trying to get rid of. 27:24 - Dr. Alecs Chochinov, co-chair of the Wait Time Reduction Task Force, holding a public meeting tonight (friday) about emergency services, another one on Wednesday 34:00 - One more call about Kijiji, on the subject of sa...

00:00 - WAS I WRONG TO DO WHAT I DID? Brett here -- I dropped my car off today at a large retailer so they could do some work on it. I was in the store for two minutes. Yes, they had a big sign that said all bags must be checked, but I didn't bother because I walked in, handed in my key, and walked out. As I was leaving, a clerk asked to inspect my bag. I was insulted, and said no. Was I wrong? Sh...

00:00 - Text from listener JUST as we cracked the mic, asking "Is it Banana Day yet?" 2:47 - Revisiting our serious hour of radio on Tuesday about mental health and thoughts of suicide, with a Ted Talk from Drew Dudley called "Leading With Lollipops", and how the smallest gesture can change lives. 13:00 - Do you lead with lollipops? That's how the conversation started, at least. It morphed into ho...

00:00 - Going public on mental health issues -- Prince Harry has broken with Royal tradition to speak out on the subject, saying he needed therapy to help him learn to deal with the death of his mother, Princess Diana. This inspired Charles Adler to have a conversation with our very own Greg Mackling, who has always been vocal about his own struggles over the years. The two of them spoke Monday ni...

00:00 - That song doesn't mean what you think -- CNN is getting ready to launch a series on Thursday April 20th called "Soundtracks: Songs that Defined History", and to help tee it up, they've compiled a list of songs that are either misunderstood, or simply misquoted. For example, "Beautiful" by James Blunt. Many couples have adopted it as "their" song, when in fact... it's about a drugged-up sta...

00:00 - Your thoughts on the provincial budget and the phasing-out of the tuition rebate for post-secondary graduates. 37:57 - The great mystery has been solved! Researchers at UC Berkeley have discovered WHY SHOELACES BECOME UNTIED! Yes, they did a study on that. 54:15 - The all-important topic of grilled cheese. It's National Grilled Cheese Day! We get some great suggestions from listeners on ho...

Abbreviated show for the provincial budget today 00:00 - It's National Pet Day? Got any interesting pet stories? Do you have, or have you had, an unusual pet? IE other than a dog or a cat? 28:18 - "My Mother: The face of domestic violence" -- Charles Adler interviews Winnipeg-based Kevin Klein, whose mother was murdered by her husband. 36:08 - Sharon Butala, bestselling and award-winning author fr...

This provincial budget wasn't as explosive as some were expecting, but there are some winners and losers. I'll tell you what's what.

I know that sounds odd, but I've done my best to make Manitoba's Budget for 2017 amusing, just for you! 

  00:00 - United Airlines passenger gets dragged off overbooked flight. Our guest is Gabor Lukacs, a Canadian advocate for air travel passenger rights. 18:38 - What is an appropriate age for a seniors discount? A city councillor in St. John's, NFLD, says 55! Our guest is Anthony Quinn, Director of Operations and Special Projects & Fulfillment at CARP. 37:33 - Why access to Venture Capital in Manit...

00:00 - Tectonic shift in Winnipeg's health care system -- three emergency rooms are closing. We're joined by 680 CJOB's Richard Cloutier. 17:41 - More on the ER closures, with WRHA Chief Nursing Officer Lori Lamont. 36:05 - The NEW Brian & Sarah! Thursday we talked to Bryan and Sarah Baeumler from HGTV -- they're in town for the Winnipeg Home & Garden Show, on the mainstage Friday evening at 6, a...

00:00 - How long are your showers? What's an appropriate amount of time for a shower? Some say if you want to be a successful person, you should take no more than six minutes. 18:20 - Bryan & Sarah Baeumler, stars of HGTV's Bryan Inc. -- They're in Manitoba this weekend for the Winnipeg Home + Garden Show, and will be presenting "All is Fair in Love and Renos" on the main stage Friday at 6pm and S...

00:00 - 23rd anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death // Pepsi ad with Kendall Jenner falls flat, gets pulled after the latest social media backlash 14:28 - Remembering the blizzard of 1997 on its 20th anniversary 18:35 - Scott Forbes, Professor of Biology at the University of Winnipeg -- 2011 was the flood of the century for those on the shores of Lake Manitoba and its tributaries, including the Assini...

00:00 - Our former colleague Holly Bausman says she was pulled over and ticketed for turning right on a no-right-turn street during rush hour, even though she did so to get out of the way of an emergency vehicle. We speak to her, and take your calls. 38:23 - Winn$tock! It's the business community Battle of the Bands for charity. The 13th annual Winn$tock happens this Friday, April 7th at Cowboys....

00:00 - Your best worst excuses! An Idaho woman crashed into a deer, and says she was distracted by a sasquatch. 19:04 - Global News reporter Matt Carty from the flood scene in Carman 24:26 - Greg calls a pop spelling quiz with me (Brett), Keith McCullough, Julie Buckingham and Kyle Milroy to see if we can spell at the level of a 4th grader. BUT, this spelling bee comes with a bit of a twist... 38...

00:00 - A hodgepodge kind of hour. - We begin with congratulations to Norma Pauls, who won the CJOB Flyaway to U2 contest this morning -- after qualifying on Mackling & Megarry on March 23rd! Huzzah for Norma!- Then, Tristan Field-Jones tells us we can play Ms. Pac-Man on Google Maps, which is super neat. - Then, we talk about pranks -- with April Fool's Day looming. I (Brett) explain how I recent...

00:00 - Jill's House: When inconsiderate people make you feel like an inconvenience -- Jill Officer, Canadian Olympic gold medallist curler, blogger for Global News 17:42 - Global News reporter Christian Aumell reporting on the flood situation in Selkirk, where the ice has once again jammed and caused the closure of the bridge 25:21 - How do you tell someone "thanks but no thanks" without being ru...

00:00 - What do you do if you've forgotten your wallet? Or you go to pay for something and learn you can only pay with cash? Are we too reliant on plastic? 36:08 - 680 CJOB and Global News are looking at the journey being made by asylum-seekers illegally crossing the border into our province through our new series "Seeking Asylum". Our guest is Abdirizak Bihi, known as the "Mayor of Little Mogadis...

00:00 - Do we love our health care? A report from the Canadian Institute of Health Information has revealed that Manitoba continues to linge rbelow the national average on several fronts for what some consider essential, and some call elective surgeries. 37:53 - "Future-proof: Preparing young Canadians for the future of work" is a report from the Brookfield Institute for Innovation & Entrepeneursh...

Zach Wolff is the one of the founders, and CEO of Exigence Technologies -- a Winnipeg-based company with groundbreaking technology: An anti-microbial surface coating. Wolff will be in Germany next month to speak at the European Coating Show, then in June he will be at the Future Food-Tech Conference in New York.