The Start

Lauren & Greg are both having MONDAYS // Additional public health measures coming; Vaccines in high risk neighborhoods - the work to get the message out; Most hated yard job; Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce on impending health measures ; Lauren's hated yard job; Cancer patient looking for vaccine finds work-around; Restrictions coming -- let's put a myth to bed; Lauren's dog Moose is a holy terror an...

WAKE UP!! (1:40); Ontario looking at paid sick leave, Manitoba looking to feds to help (8:55); Curfew stories! (10:50); Brett finally makes it to work / Fed up with cooking? Recipe ideas with Chef Kevin Funk, who runs a ghost kitchen (18:00); Brett explains why he was late for work (26:35); Vaccine hot spot update // curfew texts (29:40); Paid sick leave. Ontario looking into it. Manitoba looking...

We speak with Juliana Avella, holistic nutritionist and doula, and the creator of the Made Simple App

The CFL is back! And transit drivers: No vaccine for you! (1:06); Vaccine eligibility rules change again, and how's our supply? (6:34); The CFL is set to kick off in August! How will it work, and will we need an immunity passport? (11:01); Our old piles of electronics! (18:23); Transit union reacts to not being included in updated vaccine priority for front line workers (26:36); EMERGENCY text on...

Brett got his first vaccine! (1:40); AstraZeneca vaccines explode thanks to expanded eligibility, overwhelming pharmacies (7:45); Tell us a childcare story! (15:50); TICKS! They're already here! We talk to Taz Stuart (22:05); Jeff McWhinney, Keeper of the Cup, on his new children's book and its important message (29:45); Pharmacist weighs in on the sudden change in vaccine eligibility, and how exc...

Hans Epp, pharmacist and owner at the Shoppers Drug Mart in Steinbach

Crappy weekend weather made Greg fall down go boom (1:40); Vaccination hesitancy (7:40); Manitobans can't go to their Ontario cabins under new rules in Ontario - we speak to a Winnipegger with a family cabin at Malachi Lake, in Ontario (11:50); Rude awakenings! Lauren has a hilarious story of overnight pandemonium courtesy of her dog Moose (19:05); Doctors Manitoba survey on vaccine hesitancy (28:...

Ontario has closed its border to Manitoba, which means Manitobans with cabins in that province are out of luck for now. On Monday, we spoke to Winnipegger Mike Grosvenor, whose family cabin is at Malachi Lake in Ontario.

Big day for Siloam Mission, big win for the Jets, and a big jump at the pump! (1:40); MB announces changes to priority system for vaccines (8:05); Help from strangers (15:05); With the arrival of the Brazil variant, should be be banning all non-essential travel? (21:45); Lauren's story on help from strangers (27:30); Former Siloam Mission client Ron Bohdan (30:00); Brett's quick review of 'Nobody'...

COVID & vaccine questions, and your collections! (1:07); Listener sends pics of sweet KISS collection, then questions about the vaccine rollout (8:19); The stuff we've collected over the years (14:54); More restrictions coming? Tighter rules on gatherings? Masks outdoors? (21:34); Texts on collections (28:18); Third + Bird Spring Market is this weekend, as the variants continue to loom (31:03); Do...

McNabb is back! Still running on almost no sleep though, which ties in to the stress moms are feeling during the pandemic (1:07); Bad haircuts and hair mishaps! (6:12); COVID cases are growing in the 10-19 age bracket - should teachers be prioritized for vaccination? (11:55); Texts on bad haircuts (17:41); What's in a name? Global B.C. reporter Neetu Garcha is going back to the way her name is sup...

James Bedford, President of the Manitoba Teachers' Society

More proof that Tuesdays suck (0:30); More restrictions on the way because of a few rule-breakers? (8:20); Alan Cross: Sorry Gen X, but the music of your youth is now the new classic rock (15:35); Open Streets plan - no pedestrians?? (20:25); Latest on protests and violence in Minnesota following police shooting (28:10); Camping system stinks / WE ARE SICK OF WINTER (35:00); Brett hates this class...

Greg's back in the 'home office', broadcasting from home again as variant cases ride and Canada falls behind on vaccination (1:07); Global's Kahla Evans on the return of winter weather (7:51); Grand Beach Club is back! Which clothing brand or trend would you like to see return, or not return? (11:38); A 'growing sense of dread' for Manitoba's COVID numbers (18:50); Downtown employment pre-pandemic...

Peter Soliman, 22, recently posted on Instagram about his experience being one of the first young Manitobans to get the B-1-1-7 variant. He was extremely sick. Here's what he said in his Instagram post: "This picture of me was taken before leaving the hospital. Not many of you know this but last month I got extremely sick with the Covid-19 B117 variant (aka the UK strain).  I’m only writing this b...

Kate Fenske, CEO Downtown Winnipeg BIZ with results of a March 2021 Probe Research Omnibus survey

Dr. Gigi Osler is an ear, nose and throat specialist AND former president of the Canadian Medical Association

Dwight MacAulay, former Chief of Protocol for Manitoba 

We speak with contractor Rick Lavallee (also a loyal listener who goes by North End Rick!)

Why are our throats so dry??? (1:06); Budget! Pallister comments on teachers ruffle some feathers, while another budget announcement receives applause (7:44); School supplies! Favourites / most coveted / WORST (13:46); Teachers tax rebate - how much DO they spend out of pocket for supplies? (20:59); Texts on teachers (28:15); Small Town Salute once again to St. Adolphe for Hockeyville - voting sta...