Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast

Business Brief: Canada adds 83,000 jobs in June, driving unemployment rate down to 6.9% 11.07.2025 9:37 ↓

Amanda Lang, CTV News Chief Financial Correspondent

Can Canada be a global player on the artificial intelligence stage? 10.07.2025 14:53 ↓

Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Liberal member for Toronto Centre, joined Aaron Rand

Melançon: Carney governing like a Conservative 10.07.2025 11:41 ↓

Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal and the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies

Opposition calls out Montreal for sitting on vacant building during housing crisis 10.07.2025 10:15 ↓

Benoit Langevin, Ensemble Montreal city councillor in Pierrefonds and party spokesperson for homelessness

Here's why the Competition Bureau is investigating Amazon 10.07.2025 10:19 ↓

Tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand as well as CTV News. Image: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

Mennie: The CAQ has started to swing the axe... and the SAAQ is only just the beginning 09.07.2025 10:09 ↓

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.

Legal Corner: Evaluating a severance package during settlement negotiations 09.07.2025 11:22 ↓

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.

Meet two of the candidates running to become the next mayor of Westmount 09.07.2025 11:43 ↓

Mary Gallery, Westmount city councillor and Lynne Casgrain, managing partner at Grey Casgrain

Mennie: Like it or not, the Quebec election campaign begins Aug. 11 08.07.2025 9:50 ↓

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.

What are someone’s rights in the US while waiting for a visa? 08.07.2025 6:54 ↓

Patrice Brunet, Immigration lawyer

The Right Chemistry: Viagra's surprising new health benefit 08.07.2025 9:56 ↓

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

Are the cases of colon cancer in young adults actually on the rise? 08.07.2025 6:09 ↓

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

Quebec English School Boards Association joins calls against provincial education budget cuts 08.07.2025 11:02 ↓

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

Mennie: Did Quebec taxpayers miss the bus with Lion Electric? 07.07.2025 9:16 ↓

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.

What are some of the challenges of being a city councillor in Montreal? 07.07.2025 10:21 ↓

Despina Sourias, Projet Montreal city councillor in the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough

Montreal driver found guilty of road rage sentenced to 14 month in jail. Is the sentence too harsh? 07.07.2025 8:32 ↓

Avi Levy, co-founder of Ticket911

Quebec paramedics have called a general unlimited strike. Here's what they're fighting for 07.07.2025 9:19 ↓

Charles Duff Murdoch, paramedic and union representative at the CSN Image: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Mennie: This year, “American Independence Day “ has a special meaning for Canadians. 04.07.2025 7:19 ↓

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.

Mennie: 'Go,' once outlawed, has been partially rehabilitated in Quebec 03.07.2025 8:22 ↓

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: Half a million Spotify users are unknowingly grooving to an AI-generated band 03.07.2025 8:08 ↓

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

Everything you need to know about the 39th edition of Festival International Nuits d’Afrique 03.07.2025 7:48 ↓

Suzanne Rousseau, general director of Nuits D’Afrique 

Microsoft AI model successfully diagnosed 85% of health conditions. How could it change traditional medicine? 03.07.2025 9:47 ↓

Dr. Chris Labos, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology and CJAD 800 contributor

Mennie: In a timid, tentative step toward the 21st century, Quebec thinks about possibly extending weekend store hours… maybe 02.07.2025 9:10 ↓

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.

Stores in these Quebec towns will be allowed to stay open later on weekends 02.07.2025 8:26 ↓

Michel Rochette, Quebec president of the Canada Retail Council

Legal Corner: Courts will sanction bad faith, especially in family matters 02.07.2025 8:44 ↓

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.