Tech Corner: Billions of login credentials have been leaked online
Tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand as well as CTV News.
Jun 26, 2025•8 min
Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast
Aaron Rand gets Montrealers through the end their work day with the latest news and compelling conversation. The show includes analysis from former NDP leader Tom Mulcair and The Montreal Gazette’s James Mennie. Also expect a laugh or a challenge with the Empire Gold News Quiz!
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Here are some free shows to check out at the 2025 Montreal Jazz Festival
T’Cha Dunlevy, reporter for the Montreal Gazette Image: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Jun 26, 2025•6 min
Here's why one former Canadian senator is sounding the alarm over Bill C-5
André Pratte, communications consultant and former Canadian senator
Jun 26, 2025•11 min
'Very optimistic about what we have built': Just for Laughs organizer on getting comedy festival back on track
Sylvain Parent-Bedard, president and CEO and Nick Brazao, head of programming and talent at Just for Laughs
Jun 25, 2025•11 min
Mennie: Carney’s honeymoon continues with voters (even though it’s clear he will never master the sound bite)
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.
Jun 25, 2025•10 min
Poll: Local organizations dealing with significant drop in volunteers
Judith Racine, project manager at Accès Bénévolat in Montreal
Jun 25, 2025•7 min
'I never left, really': William Shatner returns to Montreal for 2025 edition of Comiccon
William Shatner, Montreal-born actor and novelist who portrayed Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchises
Jun 25, 2025•9 min
Mennie: Nothing says Montreal like a $300,000 self cleaning public toilet that doesn’t work.
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.
Jun 24, 2025•11 min
The Right Chemistry: Can tomatoes and watermelon to cheer you up?
Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Host of the Dr. Joe Show, Sundays at 3 PM on CJAD 800 & director of the McGill Office for Science & Society
Jun 24, 2025•8 min
Montreal’s basketball talent was highlighted during the NBA Finals, could it mean the city is ready for the NBA?
Josh Lewenberg, TSN Toronto Raptors NBA Beat Reporter
Jun 24, 2025•8 min
The Canadian Transportation Agency has a complaints back of over 87,000, and it could go up by 45 per cent by 2028
John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer of Operations and Integrated Aviation Management at McGill
Jun 24, 2025•9 min
Mennie: Where will Canada stand in a post-American NATO?
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.
Jun 23, 2025•11 min
Canadians are boycotting the US, and some businesses are feeling the pressure
Patrick Woodcock, President and CEO of the Maine Chamber of Commerce
Jun 23, 2025•9 min
A Black market for expedited requests to recover hacked Meta accounts has sprung up
Kathryn Blaze-Baum, Globe and Mail investigative reporter
Jun 23, 2025•8 min
Let’s all French is back in Ottawa for Season 2
Mike Paterson, comedian, actor, and self-declared franglais champion on Let’s all French
Jun 23, 2025•11 min
Official languages commissioner concerned with the federal government’s inability to comply with bilingualism, A new study shows lonely older adults could actually live longer, Why yogurt is not the miracle food it is claimed to be, How technology can help during an emergency? What are the psychological effects of being abandoned at a young age? & The Grand Prix will remain in Montreal until 2035
Raymond Theberge, Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada Dr. John Hirdes, Professor at the University of Waterloo in Public Health Science Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Host of the Dr. Joe Show, Sundays at 3 PM on CJAD 800 & director of the McGill Office for Science & Society Carmi Levy, Tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand as well as CTV News. Dr. Samantha Goldwater-Adler, Montreal clinical psychologist specializing in child psychology,...
Jun 20, 2025•46 min
Pablo Rodriguez picks Saint-Laurent MNA Marwah Rizqy to lead the official opposition at the National Assembly
Marwah Rizqy, Liberal MNA for Saint-Laurent and new leader of the official opposition
Jun 20, 2025•8 min
Mulcair: Mark Carney is doing exactly what he promised to do
CJAD 800 political commentator Tom Mulcair can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand in addition to The Andrew Carter Morning Show, every weekday at 7:40 a.m.
Jun 20, 2025•11 min
Mennie: Summer recess? The Quebec election campaign is already in full swing.
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.
Jun 20, 2025•9 min
A new study shows lonely older adults could actually live longer
Dr. John Hirdes, Professor at the University of Waterloo in Public Health Science
Jun 19, 2025•8 min
Reid: Donald Trump doesn’t like taking angry calls from powerful businessmen
Scott Reid, CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to Prime Minister Paul Martin
Jun 19, 2025•11 min
Mennie: Quebec Liberals meet the new boss.
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.
Jun 19, 2025•9 min
Tech Corner: How technology can help during an emergency
Tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand as well as CTV News.
Jun 19, 2025•8 min
What are the psychological effects of being abandoned at a young age?
Dr. Samantha Goldwater-Adler, Montreal clinical psychologist specializing in child psychology, and cognitive behavioural therapy
Jun 19, 2025•9 min
How the Canadian Grand Prix promoter secured Montreal as a host city until 2035
Jean-Philippe Paradis, President of the Octane Racing Group, the official promoter of the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix
Jun 18, 2025•7 min
Crane: Francois Legault doesn’t have a deep bench
Jennifer Crane, Founder of Connexion Québec Public Affairs and political strategist
Jun 18, 2025•10 min
Mennie: Drainville’s education funding cuts make sense if the first courses to be axed teach math
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.
Jun 18, 2025•12 min
Legal Corner: Amazon is letting employees know they are being replaced by AI in advance
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.
Jun 18, 2025•7 min
Languages commissioner: Situation for English-speaking Quebecers has changed 'drastically'
Raymond Theberge, official languages commissioner of Canada
Jun 18, 2025•8 min
Report: Record number of heart patients have died while waiting for surgery in Quebec
Dr. Louis Perrault, president of the Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of Quebec
Jun 18, 2025•8 min
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