something for everyone on today’s show …

We start with a catch up with Mayor Steven Del Duca of Vaughan and move to a very important ‘expiry date’ check – one that could save your life. Ryan Schell - Chief Fire Prevention Officer for Central York Fire Services will join us to explain. Plus, we’ll give the *goat* a little love …not ‘the greatest of all time’ kind of goat but the actual animals – raised by York Region resident Ian Matthews as an eco-friendly solution to environmental concerns.

Also, our ongoing celebration of Canada just ahead of the country’s 158th birthday! Why are you a proud Canadian and what makes us so unique?

Dust off your cowboy boots and mark your calendar. There’s a brand new summertime festival in Markham that you won’t want to miss, and …love this segment in the show when we highlight an emerging Canadian Artist – remember the name Carina B.

She is a rising superstar …and you’ll hear for yourself.

In today’s show, we have our usual excellent roster of guests covering topics that span what’s trending, what to do with your free time, some health news and what you need to know that is happening in your world.

The people bringing us these stories include:
Benn Barrantes, CEO, ONBARR Conference

Teresa Di Felice, of the CAA with a study of pedestrian safety that might surprise you;

Fiona Su, President of the Canadian Arts and Wellness Alliance talking about Dance on Yonge 2025;

Emilie Alderman, Deputy City manager, Public Works in Vaughan about what to leave out and what not to pick up on Curb Days;

Dr. Jeff Habert, a family physician in Thornhill for the last 35 years with a fresh perspective on Diabetes, plus

Mayor Steve Pelligrini of King Township, and

Paul Metcalf of the Heavyweights Brass Band performing at the Toronto Jazz Festival

WE BEGIN …BY CELEBRATING THE FEATURE FILM DEBUT OF A POWERFUL NEW VOICE IN CANADIAN CINEMA. TORONTO-BASED FILMMAKER REBECCAH LOVE’S MOVIE ‘FORTESCUE’ IS DESCRIBED AS A QUIET REFLECTION ON WOMANHOOD,

PSYCHOSIS AND FRIENDSHIP, AND TOUCHES ON SOME PRESSING QUESTIONS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. THE FILM IS FICTIONAL …HOWEVER REBECCA’S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH BIPOLAR DISEASE GIVES HER WORK COMPELLING AUTHENTICITY.

TOUGH MUDDER IS A SERIES OF EVENTS WHERE PARTICIPANTS NAVIGATE GRUELLING OBSTACLE COURSES THAT

CHALLENGE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STRENGTH. AND GOING THROUGH IT MEANS GETTING DIRTY….REALLY DIRTY. ATHLETES WHO FINISH THE TOUGH MUDDER EVENT DESCRIBE FEELING SORE AND EXHAUSTED AND…EUPHORIC. NOW TOUGH MUDDER IS WELCOMING PARA ATHLETES AND GENERAL MANAGER NICOLAS BERTRAND JOINED JIM LANG TO EXPLAIN.

YORK PRIDE IS CELEBRATING 25 YEARS AND THE FESTIVAL HAPPENING JUNE 21ST AND 22ND, PROMISES TO BE BIGGER AND

EVEN BETTER. PROGRAM MANAGER, JACOB GAL SHARES HOW YOU CAN JOIN IN ALL THE FUN WHILE SUPPORTING FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS IN THE LGBTQ2S-PLUS COMMUNITY.

ON JUNE 18, 2023, THE WORLD WATCHED AS A TOURIST AND EXPEDITION CAPSULE - THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE SLOWLY

DISAPPEARED INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC. ON BOARD THE DEEP-SEA VESSEL WERE 5 PEOPLE …EXCITED FOR THIS ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME ADVENTURE TO REACH THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC ON THE OCEAN FLOOR. IT NEVER HAPPENED – INSTEAD, DISASTER STRUCK AND ALL 5 WERE KILLED WHEN THE SUBMERSIBLE IMPLODED.TWO YEARS LATER – A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE TRAGEDY EXPLORES WHY IT HAPPENED AND THE LESSONS LEARNED. JIM LANG SPOKE WITH DOCUMENTRY DIRECTOR PAMELA GORDON.

A MIGRAINE IS ONE OF THE MOST DISABLING MEDICAL CONDITIONS IN THE WORLD — YET OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD AND

MINIMIZED. MAYA CARVALHO - FOUNDER OF THE CANADIAN MIGRAINE SOCIETY - IS ON A MISSION TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR LIVING WITH MIGRAINES. MAYA HAS BUILT A GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY THAT OFFERS EMPATHY AND EDUCATION TO MIGRAINE SUFFERERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THEM.

WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU BLEND ROCK AND ROLL AND BLUES AND SOUL? A VERY COOL TORONTO BAND CALLED PROPTER HAWK. THE GROUP IS KNOWN FOR ITS ENERGETIC PERFORMANCES …THEIR SOUND INFLUENCED BY ‘THE BEATLES’, ‘ THE BAND, OTIS REDDING AND HUMBLE PIE. PROPTER HAWK CAME TOGETHER 5 YEARS AGO …WITH LOTS OF NEW MATERIAL CREATED DURING THE PANDEMIC YEARS. LEAD GUITARIST ALEC MCEACHERN - IN STUDIO WITH SHALIZA BACCHUS.