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Cross Country Checkup

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Cross Country Checkup is Canada's only national phone-in show, broadcasting live from coast to coast to coast. Checkup is Canada's weekly town hall — a place for raw, honest perspectives on the most pressing issues of the week. For over 55 years, it's where Canadians gather to listen to each other every Sunday afternoon. Call us: 1-888-416-8333.

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Cross Country Checkup is Canada's only national phone-in show, broadcasting live from coast to coast to coast. Checkup is Canada's weekly town hall — a place for raw, honest perspectives on the most pressing issues of the week. For over 55 years, it's where Canadians gather to listen to each other every Sunday afternoon. Call us: 1-888-416-8333.

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CBC Audience Relations P.O. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada M5W 1E6 888-416-8333

Episodes

How far have you gone to secure an apartment?

10/1/2023
The housing crisis has dashed the home ownership dreams of many Canadians — and renters aren't faring any better. Housing policy expert Steve Pomeroy says that in Toronto, the renter's reality right now is a "nightmare." How have sky high rents affected your life?

Duration:01:51:31

COVID-19 heading into Thanksgiving | Ask Me Anything

10/1/2023
Dr Fatima Kakkar, an infectious diseases pediatrician at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, answers your questions about masking and updated vaccines.

Duration:00:20:08

Does Canada still need a public broadcaster?

9/24/2023
Canada's media landscape is increasingly fragmented and there are also growing concerns about the impacts of misinformation and disinformation online. What do you want from the CBC?

Duration:01:52:29

Food safety | Ask Me Anything

9/17/2023
This week Keith Warriner, a professor at the Department of Food Science at University of Guelph, took your questions about food safety and preventing contamination including E. coli, salmonella and norovirus.

Duration:00:20:08

Have you or your family been affected by the toxic drug crisis?

9/17/2023
Last year, more than 7,300 Canadians died of apparent opioid overdoses. What can we do to reduce the number of drug deaths in Canada?

Duration:01:51:52

Is it fair to increase immigration when housing is scarce?

9/10/2023
Canada's population is growing at a rate unmatched since the post-war baby boom and it's largely due to the federal government's increased immigration targets. Those targets have come under greater scrutiny amid the country's housing supply crisis. What’s been your experience immigrating to Canada?

Duration:01:51:58

COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 | Ask Me Anything

9/3/2023
The first case in Canada was recently detected in British Columbia. Dr. Zain Chagla also took your questions about what's next when it comes to boosters and masking this fall.

Duration:00:20:21

What's the best vacation you ever had in Canada?

9/3/2023
The official end of summer isn't for a few weeks, but symbolically the season ends with the return of school and for many that's next week. What's the most outstanding thing you did all summer?

Duration:01:51:41

Wildfire prevention | Ask Me Anything

8/27/2023
This week Lori Daniels, a professor from the University of British Columbia's forestry faculty, took your questions about wildfire prevention and where we go from here.

Duration:00:20:11

When disaster strikes are you getting the information you need?

8/27/2023
Whether it's during a wildfire, flood, tornado or blizzard, this week we want to know if you're having trouble finding emergency information when you need it most.

Duration:01:51:05

How did you react in the face of an emergency? Have you ever had to leave everything behind?

8/20/2023
Thousands of Canadians have been forced to leave their homes during the past week because of wildfires in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. Officials have confirmed the loss of multiple homes in West Kelowna and parts of the Shuswap. And the entire city of Yellowknife is under an evacuation order.

Duration:01:51:25

Saturday Special | How are the Kelowna and Yellowknife wildfires affecting you?

8/19/2023
Spreading wildfires have forced thousands of Canadians to flee their homes this week in Kelowna, B.C., and in Yellowknife, putting parts of the country in states of emergency. Our question this week: How are the wildfires affecting you? What help do you need?

Duration:01:53:26

Omicron subvariant EG.5 | Ask Me Anything

8/13/2023
Our Ask Me Anything segment looks at EG.5, the latest Omicron subvariant in Canada. Our guest is infectious diseases expert Dr. Lynora Saxinger. She answers questions on EG.5.

Duration:00:20:15

How far have you gone to get concert or sports tickets? Was it worth it?

8/13/2023
Fans queued up online this week to purchase tickets to Taylor Swift's six shows in Toronto. But even with that many performances at the Rogers Centre, many fans have been put on a waitlist for tickets. Our question this week: How far have you gone to get concert or sports tickets? Was it worth it?

Duration:01:52:21

Trump indictments | Ask Me Anything

8/6/2023
Our Ask Me Anything segment focuses on the criminal charges against former U.S. president Donald Trump related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. Washington Post columnist Paul Waldman took your questions.

Duration:00:20:09

For better or worse, what made you decide to break up? What's the key to separating amicably?

8/6/2023
Whether it's a breakup, a separation or a divorce, the end of a relationship impacts couples and families across the country and was in the spotlight this week when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announced their separation.

Duration:01:51:03

Climate change and your home | Ask Me Anything

7/30/2023
This week's segment looks at what you can do to adapt your home to the realities of climate change. Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre on climate adaptation at the University of Waterloo, took your questions.

Duration:00:20:08

Would you buy your kid a Barbie? Is she aspirational or unattainable?

7/30/2023
The Barbie movie is a blockbuster, but sold-out theatres and pink Barbiecore fashion flying off shelves have also stirred up debate about the doll's contested legacy.

Duration:01:53:10

Ask Me Anything: Alzheimer's disease treatments

7/23/2023
This week our Ask Me Anything segment focused on Alzheimer's disease detection, treatment and brain health in general. Dr. Samir Sinha, director of geriatrics at Sinai Health, took your questions.

Duration:00:27:11

July 23, 2023 - How are wildfires, floods and extreme heat changing your summer plans?

7/23/2023
As Canadians continue to grapple with floods and the effects of wildfire smoke in parts of the country, scientists are also warning that 2023 could very well go down as the hottest year on record. Are extreme weather events changing the way you think about the future?

Duration:01:53:09

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