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The Big Story
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- Breaking down the Hockey Canada sex assault trial so far
A warning to our listeners: this episode includes description and discussion of sexual assault. Please take care. Another stunning development in the sexual assault trial of five f…
- Is Canada’s EV dream dead?
After Honda announced it is hitting pause on a $15 billion investment in electric vehicle production in Canada, questions are swirling about three other major EV projects in line f…
- Weekend listen: No federal budget until the fall - what does that mean for you?
A big week on the budget front, for multiple reasons. Not only did Ontario release a budget that aims to get the province through the trade war, we learned that the new Liberal gov…
- The Big Debrief: Reaction to PM Carney's choice of cabinet
Today on The Big Story - we're debriefing, big time. Hosts David Smith, Kris McCusker and Cormac Mac Sweeney get together to chat about Prime Minister Carney's choice of cabinet an…
- Digging into flight safety after serious concerns are raised about Newark Airport
It’s been a rough few weeks at the airport in New Jersey after two radar and radio outages - but there’s a lot more to the story. The acting administrator with the U-S Federal Avia…
- The ethical issues around "Trump coin" and the overall impact on crypto
Has the White House gone completely "pay for play"? While experts debate the ethics of U.S. President Donald Trump's latest actions including accepting a plane from Qatar, others…
- How to keep your job during a trade war
Canada's unemployment rate remained relatively stable for the month of April, sitting at 6.9%. But the rate for youth unemployment jumped to its highest figure in the past two deca…
- Is "plastic rain" the new acid rain?
You can’t always see it but plastic is everywhere. So much so – that it’s now in our rain and it’s there because of humans. It’s almost as worrisome as acid rain was in the 1970s –…
- PM Carney's next challenge: who's in and who's out of cabinet
Tomorrow Prime Minister Mark Carney will be unveiling his first cabinet since receiving a minority mandate from voters 2 weeks ago. The decisions will not be easy, as Carney has t…
- Encore: The power of punctuality and what it says about you
Punctuality – its definition and importance really depend on who you speak to. A recent study out of the UK shows a generational divide when it comes to tardiness and how it could…
Pope Leo XIV: who he is, why he was chosen, and his path forward for the Catholic church“Peace be with you”. Those were the first words spoken from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to the massive crowd below by the newly chosen pontiff, now known as Pope Leo XIV.…
- Carney vs. Trump - what's next?
Prime Minister Mark Carney has made his first trip to the White House to meet President Donald Trump, with Trump heaping praise on Carney. But the meeting wasn't all sunshine, as t…
- Is 'Hollywood North' about to take its final bow?
Is Hollywood North in jeopardy, based on a social media post by U.S. President Donald Trump? After musing about hitting foreign film production with a 100% tariff, there are conce…
- Mr. Carney goes to Washington
Today, Prime Minister Mark Carney will make his first trip to the White House to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. Tariffs, the economy, and military defense will be the key…
- What happens next with Pierre Poilievre, a week after losing the election and his own seat
After a stunning election loss in which Pierre Poilievre couldn’t hold on to his own seat in Parliament, what comes next for the federal Conservatives? Will there be a push to oust…
- Post-election, digging into whether or not our economy will fall into recession
We're dropping a timely episode of In This Economy into the weekend feed. We now have clarity now on Canada's new government, but predictions about the state of economy going forw…
- Why the sky high price of groceries may be starting to stabilize
Canadians could be in for a break at the grocery store for the next couple of months. After food inflation ticked higher in March, a food economist is expecting more stability thro…
Tragedy at the Lapu-Lapu day festival in Vancouver: What we know and the questions being raisedWarning: this episode may be triggering for some listeners. Friday has been declared a day of mourning in British Columbia for the victims of the Lapu-Lapu Day festival attack. Wh…
- What the heck happened with Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh?
The Liberal minority government is now officially set. What's also now official is the deep dive into what went wrong into the campaigns of Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh, two…
- The dramatic twists and storylines in Canada's 45th election as the new Liberal mandate begins
In what's been a very upside down election campaign - the results were just as wild. At time of writing at 2:30am, it's a Liberal minority government. Conservative leader Pierre P…
