Podcast
The Big Story
Episodes — page 10
- Weekend Listen: Was Canada's 'technical recession' a data mistake?
Enjoy this special feed drop from our sister show 'In This Economy?!'. The economy started off 2026 in what economists called a 'technical recession', but a huge bounce-back at th…
Join the bandwagon: Your guide to Canada’s World Cup runAlmost 14 years ago, Canada was reeling from the loss of its men's national team losing 8-1 to Honduras and crushing its dreams of qualifying from the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Fa…
Big Headlines: A new pipeline will stretch from Alberta to B.C. and Canada's biggest test at the World Cup so farPayments begin for the federal government’s boosted affordability credit, a man suspected of hitting a beachgoer in the head with a log is released on bail, two women found guilty…
Canada is facing a very real threat...of ticksTicks! The word tends to give Canadians of all stripes a sense of the creepy-crawlies-- and perhaps a touch of anxiety too. The small parasites that burrow into our skin and pose s…
Big Headlines: The U.S. declines to renew CUSMA and Canada Post suspends service to 12 European countriesPlus: Alberta announces a new oil pipeline, a lawsuit is filed over an alleged leak of Alberta voters’ personal information, Canada Post pauses shipping parcels to some European co…
Hot and Bothered: What's driving the extreme heat?We're at a point where "record-breaking heat" has become a broken-record phrase. Year over year, we hear how many parts of the world have reached a new temperature high. And just d…
Big Headlines: A key CUSMA deadline looms and Canada prepares to send emergency aid to VenezuelaPlus: Canada will play Morocco in the round of 16 at the World Cup, an America-themed beaver statue is destroyed in Toronto, B.C. nurses issue a strike notice, and Mark Carney’s pl…
"Buy-a-brick": Carney's plan to renovate 24 SussexCrumbling. Rat infested. Decrepit. Unsafe for human habitation. Perhaps not the words you would want to describe the official residence of Canada's leader-- but 24 Sussex Drive ha…
Big Headlines: History for Canada at the World Cup and several cities brace for extreme weatherThe Concordia University shooter dies in prison, a former Air Canada pilot accused of flying for decades without a licence appears in court, Drake throws “apology parties” for wome…
Canada’s invisible youth gang crisisA string of shootings across the Greater Toronto Area are being tied to gun-for-hire networks targeted by vulnerable youth through encrypted messaging apps. Toronto Police say they…
- Weekend Listen: Space X goes public, but what are you buying?
Enjoy this special feed drop from our sister show "In This Economy?!" It’s now the biggest IPO in history – when Space X hit the US market this month, it made CEO Elon Musk a tril…
Big Headlines: Rescue efforts continue in Venezuela after back to back, massive earthquakesSearch and rescue efforts continue in Venezuela as the death toll climbs following two large earthquakes Plus: The Prime Minister holds a phone call with the U.S. President, a des…
Canada has an incel problemA more than 100-page manifesto filled with misogynistic and anti-police rhetoric was found in the hours after an Alberta man opened fire in a Montreal neighbourhood. Three people w…
Big Headlines: Tragedy strikes in Venezuela, where two massive earthquakes hit west of the capitalPlus: Canada finish second in their World Cup group to set up a round of 32 showdown with South Africa, details on the Montreal shooting suspect’s online activity, an Air Canada fl…
The hidden power struggles shaping US-Iran negotiationsIt was a deal Prime Minister Mark Carney touted as a 'game changer' that made the preceding war across Iran 'worth it'. But in the days that followed after the United States and Ir…
Big Headlines: Canada looks to win their group at the World Cup, and details on the Montreal shooting suspectPlus: Experts believe the string of recent on-duty police officer deaths could be an anomaly, Canadians’ confidence in America remains low, Mark Carney’s past work in the corporate…
Doctor or data? Trust, AI and the rise of health misinformationSure, you can ask it for a recipe or ideas for a themed birthday party. But in lieu of a healthcare provider, maybe that's when we should draw the line with turning to AI. A recen…
Big Headlines: Montreal shooting kills three, including a police officer and a tragic update in the search for Nancy GuthriePlus: A ransom note reportedly told Nancy Guthrie’s family she died shortly after she was kidnapped, residents in Lytton begin returning home after a wildfire forced them to evacua…
The revolving door of UK Prime Ministers post-BrexitKeir Starmer's resignation as Britian's Prime Minister marks the 6th in just a decade, as political turmoil and a post-Brexit reality disturb the country's stability. Poised to be…
Big Headlines: Inflation rises to its highest rate in years, and British PM Starmer resignsPlus: Celebrations on Sunday mark National Indigenous Peoples Day, contract talks start for thousands of Canadian auto workers, Ottawa reaches a deal to build a new radar defence s…
