The Jim Richards Show

Jim breaks down the investigative journalism behind the story Plus – Who are Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives?     GUESTS: Jon Woodward - CTV investigative reporter Steve Ryan - CP24 Crime reporter Prabmeet Sarkaria - Ontario Transportation Minister  

What does this mean for the road ahead? Plus – The Blue Jays get ready for game 3 of the ALDS   GUESTS: Scott Reid - CTV Political Commentator and advisor to a number of Prime Ministers, premiers and political leaders Tim Powers - Chair of Summa Strategies & Managing Director of Abacus Data Monte McGregor - criminal defence lawyer 

Was this a fair decision? Plus – Should these kids get their prom? GUESTS: Bill Carroll - Morning man at CFRA Ottawa Marit Stiles - Ontario NDP leader

Wait, don’t people do this already? Jim checks in with friends around the country about the Blue Jays   GUESTS: Valerie Grdisa - CEO of the Canadian Nurses Association Shilo Bellis Erin Davis Mohit Rajans - Media and Technology writer

Jim thinks this is ridiculous Plus – Canadian rock icons Rush announce reunion tour   GUESTS: Davin De Kergommeaux - author of Canadian Whisky: The Essential Portable Expert Eric Alper - Canadian music journalist and publicist Scott Reid - CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister

Can the Blue Jays go all the way? Plus – What to do if a wellness ring gets stuck to your finger.   GUESTS: Guidy Mamann - Managing Partner and Immigration Lawyer at Mamann Sandaluk LLP Camille Labchuk - animal rights lawyer and the executive director of Animal Justice Matt Sookram - writer at Jays Journal and award winning play by play man Dr. Mitch Shulman - Newstalk 1010 Chief Medica...

We follow the breaking news with analysis as details come in. Plus - Carney to meet Trump next week as new tariffs hit Canada’s economy   GUESTS: Christian Leuprecht - professor at Queen's University and Royal Military College Moshe Lander - economics professor at Concordia University Graham Lloyd - College Employer Council CEO Jon Hamilton - Canada Post Spokesperson

Brad Bradford announces he’s running. Plus – Is Mississauga going to ban fireworks?   GUESTS: Carolyn Parrish - Mississauga Mayor Ravi Baichwal - anchor at ABC Chicago

Should they be doing this? Plus – Why some Canadians with U.S. permanent residency are worried about losing status   GUESTS: Joel Sandaluk - Partner and Immigration Lawyer at Mamann Sandaluk LLP

Are they really going to make any waves in the province? Plus – Why do you need Canada Post? GUEST: Camille Labchuk - animal rights lawyer and the executive director of Animal Justice

What does he think about the skills training funding? Plus – Is anyone going to second hand stores these days? GUEST:    David Piccini - Ontario Labour Minister

Or is this your right as a passenger? Plus – More ‘51st State’ rhetoric from Donald Trump   GUEST: Dr. Mitch Shulman - Newstalk 1010 Chief Medical Analyst  

Jim’s got a few. Plus – Does ‘selling out’ exist any more?   GUESTS: Veldon Coburn - Associate Professor and Faculty Chair with the Indigenous Relations Initiative at McGill Marvin Ryder - associate professor of marketing at McMaster University

Are these guys setting themselves up to fail? Plus – Should you tell your kid to beat up their bully?   GUEST: Hendrik Brakel - Senior Director of Policy and Government Affairs - Canadian Association for Business Economics

But can Jim identify a Bad Bunny song? Plus – Will speed cameras become surveillance cameras? GUEST: Sonya Shikhman - Partner at Bytensky Shikhman Criminal Law Firm

The latest on the Canada Post strike Plus – The Blue Jays enter the final series of the regular season   GUEST: Mike Wilner - baseball columnist for the Star and host of the podcast “Deep Left Field”

Jim needs to know Plus - Do we need to bring back the ‘House Hippo’ ad because boomers keep falling for AI?   GUEST: Moshe Lander- economics professor at Concordia University  

Jim gets reaction live as the story breaks Plus – “Enough is enough.” Doug Ford bans speed cameras in Ontario   GUEST: Jeff Casello - professor of planning and engineering at the University of Waterloo

Jim talks with an infectious disease expert. Plus - What is the car add-on you have to have?   GUESTS: Dr. Angela Rasmussen - Principal Research Scientist, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases at the University of Saskatchewan  

How dangerous are they? Plus – The current state of the CFL   GUESTS: John Taylor - Mayor of Newmarket Jim Jessop - Toronto Fire Chief Mike Hogan - play by play voice for the Argos on TSN 1050 and communications manager for the team

What is it? Plus – The Toronto Blue Jays try to firm up a division lead   GUESTS: Matt Sookram - writer at Jays Journal and award winning play by play man Francis Syms - Associate Dean of Information and Communications Technology at Humber Polytechnic

Inside the wild story involving a crowbar Plus - Donald Trump says countries in Europe are ‘going to hell’ over mass migration   GUESTS: Michael De Forge - has been supporting encampment residents Steve Ryan - CP24 Crime Reporter

Is this the right move? Plus - Is Kneecap actually banned from Canada?   GUESTS: Joel Sandaluk - Partner and Immigration Lawyer at Mamann Sandaluk LLP

Is this a passing trend or a major shift? Plus – The CFL announces a major set of changes to how the game is played   GUESTS: Monte MacGregor - Criminal Defense Lawyer Reverend Michael Coren Dave Naylor – TSN Football Insider

Jim reacts as the news breaks on air Plus – Could you do what Charlie Kirk’s wife did?   GUESTS: Sara Hamdy - research analyst at Restaurants Canada Dr. Jonathan Lai - Executive Director of the Autism Alliance of Canada