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The death of the dinner party

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Big Headlines: Carney says trade talks between Canada and the U.S. are still on pause and Stelco could face legal action

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Why is Gen Z protesting around the world?

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Big Headlines: Alberta's separation vote could have lasting impacts and an update on the injured soldiers from CFB Wainwright

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Danielle Smith's post-referendum problem

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Big Headlines: Alberta voters overwhelmingly reject push for separation and investigators are on the ground at CFB Wainwright

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Keith Morrison and Diana Swain on the case of Elizabeth Bain

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Big Headlines: Four soldiers dead after tragedy at CFB Wainwright

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Are our drug laws making things worse?

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Weekend Listen: Are companies doing enough AI training?

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Big Headlines: Carney's last push to keep Alberta united with Canada and Lotto Max hits record jackpot of $90M

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What was Ryan Wedding's endgame?

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Big Headlines: Canada continues to strengthen ties with EU while Ontario and New York strike new energy deal

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Pierre Poilievre’s impossible Alberta balancing act

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Big Headlines: Canada's sovereignty being put to the test in Alberta and Cornell cancels all frat parties for the year

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Faster, greener, riskier? The micromobility debate

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Big Headlines: Advance polls open today for Alberta referendum and Canada's Wonderland indefinitely shuts down two roller coasters after Georgia theme park death

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Anthony Scaramucci on Trump, Carney, and the trade war

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Weekend Listen: Time to think about your holiday budget?

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Big Headlines: Canada's economy lost 68,000 jobs last month and grocery prices could spike this winter

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Should we be worried about the plague?

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Big Headlines: Canada will prohibit people suffering from a mental illness to access MAiD

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When AI causes harm, who's responsible?

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Big Headlines: Fuel prices continue to surge worldwide and an American is charged after helping carry out the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting

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Why Quebec’s independence debate is back

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Big Headlines: Investigators identify the Canadians onboard an air ambulance that crashed in the Atlantic and Parti Quebecois secures a minority

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What Avi Lewis thinks Ottawa got wrong with Bill C-39

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Big Headlines: U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for missing aircraft off Boston coast that had four Canadians onboard

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Can Canada actually deliver universal childcare?

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Weekend Listen: Can Canada catch a break on trade after the US midterms?

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Big Headlines: Alberta's hopes for pipeline to B.C. being fast-tracked and Canada wants to link payment systems with E.U.

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Why is Gen Z going analogue?

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Big Headlines: Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk has blasted off to the International Space Station and the Carney government responds to Stelco cuts

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Canada's role in space exploration

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Big Headlines: Israel-bound flight redirected to Saudi Arabia after intense cockpit disturbance and 17,000-foot drop as officials claim "a possible hijack"

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How Carney's infrastructure push is testing reconciliation

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Big Headlines: Canada-U.S. trade war escalates again as import bans kick in on more Canadian products

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The Houthis, Iran, and the risk of a wider war

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Big Headlines: Pair of Conservative premiers convene in Calgary to talk energy and Canada's overhauling foreign policy around its autonomy

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Can we prevent El Niño's 451,000 extra deaths?

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Weekend Listen: What would you sacrifice to achieve home ownership?

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Big Headlines: Experts say possible changes to Canada's labour code gives the federal government too much new power and a Quebec man tried planning an attack for ISIS

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Cell phones at concerts? The great debate

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Big Headlines: Carney and the Canadian Forces have evaluated options for 'unlikely' U.S. military action against Canada

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David Eby's BC election gamble

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Big Headlines: Carney meets European Commission boss in New York and Ottawa extends gas tax holiday into 2027

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A Canadian guide to the US Midterms

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Big Headlines: Ontario synagogue shooting suspect reportedly with the Canadian Forces and B.C.'s government sues OpenAI for Tumbler Ridge tragedy

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Rachel Notley and Jason Kenney on the fight for Canada

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Big Headlines: Gunfire exchange near Belleville synagogue injures 2 and Parliament returns after a 3-month break

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How Ontario kept a man in isolation for 20+ years

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Weekend Listen: What did Carney gain with his Investment Summit?

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Big Headlines: 'O Canada' performed at Buffalo Bills' home opener despite recent trade tensions with the U.S.

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Is Canada's future European?

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Big Headlines: Carney addresses EU Parliament as the push continues to get Canada to become its first associate member

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Does Canada need private airports?

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Big Headlines: Canada could become the European Union's first associate member and home sales dipped in August

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Why the US still needs Canadian lumber

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Big Headlines: Day 2 of Canada's investment summit as another round of American tariffs hit

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Why Germany’s AfD victory matters beyond Europe

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Big Headlines: Canada's inflation rate holds steady and Carney hosts major international investors in Toronto

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Why now? Canada's new sanctions on West Bank settlers

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Weekend Listen: How will Canada survive the trade war?

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Big Headlines: Canada and the U.S. mourn 9/11 on the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks

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What happened to our attention spans?

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Big Headlines: Carney convenes his cabinet in Alberta and Trump vows American adults $5,000 if his party wins midterms

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The age of technological imperialism

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Big Headlines: Trump signs new executive order banning Canadian products

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Canada's digital defences are lagging. Now what?

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Big Headlines: Canada's counter-tariffs against the U.S. are now in effect as Carney addresses the nation

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How economic hardship increases gender-based violence

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Weekend Listen: The US energy trade battle: Canada vs. Venezuela

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Big Headlines: Montreal college resumes classes after some uncertainty over its funding and Canada’s job market takes a turn for the worse

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What comes next for the Lindsay Clancy trial?

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Big Headlines: Canada's set to unveil a new $20 bill featuring the King and an Alberta Sheriffs officer won't be charged over AI-generated sexual images of women

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How Trump is dominating Quebec's election campaign

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Big Headlines: Carney scolds American officials for not taking Canada seriously and the RCMP are investigating B.C.'s Conservatives

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The unraveling of the BC Conservatives

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Big Headlines: Carney's Liberals sweep a trio of byelections and Marineland ships out its last whales

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What should we know about Mitch McConnell's whereabouts?

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Big Headlines: Canadian websites confused over Trump's new name for Lake Ontario and three federal byelections

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What the Lake Ontario fight reveals about water and sovereignty

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Weekend Listen: Can small businesses survive another tariff hit?

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Big Headlines: Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' while political leaders on both sides of the border push back

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The giant Russian cargo plane trapped in Canada

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Big Headlines: Flash floods in Nepal leave hundreds dead and more than 1,300 missing

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Why do more Canadians want to own guns?

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Big Headlines: The world mourns Dolly Parton and Canada details its counter-tariffs strategy for the U.S.

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What the Canada-US trade war will cost you

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Big Headlines: Canada details retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. and Trump considers renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America"

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Could Ukraine hold a wartime election?

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Big Headlines: Canada-U.S. trade war barreling towards even newer tariffs after failed negotiations

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Inside Mark Carney's act of defiance

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Weekend Listen: America's $40 Trillion Debt Problem

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Big Headlines: Canada's top trade negotiators continue to finalize deal to avoid new Trump deadline and the U.S. Vice President's "hot mic" moment

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The case for more third places

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Big Headlines: Carney asks premiers to put American alcohol back on shelves and B.C. businesses struggle to recover from wildfires

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What makes the new Churchill Falls deal so historic?

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Big Headlines: Trump hits pause on new tariffs for Canada for three days and calls grow to remove the U.S. ambassador to Canada

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Canadians want Hoekstra out. Can they make it happen?