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The Big Story
Episodes — page 7
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…
Big Headlines: WestJet and its flight attendants reach deal to end strike and wildfires force thousands from their homes in B.C.Plus: A Canadian astronaut gets ready to head to the International Space Station, a closed Ontario theme park ships more whales to the U.S., two flight school planes collide midair…
Will Infantino's attempted FIFA sell-off lead to his demise?FIFA President Gianni Infantino had plans to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors, including the brother of U.S. President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. In…
- Weekend Listen: Canada's betting large on sports gambling
Enjoy this special feed drop from our sister show 'In This Economy?!'. Back in June of 2021, the federal government legalized single-event sports betting in Canada, birthing a mul…
Big Headlines: Trump announces plan to disarm Hamas and European countries could boycott future FIFA tournamentsPlus: A positive update on the health of the Canadian economy, a Canadian national detained on spying charges in Belgium wants out of pretrial detention, Prime Minister Mark Carney…
The epic meltdown over The OdysseyIt's been a box office and critical success, and theatres are packed to the brim for weeks to come as audiences pack cinemas to go see Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey". But if you…
Big Headlines: A tragic end to the search for an 11-year-old Calgary boy and WestJet's flight attendants are preparing to strikePlus: WestJet and its flight attendants’ union issue dueling strike and lockout notices, Prime Minister Mark Carney isn’t planning to use Canadian oil exports to the U.S. as levera…
