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EPISODE · Jan 13, 2026 · 31 MIN

Is crime up? It depends on who you ask. Plus: The cost of fast food is too darn high

from The Big Five Podcast · host CJAD 800

Joining Elias on The Big Five were Meeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS & Graham Singh, Pastor at St-Jax Church. Among the subjects discussed on The Big Five were Inaccurate headline alert: “Canadians feel that crime is worse than five years ago, despite decline in major cities.” The city of Montreal unveiled this year’s budget yesterday Mark Carney and his delegation are off to China, the first trip by a Canadian Prime Minister in more than eight years A hockey brawl involving kids under 8 years old during the intermission of an AHL game this weekend is being investigated in the U.S.  McDonald’s is “freezing” the price of a small coffee and its McValue meals as more and more customers balk at the high price of fast food. 

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