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Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast

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Aaron Rand gets Montrealers through the end their work day with the latest news and compelling conversation. The show includes analysis from former NDP leader Tom Mulcair and The Montreal Gazette’s James Mennie. Also expect a laugh or a challenge with the Empire Gold News Quiz!

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Reid: Christine Fréchette is playing her cards right but can she win? 29.04.2026 8:22

Scott Reid, CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to Prime Minister Paul Martin

Heurtel: Christine Fréchette has shifted the momentum by cutting taxes for small and medium-sized businesses 29.04.2026 13:13

Political analyst David Heurtel is an attorney. He is a former Québec liberal cabinet minister and CEO of Montreal’s Olympic Park. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Legal Corner: When do paid sick days at work become time theft? 29.04.2026 8:41

CJAD 800 legal contributor Chris Dimakos is a lawyer and managing partner at Dimakos Law Group. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

How Quebec-based Simons has managed to grow amid a retail shift 29.04.2026 8:07

Bernard Leblanc, President and Chief Executive Officer at La Maison Simons Image: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Here are the key takeaways from Mark Carney's spring economic update 28.04.2026 8:50

Amanda Lang, CTV News Chief Financial Correspondent

Husny: It was very smart of Christine Fréchette to visit Washington 28.04.2026 9:31

Rudy Husny, former advisor in the Harper government and political analyst

Heurtel: Average Canadians and Quebecers do not feel the economy is going well 28.04.2026 12:40

Political analyst David Heurtel is an attorney. He is a former Québec liberal cabinet minister and CEO of Montreal’s Olympic Park. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Meet the landscaper who is filling Montreal potholes on his own dime 28.04.2026 9:47

Saâd Tekiout co-owner of the landscaping company Marquize Paysagement Eric Oliver, lawyer practicing in municipal law and partner at Oliver Avocat Image: Noovo Info

American soul singer Candi Staton shares the story behind 'Young Hearts Run Free' 28.04.2026 9:31

Candi Staton, 5x Grammy-nominated American singer Image: AP Photo/Mark Zaleski

Carney has introduced Canada’s first national sovereign wealth fund. How will it work? 27.04.2026 8:07

Justine McIntyre, strategic consultant and former city councillor Image: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang  

Heurtel: Donald Trump’s tone was very surprising and positively refreshing 27.04.2026 10:11

Political analyst David Heurtel is an attorney. He is a former Québec liberal cabinet minister and CEO of Montreal’s Olympic Park. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.  

Quebec consumer protection office warns of too-good-to-be-true travel deals 27.04.2026 9:25

Sara Eve Levac, lawyer and analyst at Option Consommateurs, consumer protection group Natalie Preddie, travel journalist and author

'The kids are alright': Montreal school principal pens op-ed piece reassuring parents 27.04.2026 8:28

James Watts, principal of Education Plus High School in St-Laurent

An online terrorist group is targeting Quebec children. Here's what parents need to know 27.04.2026 9:08

Darren Laur, founder of The White Hatter, a digital literacy education company

Montreal Now with Aaron Rand: Week of April 20, 2026 24.04.2026 49:37

Jessica Buckley, President and CEO of the Lung Health Foundation in Canada Douglas Dixon, Canadian grandfather, former Montrealer, detained in Alligator Alcatraz Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon, leader of the Parti Quebecois India Jade McCue, she’s a photographer, educator and the woman whose cruise to Bermuda was rebooked to St. John’s

Mulcair: Éric Duhaime is writing himself out of the story 24.04.2026 14:07

CJAD 800 political commentator Tom Mulcair can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand in addition to The Andrew Carter Morning Show, every weekday at 7:40 a.m.

Heurtel: If there is any shot for Christine Frechette winning any seats, it’s not going to be in Montreal 24.04.2026 12:53

Political analyst David Heurtel is an attorney. He is a former Québec liberal cabinet minister and CEO of Montreal’s Olympic Park.. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Quebec pledges $700 million to the Maisonneuve- Rosemont hospital. Is it enough? 24.04.2026 7:28

Dr. François Marquis, head of intensive care at the Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital Image: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Business Brief: Mark Carney confirmed current trade talks with the United States are not normal 24.04.2026 7:54

Amanda Lang, CTV News Chief Financial Correspondent

Melançon: Montreal is a greater priority for Fréchette than Legault 23.04.2026 12:12

Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for CJAD 800 and CTV Montreal and a columnist for the Montreal Gazette. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies

Heurtel: Carney can’t tell Ford or Fréchette how to stock provincial liquor stores 23.04.2026 11:06

David Heurtel is a political analyst and an attorney. He is a former Québec liberal cabinet minister and CEO of Montreal’s Olympic Park. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

New study shows sexual misconduct by doctors is being under-reported 23.04.2026 9:06

Dr. Shannon Ruzycki, General Internist & Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. She’s the co-author of the study

Tech Corner: There's yet another study about how bad AI is for our brains 23.04.2026 10:30

Tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand as well as CTV News.

This Columbus couple's Bermuda cruise was rerouted to... New Brunswick?! 23.04.2026 8:25

India Jade McCue is a photographer and educator from Columbus, Ohio. She recently booked a cruise to Bermuda and was rerouted to New Brunswick instead. She shares her story.

UK approves lifetime smoking ban for people born after 2008. Should Canada follow suit? 22.04.2026 7:57

Jessica Buckley, President and CEO of the Lung Health Foundation in Canada