The Big Five Podcast

By-election battles. Plus: Emergency rooms in crisis


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Trudie Mason is joined by Jimmy Zoubris, Montreal businessman, longtime activist, and former special advisor to Valerie Plante, and Akil Alleyne, reporter, commentator, and manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.

  • Prime Minister Mark Carney set three summer by-elections, including a tight three-way race in Chicoutimi—Le Fjord.
  • A bleak new study reveals ten percent of emergency doctors are leaving the field amid severe overcrowding.
  • Quebec finally reached a contract agreement with paramedics after three years of stagnant negotiations.
  • Montreal restaurant Garde Manger defied provincial limits by charging a fifty dollar fee for reservation no-shows.
  • Columnist Richard Martineau sparked debate by listing everyday items he believes should be uninvented.
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