Podcast
The Big Story
Episodes — page 6
What the Canada-US trade war will cost youWhen announcing Canada's withdrawal from US trade talks, Prime Minister Mark Carney admitted that both Canadians and Americans will feel the hurt in their pockets. Both countries…
Big Headlines: Canada details retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. and Trump considers renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America"Plus: A man accused of stabbing two worshippers at a Sikh temple with a screwdriver was released from prison just a day earlier, a multibillion-dollar fleet of Coast Guard icebreak…
Could Ukraine hold a wartime election?Ukraine's recently ousted Defence Minister, Mykhailo Fedoro, called on President Zelenskyy to call for a wartime election. Following more than 4 years at war with Russia, the logis…
Big Headlines: Canada-U.S. trade war barreling towards even newer tariffs after failed negotiationsPlus: Lightning storms disrupt flights and spark fires in B.C., a gathering in Saskatchewan marks the 150th anniversary of Treaty 6, WestJet flight attendants finish voting on a ne…
Inside Mark Carney's act of defianceEntering an economic war isn't your typical Friday night activity. But according to PM Mark Carney, it was necessary after the last 18 months of US President Trump. Not only did…
- Weekend Listen: America's $40 Trillion Debt Problem
Enjoy this special feed drop of our sister show "In This Economy?!" The U.S. government has reached a staggering milestone: $40 trillion in debt. As deficits continue to grow and…
Big Headlines: Canada's top trade negotiators continue to finalize deal to avoid new Trump deadline and the U.S. Vice President's "hot mic" momentPlus: The Alberta government faces jeers and expletives at town halls over a planned Meta data centre, the Boston Marathon says it will count qualifying times on the Edmonton cours…
The case for more third placesWhat's your go-to place to unwind? It could be a local tavern, a neighbourhood coffee shop, even a park where the kids can runaround. In the digitally-saturated era we're curren…
Big Headlines: Carney asks premiers to put American alcohol back on shelves and B.C. businesses struggle to recover from wildfiresPlus: A Calgary police officer will be tried for murder after two suspects in a slow-speed chase were shot and killed, a survey finds almost a fifth of Quebec teachers consider qui…
What makes the new Churchill Falls deal so historic?Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec announced a historic energy deal with help from Ottawa to replace a detested 1969 deal and a confusing 2024 MOU. The new agreement would see Qu…
Big Headlines: Trump hits pause on new tariffs for Canada for three days and calls grow to remove the U.S. ambassador to CanadaPlus: A petition calls for the U.S. ambassador to Canada to be removed, Canadians seeking treatment for rare diseases face challenges, the summer wildfire season hits a historic mi…
Canadians want Hoekstra out. Can they make it happen?A petition with more than 230,000 signatures continues to make its way across Canada in hopes of ousting the US Ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra. Signatories believe the diplom…
Big Headlines: America's new tariff deadline approaches for Canada and Tumbler Ridge Secondary School is being demolishedPlus: the Quebec election frontrunner shelves a sovereignty referendum until after the Trump presidency is over, the NBA spars with ESPN over its reporting on the L.A. Clippers inv…
What led to the largest Catholic schism in 156 years?There has been a schism in the Catholic church. In early July, Pope Leo excommunicated an ultra-conservative sect known as the Society of St. Pius X, after they ordained new Bishop…
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…
