Swifties and Drake fans’ beef with Ticketmaster
Episode Date: March 28, 2023The price of concert tickets has risen dramatically – with some tickets costing thousands of dollars. Ticketmaster, which controls a huge proportion o...
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667 episodes transcribedThe price of concert tickets has risen dramatically – with some tickets costing thousands of dollars. Ticketmaster, which controls a huge proportion o...
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The Globe and Mail has been reporting extensively on China’s interference in Canadian elections. This information came to light, in part, because of a...
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After weeks of resisting pressure from all sides, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ordered two probes into Chinese election interference. This follow...
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Right now, one in 25 Canadians who use Google can’t find some news sites through its search bar. That’s because the tech giant has purposely blocked t...
For years, a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis has often meant an early death for patients. This week, Cystic Fibrosis Canada released its annual data repo...
Canada has a high rate of police killings compared to similar countries like England, Germany and Japan. Officers are rarely charged when they kill so...
On February 8, Indigo’s website went down and customers couldn’t buy products in-store either. After scrambling to launch a new website with limited e...