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Heated Rivalry ‘Team Canada’ fleece will soon go on sale
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- Heated Rivalry ‘Team Canada’ fleece will soon go on sale
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- 3 months ago
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- One of the most talked about items from Heated Rivalry is a faux Team Canada fleece worn by Shane when he’s representing Canada at the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Episode 2. After a grassroots campaign, an official version is becoming a reality. Series creator Jacob Tierney and executive producer Brendan Brady have announced that the viral zip-up jacket will be produced and distributed by Canadian-owned and operated apparel company Province of Canada, citing “overwhelming fan demand.” Details on pricing and a release date aren’t yet available, but fans can sign up online to learn more. #HeatedRivalry #ShaneHollander #TeamCanada
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- Thompson, Kingsbury to carry Canada's flag at Milan Cortina Winter Olympics
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- 3 months ago
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- Ski cross racer Marielle Thompson and moguls skier Mikael Kingsbury and will carry Canada's flag into the opening ceremonies of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Both athletes are gold medalists who have overcome injuries this season to compete in their fourth Olympic Games.
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- What is the 'Doomsday Clock,' and what it mean when it gets to midnight
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- 3 months ago
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- Earth is closer than it's ever been to destruction as Russia, China, the U.S. and other countries become 'increasingly aggressive, adversarial, and nationalistic,' The Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists said as it advanced its 'Doomsday Clock' to 85 seconds till midnight.
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- Dogs of The Globe react to Toronto snowstorm
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- 3 months ago
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- While everyone was holing up during the snowstorm, The Globe's doggies were in a winter wonderland. #dogs #snowstorm #snow
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- How Minnesota is fighting ICE on the ground – and in the courts
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- 3 months ago
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- Some of the 3,000 federal agents in Minnesota are set to leave following the killings of U.S. citizens Renee Nicole Macklin Good and Alex Pretti. ICE and U.S. Border Patrol officers have been in the state enforcing U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda since December amid growing unrest. Now, Minnesota is suing the federal government, arguing that the Trump administration is breaching people’s rights and acting beyond its powers. And what happens next on the ground and in the courts could set a precedent, as ICE operations continue throughout the U.S.
Globe staff reporter Joe Friesen was in Minnesota and he’s on the show today to explain what life is like for people there, how the ongoing fight between the state and federal governments is unfolding, and where the situation could go from here.
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- Who is Greg Bovino, the official in charge of Trump's border patrol operations?
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- 3 months ago
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- Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol leader behind President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown across the U.S., has risen in prominence in recent weeks after escalated enforcement and mass deportation initiatives.
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- Is China Winning the Technological Arms Race?
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- 3 months ago
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- If we don’t build it, China (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/topics/china/) will.
That’s the rallying cry of the tech companies and governments racing to develop artificial intelligence (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/topics/artificial-intelligence/) as fast as humanly possible. The argument is that whoever reaches AGI first won’t just be dominant technologically, or economically – they’ll be the world’s next super power. But, if I’m being honest, I don’t know if that framing holds up. And part of the reason for that is that we don’t really understand China.
Enter Keyu Jin. Jin is a Harvard trained economist who splits her time between London and Beijing, and her book, The New China Playbook, is her attempt to “read China in the original” – to provide a firsthand look at the forces that shaped the country’s unprecedented rise. China’s success is a puzzle. How did one of the poorest nations on the planet become the s...
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- Alleged drug kingpin Ryan Wedding arrested
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- 3 months ago
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- Ryan Wedding, former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug lord, is pleading not guilty to U.S. federal charges of leading an international drug trafficking ring and orchestrating the murders of multiple people. Wedding had been on the run for more than a decade and was on the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted list. But the sprawling criminal investigation crosses borders and legal experts are now questioning what lawful norms and treaties may be overridden in the race to prosecute Wedding and his associates in the U.S.
Colin Freeze, crime and justice reporter for The Globe, talks about the manhunt for Wedding, the laws around extradition and why this case could turn into a test of Canada and Mexico’s legal sovereignty.
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- GTA recovers after record-breaking snowfall
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- 3 months ago
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- The Greater Toronto Area was walloped by a record-breaking snowstorm on the weekend, with 61 cm falling on downtown and schools closed. Snow removal is expected to take days.
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- Do Tessa and Scott rewatch their viral 2018 Olympic dance?
