The Big Story

Is Hollywood North in jeopardy, based on a social media post by U.S. President Donald Trump?

After musing about hitting foreign film production with a 100% tariff, there are concerns this could shut down the film industry in Canada.

Host Mike Eppel is gauging reaction from Andrew Barnsley, President of the Toronto Film School.

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Today, Prime Minister Mark Carney will make his first trip to the White House to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Tariffs, the economy, and military defense will be the key focus for Carney as he looks to set Canada on a path to negotiations to end the trade war between our countries.

This first face to face meeting between the leaders will be crucial to set the tone of the relationship for the next four years.

Will they get along? How should Carney address Trump's "51st state" comments? Could this meeting backfire? And what will Trump and Carney be able to achieve?

Host Cormac Mac Sweeney speaks with Jon Allen, a former Canadian Ambassador and diplomat who is now a senior fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

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After a stunning election loss in which Pierre Poilievre couldn’t hold on to his own seat in Parliament, what comes next for the federal Conservatives?

Will there be a push to oust Poilievre? What will the Party look for in its campaign post-mortem? Why are Conservative premiers calling out their federal counterparts?

Host David Smith speaks with two veteran conservative strategists, Jordan Paquet and Neil Brodie, to get answers on what happens next for the team in blue.

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We're dropping a timely episode of In This Economy into the weekend feed.

We now have clarity now on Canada's new government, but predictions about the state of economy going forward are murkier.
There are signs the economy is contracting, so what does that mean for you?

Host Mike Eppel speaks with Dawn Desjardins, Chief Economist at Deloitte Canada.

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Canadians could be in for a break at the grocery store for the next couple of months.

After food inflation ticked higher in March, a food economist is expecting more stability through the summer months with the next update from Statistics Canada coming on May 20th.

Host Kris McCusker speaks to Stuart Smyth, professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Saskatchewan about what is influencing prices - and why it's subject to change.

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Warning: this episode may be triggering for some listeners.

Friday has been declared a day of mourning in British Columbia for the victims of the Lapu-Lapu Day festival attack.

What was meant to be a celebration quickly turned to tragedy on Saturday, as nearly a dozen people were killed and dozens more injured when a suspect drove their vehicle into a crowd at a Filipino festival in Vancouver.

The man charged in the alleged attack was overseen by a mental health team and was on extended leave at the time of the incident – which is now raising questions about mental health reform.

Meantime, we are learning more about some of the victims and how members of the community are supporting one another.

Host Melanie Ng speaks with Sonia Aslam, journalist with 1130 NewsRadio and CityNews Vancouver, who has been following this story closely.

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The Liberal minority government is now officially set.

What's also now official is the deep dive into what went wrong into the campaigns of Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh, two party leaders who lost their seats on Monday night.

Between the Doug Ford fight with Poilievre and the NDP losing official party status, there are many storylines to emerge from the election.

Here to break it down with host Mark Day is Rob Snow, NewsRadio's national talk show host.

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In what's been a very upside down election campaign - the results were just as wild.

At time of writing at 2:30am, it's a Liberal minority government. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is in danger of losing his seat and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh stepped down as leader after losing his seat of Burnaby Central.

In this stripped down version of The Big Story, host David Smith stayed up really late to put together the full results for you this morning.

Much more to come on all the election storylines throughout the week.

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After 36 days, it all comes down to this.

Canada is voting for his next leader and all eyes are on the Liberals and Conservatives with a neck and neck race. It comes after a wild swing from the winter when the Conservatives had a double digit lead in the polls.

Host Richard Southern and NewsRadio's Parliament Hill Correspondent Cormac Mac Sweeney discuss the campaign and all the political events over the past year that have led to this vote.

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Owning a small or medium sized business is never easy, and this year, it's been even more challenging. The small business sector is the country's largest employer and they're facing a ton of uncertainty from tariffs and the threat of higher inflation and a potential recession.

Host Mike Eppel talks to Simon Gauldeault, Chief Economist and VP of Research for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business to get his take.

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