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		<title>Nat Lauzon parts ways with The Beat</title>
		<link>https://blog.fagstein.com/2026/04/09/nat-lauzon-leaves-the-beat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s an unfortunate reality in the radio business that while your arrival is announced with great fanfare, your departure is often met with a silent scrubbing of any evidence of your existence. Such was the fate of Nat Lauzon, who announced on Thursday that her time at the radio station had come to an end. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Agriculture minister introduces new tax credit for rage farmers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Citing the need to support new forms of agriculture, the Quebec government will announce Wednesday the introduction of a new tax credit aimed to help rage farmers maintain and grow their businesses. The tax credit, which will be worth up to 30% of eligible labour expenses, was welcomed by the National Online Rage Farmers Union of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>CRTC orders Bell, Rogers, Quebecor and Telus to settle disputes using Rock Paper Scissors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on Wednesday announced it would streamline more than a dozen proceedings involving disputes between Canada&#8217;s largest telecom companies by ordering them to settle their disputes with a series of Rock Paper Scissors games. &#8220;Our existing processes, which include final offer arbitration, tariff sheets, forbearance, disaggregated wholesale access and a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>National Research Council renames itself Carney National Research Council in hope of restoring federal funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Canada&#8217;s National Research Council has voted to rename itself the Carney National Research Council, hoping it might help the organization restore some funding the federal government cut in its latest budget. &#8220;We&#8217;ve studied this extensively — half our staff is just experts in grant writing and government funding — and some compelling research out of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Radio station listeners desperately plead with local announcers to start more podcasts casually chatting about life</title>
		<link>https://blog.fagstein.com/2026/04/01/radio-station-listeners-desperately-plead-with-local-announcers-start-more-lifestyle-podcasts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A local radio host says she has given serious thought to starting a podcast after listeners flooded her inbox with increasingly desperate pleas for more ways to hear her chat about her personal life and feelings about relationships. &#8220;I was hesitant at first,&#8221; says weekend announcer Ebrel Cobia. &#8220;But there&#8217;s a market need out there, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Debt-riddled Corus cancels plan to compete in Squid Game after court approves restructuring</title>
		<link>https://blog.fagstein.com/2026/04/01/debt-riddled-corus-cancels-plan-to-compete-in-squid-game-after-court-approves-restructuring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Corus Entertainment says court approval for a debt-for-equity restructuring plan means it will not proceed with a planned entry into Squid Game, an underground South Korean winner-take-all competition. The troubled Canadian broadcaster lost a significant source of funding when Shaw, owned by the same family, was sold to Rogers, and got another blow when Rogers [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Koodo&#8217;s new Gen Z phone plan blocks all incoming calls</title>
		<link>https://blog.fagstein.com/2026/04/01/koodos-new-gen-z-phone-plan-blocks-all-incoming-calls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saying it wants to better tailor its offerings to Gen Z clients, Telus&#8217;s discount Koodo brand begins offering a new phone plan starting today that blocks all incoming telephone calls. With an ad campaign promising an end to &#8220;callxiety&#8221;, the Just Text Me Plan is being offered at $35/month, comes with 20 GB of data [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>TSN 690 trades Mitch Gallo to Sportsnet 960 for Matt Rose and a second-round draft pick</title>
		<link>https://blog.fagstein.com/2026/04/01/tsn-690-trades-mitch-gallo-to-sportsnet-960-for-matt-rose-and-a-second-round-draft-pick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Facing salary cap pressure, Montreal&#8217;s TSN 690 announced late Tuesday it is trading afternoon host Mitch Gallo to Calgary&#8217;s Sportsnet 960 in exchange for morning host Matt Rose and a second-round pick in the 2027 sports radio host entry draft. Gallo, who punched me in the face when I asked for his height and weight, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>TVA&#8217;s La Voix considers mandatory draft as pool of singers reaches critical low</title>
		<link>https://blog.fagstein.com/2026/04/01/tvas-la-voix-considers-mandatory-draft-as-pool-of-singers-reaches-critical-low/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[La Voix, the TVA singing competition show that is currently in its 11th season, says it is making preliminary plans to institute a mandatory draft for its next season after the talent pool of undiscovered Quebec singers reached critically low levels. The series has had more than 120 artists get past its blind audition stage, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>CJAD Traffic Centre megacomplex sold to developers</title>
		<link>https://blog.fagstein.com/2026/04/01/cjad-traffic-centre-megacomplex-sold-to-developers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CJAD is saying goodbye to its iconic traffic centre megacomplex, moving the hundreds of employees who work there into a new campus in Laval. The decision was mainly for real estate reasons, CJAD Vice-President of Traffic Services Marlin Awirilikalo told me. &#8220;The building is almost 50 years old, and it was showing its age. We&#8217;ve [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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