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- 3 months ago
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- When Canadian ice dancers and Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir retired from the sport in 2019, they weren’t only the most decorated figure skaters of all time – they were a global phenomenon.
Their on-ice chemistry during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games catapulted them into a celebrity stratosphere that transcended figure skating.
Seven years after hanging up their skates, the duo sat down with The Globe and Mail's Robyn Doolittle for an interview, including revisiting their viral Moulin Rouge free dance that won them the gold medal. #TessaVirtue #ScottMoir #VirtueMoir #IceSkating #IceSkatingTikTok
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- What you need to know as Parliament resumes
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- 3 months ago
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- It’s been a busy month abroad for Prime Minister Mark Carney, but now, he’ll have to turn his focus back to domestic issues as Parliament returns on Monday. There’s a lot to catch up on — later this week, the Conservatives will have their leadership review of Pierre Poilievre during their convention in Calgary, and the NDP are in the midst of their leadership race. The issue of national unity remains top of mind as both Alberta and Quebec look towards possible referendums in the coming months.
Bill Curry is the Globe’s Deputy Ottawa Bureau Chief. He’ll catch us up on where things left off in Parliament, what legislation is coming down the pike, and what to expect from USMCA negotiations.
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- Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir haven't rewatched Olympic Gold Medal winning Moulin Rouge program
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- 3 months ago
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- The Globe’s Robyn Doolittle talks with Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Canada's most decorated figure skaters, who retired from the sport in 2019.
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- Ryan Wedding, former Olympic snowboarder arrested
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- 3 months ago
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- Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding has been arrested in Mexico on multiple charges of drug trafficking and murder, authorities announced on Friday (Jan 23). Wedding was among the FBI’s most-wanted fugitives.
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- How the world changed this week at Davos
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- 3 months ago
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- This week, Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump made waves in Davos, Switzerland as both offered competing visions of a new world order. Government and business leaders were in the Alps for the annual World Economic Forum, where the U.S. struck a ‘deal’ with NATO on Greenland and Trump launched his Board of Peace.
The Globe’s international affairs columnist Doug Saunders is here to explain Canada’s place in a changing world order, as long-standing partnerships were tested and the foundation for competing alliances was laid.
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- Trump’s Davos speech condensed into less than three minutes
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- 3 months ago
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- Windmills, crypto, autopen, Venezuela, NATO, Greenland, Joe Biden, Somalia, inflation and more were raised by U.S. President Donald Trump in a 70-minute speech at Davos on Wednesday (Jan. 21). We’ve condensed his remarks into this three-minute supercut.
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- What Carney’s China trade deal means for EVs in Canada
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- 3 months ago
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- As part of Canada’s new trade deal with China, 49,000 Chinese-manufactured electric vehicles will be allowed to be sold in the Canadian market this year. It’s a big change from our previous 100 per cent tariff on Chinese-made cars. Auto leaders and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have criticized the deal, saying it puts the country’s auto sector at risk when it’s already facing pressure from the U.S. and Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Dimitry Anastakis is a professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of History and the Rotman School of Management, and his research focuses on the development of the Canadian auto industry. He analyzes what this deal means for jobs in the auto sector, how it could affect Canadians looking to buy EVs and what it could mean for renegotiating the USMCA.
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- ‘Canada lives because of the United States,’ Trump tells Davos
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- 3 months ago
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- U.S. President Donald Trump takes aim at Prime Minister Mark Carney in a speech at Davos, saying 'Canada lives because of the United States,' a day after Mr. Carney warmed the forum that a U.S.-led rules-based international order is over.
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- Trump vows to reach a deal with NATO on Greenland
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- 3 months ago
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- The United States and NATO will come to an agreement on the future of Greenland that will satisfy both sides, U.S. President Donald Trump told a press conference on Tuesday, while members of his administration said the U.S. could impose tariffs on the Europeans if they don't agree to his demands.
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- Military models invasion of Canada as Trump threatens Greenland
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- 3 months ago
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- As U.S. President Donald Trump has continued to ratchet up threats against Greenland, Canada has weighed plans to send soldiers there as part of a NATO exercise. In a speech at the Davos Conference on Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney expressed support for Greenland, but did not say whether Canada would indeed send troops.
Meanwhile, according to senior government officials, the Canadian Armed Forces have modelled a hypothetical U.S. military invasion of Canada, and the country’s potential response. Robert Fife, the Globe’s Ottawa Bureau Chief, joins the show to talk about how Canada’s military is preparing to walk the narrow tightrope between our NATO allies and U.S. military prowess.
