VKS: The Daily Debrief - Monday panel

Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Zain Velji, a political campaign strategist and partner at Northweather, Tim Powers, chairman of Summa Strategies, and Tom Mulcair, CTV political analyst and former NDP leader.  Today's focus: Fallout from the SCOTUS ruling on…

VKS: Canadians stranded in Mexico amid cartel violence

Drug cartels in Mexico have blocked roads, set cars ablaze and caused chaos for Canadian travelers in Puerto Vallarta today, following a Mexican military operation that killed a cartel leader on Sunday. Vassy Kapelos speaks with CTV National News correspondent Scott Hurst and stranded traveler Artu…

VKS: Canada's Drug Agency recommends against covering breakthrough Alzheimer's treatment

Canada’s Drug Agency recommends against public drug plans covering new breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug Lecanemab. Vassy Kapelos speaks with Dr. Sharon Cohen, Medical Director of the Toronto Memory Program amd specialist in Alzheimer’s diagnosis and treatment. Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on t…

VKS: The Daily Debrief - Thursday panel

Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail, Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, and Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News Today's focus: Reaction to Matt …

VKS: Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin

CTV science and technology specialist Dan Riskin joins Vassy Kapelos for the weekly segment Talk Science to Me.  Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @VassKapelosShow and on Instagram …

VKS: Former Prince Andrew arrested following revelations in Epstein Files

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested by police in the UK on suspicion of misconduct in public office following allegations relating to his time as special trade envoy that stem from his communications with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the…

VKS: The Daily Debrief - Wednesday panel

Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Saeed Selvam, founder of Selvam Public Affairs, Jeff Rutledge, Vice President, McMillian Vantage and Stephanie Levitz, senior reporter in The Globe and Mail's Ottawa bureau Today's focus: Matt Jeneroux crosses the floor Pierre…

VKS: Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux crosses the floor

A third Conservative MP has crossed the floor to join Mark Carney's Liberal government. Vassy Kapelos speaks with CTV News Senior Political Correspondent Mike Le Couteur. Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. …

VKS: The Explainer - What's going on with the U.S. and Cuba?

Mark Entwistle, former Canadian Ambassador to Cuba, joins Vassy Kapelos to help answer this week's Explainer question: What's going on with the U.S. and Cuba? Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on…

VKS: Food inflation continues to outpace overall CPI

The cost of groceries in January was up almost five per cent compared to the year prior according to the latest Consumer Price Index from Statistics Canada. Vassy Kapelos speaks with McMaster University economist Colin Mang. Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcas…