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Carney outlines tariff deal for Chinese EVs in Canada
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- Carney outlines tariff deal for Chinese EVs in Canada
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 6 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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- 25:49
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- 6 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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- 3:02
- Date posted
- 6 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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- 2:29
- Date posted
- 6 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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- 25:23
- Date posted
- 6 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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- 3:43
- Date posted
- 6 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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- 26:18
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 59:55
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 19:44
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 20:52
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 25:00
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 24:24
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 23:58
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 25:59
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 26:15
- Date posted
- 7 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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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 7 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
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 7 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
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- 22:11
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- 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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- The Man Behind the World’s Most Coveted Microchip
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- 52:36
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Jensen Huang is something of an enigma. The NVIDIA CEO doesn’t have social media and, until recently, rarely gave interviews. Yet he may be the most important person in AI.
Under his leadership, NVIDIA has become a goliath. Somewhere between 80 and 90 per cent of AI tools run on NVIDIA hardware, making it the world’s most valuable company. But unlike his contemporaries, Huang has been remarkably quiet about the technology – and the world – he’s building.
In his new book, The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip, journalist Stephen Witt pulls back the curtain. And what he finds is, at times, shocking: Huang believes there is zero risk in developing superintelligence.
So who is Jensen Huang? And should we worry that the most powerful person in AI is racing forward at breakneck speed, blind to the potential consequences?
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- Getting the most out of credit card rewards
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- What do superusers to do get the most out of their credit cards? Mariya Postelnyak shares the tips she learned from speaking to savvy users.#creditcards #creditcardrewards #personalfinance
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- Exploring Little Italy with astrologer and tech entrepreneur Chani Nicholas
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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Astrology is having a moment, as a space for people trying to make meaning out of chaos. Canadian astrologer Chani Nicholas spent a day with The Globe's generations reporter Ann Hui, but nothing went as planned — Mercury was retrograde. #astrology #chani #horoscopes #mercury
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- Bark! The Herald Angels Sing: how people met their pets
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- 26:32
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The winter holidays are a time to cozy up with family – even if those family members are furry and of a different species. For many, dogs and cats aren’t just animals, they’re cherished loved ones who come into our lives at the exact moment we need them.
This holiday season, The Decibel’s editor David Crosbie, Globe and Mail staffers and Canadians share personal stories about how they met their pets and how caring for them has changed their lives.
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- Step inside the Toronto store where it's Christmas all year round
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- What’s it like to own a store where it’s Christmas all year round? At Flatiron Christmas Market in Toronto, it means getting the best festive decorations, welcoming loyal customers year after year - and neglecting to decorate your own tree.
#christmasdecor #holidays #toronto #christmasornaments
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- Why time feels like it’s speeding up – and how to slow it down
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- 28:34
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Many factors of modern life can make time feel like it’s moving faster than it actually is: hustle culture at work, a productivity compulsion at home, over-programmed kids – they’re all attempts to get as much as possible out of our time and keep up with the frantic pace of life. But life also has moments where time feels like it’s slowing down, or even stops. We know that time can’t actually slow down or speed up – but why does it feel like that?
The Globe’s time use reporter, Zosia Bielski, speaks to The Decibel about why our perception of time can change, what it is about this particular moment that’s making us feel so pressed for time and how we can take back control of the pace.
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- 'I don't think that our stories should ever be forgotten': Thalidomide survivors on compensation
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- 9:02
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The drug for pregnant women left more than 100 Canadians with a lifetime of disabilities. A decade after receiving funding from a government support program, some thalidomide survivors say it has helped make difficult days easier
Read more of their stories: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-thalidomide-victims-canada-compensation-10-years-later/
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- Why Heated Rivalry has everyone hot and bothered
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- 24:34
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The Canadian television show Heated Rivalry has found major success not just in Canada, but with American audiences, too. The show, a love story between two male hockey players, has broken television streaming records and taken over social media.
The Globe’s television critic J. Kelly Nestruck joins The Decibel to talk about why Heated Rivalry has resonated with so many people, and how significant it is for a Canadian show to break through to global audiences so quickly.
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- Canadian military officer charged with leaking government secrets
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- 20:58
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Canadian counter-intelligence military officer Matthew Robar, is facing charges of espionage. The veteran military officer is accused of sharing information with Ukraine in its war against Russia, according to a source for The Globe and Mail. Robar was arrested last week, and charged with multiple offences related to passing highly sensitive government secrets to a foreign entity.
Steven Chase, a senior parliamentary reporter for The Globe, speaks to The Decibel about what’s known about Robar, what the espionage charges mean, and how this development might affect Canada’s relationship with Ukraine.
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- The rise of medical tourism
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- 19:58
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- This travel season, Canadians might be headed away for something other than a vacation.
More Canadians are participating in medical tourism, travelling to another country to receive medical treatment, though some question its safety and the threats this poses to Canada’s public health care system.
Sarah Bartnicka, a freelance writer for The Globe, explains the costs, the risks and what Canadians can keep in mind for best practices when travelling abroad for a medical procedure.
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- The seafood combo: Dolphins and orcas can work in surprising harmony
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- In the waters off Vancouver Island, killer whales appear to have found surprising allies when it comes to foraging: dolphins. Here's what scientists discovered about the unusual team-up. #nature #whales #dolphins #vancouverisland
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- Wikipedia Won Our Trust. Can We Use That Model Everywhere?
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- 44:11
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- It was an idea that defied logic: an online encyclopedia that anyone could edit.
You didn’t need to have a PhD or even use your real name – you just needed an internet connection. Against all odds, it worked. Today, billions of people use Wikipedia every month, and studies show it’s about as accurate as a traditional encyclopedia.
But how? How did Wikipedia not just turn into yet another online cesspool, filled with falsehoods, partisanship and AI slop? Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales just wrote a book called The Seven Rules of Trust, where he explains how he was able to build that rarest of things: a trustworthy source of information on the internet. In an era when trust in institutions is collapsing, Wales thinks he’s found a blueprint – not just for the web, but for everything else too.
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- Why your loyalty points don’t go as far as they used to
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- 22:53
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Loyalty reward programs are everywhere we shop. They’re at coffee shops, retailers, airports and grocery stores. Many of us are connected to our points, but the rewards no longer seem to go as far as they used to.
Vass Bednar, the managing director of the Canadian SHIELD Institute, explains the changes to Canadian loyalty rewards programs, what we are giving up when we hand companies our data in exchange for points – and if it’s even still worth it to collect rewards points anymore.
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- The multibillion-dollar fight over the McCain Foods fortune
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- 22:32
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- The heirs to Canada’s multi-billion dollar frozen food empire are fighting. New Brunswick’s McCain Foods is the world’s largest French fry maker, and is privately owned by the McCain family. Recently, one of its heirs, Eleanor McCain, requested to be bought out of her stake in the company – but her relatives are refusing to.
Globe business columnist, Andrew Willis, has been reporting on the showdown inside one of Canada’s wealthiest families. He’ll explain the fight over ownership, whether it could impact the world’s biggest French fry producer, and how these tensions trace back to the 1990s dispute over succession between McCain Foods co-founders.
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- Distresssing content: 'Hero' disarms one of two gunmen at Bondi Beach
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Distressing content: Video captured the moment a man rushed one of two gunmen at Bondi Beach and disarmed him while the second gunman continued to shoot from a nearby walkway. The premier of New South Wales hailed the man as “a genuine hero.”
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- New crime bill addresses violence against women and court delays
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- 24:20
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Mark Carney’s federal government has introduced its second tough-on-crime bill this fall. The new bill, Bill C-16, focuses on violence against women and children, changes to mandatory minimum sentences and the growing problem of court delays.
The Globe’s justice reporter, David Ebner, explains the specific changes to the Criminal Code that this bill wants to make and what advocates and critics are saying about it.
