Ontario Today Phone-ins From Cbc Radio

Canadian and US immigration lawyer Melissa Babel talks with callers about crossing the border.

Your stories about how the labour dispute at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) affects you. Our guests are Harry Goslin, President of the Ontario Compensation Employees Union and Aaron Lazarus, Vice-President of Communications for the WSIB, the employer in this dispute. 

Our expert gardener, Paul Zammit, takes your gardening questions. Paul is a professor of horticulture and environmental studies at Niagara College.

Your stories on discovering a love of birds and we hear from Ed Yong, a Pulitzer Prize winning science writer and best selling author, including his newest book An Immense World (Young Readers Edition).

Your stories living life as a single person and we hear from Yuthika Girme, director of the Singlehood Experiences and Complexities Underlying Relationships Lab and associate professor in psychology at Simon Fraser University.

Melanoma is on the rise in Canada, a recent study found the number of new cases increased 17 per cent last year. We hear about the questions you have about sunscreen and other ways to project yourself from skin cancer and we speak with Dr. Cheryl Rosen, head of dermatology with the University Health Network. 

Author John Vaillant has done a lot of research into wildfires and written about the fires that devastated Fort McMurray in 2016. He wrote the book Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast. He joins us along with Niagara Falls, Ont. Fire Chief Jo Zambito and MPP Sol Mamakwa as listeners share their thoughts watching the evacuations and fires on the prairies.

Our expert gardener, Paul Zammit, takes your gardening questions. Paul is a professor of horticulture and environmental studies at Niagara College.

We hear your insights on selling and buying condos in the GTA and we hear from TD housing market economist Rishi Sondhi about why he sees a brighter future for 2026.

Stories from listeners on their best summer job to inspire those who are on the hunt right now. Our guest is Tim Lang, President and CEO of Youth Employment Services.

Your stories about street racing in Ontario. Our guests are Brampton Regional Councillor Rowena Santos and we hear from OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt with the highway safety division.

We hear your stories about the importance of food in the care for people with dementia and we hear from Navjot Gill-Chawla about what she has learned researching dementia care in the South Asian community through her work at the University of Waterloo.

We get your calls about Tuesday's throne speech and we are joined for analysis by Royal Military College professor Christian Leuprecht and David Paterson, Ontario's representative in Washington D.C.

Ahead of King Charles's first visit to Canada since becoming King we hear from royal commentator and author Carolyn Harris about the significance of the visit and hear your views on the monarch and whether they have shifted over time.

Our expert gardener, Paul Zammit, takes your gardening questions. Paul is a professor of horticulture and environmental studies at Niagara College.

We are joined for the hour by two Americans who moved to Canada during two different periods of political change -- Ken Greenberg arrived in Toronto in the late 1960s as a Vietnam War draft resistor and Anne Sullivan, who arrived in late 2024 to teach at York University. We also hear calls from Americans about their choice to leave the United States and any regret they have about that decision.

A tragedy on Highway 401 that killed three children on the weekend is turning our province's attention on impaired driving and what can be done to stop it. We hear from the Steve Sullivan, CEO of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) about how the organization is trying to reach young men who drive under the influence and we hear your calls about times when you made the decision to drive while impaired. 

The province has tabled new legislation aimed at making it easier for municipalities to crack down on encampments of homeless folks. Some cities are on side, others are not. What about you? The head of the Big City Mayors Association, Marianne Meed Ward - the Mayor of Burlington hears your stories. Also joining the show, Kaitie Burkholder Harris, the executive director of the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa.

Could dill boost your tomato harvest? What about planting marigolds to keep your herb garden green and lush? Our expert gardener, Paul Zammit, tells us about the benefits of companion planting -- as in planting certain vegetables or flowers next to one another to deter pests. Paul is a professor of horticulture and environmental studies at Niagara College. He is also our expert gardener on Ontario Today. 

We hear from callers about how tariffs on the auto industry are affecting their lives and we hear from Greg Layson, digital editor with Automotive News Canada.