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- ‘We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,' Carney tells Davos
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- 3 months ago
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- Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a speech at the World Economic Forum that blamed U.S. President Donald Trump, without naming him, for what Carney described as a rupture in global relations.
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- Prince Harry's fight against British press reaches showdown
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- 3 months ago
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- Prince Harry arrived at the High Court in London on Monday where a trial is due to begin on his privacy lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail, one of the most high-profile cases to be held in Britain for years.
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- What Legault’s resignation means for Quebec
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- 3 months ago
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- Last week, Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation amidst plummeting poll numbers, while acknowledging Quebeckers are calling for change. The state of the province’s politics are now in flux, as the Parti Quebecois surge in popularity and a possible referendum on Quebec’s sovereignty is on the horizon.
Konrad Yakabuski, Globe columnist and Quebec politics writer, discusses Legault’s legacy, the divide between sovereigntists and federalists and where the province’s parties stand ahead of a fall election.
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- Behind the mic with The Decibel daily news podcast
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- 3 months ago
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- Should a daily news podcast be labelled as 'opinion'? Standards Editor Sandra Martin takes us behind the mic of The Decibel podcast with senior producer Adrian Cheung and host Sherrill Sutherland to understand what goes into mixing and mastering each episode.
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- Why the flu is so bad this year
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- 3 months ago
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- The flu season hit Canada hard and fast this year, seemingly reaching its peak in late December. But it’s not over yet: one public health official says we’re still in the ‘heavy, middle part’ of flu season.
Alanna Smith explains what’s different about this year’s dominant variant of the influenza virus and the impact it’s having on Canada’s health care system.
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- Churchill locals on the port’s strategic future amid planned expansion
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- 3 months ago
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- The operators of the port at Churchill, Man. are planning a multibillion-dollar expansion to bolster exports to global markets. The town’s mayor says the lack of investment over years has underestimated the strategic value of the facility.
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- Carney outlines tariff deal for Chinese EVs in Canada
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- 3 months ago
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- Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a trade deal that would allow up to 49,000 Chinese-made electric vehicles into the Canadian market, with Beijing reducing levies on canola seed and other products.
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- International law in the Trump era
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- 3 months ago
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- In less than a year, U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term has re-shaped the international order. From levying tariffs against much of the world, turning against long-standing allies, capturing Venezuela’s president, and threatening to annex Greenland – the U.S. has flouted international law and ignored the traditional rules-based order.
Michael Byers, Canada research chair on global politics and international law at the University of British Columbia, is on the show to explain the legal agreements and treaties that govern the international order and whether it’s possible to hold powerful countries to account when they defy those laws.
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- Iran protests highlight bitter schism among exiled foes
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- 3 months ago
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- Huge protests in Iran have galvanized exiled opposition of the authorities but despite their hatred of the ruling clerics, a bitter schism dating to before the 1979 Islamic Revolution still afflicts the leading opposition factions.
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- Greenland fears persist despite U.S.-Denmark talks in Washington
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- 3 months ago
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- Despite high-level talks between the U.S., Greenland and Denmark on Wednesday, Greenlanders remain fearful of Trump's ambition to control the island. This is as Denmark and Greenland boost their military presence to safeguard sovereignty.
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- What Greenland thinks about Trump’s threats of annexation
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- 3 months ago
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- For weeks, U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to annex Greenland, an autonomous region of Denmark. That led to a meeting on Wednesday between a delegation of Danish and Greenland foreign ministers and U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The two sides did not seem to come to any kind of conclusion.
The Globe’s Europe correspondent, Paul Waldie, is in Greenland to get a sense of how people are feeling on the ground. He was in Denmark earlier this week. He joins the show to tell us what he’s learned, what the potential implications are for NATO, and what concerns this raises for Canada.
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- Longtime leader takes on Bobi Wine in Uganda's election
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- 3 months ago
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- Ugandans head to the polls on Thursday (January 15) with Yoweri Museveni, president for four decades, taking on pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine for the second time. Here is more on the election's two main candidates.
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- Death toll climbs as Iranians protest against regime
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- 3 months ago
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- Protests in Iran ramped up over the weekend after the Islamic Republic regime – ruled by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – instituted an internet and phone blackout. But despite this, reports started to come out about a crackdown. On Tuesday, an Iranian official said the death toll, composed of both protesters and security personnel, was over 2,000 people.
