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:

• Casey Babb, Senior Fellow with the MacDonald Laurier Institute and Advisor to Secure Canada joins Amanda to look ahead to Monday October 7th and reflect on what that anniversary means for Jewish Canadians.
• Rob Buffam, Legislative Reporter with CTV Vancouver joins Amanda to give a snapshot ahead of BC’s provincial election on October 19th.
• Ritesh Kotak, Tech and Cybersecurity Expert joins Amanda to discuss what it would mean if 23AndMe sold it’s DNA information to the highest bidder.

Free For All Friday - Hour 2.

Guests from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Melanie Paradis, former senior staffer to Erin O’Toole, and President of Texture Communications and Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star.

Topic 1: Bloc leader says the deadline still stands after Liberals vote against pension motion - Will we face a snap election this year?

Topic 2: Canadians three times more positive about Kamala Harris than Donald Trump, survey says.

Topic 3: BC Election - Conservatives are surging in the polls, has the NDP’s time in BC come to an end?

Topic 4 Kicker topic: Remember That DNA You Gave 23andMe?

Topic 4.5 Kicker topic: The surprising ways hybrid work changed people’s grooming habits and notions of personal time.

The Bloc is threatening the Trudeau government with an ultimatum: meet its demands on old age security and supply management or it will to work with opposition parties to force an election. Vassy Kapelos speaks with key players.

On today’s show:

• We play Vassy’s full interview with Karina Gould, Government House Leader. Then, we hear from Bloc Québécois House Leader Christine Normandin.
• Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin.
• The Daily Debrief with Robert Benzie, Rachel Aiello and Hannah Thibedeau.
• Nour El-Khadri, a professor at the University of Ottawa and a Lebanese Canadian, on his perspective of the conflict back home and his thoughts on Canada’s response so far.
• Dr. Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald, Financial Security Research Director at the National Institute on Ageing, explains how Old Age Security works.

Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Israeli Ambassador Iddo Moed to discuss Iran's 'unfathomable' barrage of ballistic missiles and what Israel's response could be.

On todays show:

• Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces and previously Deputy Commander of the NORAD joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss what the risk of a conventional war between Iran and Israel is after yesterday's attack.
• Dr. Jean Seely, head of breast imaging at Ottawa Hospital. She is also the president of the Canadian Society of Breast Imaging joins Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks ‘The Explainer’ question from Judy on Instagram that asked “Do mammograms work?”
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Scott Reid, and Amanda Galbraith.
• Vassy's takes your calls on texts on the increase to OAS.