Steve Faguy

Steve Faguy

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Blogger, media analyst, copy editor at the Montreal Gazette. https://blog.fagstein.com

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Steve Faguy
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Trump backs down from Canada becoming the 51st state.

CNN@cnn.com

President Donald Trump suggested during a campaign rally in Texas that Venezuela could “maybe someday soon” become the 51st US state.

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I'm shocked that the senior adviser to the "no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos" guy would say such things.

CNN@cnn.com

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's senior adviser for religious issues has shared scores of racist, sexist and homophobic posts, spread conspiracy theories, and repeatedly denigrated Islam and immigrants. CNN's Senior Investigative reporter Allison Gordon reports. Read more: https://cnn.it/4yGjGwl

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CBC announces five finalists for Canada's Eurovision Song Contest artist: Rêve, Josiane, Talk, Tyler Shaw and William Cloutier, opens selection to public vote. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta... eurovision.cbc.radio-canada.ca/categories/2...

cbc.caMeet Canada's 5 Eurovision finalists | CBC NewsFive finalists — William Cloutier, Josiane, Rêve, Talk and Tyler Shaw — are competing to become Canada’s first Eurovision entrant in 2027. Canadians can watch their performances online and vote up to ...
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That's a great line to get people to support the party led by Tantrum Man.

CNN@cnn.com

Vice President JD Vance acknowledged Monday that high gas prices have left some voters undecided ahead of the midterm election, but argued that price spikes happen “every time some tinpot dictator decides to throw a tantrum.”

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Canadian cliff diver Molly Carlson became the first known woman to dive off an iceberg after taking the plunge off the coast of Newfoundland.

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Charlie Warzel
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70 percent of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

theatlantic.comThe Man Who Saved the Internet YesterdayOndřej Surý was a relatively anonymous volunteer working on PHP security. Then the internet exploded.
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Bell Media has asked the #CRTC for permission to combine CKVR-DT (CTV2 Barrie) and CFTO-DT-21 (CTV Toronto/Orillia) transmitters through multiplexing, making CTV Toronto a subchannel on CKVR. Both would broadcast at 720p, vs. 1080i now. If denied, Bell says it would shut the Orillia transmitter.

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The #CRTC has processed and approved applications dating from 2025 by Télé Inter-Rives to shut down several TV retransmitters in eastern Quebec for its TVA and Noovo affiliates. All but one (CFTF-DT-4 Forestville) are under 1,000W.

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CHAU-DT (TVA/Carleton-sur-Mer) loses all its retransmitters except a 10kW one in Percé: CHAU-DT-2 St-Quentin, NB CHAU-DT-3 Port-Daniel CHAU-DT-4 Chandler CHAU-DT-6 Gaspé CHAU-DT-7 Rivière-au-Renard CHAU-DT-8 Cloridorme CHAU-DT-9 L'Anse-à-Valleau CHAU-DT-10 Tracadie, NB CHAU-DT-11 Kedgwick, NB

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CFTF-DT (Noovo/Rivière-du-Loup) loses 7/11 retransmitters, keeping Edmunston, Rivière-du-Loup, Sept-Îles, Carleton and Rimouski: CFTF-DT-2 Trois-Pistoles CFTF-DT-3 Cabano CFTF-DT-4 Forestville CFTF-DT-5 Baie-Comeau CFTF-DT-8 Les Escoumins CFTF-DT-9 Gaspé CFTF-DT-10 Baie-Saint-Paul

Steve Faguy
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The #CRTC has processed and approved applications dating from 2025 by Télé Inter-Rives to shut down several TV retransmitters in eastern Quebec for its TVA and Noovo affiliates. All but one (CFTF-DT-4 Forestville) are under 1,000W.

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CIMT-DT (TVA/Rivière-du-Loup) shuts down 4/7 retransmitters, keeping Edmunston, NB, St-Urbain and a second one in Rivière-du-Loup: CIMT-DT-2 Trois-Pistoles CIMT-DT-4 Baie-Saint-Paul CIMT-DT-7 Les Escoumins CIMT-DT-8 Cabano

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Corus announced yesterday it is replacing its Global TV app with a new StackTV app that offers a free tier of Global programs (similar to what Bell did with CTV/Crave). The new StackTV also adds Corus's children's channels, and will be available directly on Roku, iOS and web, with others to come.

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StackTV will also allow TV authentication so cable subscribers can access Flavour, Home, W, History, Adult Swim, Slice, Showcase, NatGeo and Lifetime content online. But YTV, Cartoon Network, DTOUR and children's channels are deliberately excluded from this for some reason.

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This post and video could really use the context that Amy Acton is estranged from her mother because her stepfather was arrested for sexually abusing her, and her mother stood by her stepfather.

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Ohio Republican governor nominee Vivek Ramaswamy backs a controversial political campaign featuring his Democratic opponent Amy Acton’s estranged mother. Read more: https://cnn.it/4eLgCro

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Andrew Kurjata
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This is a publicly funded government agency refusing to share weather warnings and their own public warnings with a journalist at Global News, one of the larger mainstream news outlets in Canada. I really want you to sit with the bare facts of that.

