Yesterday's News is a weekly radio show on Radio Centre-Ville CINQ 102.3 FM in Montreal.
Hosted by Mark Korman, the program is comprised of a weekly news review, a look back at historical events and opinions about media, politics and popular culture.
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.
12/4/2016 • 56 minutes, 33 seconds
Yesterday's News #306 - November 20th, 2016
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...
11/22/2016 • 58 minutes, 17 seconds
Yesterday's News - A Brief History of Baseball in Montreal
Originally aired: 2011.
9/8/2016 • 55 minutes, 2 seconds
Yesterday's News - 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
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5/21/2016 • 27 minutes, 43 seconds
Yesterday's News - 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
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5/14/2016 • 27 minutes, 39 seconds
Yesterday's News - May 7th, 2016
Show #303 - May 7th, 2016
Some old time radio from the 1950s.
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5/14/2016 • 27 minutes, 54 seconds
Yesterday's News - April 23rd, 2016
Show #301 - April 23th, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
April 17 - 23
- Two Quebecers die in massive earthquake in Equador
- Man dies after losing control of car in Lachine
- Father and son drown at hotel pool
- Fire breaks out at the Hotel Dieu Hospital
- Caisse and city of Montreal unveil light rail plan
Part 2:
- A few words about prescription drug advertising
- A few words about local news in Canada
- CRTC claims public already happy with skinny cable
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4/23/2016 • 27 minutes, 42 seconds
Yesterday's News - April 16th, 2016
Show #300 - April 16th, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
April 10 - 16
- Woman murdered inside grocery store
- Three men arrested after intrusion inside Montreal's Metro system
- Trudeau Liberals release details of assisted suicide law
- Thomas Mulcair loses NDP confidence vote
- Montreal records $145 million surplus
- Sinkhole in Griffintown leads to demolition of parts of co-op
- Bixi returns for another season
Part 2:
- It’s the 300th edition of Yesterday’s News
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4/16/2016 • 27 minutes
Yesterday's News - April 9th, 2016
Show #299 - April 9th, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
April 3 - 9
- Violence erupts after police brutality protest in Montreal North
- Plateau bar firebombed
- Three people arrested after high-speed chase
- Woman injured in three car crash on Champlain Bridge
- SUV collides with STM bus
- City, province and federal government announce infrastructure spending
- Hospital to be built in Vaudreuil-Dorion
- Montreal to spend $18 million to fight emerald ash borer beetle infestation
Part 2:
- A brief history of the subway
- Quebec wants to block gambling-related web sites
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4/9/2016 • 27 minutes, 25 seconds
Yesterday's News - April 2nd, 2016
Show #298 - April 2nd, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
March 27 - April 2
- Jean Lapierre and 4 family members killed in plane crash
- Man arrested after bomb scare on West Island
- St. Hubert chain sold to Ontario-based Cara Operations
- Man was shot in Riviere des Prairies
- Intruders access Metro system
- Over 100,000 fans attend annual MLB exhibition games
Part 2:
- A few more words about the mainstream media
- Some tech news
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4/2/2016 • 27 minutes, 39 seconds
Yesterday's News - March 26th, 2016
Show #297 - March 26th, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
March 20 - 26
- Federal budget tabled
- Taxi driver becomes first Montreal homicide victim on 2016
- Security compromised at some Concordia library workstations
- Major fire breaks out in Old Montreal
- Woman struck by car downtown
- Vigil held at City Hall to show solidarity with Belgium
- First woman elected to the Quebec legislature dies
Part 2:
- A few words about Olympic Stadium’s 40th birthday
- A few words about the likelihood of MLB returning to Montreal
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3/27/2016 • 27 minutes, 27 seconds
Yesterday's News - March 19th, 2016
Show #296 - March 19th, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
March 13 - 19
- Quebec budget tabled
- UPAC makes several high-profile arrests
- Man in custody after the stabbing of three people at Toronto military recruitment office
- Two home invasions take place in the Montreal area
- Attempted robbery foiled at Lachine bar
- Woman found dead in basement of a Ville Emard bar
- Bixi gets new corporate sponsor
- STM to experiment with passengers entering buses at rear
Part 2:
- A few more words about cord-cutting and phone options
- Automatic emergency braking to become standard feature in cars
- CBC to ban web comments from anonymous users
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3/19/2016 • 27 minutes, 35 seconds
Yesterday's News - March 12th, 2016
Show #295 - March 12th, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
March 6 - 12
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits Washington
- Quebec aims to change its immigration policy
- Major water main break in NDG
- CAA study confirms gas prices in Quebec have not fallen in synch with price of oil
- Hydro rates to go up again in April
- Quebec considering new plan to deal with Uber
- Mitchell Brownstein acclaimed as mayor of Cote St-Luc
Part 2:
- Some old time radio from 1943
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3/12/2016 • 27 minutes, 52 seconds
Yesterday's News - March 5th, 2016
Show #294 - March 5th, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
February 28 - March 5
- Quebec investing another $500,000 into Montreal's anti-radicalization centre
- Man assaulted on STM bus in Lachine
- Three people rescued from balcony during Cote-des-Neiges fire
- Man killed after car hits tree in Rivière-des-Prairies
- More info released about charges against former mayor Applebaum
- Quebec asks for a court injunction to stop Energy East Pipeline
- Montreal and suburbs come to an agreement about the cost of water
- Montreal wants more streets and parks named after women
Part 2:
- A few words about “skinny” cable
- Trump wins spark interesting Google searches
- More news about Google’s driver-less car
