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The Epstein scandal and the Canadians who knew him
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- The Epstein scandal and the Canadians who knew him
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- 5 months ago
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- Last week, over 20,000 pages of the late Jeffrey Epstein’s emails, texts and other documents were released. In one email, Epstein – the deceased child sex trafficker with ties to U.S. President Donald Trump – writes that Trump “knew about the girls.” It has intensified the public outcry for the U.S. government to release all of its investigative files on Epstein. And on Tuesday, the U.S. Congress voted to make all of its information public.
Today, the Globe’s international correspondent, Nathan VanderKlippe joins the show. He’s been following the rift the Epstein scandal has caused within Trump’s MAGA base, the President’s evolving response, and what the released emails tell us about the Canadians connected to Epstein.
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- Tariff tensions didn't stop this yearly Christmas tree gift from Nova Scotia to Boston
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- 5 months ago
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- The annual Tree for Boston was felled Wednesday morning in Lunenburg County, N.S. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was on hand to officially receive the tree and took a turn holding the chainsaw to cut it down. The tree is an annual gift to the City of Boston in recognition of the aid sent following the Halifax Explosion in 1917. (Nov. 12)
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- Can AI Lead Us to the Good Life?
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- 5 months ago
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- In Rutger Bregman’s first book, Utopia for Realists, the historian describes a rosy vision of the future – one with 15-hour work weeks, universal basic income and massive wealth redistribution.
It’s a vision that, in the age of artificial intelligence, now seems increasingly possible.
But utopia is far from guaranteed. Many experts predict that AI will also lead to mass job loss, the development of new bioweapons and, potentially, the extinction of our species.
So if you’re building a technology that could either save the world or destroy it – is that a moral pursuit?
These kinds of thorny questions are at the heart of Bregman’s latest book, Moral Ambition. In a sweeping conversation that takes us from the invention of the birth control pill to the British Abolitionist movement, Bregman and I discuss what a good life looks like (spoiler: he thinks the death of work might not be such a bad thing)...
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- Why beef is so expensive right now
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- 5 months ago
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- Beef prices are currently around 23 per cent above their five-year average. And there’s no relief in sight.
Kate Helmore is The Globe’s agriculture and food policy reporter. She explains what’s going on in the beef industry to cause these sky-high prices.
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- Why a B.C. billionaire’s bid for Hudson’s Bay stores failed
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- 5 months ago
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- In May, a B.C. billionaire named Weihong (Ruby) Liu made a $69.1-million deal to acquire 28 leases of former Hudson’s Bay stores. Her company, Central Walk, owned malls where three of those stores were located, so those leases went unopposed; however, landlords of the other 25 stores were skeptical of her ability to operate her proposed stores. She had cash, real estate experience, and a vision — but no experience running a major retailer.
Susan Krashinsky Robertson is the Globe’s retailing reporter. She’s been covering the fallout from the demise of Canada’s oldest retailer. Today, she’s on the show to talk about what she learned about Ruby Liu over the course of the hearings, and why her bid to take over 25 more stores ultimately failed.
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- Seal seeks refuge on boat while fleeing orcas
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- 5 months ago
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- A small boat being used by amateur wildlife photographer Charvet Drucker and her friends turned into a life saver for a seal escaping a pod of orcas hunting it off an island in Washington state.
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- What Carney is prioritizing with his new nation-building projects
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- 5 months ago
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- Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled the next set of projects the federal government plans to prioritize in a bid to jumpstart Canada’s economy. The announcement focused on energy and mining, with six projects across the country ranging from liquefied natural gas to critical minerals. But many questions remain about how these projects will work and what disputes they will cause.
Adam Radwanski, feature writer and policy columnist for The Globe joins The Decibel to talk about Carney’s strategy, how the newly-created Major Projects Office fits in and whether this plan meets the moment.
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- Where is the best place to rent in Canada?
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- 5 months ago
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- Where in Canada is it best to rent right now? The Globe analyzed cities from coast to coast to coast, comparing cities’ median incomes with their average rental prices, to find out which places are the most renter-friendly.
The Globe’s personal finance reporter Salmaan Farooqui joins The Decibel to break down where and why rents are trending downward, why it’s a good time to take advantage of the rental market and what advice realtors have for renters.
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- The Indigenous land claim that could override private property rights
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- 5 months ago
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- A precedent-setting ruling involving Aboriginal title at the B.C. Supreme Court has caused widespread uncertainty and tension in the province. In August, Justice Barbara Young decided that Cowichan First Nation had title to roughly 800 acres in the city of Richmond — including private property. The ruling has raised questions over both residential and commercial property rights, as well as governance of the region.
Today, B.C. politics reporter Justine Hunter joins the show. She’ll explain the case, the divisive response, and the impact it could have on Indigenous land claims across the province... and the country.
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- Two Conservative MPs are gone. Where does the party go from here?
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- 5 months ago
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- On the day the budget was tabled, Chris d’Entremont, the lone Conservative MP from Nova Scotia, crossed the floor to the Liberals. Two days later, Matt Jeneroux, a Conservative MP from Alberta, announced he would be leaving politics altogether. His name had also been circulated as a potential defector to the Liberals. These moves overshadowed news of Carney’s first budget — and d’Entremont’s move gives him one more crucial seat ahead of next week’s confidence vote, which could trigger an election. Poilievre’s opposition benches, however, appear increasingly shaky.
Campbell Clark is the Globe’s chief political writer. He’s on the show to talk about what these moves mean for Poilievre and the Conservatives, why people cross the floor to begin with, and what past defections can teach us about the moment the Conservatives are facing now.
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- Canadian veterans share their stories of service on Remembrance Day
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- 5 months ago
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- Veterans who served in war and peacetime share their stories of service in Ottawa on Nov. 11 while commemorating Remembrance Day. #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #veterans
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- Snowstorm doesn't stop Canadian Premier League final in Ottawa
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- 6 months ago
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- Players and fans braved a snowstorm during the Canadian Premier League final in Ottawa, when Calgary Cavalry FC faced Atlético Ottawa. There was even a bicycle kick scored by David Rodriguez that fans are dubbing the "icicle kick."
#snowstorm #AtleticoOttawa #CalgaryCavalry #CPL #soccer #iciclekick
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- Carney’s big bet for $500 billion in private investments
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- 6 months ago
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- A big part of the federal budget rests on the assumption that its measures will spur the private sector to invest in Canada…a lot. It’s projecting a half-trillion worth of investment. But at a time when Canada is suffering from sluggish productivity and the impact of U.S. tariffs, how realistic is it to expect businesses to invest?
James Bradshaw covers institutional investing for The Globe and Mail. He explains how the government is trying to spur 500-billion dollars in investments from the private sector, and how something called a ‘productivity super deduction’ is meant to fix an issue that has long plagued the country.
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- Rare earth elements and why are they important
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- 6 months ago
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- So-called rare earth elements refer to 17 chemically-similar, silvery-white elements that are used to make magnets – which in turn power motion for electric vehicles, cell phones, missile systems and other electronics. But how critical are they, and are they actually rare?
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- Pull-out sofa the Blue Jays’ Addison Barger slept on an unlikely baseball shrine
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- 6 months ago
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- The pull-out sofa that Blue Jays hero Addison Barger slept on ahead of Game 1 of the World Series is on display for a week at a Toronto hotel. Barger went on to hit the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history.
#BlueJays #MLB #TorontoBlueJays
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- The stress of shared calendars in modern parenting
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- 6 months ago
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- Parents are increasingly relying on elaborate calendar systems to keep track of their families’ activities – from a shared calendar or paper planner to high-end devices that can create a calendar for you by scraping data from your emails. Some parents say it helps them better involve their teen children in scheduling their lives; for others, they feel themselves becoming beholden to their calendars – a draconian digital personal assistant.
Zosia Bielski is The Globe’s time use reporter. She joins us to talk about how families are using technology to try to ease the mental load, and what these ever-evolving calendar systems reveal to us about how we value our time.
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- Five ways the budget will affect your wallet
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- 6 months ago
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- How could the federal budget affect you? From student grants to tax credits for personal support workers, here are five ways it could impact your wallet.
#Budget2025 #budgeting #taxcredits #finances #personalfinance
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- Filipino residents sift through debris after Typhoon Kalmaegi #shorts #weather #philippines
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- 6 months ago
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- Residents in the Philippines’ Cebu Province sift through debris to salvage what they can after Typhoon Kalmaegi left widespread destruction and claimed at least 114 lives.
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- Skies over the world glow with the largest supermoon of 2025 #shorts #supermoon #moon #world
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- 6 months ago
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- The second supermoon of the year, known as the Beaver Moon, could be seen in several locations around the world. Video by Associated Press
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- Why the condo bubble burst could lead to better housing
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- 6 months ago
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- For more than a decade, Canada’s condo boom was on. Investors, at home and abroad, drove the craze over reselling preconstruction units. Rents skyrocketed, all while the condos themselves shrank in size. Today, the bubble has burst and the housing crisis continues. New condo sales in markets like Toronto and Hamilton are at 35-year lows and prices are driving potential homebuyers out of the city core. Is this actually an opportunity for developers to course correct to find “the missing middle?”
Erica Alini, personal economics reporter for The Globe, explains why shoebox condos have been so appealing for North American developers, why the market for them has cratered and what needs to change to build cities with higher density at a liveable scale.
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- Crowds marvel at King Tutankhamun’s treasures in Egypt’s Grand Museum
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- 6 months ago
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- Visitors gathered on Tuesday (Nov. 4) around the golden mask of King Tutankhamun at Egypt’s Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), as the long-awaited Tutankhamun Gallery opens to the public for the first time. This marks the first time visitors have been able to enter the boy king’s chamber, the centrepiece of the museum located near the Giza pyramids.
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- Key takeaways from the Carney government’s first budget
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- 6 months ago
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- On Tuesday, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the first federal budget from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government. It had long been advertised as a fiscal plan that would make difficult decisions to put Canada’s economy on the right track.
The Globe sent more than a dozen journalists to Ottawa to study the details and assess how transformative this budget actually is. We break down what it says in terms of the deficit, job cuts to the federal public service, defence spending, health care supports, immigration plans and other measures that will affect Canadians.
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- Opinion: Andrew Coyne says Carney's budget misses the mark
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- 6 months ago
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- For Carney's first budget, is that all there is, asks Globe columnist Andrew Coyne. It misses the moment and his government's measures won't move the needle much when it comes to addressing economic issues and Donald Trump's tariff threats, he says. #Budget2025 #MarkCarney #opinion #DonaldTrump
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- Federal budget: Carney’s first budget deviates from the Liberal playbook
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- 6 months ago
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- Mark Carney’s first budget deviates from the Trudeau Liberal era, known for having lots of social programs that increase government spending. Carney’s budget proposes to make cuts to the public sector and increase tax credits for the private sector with an aim to spur Canada’s economic growth. #Budget2025 #MarkCarney #Liberals
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- How to Survive the “Broligarchy”
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- 6 months ago
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- At Donald Trump’s inauguration earlier this year, the returning president made a striking break from tradition. The seats closest to the president – typically reserved for family – went instead to the most powerful tech CEOs in the world: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai. Between them, these men run some of the most profitable companies in history. And over the past two decades, they’ve used that wealth to reshape our public sphere.
But this felt different. This wasn’t discreet backdoor lobbying or a furtive effort to curry favour with an incoming administration. These were some of the most influential men in the world quite literally aligning themselves with the world’s most powerful politician – and his increasingly illiberal ideology.
Carole Cadwalladr has been tracking the collision of technology and politics for years. She’s the investigative journalist who broke the Cambridge Analytica story, exposing...
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- What to look out for in the 2025 federal budget
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- 6 months ago
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- Today, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is set to deliver the first budget under Prime Minister Mark Carney. Early announcements have signalled sweeping cuts to the public sector. There’s no guarantee that the budget will pass, given Carney is presiding over a minority government. The NDP has said they wouldn’t rule out abstaining from the budget vote; for his part, Carney has said he’s ready to fight another election campaign if it comes down to that.
But beneath all the politics surrounding the budget are actual policies and plans for the government. It’s the job of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, or PBO, to provide non-partisan analysis of these plans to parliamentarians – does the math add up? Are these predictions sound? Today on the show, Yves Giroux, who was the PBO from 2018 until early September this year, is here to walk us through what to watch for when the budget drops later today.
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- Whales, extinction and the sounds of underwater noise pollution
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- 6 months ago
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- North Atlantic right whales are nearing extinction, with fewer than 400 left in the world. We know what is killing them: getting hit by shipping boats, entangled in fishing lines and the impacts of climate change — which is changing the location of their food sources. But now, researchers think that human-made noise in the ocean may be having an effect too.
Jenn Thornhill Verma is an environmental journalist who has been reporting on the plight of the North Atlantic right whales as part of her Entangled series for The Globe and Mail, in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. She explains how scientists are starting to understand how these whales communicate and how loud noises we’re making may be driving them closer to extinction.
Underwater animal and environmental sounds courtesy of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Passive Acoustics Group. 2021. Stfr_Multisound_NOAA_PAGroup_01. https://www.fisheries.noaa....
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- Fans expect the Jays to be back in the World Series in 2026
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- 6 months ago
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- Jays fans say thank you to the Blue Jays players and they expect the team to be back in the World Series in 2026. #shorts #sports #torontobluejays #baseball #worldseries #fans
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- Jays fans share what got them hooked on the team
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- 6 months ago
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- Blue Jays fans share what got them hooked on the team as they play for a World Series title in Toronto. #baseball #mlb #bluejays #toronto
#shorts
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- Jays fans share what got them hooked on the team
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- 6 months ago
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- Blue Jays fans share what got them hooked on the team as they play for a World Series title in Toronto. #bluejays #bluejaysfans
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- Why a sleep doctor says we should never change our clocks again
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- 6 months ago
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- On Sunday, most Canadians gain an hour of sleep as the clocks get turned back to standard time. But while most of us have gotten used to the bi-annual time change, our bodies have not. And with a growing number of experts saying the practice messes with our sleep – should Canadians stop messing with the clock?
Today, psychology professor Joseph De Koninck is here. He studies sleep at the University of Ottawa, and his recent research looks at how Daylight Savings Time impacts our circadian rhythms, what we can do to minimize the health effects the change has, and why he thinks Canada should consider staying on Standard Time year-round.
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- Why Quebec doctors are threatening to leave the province
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- 6 months ago
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- Last weekend, Quebec passed new legislation that would impose a new contract on doctors, who have been in negotiations with the provincial government since March, 2023. Known as Bill 2, it sets out targets that Quebec doctors must meet in order to achieve the government’s health care goals, including access to primary care for all Quebeckers by January, 2027.
The catch? If doctors don’t meet these targets, they can be penalized by having up to 15 per cent of their pay clawed back.
André Picard, Globe health reporter and columnist, is on the show to break down why Bill 2 is drawing controversy, how doctors are responding to it, and what that means for patient care in Quebec.
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- Hurricane Melissa leaves behind devastation in Jamaica, Cuba
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- 6 months ago
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- Hurricane Melissa unleashed devastation in Jamaica as the strongest storm on record ever to hit the Caribbean island nation before roaring into eastern Cuba.
