Mercedes Stephenson, The Cost of Post-Secondary Education, and Decline in Interest of Music Festivals

The war between Israel and terrorist group Hamas has dominated headlines for over 6 months, but with Iran now taking aim at Israel, is there a threat that this conflict could spreading into the neighboring region? We get the latest on the conflict including the potential for the use of nuclear weapons with Mercedes Stephenson, Global News Ottawa Bureau Chief and Host of “The West Block”. Next, the price of post-secondary education is going up year after year. According to Stats Canada, the average yearly cost for Canadian undergraduates has increased to just over $7,000 dollars, up 3% from the 2022-2023 academic year. Are you prepared to help you kids navigate the cost of a post-secondary education, and are you willing take on debt to do it? We tackle the topic with Andrew Lo, CEO and President of “Embark” Canada.   Finally, the Coachella music festival wrapped up its second weekend with attendance hitting around 300 000 people over the two weekends, the highest attendance the festival has ever seen according to sources. But is this an outlier? Has enthusiasm for music festivals started to die away? We get the thoughts of Alan Cross, Host of “The Ongoing History of New Music” on the Corus Radio Network.