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The Big Story
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Big Headlines: Canadian trade reps continue talks with Washington as new tariffs go into effect this weekPlus: Statistics Canada says the annual rate of inflation accelerated to three per cent in July, Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to make an announcement about energy security reg…
How do we stop antisemitism on university campuses?A new report commissioned by the federal government says antisemitism is a systemic problem on university and college campuses, adding post-secondary institutions have failed to ad…
- Weekend Listen: Keeping a steady ship in turbulent markets
Enjoy this special feed drop from our sister show "In This Economy?!" 2026 has certainly been a "headline driven" year for the markets. Whether it's A.I., war, tariffs and trade,…
Big Headlines: Iconic Canadian sports broadcaster passes away and select international students under review for protests in CalgaryPlus: Farage secures victory over Binface, some students protesting work permit denials face scrutiny over their current status in Canada, officials in B.C. say the public will sti…
Is it time to end the U.S. "booze bans"?Since almost the very beginning of the trade war, alcohol from the United States has been banned from most Canadian shelves. It was done as a way of putting pressure on the adminis…
Big Headlines: Farage vs. Binface: Voters in Clacton head to the pollsPlus: Canada and the U.S. continue to negotiate with new tariffs looming, the U.S. ambassador to Canada responds to a petition calling to kick him out of the country, four of the f…
What's behind 70,000 migrants flooding into a Spanish town?On the northeastern tip of Morocco, just south of Gibraltar, the Spanish city Ceuta was recently overwhelmed by Moroccan migrants. At the end of last month, tens of thousands of Mo…
Big Headlines: Rescuers in Colombia racing against the clock to save survivors from quake that rocked multiple citiesPlus: Canada's top trade negotiator has a warning ahead of new impending tariffs, thousands of Canadians want Trump's trade rep to Canada removed from Ottawa, the federal governmen…
Canada's new highway of tearsMissing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls have been a problem in Canada for decades, and one that went ignored for far too long. Going back to the late 60s, women and girls w…
Big Headlines: Death toll mounts in Colombia following 7.4-magnitude earthquake and Canadian military on standby for B.C. wildfiresPlus: A Montreal father is found guilty of murdering his daughter in upstate New York, Alberta reviews its Amber Alert criteria following the death of a boy with autism, Environmen…
Where are youth turning in the lonely hours?This episode contains conversations about mental health, suicide, and sexual assault. Please take care. Kids Help Phone, a service offering free, mental health service over the ph…
Big Headlines: Tens of thousands forced to evacuate as B.C. declares state of emergency over wildfiresPlus: Montreal’s police chief plans to provide an update on a patrol unit that disbanded in June over serious allegations, the Conservative leader writes a letter to the Prime Mini…
The reopening of the Patrick Santos cold caseIt's taken Toronto Police more than 20 years to charge a suspect in the murder of Patrick Santos, a 21 year old Scarborough man that was found zip-tied and duck taped in his home i…
- Weekend Listen: Should we rely on a rogue robot?
Enjoy this special feed drop from our sister show "In This Economy?!" OpenAI recently went rogue, hacking into an AI start-up in a matter of hours. It stunned some – even those i…
Big Headlines: Unexpected job gains for Canada this summer and back-up arrives in B.C. to help fight surging wildfiresPlus: Meta is ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars after it was found liable for contributing to the mental health crisis in children, new salary cap circumvention allega…
Are you losing yourself to the time-off tax?When was the last time you took a day off? Went on vacation? Gave yourself an extra-long weekend? If it's been a while, well, you're not alone. A recent survey showed that 4 in 10…
Big Headlines: Calgary residents mourn death of 11-year-old with autism and what WestJet flight attendants' new deal includesPlus: Canada establishes a registry to track foreign influence, WestJet flight attendants’ union shares details of its new deal with the airline, Prime Minister Mark Carney suggest…
Scan or scam: Are elective full-body MRI's worth it?Perhaps you've heard one on the radio, or got one before a video online, or maybe even seen one on transit, but ads for full-body MRIs are everywhere these days. They tell you to b…
Big Headlines: Canadian broadcasting icon Lloyd Robertson passes away and top Canada-U.S. trade officials return to WashingtonPlus: An Ontario city deals with the impact of historic floods, wildfire damage in B.C. is assessed with hot days in the forecast, Canadians look at cutting back their insurance to…
The Plan to End the Israel-Hamas war. And Why It Might Fail.US President Trump touted about a 'great breakthrough' in a deal to bring peace to Gaza, although the two main characters in the fight seem to remain in a deadlock on who moves fir…