Steve Faguy
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TSN is having "technical difficulties" with its Canadiens broadcast tonight, so TSN2 is airing the San Jose Sharks feed from NBC Sports California until it can get its own feed back. (RDS's broadcast is unaffected.)

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Corus has advised the #CRTC that it has reached a "comprehensive new agreement with Rogers" settling their disputes over Food Network and HGTV Canada, among others.

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Richard Therrien
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Radio-Canada travaille actuellement à remanier entièrement son Téléjournal de 18 h à Québec. Parmi les scénarios envisagés, on pourrait le faire passer de 60 à 30 minutes, ai-je appris. Une mauvaise idée selon moi.

lesoleil.comLe «Téléjournal Québec» pourrait passer de 60 à 30 minutesCHRONIQUE / Radio-Canada travaille actuellement à remanier entièrement son Téléjournal de 18 h à Québec. Parmi les scénarios envisagés, on pourrait amputer de moitié le bulletin de Bruno Savard et le ...

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Jon Stewart will remain at the helm of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” through December 2028, extending his once-a-week hosting role through the next presidential election. https://cnn.it/4yvWctw

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Citytv has hired Diana Swain, formerly of CBC News, to host Dateline Canada, a Canadian version of the primetime NBC investigative series. about.rogers.com/news/citytv-... (Why Citytv needs to license the "TV investigative news" format from an American network is unclear.)

about.rogers.comCitytv Announces Dateline Canada Special from Rogers Studios - About Rogers– First Global Expansion of NBC’s Iconic Newsmagazine Franchise – – Dateline Canada premieres in a two-hour special Thursday Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Citytv and Citytv+ – – Award-winning investigati...

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Chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour announces that she will leave CNN next June after a 43-year career at the network. https://cnn.it/4BgxShM

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OK but please don't stand in front of industrial snow blowers.

Montreal Gazette@mtlgazette.bsky.social

More machinery, more salt will be deployed in Montreal’s battle with winter, city says montrealgazette.com/news/more-ma...

Steve Faguy
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Also: If you're too cheap for Prime you can apparently watch the game through a small muted preview window on the homepage of the Amazon app.

Steve Faguy
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What could have been almost 600 new homes will now be zero new homes because politicians don't want anything built there.

Montreal Gazette@mtlgazette.bsky.social

C.D.N.-N.D.G. blocks housing project, eliciting ire of developer and delight of neighbours montrealgazette.com/news/c-d-n-n...

Steve Faguy
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I'm all about preserving architectural heritage, but letting useless industrial eyesores sit abandoned for decades is too high a price to pay for very little benefit.

Montreal Gazette@mtlgazette.bsky.social

Canada Malting plant facade to be dismantled, Sud-Ouest borough confirms montrealgazette.com/news/canada-...

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Jeff Yates
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Ce psychodrame sur la supposée disparition de "bots russes" suite à des frappes ukrainiennes sur des centres de données est vraiment déprimant. Hallucination collective. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/229...

ici.radio-canada.caNon, les frappes de Kiev en Russie n’ont pas démantelé de réseau de bots au CanadaLa destruction des centres de données russes n’a eu aucune incidence sur l’engagement suscité par le contenu politique circulant sur X au Canada, selon une analyse préliminaire.
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This looks very bad for CBS News.

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social

Bari Weiss' handpicked foreign editor referred to the allegations facing Benjamin Netanyahu as a "sideshow" and told correspondent Holly Williams she was "wrong" to try to mention them in her story, per leaked audio I obtained of Tuesday's heated internal meeting. www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

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A suspect is wanted for questioning...

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Hackers raised the temperature of refrigerators and freezers ​at hundreds of French supermarkets to as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit, causing fires and spoiling food.

cnn.comHackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food | CNNHackers raised the temperature of refrigerators and freezers ​at hundreds of French supermarkets to as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight, causing fires and spoiling food.
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The CAQ will have a tough time going on without a single MNA, but it's worth noting that it will still get public funding because of all the votes it got, so there's a reason for it to continue to exist. Whether its former caucus members stay with the zombie party is another question.

Montreal Gazette@mtlgazette.bsky.social

Can the CAQ survive after its election wipeout? montrealgazette.com/quebec-elect... #polQC

montrealgazette.comCan the CAQ survive after its election wipeout?The party was banished "to at least a short-term grave, if not a longer-term one," pundit says.
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Canada Post is testing out a new service where for $5 you can leave things you sell through Facebook Marketplace or Kijiji at a post office and the buyer can pick it up there securely. www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/our-c...

canadapost-postescanada.caCanada Post introduces new delivery options and expanded retail services for Canadian consumersOTTAWA – Canada Post is introducing new delivery options – including weekend delivery – and expanding its services at post offices to improve convenience and value for Canadians. The company continues...
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Federal Court of Appeal rules against Ezra Levant's Rebel News in its challenge to a CRA ruling that it was not a qualified journalism organization and not eligible to receive tax credits because most of what it publishes isn't journalism decisions.fca-caf.ca/fca-caf/deci...

decisions.fca-caf.ca Rebel News Network Ltd. v. Canada (Attorney General) - Federal Court of Appeal The Federal Court of Appeal is a bilingual, bijural court that makes decisions on matters of federal law across Canada.