Ontario Today Phone-Ins

Sahir Khan, executive vice-president at the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa chats with callers about the big shifts federal bureaucrats are bracing for and the mistakes to avoid.

As Toronto remains under a heat warning, we hear what it's like to work outside right now. Our guest is heat expert Glen Kenny, research chair in human environmental physiology at the University of Ottawa.

We hear advice on keeping your lawn healthy during these hot days with limited rain from Mary Shearman Reid, owner of the Green Thumb Garden Centre and certified landscape horticulturist manager. She also takes your gardening questions.

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.