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- How to apply for claims in Loblaw's bread price-fixing settlement
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- 1:39
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- You could be eligible to grab a slice of Loblaw’s $500-million bread price-fixing settlement. The only catch? The deadline to apply expires this week. To learn more about how much you might get from the settlement, read the full story here: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-loblaw-bread-price-fixing-settlement-how-much-money/ #bread #breadpricefixing
#money #shorts
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- Rise in late stage prostate cancer raises concerns over testing
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- 25:45
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Late-stage prostate cancer diagnoses are on the rise in Canada. According to a recent study, between 2010 and 2021, rates of prostate cancer discovered at Stage 4 increased by about 50 per cent in men aged 50 to 74. In men over the age of 75, rates were up over 65 per cent.
There is a simple blood test that can screen for early signs of prostate cancer, called a prostate specific antigen, or PSA test; however, in 2014, Canada recommended against using the PSA for widespread screening. Today, Globe health reporter Kelly Grant explains what this study found and why these guidelines are so highly contested in Canada.
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- Five things travellers can do during an airline strike
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Strikes and other labour action have created issues at various airlines across the country recently. Air Transat barely avoided a strike on Dec. 10 when pilots threatened to walk off the job. Air Canada flight attendants went on strike at the end of the summer, affecting half a million travellers. Cabin crew at WestJet are now in the midst of new contract bargaining. Here's what you can do if your travel is disrupted during this busy travel season. #holidaytravel #airtransat #aircanada #westjet #strike
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- The traveller’s guide to Canadian airline disruptions
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- 22:43
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Hours before a strike deadline, Air Transat and the union representing airline pilots reached a tentative agreement. For customers, it comes as relief in the middle of a busy holiday travel season. And in a year already wracked by airline work stoppages, the threat of disruption and lengthy customer reimbursement periods continue to loom.
Mariya Postelnyak, The Globe’s Consumer Affairs reporter, speaks about what you need to know as a traveller, what’s afforded in air passenger protections, and how to get what you’re owed if your flights get cancelled.
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- Title
- How three Canadian businesses have coped with Trump’s tariffs
- Runtime
- 20:25
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- The Canadian manufacturing sector has been having a hard time, which has been made worse by U.S. tariffs. The impact of these tariffs varies company to company. So a team of Report on Business journalists from The Globe spoke to several manufacturers to see how they’ve fared this past year.
Matt Lundy, The Globe’s Economics Editor, speaks about how badly these companies have been hurt, what they’re doing to try to cope and whether federal government supports have been any help.
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- Title
- Unleashing your inner musical theatre kid at Broadway karaoke night
- Runtime
- 1:38
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- This isn't your typical karaoke night in the city. Each month, the organizers of BELT select a musical to sing from prologue to curtain call and self-described theatre kids from all ages join in on the fun. #karaoke #musicals #theaterkid #broadway
- Title
- The construction industry’s opioid problem
- Runtime
- 22:00
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- For families, the tragedy of opioids is beyond measure. The opioid epidemic has claimed tens of thousands of lives in Canada and has been recognized as a public health crisis, but it’s also an economic one – and it disproportionately affects workers in key sectors like construction and the trades. As Ottawa ramps up its push to build major projects fast, could the ongoing toxic drug crisis slow it down?
Today, Globe reporter Jason Kirby joins the show. As part of our Poisoned series, he spoke with workers, companies, unions and health researchers to understand the grip the crisis has on the construction industry and what’s being done about it.
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- Title
- The future of Canada’s military and joining Europe’s defence fund
- Runtime
- 18:35
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Canada is in the midst of reframing its approach to military spending. The reasons for this are twofold; a commitment to fulfilling NATO spending as part of GDP, and the push to diversify spending away from the U.S. To that end, Prime Minister Mark Carney has recently signed a deal joining the EU’s military procurement fund, granting Canada access to both selling and purchasing defence materiel.
Steven Chase, The Globe’s senior parliamentary reporter, is on the show to discuss what this means for our burgeoning national defence industry, the political considerations involved, and where our national armed forces go from here.
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- Title
- Breaking down the controversial Bill 60
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Ontario's Bill 60, officially called the “Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act,” is focused on cutting red tape, speeding up construction, increasing rental housing supply and dealing with delays at the Landlord and Tenant Board. The government says it will ease the housing crisis, while critics say the changes will erode renters' rights.
#politics #ontariopolitics #housing #renting