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- U.S. trade talks stalled after Ford ad, Carney heads to Asia
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- 6 months ago
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- On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump ended trade talks with Canada and threatened to hike tariffs on Canadian imports by another 10 per cent because of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s anti-tariff ad. Now, Trump says he doesn’t plan to meet with Carney “for a long time”, as both leaders head to Asia for trade summits and turn their attention to repairing trade relations with China.
The Globe’s chief political writer, Campbell Clark, joins the show. He’ll explain why Ford’s ad struck such a nerve, the fallout from halted U.S.-Canada trade negotiations, and the stakes for Canada as both Carney and Trump prepare to meet with President Xi Jinping.
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- Why more young people are signing prenups
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- 6 months ago
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- ‘Til death do us part – that’s the promise couples make to each other when they tie the knot. But what happens in the event of a divorce? Disentangling a marriage can carry a big financial burden if the division of property, pets and assets are in the mix. Once derided as unromantic, the pre-nuptial agreement is now gaining popularity among young Canadians planning to get married.
Mariya Postelnyak, consumer affairs reporter for The Globe, talks about how pre-nups legally work in Canada, what’s included and what isn’t in agreements, and why more couples are navigating the tricky conversation before marriage.
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- Jays fans line up in TO for viewing party of World Series Game 3 at Dodgers Stadium #shorts
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- 6 months ago
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- Fans line up to watch the away game on the big screen at the Rogers Centre in Toronto for Game 3 of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the LA Dodgers on Monday night. (Oct. 27). Video by Sarah Espedido/The Globe and Mail
#bluejays #baseball #toronto
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- Do we need a ‘buy Canadian’ movement for culture?
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- 6 months ago
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- As Canadians, we’ve spent a lot of time over the past year talking about what it means to be Canadian and how to support our country. For some people, that looks like checking labels at the grocery store or limiting travel to the United States. But as the Globe’s film and deputy arts editor Barry Hertz argues, now is also the moment to bolster Canadian culture.
And we’re squandering it.
So today, Barry is on the show to talk about the state of the arts in Canada right now (and yes, Quebec is a different story), what the government should be doing differently, and what we stand to lose if we blow this generational opportunity to strengthen Canadian culture.
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- Barger grand slam leads Blue Jays to 11-4 Game 1 win
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- 6 months ago
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- The Toronto Blue Jays made their long-awaited return to the World Series a triumphant one by dumping the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Game 1 at Rogers Centre. (Oct. 25, 2025)
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- A grandmother's passion for the Jays lives on in her grandson
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- 6 months ago
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- Edgar De Dios' love of the Toronto Blue Jays was sparked from his grandmother's passion for the team. Today, her memory and passion has spread to the next generation, to his 12-year-old son, Luke. De Dios and his family took in the first game of the world series at Nathan Philips Square in Toronto. (Oct. 24) #shorts #bluejays #toronto #mlb
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- AI is unlocking secrets of Antarctica’s deep-sea creatures
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- 6 months ago
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- Scientists have deployed artificial intelligence to cut seafloor image analysis from hours – or even years – to seconds, accelerating efforts to map Antarctica's vulnerable marine ecosystems.
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- OK Blue Jays! A bandwagoner’s guide to the World Series
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- 6 months ago
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- The Toronto Blue Jays are headed to the World Series for the first time in over 30 years. It’s the third time in franchise history that Canada’s team is playing for the championship. But this monumental moment isn’t just for the diehard Jays fans – everyone can get in on the fun.
So today, we bring you The Decibel’s bandwagoner’s guide to not feeling totally lost as the Jays try to make history. Producer and lifelong fan Madeleine White will walk us through some baseball 101 – including the lingo, superstitions, weird stats, what makes this season’s team so special, and whether she thinks we’ve got a shot against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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- Blue Jays fans share their lucky rituals and superstitions
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- 6 months ago
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- Blue Jays fans share their game-day superstitions before Toronto takes on the Seattle Mariners in Game 7 of the #ALCS. What rituals do you do to manifest the W? #baseball #mlbplayoffs #MLB
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- White House East Wing to be fully torn down for Trump ballroom
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- 6 months ago
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- President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Oct. 22) defended demolition work at the White House's East Wing to make way for a ballroom, contradicting the former New York real estate magnate's pledge that the project would not interfere with the existing U.S. landmark.
