The Start

Thanks for checking out the Remembrance Day edition of the podcast! Much to discuss regarding Remembrance Day, and we'll also celebrate the Winnipeg Blue Bombers! Here's what we've got in store today: (07:00) Sesame Street turns 50! / (14:25) Peter Martin from the Transcona Legion, and Manitoba coordinator of No Stone Left Alone / (24:10) Don Cherry's in trouble again for blasting new immigrants for not wearing poppies / (32:15) BOMBERS WIN BIG IN CALGARY! / (41:25) Superhero Showdown recap / (47:20) Winnipeg woman makes special contribution to No Stone Left Alone

Truck crashes into natural gas station in Tyndall, MB, sending gas howling into the air (1:30); Talking adult play, taking time for yourself (7:10); Stricter impaired driving penalties coming to Manitoba (16:45); Bob Irving (22:00); 'Gone Ice Fishing' grand prize winner (29:10); The Royal Canadian Legion has a Poppy Store! What is it and what do they sell? (38:25); Sports talk with Mackling and Kelly Moore (45:20); Winnipeg author wins Governor General literary award (53:30). 

McNabb's on a five-day weekend. Is she on to something? (1:30); Winnipeg Jets' Bryan Little suffered a brain bleed after slapshot to the head (7:30); Microsoft tried a four-day workweek in Japan, and productivity jumped 40% (15:50); Small Town Salute to Churchill, where the Polar Bears International House has opened (23:30); Brett's near catastrophe during Q&A with John Cleese at the Centennial Concert Hall (31:55); Canada lagging behind with patient safety, including an increased number of foreign objects being left inside(!) patients after surgery (36:05); St. Boniface Hospital Foundation Radiothon tee-up with woman who suffered brain injury when snow fell on her head (42:50); Preview of Superhero Showdown with conductor Stuart Chafetz (50:40). 

The chin trick worked with Megarry's car starter! (1:30); Winnipeg is NHL players' most dreaded city to visit because 'it's just dirty' (8:05); Is it unnatural to rake your leaves and get rid of them? (12:10); Guns and gangs - how bad has the problem become in Winnipeg? (18:50); Trying to create a digital ready Manitoba (29:45); Hal Anderson talks about the "Mom Cave" (39:15); The 150 Manitoba Women Trailblazers (47:05); Getting fired up over ice fishing for the Winnipeg Ice Fishing Show! (59:05). 

Why is it winter already!? (1:30); Have you ever dated anyone at work? (7:25); Is climate change making your food less safe to eat? (15:20); More accountability needed at 311? One city councillor thinks so (21:10); Manitoba's Justice Minister weighs in on the rising number of homicides (27:15); Barbara Bowes on workplace romance (33:55); Western alienation: Poll shows Canada is more divided than it's ever been (38:35); Winnipeg Police Association on proposed changes from the city to the police pension (47:25). 

The extra hour from the time change worked for Mackling & McNabb, but worked against Megarry (1:30); Vigil for three-year-old homicide victim Hunter Haze Straight-Smith (8:40); Is Canada's tap water safe? (12:30); Phone, wallet, keys -- The panic that sets in from being forgetful (18:55); Environment Canada says we are well below normal, as November gets off to a frigid start (26:50); Community activist Sel Burrows is angry with the increased violence & crime (32:30); When it comes to domestic violence, are we taking a step back? (47:45); Global Warning: Documentary from Alberta on the divisive climate change debate in that province (55:15). 

Halloween costume creativity, and why do we remember the bad stuff our parents did more than the good? (1:30); Hitting the road with a trucker to talk about the South Perimeter (9:25); Distracted driving laws changed... one year later, what have we learned? (23:10); Restaurant reopening in Kildonan Park (29:55); U of M sleep expert on why we are so sleep-deprived (37:50); Governor General Literary Awards winner on his book about his brother's suicide (48:15).

Megarry shaved for Halloween! (1:30); Weather getting in Halloween's way in Quebec (7:20); What's the best costume you ever had? (11:10); Tragedy in the North End: Three-year-old boy stabbed (18:50); Witchcraft Explored at Fort La Reine Museum (24:05); East St. Paul blocking off vehicular traffic for trick-or-treating in Pritchard Farms (33:00); Children's Hospital Foundation hits its fundraising goal for MRI goggles! (40:15); How more Winnipeggers continue to come together to fight crime, now in Woodhaven (49:30); Global Montreal weighs in on the rain bogging down Halloween (58:00).  

We want to serve some Office Space justice to our newsroom printer!! (1:30); Global News Morning series on neighbourhood crime begins in St. James (5:50); Is it rude for Megarry to not want to hold your baby? (9:40); Mackling & Megarry get flu shots live in studio! (15:45); St. Boniface Radiothon preview with mental health patient (22:40); Make the Perimeter a tollway? And should Liquor be stocked in the back? (32:45); Hal Anderson on the suggestion from some that Halloween candy should be BANNED (38:05); Doug Brown is missing the Western Semi-Final, but for a good reason (45:10);  Author J.H. Moncrieff on Halloween and her latest spooky book (53:00). 

McNabb is sick! And it's snowing again, which means, morning drive gonna suck (1:30); Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, Police respond to liquor theft plague (6:20); The province weighs in on the future of the south Perimeter (12:20); Why are we so tired?! (21:25); Winnipeg woman and her family have been without power for over two weeks (27:30); More from the province on the Perimeter (34:15); Listener reaction to Liquor thefts, and the south Perimeter (39:35); A naturopathic doctor answers our earlier question Why are we SO TIRED? (47:30).   