The protests have garnered some global supporters, including U.S. President Donald Trump, who has issued threats to the Iranian regime over its treatment of the protesters.
Today’s guest is Thomas Juneau. He is a professor with the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. His research focuses on the Middle East, in particular Iran and Yemen, and on the role of intelligence in national security and foreign policy making.
He puts this moment of Iranian societal upheaval in context, and explains the calculations Iran’s supreme leader and Trump are making, as t...
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- Four Predictions on How AI Will Transform Your World This Year
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- 3 months ago
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- Nine months ago, Elon Musk said 2025 would be the year chatbots became smarter than humans. Sam Altman thought it would be the year fully autonomous AIs entered the work force. And Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, predicted that by the end of the year, AI would be writing 90 per cent of all software code.
We’re two weeks into the new year, and none of those things have happened. So, full disclosure: I have no idea if we’re going to reach artificial general intelligence or see the rise of humanoid robots this year. If the people at the centre of the industry can’t figure it out, I doubt I can.
But I do have some ideas about how AI could reshape our world over the next 12 months. I think we’re going to see a new political movement pushing back against AI adoption and leaning into our collective humanity. Democratic governments will defy an increasingly protectionist America and start taking digital regulation seriously again. And we’ll...
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- Carney’s high-stakes trip to China
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- 3 months ago
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- This week, Prime Minister Mark Carney will head to China, marking the first time a Canadian prime minister has gone to China since 2017. Recent interactions between Canada and China have been wracked with tension and international incidents. But there is much at stake in this meeting, with Canada looking for new trade partners as the United States becomes increasingly unreliable.
Steven Chase is the Globe’s senior parliamentary reporter. He’s here to talk about what Carney needs to balance in order to strengthen economic ties with China without upsetting the U.S., and what’s next for the Canada-China relationship.
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- Why gyms have become so fancy and expensive
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- 3 months ago
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- The new year is upon us and for some of us, that means New Year’s resolutions. These goals often involve improving our fitness, or going to the gym more often. But that’s not always cheap with gym membership and classes costing more and more.
In today’s episode, host Sherrill Sutherland and The Globe’s healthy living reporter, Graham Isador, try a class at one of Toronto’s luxury gyms, Sweat and Tonic. They share their experiences and Graham discusses why gym prices have risen so drastically and how you can make your fitness resolutions possible.
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- Why did Chrystia Freeland's resignation as an MP cause such a stir?
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- 3 months ago
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- Why did Chrystia Freeland's resignation as an MP cause such a stir? Senior political reporter Stephanie Levitz breaks down why the timing of the former deputy prime minister's decision – after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced she would become one of his advisors – ruffled some feathers in Parliament. #ChrystiaFreeland #CanadianPolitics #cdnpoli
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- Nationwide internet blackout reported in Iran as protests persist
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- 3 months ago
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- A nationwide internet blackout was reported in Iran on Thursday, internet monitoring group NetBlocks said, as protests over economic hardships continued around the country.
For more on this story go to: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-iran-news-protests-khamenei/
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- U.S. border agent shoots and wounds man and woman in Portland
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- 3 months ago
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- As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis’s streets Thursday (Jan. 8) over the fatal shooting of a woman the day before by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded.
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- Chrystia Freeland resigns, takes new role with Ukraine
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- 3 months ago
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- Today is Chrystia Freeland’s last day in Canadian politics, but she still plans to work in government – just not this one. On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he had appointed the former Liberal cabinet minister his new economic adviser. The news sparked a week of backlash in Ottawa, as many raised concerns that a sitting member of parliament working with a foreign government created a conflict of interest.
The Globe’s senior reporter, Stephanie Levitz, joins The Decibel from Ottawa. She’ll explain what we know about Freeland’s new role, the questions it’s raised, and the political legacy she leaves behind while Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government teeters on the edge of a majority.
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- Colombians protest U.S. raid on Venezuela #shorts #venezuela
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- 3 months ago
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- Supporters of Colombian President Gustavo Petro came out to the streets to say they don't want foreign countries interfering in their own affairs.
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- The people pursuing impossible goals
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- 4 months ago
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- The new year is a time of goal setting. Culturally, there’s pressure to set resolutions that you are meant to achieve in due course. Think: weight loss, healthy eating, a new hobby. But what if you commit to something you know you can’t achieve? And what if you make that your life’s work?
