Juno Jump Start | CBC blew $93k of taxpayers’ dime on award galas

The CBC has spent more than $93,000 of public funds on journalism award galas, Candice Malcolm breaks down the scandal of the taxpayer-funded CBC hiring foreign workers over Canadians, and more.

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CBC blew $93k of taxpayers’ dime on award galas: taxpayers group

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is criticizing the CBC for spending more than $93,000 of public funds on journalism award galas over the past five years.

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MALCOLM: CBC's foreign worker scandal

Juno News co-founder Candice Malcolm breaks down the scandal of the taxpayer-funded CBC - the CANADIAN Broadcasting Corporation - hiring foreign workers over Canadians

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B.C.’s agreement with Haida Gwaii incoherent and contradictory: Study

A new study looking at the Aboriginal title agreements from Haida Gwaii, formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, found that the agreements are fraught with legal uncertainty and contradictory claims, making it unclear who truly has jurisdiction over the archipelago.

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OP-ED: Toronto’s film festival tried to bury this Oct. 7 film and it backfired

Sue-Ann Levy writes, "Instead of thinking about the fact that TIFF is in its 50th year, and celebrating that fact, the festival has a black mark against it for kowtowing to the Jew haters."

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Alberta to require sex at birth form for girls' sports in schools

Days before new legislation takes effect on September 1, a form has surfaced on X, revealing that Alberta will require student athletes to confirm they were "female sex at birth."

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China-born Canadian citizen deported from U.S. for photographing military bases

Xiao Guang Pan, a 71-year-old Chinese man with Canadian citizenship from Brampton, Ontario, pleaded guilty in a U.S. District Court to three counts of illegally photographing military installations. The incidents occurred on separate days in early January.

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Taxpayers on the hook for 99K more Ottawa bureaucrats since 2016

A new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer points out that the cost of running Canada's federal government has skyrocketed by nearly 80 per cent since 2016.

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Alberta greenlights Christian concert at Legislature

Alberta allowed Christian musician Sean Feucht’s worship night to proceed on the Legislature Grounds as other cities tried to shut him down.

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OP-ED: Canada’s Roads Are In Chaos. That Has To Change

Juno News host Alexander Brown on the crisis within the North American trucking industry, and what can be done to address it.

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Restaurateur sounds alarm after seeing 12-year-old girl frequent Downtown Eastside

The owner of a popular Gastown-area restaurant says he was alarmed to see a 12-year-old girl spending time alone on Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside earlier this summer.

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Privacy czar orders search engines to delist harmful info upon request

Canada's privacy commissioner ruled that individuals have "the right to be forgotten," allowing delisting information from search results if it poses a serious risk to their safety or dignity. However, Google is challenging this decision.

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Anime Mountie? RCMP denies anime girl mascot was part of recruitment push

This week on Off the Record, we dig into the bizarre sight of an RCMP booth featuring a cardboard anime girl in full RCMP uniform, a prop the force now insists wasn’t meant to be part of its recruitment strategy.

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CIBC report warns Canadian youth unemployment hitting recession levels

A recent report from CIBC Capital Markets indicates that young Canadians are currently experiencing the most challenging job market in decades, a situation typically observed only during economic recessions.

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OP-ED: How Canada lost its way on freedom of speech

Josh Dehass writes, "Public officials cancelled or denied Sean Feucht's permits in nine cities, from Halifax to Abbotsford, B.C. Montreal went so far as to fine a church $2,500 for hosting his concert."

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