Greg had a great weekend in Regina, but Winnipeg had a terrible weekend of violence (1:30); Three weekend homicides, and a baby was shot in Winnipeg (8:40); Bomber highlights, and Mackling & Megarry carved pumpkins... and it wasn't a complete failure! (12:55); A trucker gives us his thoughts on the South Perimeter after a 19 year old was killed on Friday (22:20); Winnipeg Police Association on the violent weekend (32:15); Bob Irving on the Bombers: Who starts at QB? (41:50); Winnipeg Police Chief Danny Smyth on the weekend crime (52:25). 

Brett's day got off to a rough start (1:30); Skinner's no more at The Forks? (8:00); Andrew Scheer tries to explain how he lost (11:00); Pumpkin carving misadventures! (19:05); It doesn't matter where you live, crime is hitting every Winnipeg neighbourhood (26:10); Bob Irving previews the final Bomber game of the regular season (32:15); Bomber QB Matt Nichols on his $10K donation to the Children's Hospital Foundation (38:10); Regina Mayor Michael Fougere on the Heritage Classic! (45:00); Hal with Skinner's/The Forks details (52:20). 

This fall sucks! (1:30); Matt Nichols & wife Ali step up huge for the community / Teemu Selanne in town Sunday! (7:50); A Maze In Corn still suffering from the lousy weather and all the precipitation (11:25); Favourite Manitoba sports legends (18:40); Michelle Bailey got mugged, but fought back (26:00); Farmer takes extreme measures to deal with how awful Fall has been (32:30); Horrific discovery in England, 39 bodies found in a cargo truck (37:50); Dwarfism Awareness Month with the Little People of Manitoba (43:05); 88-year-old Art Snider, without power for two weeks! (51:40). 

Bright flashes in North Kildonan, Sam Katz back in the news with the Goldeyes, and rampant shoplifting continues (1:30); Listener James who works at a music store tells Hal about his woes with shoplifting (8:05); RRC bans smoking/vaping on campus property. Too far? Or about time? (15:35); Listener Luke personally stopped a Liquor Mart robbery last week! (22:45); Bomber coach Mike O'Shea says if Chris Streveler is good to go, he's 'the guy' on Friday (30:45); Mayor Brian Bowman on the Goldeyes, Kildonan Park, and the budget (35:40); Winnipeg Improv Show teaming up with our friends at WinnLove to Celebrate Everything! (44:35); Super Lube's breast cancer initiative, more chat on crime, and... Brett's eyebrows! (51:50); Habitat For Humanity Manitoba Women Build Speaker Series (59:10).  

Liberal minority, and giant pencils! (1:30); Guy gets a $300 ticket for an 'unsecured load' while hauling branches and logs to the dump (8:50); Western alienation, is momentum going to build for Alberta to separate? (15:15); Final trailer debuts for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, tickets go on sale! (21:05); Andrew Harris (23:25); David Akin (31:30); RCMP on the "unsecured load" (35:20); Marty Morantz, Conservative MP elect in Winnipeg, took riding from incumbent Liberal (41:30); 

It's Election Day!...Jets win, Bombers lose (0:54); CRA scams becoming more elaborate (7:48); What would make voting more exciting? (16:00); Manitoba results could signal what happens overall (23:40); Doug Brown on Bombers and battered quarterback Chris Strevler (30:48); Bonnie Bricker on tragedy involving young Winnipeg woman (38:54); More on enticing you to vote (46:42); The latest from Manitoba Hydro after the big snowstorm (52:10) & Talking to the dead! (56:48)

Jets lose; Siloam wins! (1:30); 4 in 10 voters say a minority government is best, but most prefer a majority (9:35); What's your favourite movie sequel? (17:05); Milt Stegall talks Blue Bombers, and the HSC Millionaire Super Bonus Deadline (23:55); Man who says a cyclist hit his car, but he's on the hook with MPI (32:15); Spooky Halloween fun with Dalnavert Museum (41:50); Bob Irving previews the Bomber game (46:35); Author of "Parking the Moose: One American's Epic Quest to Uncover his Canadian Roots" (54:55).  

Big day for Siloam Mission with Knickers and Kickers, and a big day for cannabis users on the 1 year anniversary of legalization! (); Marijuana is legal, and the sky didn't fall (); One year later, a CBD user weighs in on the legalization and tells us what's worked and what hasn't (); What's the best prank you've ever pulled? (); Opioid prescription use on the decline (); 2 Baked Girls Potcast! (); Prank texts, then the hunters who went missing for a week. How did they survive? (); John Cleese!!!

McNabb debriefs her visit to Portage la Prairie, which was one of the areas hit hardest by the storm (1:30); Missing PYTHON is found after four months on the lam - What kind of exotic pet would you get?​ (8:20); More on the Winnipeg woman with terminal cancer who is asking #whatsyourexcuse (16:20); The Reeve of the RM of Portage gives us an update on the cleanup / restoration efforts (31:40); Ignored & Ignited - the party leaders have been everywhere. Do you feel like you've been heard? (37:30); Valour FC's final home match is tonight, & Canada beats the US in soccer for the first time in 34 years! (44:45); Winnipeg Jets sellout streak ended Tuesday night. Why is sports attendance down? (52:00); Sixties Scoop survivor shares his story on film (59:50). 

McNabb is in PLP (1:30); Farmer Jason Finnie (7:15); If you could only eat one thing for 17 years, what would it be? (13:55); Hydro update (21:35); Portage Fire Chief (28:00); McNabb is everywhere! (33:05); Talking about the Jack Jacobs scholarship (40:25); Generators selling out in Portage (46:05); Author of the award-winning novel "The Innocents" (50:45).