Feature: Phone, Text and Credit Card Scams
David Coffee – A Detective in the Financial Crimes Unit for Toronto Police Services
David Coffee – A Detective in the Financial Crimes Unit for Toronto Police Services
Movies getting longer is not a feeling. A researcher named Steven Follows checked the runtimes of 36,000 theatrically released films from 1980 to 2025. Average wide release length went from 106 minutes in the 1990s to 114 minutes today. Films with budgets over a hundred million dollars run even longer. Then add 20 to 30…
The Panama invasion of 1989 didn’t end the way anyone expected. Twenty-seven thousand American troops surrounded one dictator hiding in the Vatican embassy. It took weeks of blasting rock music and a military siege to force Manuel Noriega’s surrender. Craig Baird breaks down how the CIA’s former asset became America’s target, the casualties nobody talks…
Mark Carney’s WEF speech came during active tariff negotiations with Trump. You’re watching Canada’s new Prime Minister deliver his first major international speech. He’s supposed to be de-escalating Trump’s tariff threats. Instead, he’s signaling partnership with China on rare minerals. You’re thinking: is this brilliant negotiation or political suicide? Tony Chapman calls it “one of…
Pajamas in public draw a line you didn’t know you had until someone crosses it. You’re at the grocery store. The person in front of you is in full flannel. And something in you reacts before you can stop it. Is that judgment? Is that reasonable? And does it change if they’re at the airport…
Shane Hewitt explores the evolution of MuchMusic’s Electric Circus, including how host Monica Deol helped shift the show from daytime tapings to Friday‑night club culture. The segment highlights how the program embraced dance, hip hop and R&B and became a defining part of 1990s music television. The conversation also notes how the show’s appeal mirrors…
The Friday Round Up begins with a birthday celebration for two panelists, Jimmy Zoubris and Andrew Caddell, who share the same birthday. Onto more serious stuff the conversation shifts to the Ingersoll GM plant layoffs, and the primary cause as well as the long-term implications of this event, including the potential for higher car prices…