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January 30, 2023Another store quits downtown Montreal. Plus: Legault a no-show at the Quebec City mosque shooting commemoration
Elias Makos kicks off the week with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor, and Robert Libman, Former MNA and leader of the Equality Party in the National Assembly and Gazette political columnist.
The Archambeault store on St. Catherine Street, which has been around since 1896, will close in June. Ownership blames changing consumer habits, but more importantly, the deterioration of the area around the store
Francois Legault was noticeably absent from the ceremony marking the Quebec City mosque shooting anniversary. The Premier, who participated in all previous years, cited family obligations
A quarter of Quebecers have a subscription to at least 3 streaming services
26 min
January 27, 2023Should MPs pay for their home internet? Plus: The City that hates cars keeps buying them
Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact and David Heurtel, former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst.
The Federal Liberals have quickly followed suit after the Conservative caucus was told they can no longer expense their home internet
The Plante administration is having to defend their new leasing agreements for more than 4,600 municipal vehicles
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is defending his comments made on immigration and the ‘rise of the extremes
34 min
January 26, 2023What should get plowed first - Sidewalk, bike path, or roadway? Plus: Our kids are failing and there’s not enough teachers
Elias Makos is joined by Catherine Hogan, high school teacher at Westwood Senior High in Hudson and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR & content firm TNKR Media.
We're in the midst of another snowstorm, so let’s play Montreal's fastest growing game show: What should get plowed first - Sidewalk, bike path, or roadway?™
We plead, we reduce garbage collection schedules, but we get the opposite result: Looks like there’s more and more trash in Quebec
More and more students are failing their maths classes. The solution Quebec has found? Students who got 55% still get to pass the class
25 min
January 25, 2023Why can’t we have high-speed rail? Plus: Taking out the trash, or lack thereof
Elias Makos welcomes Justine McIntyre, consultant and former city councillor and Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst.
Train giant Alstom is once again proposing that Canada build a high-speed train between Quebec and Toronto
Heated arguments in Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve at city council last night, as the borough debated reducing garbage collection to every two weeks
A Montreal gynaecologist has been found guilty of making sexual remarks. And it’s not the first time
24 min
January 24, 2023Grift, corruption, incompetence, or all of the above? A Liberal government love story. Plus: Good chance someone is stealing your car right now
Elias Makos is joined by Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage Policy Group and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Political analyst Karim Boulos.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling the process to make the ArriveCan app ‘illogical’ and ‘inefficient.’
The Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Ahmed Hussen gave over $93,000 of constituency funds to a PR firm run by the sister of a senior staffer
Car theft has exploded since the end of the pandemic in Montreal. A 62% increase year over year
23 min
January 23, 2023‘Trudeau vs. Legault’ returns for a new season! Plus: The $568,000, 875-square-foot affordable condo
Elias Makos kicks off Monday with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and Meeker Guerrier, Weekend News Anchor at Noovo and a commentator at RDS.
The epic series ‘Trudeau vs. Legault’ is back! Over the weekend, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took aim at the provinces’ use of notwithstanding clause
Three out of four of the opposition leaders met with François Legault last week, with all of them sharing some optimism about the discussion
Journal de Montreal exposed a Griffintown condo going for $568,000 that was deemed ‘affordable’ by Valerie Plante’s administration
24 min
January 20, 2023First cracks, second chances, and blocking condos
David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister and analyst, Neil Drabkin, he is a lawyer and served as a Chief of Staff in the Harper Government
Poll whisperer P.J. Fournier's latest piece lays out the case that there won’t be an election this year
An emotional Sandro Grande has addressed and accepted the responsibility for the controversy that led to his firing
As Quebec faces a massive housing shortage, the people of Dollard-des-Ormeaux have come together to make it worse
24 min
January 19, 2023We’re drugging your kids based on their birthdays. Plus: Minimum wage up, happiness allowed down.
Elias Makos welcomes in Political analyst Karim Boulos and Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance.
The youngest children in their class, born in July, August, or September, are more likely to get an ADHD diagnosis than those born in October through December
Minimum wage will go up to $15.25 in Quebec on May 1st. A pay bump of $1, it’s the largest increase since 1995
This week Canada began pushing a Debbie-Downer drastic reduction in alcohol consumption
25 min
January 18, 2023Mini hospitals to fix Quebec’s mega healthcare problems. Plus: Should parents have the final say on the medical treatment of their child?
Elias Makos is joined by Sue Montgomery, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG and Bonnie Feigenbaum, Conservative Party of Quebec candidate in last provincial election and a lecturer at Concordia & McGill University.
Eric Duhaime is crowing over a CAQ campaign promise that will come to fruition quickly - The construction of the two private mini-hospitals
Sainte-Justine Hospital will be able to remove the breathing tube of a child who has been in an irreversible vegetative state since drowning in his family’s swimming pool last June. Quebec’s Court of Appeal handed down the ruling over the child. Is it really fair for them to have the power to make such a decision?
Madonna is headed to the Bell Center on August 19th and tickets are ranging from 375$ to 2,500$. How much would you pay?
24 min
January 17, 2023Private companies and public health care. Plus: The wildest scene you’ve ever seen on the Decarie Expressway
Elias Makos is joined by Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact and Justine McIntyre, consultant and former city councillor.
Seattle Public Schools have filed a lawsuit against social media giants accusing them of contributing to a youth mental health crisis
A police chase on foot on THE DECARIE EXPRESSWAY ten days ago has everyone talking, should the police have continued the pursuit?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says “he’s watching” as Ontario expands the private delivery of public health care
25 min

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