Chris Paul Farias, a Brant resident, accidentally grew 167 pumpkins this fall. They describe to Vassy Kapelos how pumpkin plants began popping up everywhere on their property—including the roof—where they hadn't planted any.

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Ontario is lowering the age for regular, publicly funded breast cancer screenings from 50 to 40. Dr. Jean Seely, head of breast imaging at Ottawa Hospital and the president of the Canadian Society of Breast Imaging, tells Vassy Kapelos why this is significant. 

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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 managing director of Abacus Data, and Tom Mulcair, CTV political analyst and former NDP leader. 

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Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail, Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail, and Mike Le Couteur, senior political correspondent for CTV News and host of The Debate.

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Are smartphones and social media making teens depressed/suicidal? CTV science and technology specialist Dan Riskin joins Vassy Kapelos for the weekly segment Talk Science to Me. 

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There are growing concerns of the Israel-Hamas war spilling into Lebanon as 17,000 Canadians remain stranded. Preparation is underway for what could prove to be the biggest civilian evacuation in Canada's history. Senator Peter Boehm chaired the government's Lebanon evacuation task force in 2006. He joins Vassy Kapelos on the program.

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A new report has found food banks are currently being used at the highest level in 34 years. There were nearly two million visits to Canadian food banks in March, Food Banks Canada CEO Kirstin Beardsley tells Vassy Kapelos.

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Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin, Kory Teneycke, former Director of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and 2022 campaign manager for the Ontario PCs, and Kathleen Monk, principal owner of Monk + Associates and former director of communications to Jack Layton. 

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