Ontario Today Phone-Ins

Your stories with Winnie Chen, a content creator who hosted a giant picnic in a Toronto Park, where more than thousand strangers turned out. Also with us, Pete Bombaci, Founder of The GenWell Project dot org, which leads the "Talking to Strangers" campaign and has developed national guidelines for social connection.

Your stories about giving kids more unstructured play this summer and we hear from child and youth psychologist Janine Hubbard.

Your stories with guests Jon Allen, former Canadian ambassador to Israel and Raja Khouri, former commissioner with the Ontario Human Rights Commissioner and founding president of the Canadian-Arab Institute.

Mary Shearman Reid, greenhouse owner and certified landscape horticulturist manager, offers some tips on moving plants around in August and takes your gardening questions.

For a second time, Pierre Poilievre is facing dozens of opponents in a race, this time in Alberta's Battle River-Crowfoot riding where more than 200 names are on the ballot. We hear your reaction and we speak with Jean-Pierre Kingsley, a former Chief Electoral Officer of Canada.