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Dating apps have changed the way many pursue relationships — some experts say they've gamified the experience and that might be why some are finding it exhausting. TikTok videos featuring people fed up with dating are racking up millions of views. What's your dating app story?

Are you in a stand-off with the folks next door? It could be a fence, a driveway or maybe it's the pot smoke wafting through the windows. Real estate lawyer Bob Aaron was on-hand to discuss your neighbourly impasse.

Topic #1: A new UN report says the planet is on-track to warm by 3 degrees C by the end of the century. Have extreme weather events changed your shopping habits?Topic #2: Some Canadian Tire and Walmart locations are ditching self-checkouts and returning to more cashiers...What's your opinion on self-checkouts?…

According to pollsters if a federal election were held today it would be a majority government for Pierre Polievre. Will you be changing your vote in the next election? What's pushing you to switch parties?In the second half of the program we talk to two confilct resolution experts about how to navigate difficult conversations about the Israel-Hama…

One in three Canadians working a second job do it just to survive according to Statistics Canada. Are you happy with your side hustle or is it stressing you out?

Has the carbon tax got you worried this winter? Warren Mabee is a professor and director of Queen's University’s Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy. He's here to answer your questions about heat pumps.

According to Statistics Canada, over a third of Canadian adults under 35 live with a parent. How do you feel about adult children living at home?

60% of Canadian mortgages are up for renewal in the next 3 years. Our Ask Me Anything expert Ron Butler is a mortgage broker at Butler Mortgage. He takes your questions on mortgages and mortgage renewals.

Canadians are using food banks in the highest numbers since Food Banks Canada started tracking statistics in 1989, according to its new report. How close are you to not being able to afford groceries?

With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing a "second stage" in the war and the situation on the ground in Gaza growing more desperate, our Ask Me Anything focus on the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Retired Maj.-Gen. Scott Clancy and Dalia Al-Awqati, the head of humanitarian affairs with the charity Save the Children, took your q…

Retired Maj.-Gen. Scott Clancy and Jon Allen, former Canadian Ambassador to Israel and senior fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy in Toronto, took your questions.

Five years after the legalization of cannabis in Canada, public health experts are starting to see trends in the data. Have you noticed an impact on your family or your community?

This week our Ask Me Anything segment focused on how to manage the challenges that might come from consuming the news out of Israel and Gaza. Javeed Sukhera, the chair of psychiatry at the Institute of Living and chief of the department of psychiatry at Hartford Hospital, took your calls.

A ground assault by Israel looms in Gaza after last week's surprise attack by Hamas on Israel. We discussed the impact the conflict was having on callers' friends and family and addressed questions about what could happen next.

Our Ask Me Anything segment focuses on car theft, which insurers and police are saying is at crisis levels in parts of Canada. Bryan Gast, former OPP officer and vice president of investigative services of Équité Association, takes your questions.

A surprise attack on Israel launched from Gaza by Hamas militants left hundreds of Israelis and hundreds of Palestinians dead and thousands wounded. The attacks involved a heavy barrage of rockets and militants crossing into Israeli territory on Saturday.

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

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?

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?

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.

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?

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?

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.…

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?

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

Some Canadian retailers have adopted receipt checks near self-checkout areas in selected stores in what they say is a response to shoplifting, but the move has sparked backlash from some customers who feel threatened by the tactic.

Our Ask Me Anything segment focuses on air travel and what passengers might want to keep in mind so that their trip goes as smoothly as possible. Travel experts took your questions to help you understand your rights.

Some Canadian retailers have adopted receipt checks near self-checkout areas in selected stores in what they say is a response to shoplifting, but the move has sparked backlash from some customers who feel threatened by the tactic.

While fatalities and injuries related to motor vehicle traffic collisions have trended downward in Canada over the last 20 years, according to Statistics Canada, it's still a life-altering experience for many Canadians each year. What are the most dangerous things you've seen while driving?

Google and Meta plan to eventually remove links to Canadian journalism in response to the federal government's Online News Act. Chris Waddell, former journalist and journalism professor at Carleton University, is taking your questions. What would you like to know?

While fatalities and injuries related to motor vehicle traffic collisions have trended downward in Canada over the last 20 years, according to Statistics Canada, it's still a life-altering experience for many Canadians each year. What are the most dangerous things you've seen while driving?

Canada's population growth is largely being driven by the more than 145,000 immigrants the country welcomed during the first three months of the year. That's the highest number on record for a single quarter since comparable data became available in 1972.

Canada's population growth is largely being driven by the more than 145,000 immigrants the country welcomed during the first three months of the year. That's the highest number on record for a single quarter since comparable data became available in 1972.

This week's AMA guest, environmentalist and former host of the Nature of Things, David Suzuki takes your questions about climate change.

It's Pride weekend in Toronto, but it comes at a time where advocates say trans people are being targeted and harmful rhetoric is on the rise. What conversations are you having?

Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole took your questions about the state of Canadian politics after resigning his seat as an MP at the end of the House of Commons' spring session this past Wednesday.

It's Pride weekend in Toronto, but it comes at a time where advocates say trans people are being targeted and harmful rhetoric is on the rise. What conversations are you having?

This week Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. cut around three per cent of its workforce, which means about 1,300 people have been laid off. What advice would you give to someone who just lost their job?