Big Headlines

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From the team at The Big Story, comes Big Headlines – Canada's first daily news headlines podcast. Catch up on Canada’s top stories, with insight from reporters across the country. From breaking news ... more

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The podcast currently has 147 episodes available.

Big Headlines episodes:

August 21, 2026 Canada's top trade negotiators continue to finalize deal to avoid new Trump deadline and the U.S. Vice President's "hot mic" moment
Plus: The Alberta government faces jeers and expletives at town halls over a planned Meta data centre, the Boston Marathon says it will count qualifying times on the Edmonton course which was accidentally made two-thirds of a kilometre longer than normal but won’t adjust them to the standard marathon length, a caver is rescued using new radio technology, and the case for more “third spaces”. Email the Big Headlines team at [email protected]
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August 20, 2026 Carney asks premiers to put American alcohol back on shelves and B.C. businesses struggle to recover from wildfires
Plus: A Calgary police officer will be tried for murder after two suspects in a slow-speed chase were shot and killed, a survey finds almost a fifth of Quebec teachers consider quitting, WestJet is ordered to do away with a 300-pound weight limit on wheelchairs on most of its planes, and what makes Quebec and Newfoundland’s pending energy deal historic? Email the Big Headlines team at [email protected]
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August 19, 2026 Trump hits pause on new tariffs for Canada for three days and calls grow to remove the U.S. ambassador to Canada
Plus: A petition calls for the U.S. ambassador to Canada to be removed, Canadians seeking treatment for rare diseases face challenges, the summer wildfire season hits a historic milestone, a union in Vancouver takes action to delay a major infrastructure project, and OpenAI launches a chatbot designed specifically for teenagers. Email the Big Headlines team at [email protected]
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August 18, 2026 America's new tariff deadline approaches for Canada and Tumbler Ridge Secondary School is being demolished
Plus: the Quebec election frontrunner shelves a sovereignty referendum until after the Trump presidency is over, the NBA spars with ESPN over its reporting on the L.A. Clippers investigation, a grizzly bear cub escapes from his enclosure at the Calgary Zoo, and why did Pope Leo excommunicate members of a traditionalist Catholic sect? Email the Big Headlines team at [email protected]
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August 17, 2026 Canadian trade reps continue talks with Washington as new tariffs go into effect this week
Plus: Statistics Canada says the annual rate of inflation accelerated to three per cent in July, Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to make an announcement about energy security regarding Churchill Falls, an autopsy is being performed following the death of television star Hayden Panettiere, new research shows the beneficial relationship between young teens struggling with anxiety and dog ownership, and how do we stop antisemitism on university campuses? Email the Big Headlines team at [email protected]
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August 14, 2026 Iconic Canadian sports broadcaster passes away and select international students under review for protests in Calgary
Plus: Farage secures victory over Binface, some students protesting work permit denials face scrutiny over their current status in Canada, officials in B.C. say the public will still be able to access a Vancouver Island castle if it’s handed over to First Nations, some companies opt to weather the possible storm with more U.S. tariffs looming, and could Canada put American alcohol back on shelves to secure tariff relief? Email the Big Headlines team at [email protected]
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August 13, 2026 Farage vs. Binface: Voters in Clacton head to the polls
Plus: Canada and the U.S. continue to negotiate with new tariffs looming, the U.S. ambassador to Canada responds to a petition calling to kick him out of the country, four of the five former World Juniors players acquitted of sexual assault last summer will stay banned from Hockey Canada after they were found to have breached its code of conduct, three Moncton teens face charges after a boy was seen riding down a major street on the roof of a car, and why did tens of thousands of migrants surge into a Spanish exclave in North Africa?
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August 12, 2026 Rescuers in Colombia racing against the clock to save survivors from quake that rocked multiple cities
Plus: Canada's top trade negotiator has a warning ahead of new impending tariffs, thousands of Canadians want Trump's trade rep to Canada removed from Ottawa, the federal government is ramping up funding to fight climate risks, Europe is set to experience a total solar eclipse, and Canada has a new "Highway of Tears" - used for sex trafficking. Email the Big Headlines team at [email protected]
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August 11, 2026 Death toll mounts in Colombia following 7.4-magnitude earthquake and Canadian military on standby for B.C. wildfires
Plus: A Montreal father is found guilty of murdering his daughter in upstate New York, Alberta reviews its Amber Alert criteria following the death of a boy with autism, Environment Canada makes significant changes to its tornado warning system, auto thefts across Canada trend down toward pre-pandemic levels, and a youth mental health service says it’s seeing a spike in overnight calls. Email the Big Headlines team at [email protected]
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August 10, 2026 Tens of thousands forced to evacuate as B.C. declares state of emergency over wildfires
Plus: Montreal’s police chief plans to provide an update on a patrol unit that disbanded in June over serious allegations, the Conservative leader writes a letter to the Prime Minister on the response to tariffs from the U.S., a toddler grounds a flight in Victoria, football officials push for heavier consequences for FIFA president Gianni Infantino, and investigative genetic genealogy is used to charge a suspect in a decades-old murder case in Toronto. Email the Big Headlines team at [email protected]
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FAQs about Big Headlines:

How many episodes does Big Headlines have?

The podcast currently has 147 episodes available.