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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Sébastien Lebel-Grenier, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Bishop’s University, tells Vassy Kapelos Quebec's plan to raise tuition for out-of-province students is "not informed by facts" and is politically-motivated. 

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What does former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge think about the current head of the bank warning public pleas from premiers to suspend interest rate hikes could undermine the institution's independence? He joins Vassy Kapelos to weigh in.

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Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Sabrina Nanji, a seven-year veteran of the Queen's Park Press Gallery currently with the Queen's Park Observer, Elliot Hughes, political commentator and senior advisor at Summa Strategies, and Jason Lietaer, president of Enterprise Canada.

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Montreal university students are planning a one-day strike on Oct. 30 to protest Quebec's plan to hike tuition for out-of-province students. Noah Sparrow, a student at Concordia University, and Alex O'Neill, a student at McGill University, are organizing the movement. They join Vassy Kapelos. 

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