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3/5/2016 • 27 minutes, 32 seconds
Yesterday's News - February 27th, 2016
Show #293 - February 27th, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
February 21 - 27
- Ice storm knocks out power to 250,000 homes
- Montreal intends to ban plastic bags by the start of 2018
- City’s white collar workers suspend rotating walkouts
- Major fire breaks out in Villeray
- Education Minister Pierre Moreau steps away from most duties due to health reasons
- Controversial former Montreal police officer found guilty of assault
- Police ask for public's help in locating missing woman
Part 2:
- A few words about the American presidential race
- A few words about Apple vs. the FBI
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2/27/2016 • 27 minutes, 19 seconds
Yesterday's News - February 20th, 2016
Show #292 - February 20th, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
February 14 - 20
- Woman and young granddaughter die in fire
- Man dies after work-related accident at the University of Montreal
- Montreal taxi drivers protest Uber again
- Police Brotherhood complains about senior officers receiving bonuses for number of tickets being handed out
- Bombardier to eliminate 7,000 jobs over next two years
- Former MNA Victor Goldbloom dies
- Montreal Heart Institute to undergo $190 million renovation
Part 2:
- A review of the past week in history
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2/20/2016 • 27 minutes, 35 seconds
Yesterday's News - February 13th, 2016
Show #291 - February 13th, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
February 7 - 13
- Canadian CF-18 fighter jets will cease air strikes
- Secretary General of the United Nations visits Montreal
- Rally held in Montreal to denounce cuts to subsidized daycare
- Montreal taxi drivers protest in front of Airport
- Woman was stabbed in Dollard
- Montreal Emergency rooms operating way above capacities
- Lachine General to be expanded
- Northern part of Dorchester Square to be renovated
Part 2:
- A few words about Montreal’s new Metro cars
- A few words about World Radio Day 2016
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2/13/2016 • 27 minutes, 25 seconds
Yesterday's News - February 6th, 2016
Show #290 - February 6th, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
January 31 - February 6
- Funerals held for six Quebecers killed in Burkina Faso terror attack
- Hardware giant Lowes to buy Rona
- Receipts now required for purchases at Quebec bars
- Two men stabbed in Cote-des-Neiges
- First of the new Metro cars to go into service
- Tourists flocked to Montreal in 2015
Part 2:
- A few words about the war between the taxi industry and Uber
- Some tech news
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2/6/2016 • 27 minutes, 36 seconds
Yesterday's News - January 30th, 2016
Show #289 - January 30th, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
January 24 - 30
- Couillard shuffles cabinet
- Montreal wants to set up office for refugees
- Justin Trudeau meets with Denis Coderre
- Montreal white collar workers hold first in a series of rotating strikes
- Woman stabbed in random attack
- Man barricades himself inside house
- City wants public input on revitalization of Old Port
Part 2:
- A few words about the distraction of hyperlinks
- Apple records record profits
- Facebook making a lot of money
- Are most Facebook friends really your friends?
- 30 years since the Challenger disaster
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1/30/2016 • 27 minutes, 37 seconds
Yesterday's News - January 23rd, 2016
Show #288 - January 23rd, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
January 17 - 23
- Four dead in Saskatchewan mass shooting
- Province reacts to deaths of six Quebecers in Burkina Faso
- Former mayor of Montreal North facing sexual assault charges
- Two people attacked in the Plateau
- Several fires cause minor injuries and damage
- Funeral held in Montreal for Rene Angelil
- Mayor Denis Coderre and group of Quebec mayors denounce proposed Energy East pipeline
Part 2:
- A few words about the economy
- Disposable income lowest in Quebec
- Richest 62 people have as much wealth as half the world’s population
- A few words about weather forecasts
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1/23/2016 • 27 minutes, 31 seconds
Yesterday's News - January 16th, 2016
Show #287 - January 16th, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
January 10 - 16
- Funeral for Rene Angelil to be held in Montreal
- First person assisted with ending their life in Quebec
- Man dies in Plateau fire
- Two individuals force their way into apartments in separate incidents
- Montreal to revamp to Jacques Cartier Square
- Fete des Neiges kicks off
Part 2:
- Man dies after St. Mary’s surgeon refused to operate
- Netflix takes hard line against out-of-country site visitors
- Why the news “teaser” is now irrelevant
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1/17/2016 • 27 minutes, 39 seconds
Yesterday's News - January 9th, 2016
Show #286 - January 9th, 2016
Part 1:
News from Montreal and from Beyond:
January 3 - 9
- Borough mayor of Montreal North resigns
- Man stabbed in Montreal North
- Pedestrian struck and killed by delivery truck in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
- Woman struck by SUV in front of Jeanne Mance Park
- Fire crews discover marijuana grow op in St. Michel
- Two Montreal women arrested in a Newfoundland after altercation on an airplane
- USB drive containing sensitive information stolen from Montreal police
- Uber customers mad after prices jacked up on New Year's Eve
- Montreal white collar workers planning rotating strikes
Part 2:
- Some thoughts about publicizing good deeds
- Obama frustrated with gun control debate
- No copyright for selfie-taking monkey
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1/9/2016 • 27 minutes, 30 seconds
Yesterday's News - January 2nd, 2016
Show #285 - January 2nd, 2016
Yesterday’s News reviews some of the big Montreal news stories of 2015.
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1/3/2016 • 29 minutes, 6 seconds
Yesterday's News - December 26th, 2015
Show #284 - December 26th, 2015
A few holiday-themed news items and some classic Christmas songs.
Originally Broadcast: December 20th, 2014.
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