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- What record gold and silver prices tell us about the stock market
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- 6 months ago
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- The prices of gold and silver have been climbing quickly this fall, with both precious metals setting a new high for per-ounce price. Why is this happening?
Columnist and reporter Tim Kiladze explains how central banks, Trump and even AI factor into it.
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- What’s going on with Pierre Poilievre?
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- 6 months ago
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- Last week, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made comments about the RCMP being “despicable” on a YouTube show, accusing them of “covering up” for former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This sparked backlash from opposition parties as well as Conservatives, and earlier this week, Poilievre walked those comments back, explaining that he meant to direct his comments towards the former RCMP commissioner. Between his YouTube appearance and some recent social media activity, Globe opinion columnist Robyn Urback wonders: is Pierre Poilievre okay?
Today, Robyn is on the show to try to unpack what Poilievre has been saying, and what all this could signal about the future of his leadership — and the state of the Conservative Party.
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- Blue Jays celebrate return to World Series for first time since 1993
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- 6 months ago
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- The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. Blue Jays players celebrated for hours on the field at Rogers Centre and in a beer-and-champagne-soaked party in their clubhouse in Toronto on Tuesday. (Oct. 20)
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- Fans celebrate Blue Jays ticket to World Series
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- 6 months ago
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- LET'S GO BLUE JAYS! Fans celebrate in the streets after Toronto defeats the Seattle Mariners 4-3 to clinch Game 7 of the ALCS. Now the Toronto Blue Jays are headed to the World Series on Friday with a home game against the L.A. Dodgers. #bluejays #toronto #baseball #worldseries #MLB #winitall
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- AI Music is Everywhere. Is it Legal?
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- 6 months ago
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- AI art is everywhere now. According to the music streaming platform Deezer, 18 per cent of the songs being uploaded to the site are AI-generated. Some of this stuff is genuinely cool and original – the kind of work that makes you rethink what art is, or what it could become.
But there are also songs that sound like Drake, cartoons that look like The Simpsons, and stories that read like Game of Thrones. In other words, AI-generated work that’s clearly riffing on – or outright mimicking – other people’s art. Art that, in most of the world, is protected by copyright law. Which raises an obvious question: how is any of this legal?
The AI companies claim they’re allowed to train their models on this work without paying for it, thanks to the “fair use” exception in American copyright law. But Ed Newton Rex has a different view: he says it’s theft.
Newton Rex is a classical music composer who spent the better part o...
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- Why bail reform is hard to get right
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- On Thursday, Ottawa announced incoming legislation to reform the bail system. It comes after months of pressure both in Parliament and across the country, as a surge of Canadians say they feel crime is worsening, and that the bail system is too lenient. But with overall crime down, will making our bail system stricter really make Canadians safer?
The Globe’s justice reporter, David Ebner, joins the show. He’ll explain what we know about the reforms the Liberals and Conservatives have been calling for, what the data tells us about how the system is currently operating, and the tensions in reforming bail.
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- AI and digital sovereignty in the ‘elbows up’ era
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- There has been a lot of talk about Canadian sovereignty ever since the election of Donald Trump. And that sovereignty talk extends to the digital realm too. Last month, nearly 70 public figures and experts sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney demanding he take sovereignty in the digital space more seriously. The government is currently working on that, with plans to build a sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure. These projects would have major implications for Canada’s data security and economy.
Globe business reporter Joe Castaldo and innovation reporter Pippa Norman explain why building sovereign digital companies is not as straightforward as it might seem.
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