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January 16, 2023The Pierre Poilievre Roadshow comes to Montreal. Plus: Fraudsters and criminals, but not in jail
Elias Makos starts the week off with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR & content firm TNKR Media, Quebec-based political commentator.
Conservative leader Pierre Poillievre will be in Montreal today and hold a press conference/media availability at 3pm, as he begins a tour of La Belle Province this week
Fake millionaire and fraudster Serge Rivard was released from prison three times in the last year and a half, which allowed him to fool several more women he seduced online
The US government is coming for the public’s gas stoves… Do you think they should be banned - do you still have one?
24 min
January 13, 2023The cash register is wrong, and you can’t pay with cash. Plus: A record number of Canadians were killed by alcohol and drug abuse
Elias Makos caps the week off with Political analysts Karim Boulos and Anne Lagace-Dowson.
“Pas de comptant/No Cash” signs are greeting customers in more and more places, and consumer advocates say this hurts low income citizens the most. Should businesses be forced to take cash?
Did you know about the price accuracy policy? Well it’s been around for 20 years
A record number of Canadians were killed by alcohol and drug abuse during the pandemic
22 min
January 12, 2023Putting out fires & building dams. Plus: P.K. Subban returns to Montreal
Elias Makos begins Thursday with panelists David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister and Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance.
François Legault denied there was a clash with Hydro-Québec boss Sophie Brochu
Should Roxham Road be shut down? 68% of Quebecers think it should
It’ll be an emotional return for PK Subban when he steps onto the ice tonight at Montreal’s Bell Centre
25 min
January 11, 2023Have McGill and Concordia students lost their minds? Plus: Sophie Brochu out at Hydro-Québec
Elias Makos is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR & content firm TNKR Media and Quebec-based political commentator, and Justine McIntyre, consultant and former city councilor.
Protesters successfully shut down a talk being held at McGill University’s Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
Three years into her five-year term, Sophie Brochu announced on Tuesday she’s leaving Hydro-Québec in April
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called for the closure of the Roxham Road border crossing on Tuesday
25 min
January 10, 2023The Parti Québécois is denouncing the hiring of Sandro Grande as head coach of CF Montreal's reserve team
Elias Makos welcomes in Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Sue Montgomery, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG.
The Parti Québécois is denouncing the hiring of Sandro Grande as head coach of CF Montreal's reserve team
While the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is hopping mad that alcohol taxes will rise in April, others are making the case that those taxes should in fact be even higher
Canada will buy a fleet of F-35s jets to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force’s aging CF-18s
23 min
January 09, 2023Less buses, more meat. Plus: Nike gives its sneakers the Montreal bagel treatment
Elias Makos kicks of the week with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and Meeker Guerrier, Weekend News Anchor at Noovo and a commentator at RDS.
You’ve probably seen the signs guaranteeing this high level of service, but as of today, the STM no longer promises that a bus will come every 10 minutes or less on many of its lines
More than 2 million animals are slaughtered every day to feed Canadians, and sales of fake meat have plunged, with consumers going back to the real thing.
Nike is releasing sneakers that are inspired by Montreal’s iconic bagels. Would you buy shoes that resembled food?
25 min
January 05, 2023A flashback to the 1998 Ice Storm. Plus: Why can’t Montreal answer simple questions?
Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, consultant and former city councilor and Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst.
A treacherous morning in Montreal, and flashbacks to what happened 25 years ago today. The Ice storm of 1998
Journal de Montréal conducted a neat little exercise on municipal bureaucracy and access to information, sending five easy-to-answer questions to cities to see what would happen. Results varied across the province, but Montreal stood alone in its incompetence
With classes where half of the students have learning or behavioural difficulties, teachers from all over Quebec are at their wit's end
24 min
January 04, 2023Canadian CEOs make 243 times what you do. Plus: Montreal’s new police chief talks law & order
Elias Makos is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR & content firm TNKR Media and Quebec-based political commentator and Sue Montgomery, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG.
Should there be a CEO salary cap? Canadian CEO pay smashed records in 2021 — and is on track to do so again
Montreal’s new police chief Fady Dagher has told officers that law and order will reign in the city in 2023
A lawsuit claims that Facebook allowed advertisers to discriminate on the basis of gender, race and age
26 min
January 03, 2023The province has put French ahead of the economy again. Plus: The end of the local skating rink
Elias Makos kicks off the new year with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.
A Quebec immigration program designed for entrepreneurs will now only accept applications from French speakers
Selfies of criminals consuming cannabis, videos of gang members partying behind bars… More and more prisoners are posting content on social media
Skating outside is still impossible in several municipalities in southern Quebec
26 min
January 02, 2023Do you feel lucky to be living in Quebec? Plus: emergency rooms are expected to get busier
Guest host Sarah Deshaies is joined by Meeker Guerrier, Weekend News Anchor at Noovo and a commentator at RDS and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact.
How was your New Year's weekend? What is your go-to cure?
François Legault’s New Years message: “We’re lucky to live in a place like Quebec”. Do you feel lucky? Are you happy that you live in this province?
The already overcrowded emergency rooms are forecasting a peak in traffic in the coming days…. What will be the price to pay for waking up with family or friends for the first time after two years of restrictions? Were you cautious of this over New years?
27 min

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