Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast

What can & can’t you do with a watering ban under effect in the West Island? 12.08.2025 4:50 ↓

Jim Beis, Mayor of Pierrefonds-Roxboro

Mennie: Legault’s cabinet shuffle is already being perceived as rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic 11.08.2025 8:32 ↓

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Amidst Quebec budget cuts, what will your child’s back-to-school look like? 11.08.2025 11:13 ↓

Joe Ortona, Chair of the English Montreal School Board and President of the Quebec English School Board Association

Study: Fraudulent research papers being published in academic journals at an alarming rate 11.08.2025 5:59 ↓

Dr. Chris Labos, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology and a regular contributor on CJAD 800 - you can catch him every Sunday on Weekends with Joanne Vrakas at 7:20AM

Mennie: The SAAQ and the Legault government share a common characteristic - a desperate need for rehabilitation. 08.08.2025 9:20 ↓

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

How do you convince your boss that a sabbatical might be mutually beneficial? 08.08.2025 7:46 ↓

Danica Nelson, Career Break Strategist and the Founder of Liberty Leave

Business Brief: Canada lost 41,000 jobs in July, unemployment rate held steady at 6.9% 08.08.2025 7:38 ↓

Amanda Lang, CTV News Chief Financial Correspondent

Mennie: Carney and Ford... Good cop, bad cop? 07.08.2025 8:52 ↓

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Tech Corner: Carney muses about ending the Online News Act. What would that mean? 07.08.2025 10:08 ↓

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

How to council kids on problematic AI-generated content 07.08.2025 9:31 ↓

Dr. Sara Grimes, professor at McGill University and expert in children’s digital media culture and children’s rights in the digital environment

How dropping interprovincial barriers for health care could strengthen patient care 07.08.2025 7:04 ↓

Louise Binder, lawyer and health advocate with the Save Your Skin Foundation

Mennie: Will Carney actually suspend the online news act? 06.08.2025 8:35 ↓

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

How can parents master the art of letting go of their kids as they become adults? 06.08.2025 7:34 ↓

Katherine Martinko, author of Childhood Unplugged: Practical Advice to Get Kids Off Screens and Find Balance and columnist for The Globe and Mail

As an Air Canada flight attendant strike looms, here's what passengers need to know 06.08.2025 10:58 ↓

Gabor Lukacs, Canadian air passenger rights advocate and Jennifer Weatherhead, travel expert with Travel & Style and Next Destination

Instagram filters and Photoshop may have insidious effects on our social interactions 06.08.2025 7:21 ↓

Sarah McCrackin, postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory for Attention and Social Cognition at McGill University

New class action suit targets automatic student insurance fees 06.08.2025 9:53 ↓

Joey Zukran, class action attorney with LPC Avocats specialising in consumer’s rights

Mennie: Canada works to increase trade with Mexico — and makes sure Trump knows it’s happening 05.08.2025 9:42 ↓

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Are violent cryptocurrency robberies on the upswing? 05.08.2025 7:21 ↓

David Décary-Hétu, professor at the Université de Montréal’s School of Criminology

The Right Chemistry: Debunking TikTok beauty hacks 05.08.2025 8:55 ↓

Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Host of the Dr. Joe Show, Sundays at 3 PM on CJAD 800 & director of the McGill Office for Science & Society

Mennie: They’re canaries in a coal mine... even though they’re Quebec medical professionals 04.08.2025 8:41 ↓

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Pickleball's rising popularity: How the sport is taking off in Montreal 04.08.2025 11:51 ↓

Hamed Pazaj, co-founder of MTL Pickleball

West End resident calls out Montreal's inaction over ongoing rat problem 04.08.2025 6:50 ↓

James Klein, resident of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce grappling with rat problem

Mennie: Will TACO Trump strike again? 01.08.2025 11:21 ↓

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

The owner of local swine celebrity Timmy the pig gets notice to get rid of the pig 01.08.2025 5:53 ↓

Sandra Propetto, Owner of Timmy the Pig

Mennie: Carney’s Palestine announcement is a cynically symbolic gesture — but the blowback it has already provoked is quite real 31.07.2025 10:16 ↓

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.