Yesterday's News #307 - December 4th, 2016

 

Round Table topics:

- Justin Trudeau's comments following the death of Fidel Castro.

- Donald Trump.

- Court upholds Montreal’s ban on pitbulls.

- Air Miles has backs off plan to void points.

- The unemployment rate in Quebec now at lowest level since 1976.

- Only around 10% of Syrian refugees who arrived in Canada since November of 2015 have been able to find jobs.

- Trudeau Liberals to undo previous government's moves to identify those who vote.

- The two largest English school boards in Quebec will be investigated by a provincial auditor and the anti-corruption squad.

- Old Montreal Children’s Hospital site will no become ballpark.

Yesterday's News #306 - November 20th, 2016

Yesterday's News returns in a new format.

Part 1:

- Federal Finance Minister thinks people should get used to the "job churn" economy.

- CRTC data indicates Canadians are consuming more media, but are watching less TV.

- Queens casino refuses to pay out millions after they claim slot machine malfunctions.


Part 2:

The Round Table convenes to discuss:

- Donald Trump and the American election.

- A possible Muslim housing project in Brossard.

- The possible religious house of worship ban in Outremont,

- A piper fined $220 for carrying a Scottish traditional knife in his sock.

- The plight of the contract worker.

- Metro conductors playing with their cell phones.

- Snow on the way...

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Yesterday's News #305 - May 21st, 2016

Show #305 - May 21, 2016

Part 1:

News from Montreal and from Beyond:
May 15 - 21

- Montreal imposes year-long moratorium on horse-drawn carriages
- Former interim mayor Applebaum asks to have criminal case against him dismissed
- Montreal municipal engineers walked off the job
- Montreal Auditor General claims recommendations have been ignored
- AMT cancels $100 million contract it had signed with Bombardier
- Montreal police unveil body cameras

Part 2:

- A few words about space travel
- A few words about automobiles and the smartphone

Yesterday's News #304 - May 14th, 2016

Show #304 - May 14, 2016

Part 1:

News from Montreal and from Beyond:
May 7 - 14

- Three die as fire ravages apartment building in Longueuil
- Police ask for help in finding hit-and-run driver
- Molotov Cocktail thrown at STM bus
- Man was shot in St. Michel
- West island high school threatened
- Quebec sends group of firefighters to Alberta
- Quebec unveils legislation to deal with Uber
- Quebec's birth rate continues to decline
- Number of fatalities in road accidents in Quebec increases
- New international wing opened at Trudeau Airport


Part 2:

- A few words about moving
- Census web site crashes
- Government upholds rights of small ISPs

Yesterday's News #303 - May 7th, 2016

Some old time radio from the 1950s.

Yesterday's News #302 - April 30th, 2016

The best of Yesterday's News. Originally aired September 5th 2015.