Free For All Friday -- Hour 1

Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.

On today's show:

• John Gradek, aviation industry expert and professor at McGill University, on the potential of a looming Air Canada strike or lockout
• Mike Flannigan, BC Innovation Research Chair in Predictive Services, Emergency Management and Fire Science, Faculty of Science as well as the Science Director of the Canadian Partnership for Wildland Fire Science, on Canada’s wildfire season which was down compared to 2023 but still severe
• Robert Wittman, Former Senior Investigator and Founder of the FBI’s National Art Crime Team and Security and Recovery Consultant, on the recovery of an iconic Winston Churchill portrait stolen from Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier

Free For All Friday -- Hour 2

Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Bob Richardson, President at Hammersmith Consulting and a former Ontario Liberal chief of staff and Tim Powers, Chair, Summa Strategies and Managing Director, Abacus Data

Topic 1: Let’s unpack the Liberal and NDP caucus meetings? What do you make of what we heard from leaders/ministers? How big of a factor is Poilievre’s inevitable non-confidence vote?

Topic 2: What did you make of the US presidential debate? Who’s carrying momentum into the final six weeks of campaigning? Is Canada well prepared for a new administration?

Topic 3: Canadian Army says new military sleeping bags not suitable for 'typical Canadian winter' + Canada plans to use AI in military, but minister says it won’t replace humans

Topic 4: This zoo let their Gen-Z staff write the marketing script and here’s how it went – what do you think?

Topic 5: It’s Friday the 13th… are you superstitious?