Mark Medley, the Deputy Editor of The Globe’s Opinion section, and author of ‘Live to See the Day: Impossible Goals, Unimaginable Futures and the Pursuit of Things That May Never Be’, profiled people who’ve done just that. He’s on the show to explain what drives them and why you, too, might want to consider an impossible goal.
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- Why does Trump want the U.S. to control Greenland?
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- 4 months ago
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- U.S. President Donald Trump reasserted on Monday (Jan. 5) that his country needs Greenland for national security reasons, and said a newly appointed special envoy would "lead the charge," drawing sharp criticism from Denmark and Greenland. Why is he pushing to take control of Greenland?
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- Unpacking the U.S. strategy to control the Western hemisphere
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- 4 months ago
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- Following the U.S. attack on Venezuela, President Donald Trump referenced the Monroe Doctrine – a centuries-old ideology that posits American control and dominance in the Western hemisphere. That idea was also cited in the Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy outlining U.S. foreign policy. After campaigning on non-intervention, is this now Trump’s blueprint for dealing with the rest of the world?
Vincent Rigby, a professor at McGill University’s Max Bell School for Public Policy and former national security adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, joins The Decibel to parse through the details of Trump’s national security strategy, what it tells us about the U.S. government’s next moves – and the potential threat to Canada.
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- LEGO unveils interactive 'smart brick'
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- 4 months ago
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- Danish toymaker Lego unveiled an interactive Lego brick the 'Smart Brick' at CES 2026 in Las Vegas on Monday (Jan. 5). Tom Donaldson, Senior VP of LEGO's creative play lab shows off the new bricks.
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- What the Venezuelan attack means for Canadian oil
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- 4 months ago
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- U.S. President Donald Trump was clear on Saturday when he announced his administration’s plans for the future of Venezuela: “We’re going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and start making money for the country,” he told the world.
But how feasible is that? How quickly could it happen? And even if U.S. oil companies do return to Venezuela and increase their exports, what will that mean for Canada at a time when our oil industry is trying to diversify its export base?
Jeff Jones writes for The Globe’s Report on Business. He first started reporting on the oil sector in the 1990s. He joins the show to explain the state of Venezuela’s oil sector, what obstacles lie ahead for it and what this all means for Canada’s economic sovereignty.
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- Border crossing between Colombia and Venezuela reflects ‘temporary stability’
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- 4 months ago
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- The Globe’s Nathan VanderKlippe is at the border between Colombia and Venezuela. He says steady cross-border traffic reflects the “temporary stability” in the region.
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- U.S. attacks Venezuela, captures President Maduro
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- 4 months ago
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- On Saturday, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. military forces in an early morning raid that included attacks on the capital city of Caracas.
Since September, the U.S. has conducted deadly strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats from Venezuela, as U.S. President Donald Trump accused Maduro of leading a criminal organization.
The future of the Latin American country is uncertain, as the Venezuelan leader is held in New York, facing U.S. federal drug trafficking, terrorism and weapons charges.
The Globe’s U.S. correspondent Adrian Morrow joins The Decibel to break down what’s known about the military attack, its connection to Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, and the U.S. plan to ‘run’ Venezuela.
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- U.S. strikes Venezuela, Trump says Maduro captured
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- 4 months ago
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- Venezuela said it rejected "military aggression" by the United States after multiple explosions rocked capital Caracas and other areas early on Saturday.
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- Eyewitness video shows start of deadly fire at Swiss bar
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Contains disturbing content: Eyewitness video shows a fire taking hold in the ceiling at Le Constellation bar at Crans-Montana, Switzerland on New Year's Eve. Italian authorities have put the death toll from the blaze at 47.
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- A 2026 forecast for Canadian politics
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- After a year that was truly one for the books in Canadian politics — from Trudeau’s resignation to Trump’s trade war, an “elbows up” election, Pierre Poilievre losing his seat, Jagmeet Singh resigning his leadership, and the prospect of a new Pacific pipeline — 2025 has come to a close. What will 2026 hold?
Stephanie Levitz is a senior reporter with The Globe’s Ottawa Bureau, and she’s on the show to discuss the Liberal road to a majority, the leadership of both the Conservative Party and NDP, and the renegotiation of Canada’s trade agreement with the U.S.
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