Full Show: Internet frenzies that influence the real world, Conservatives up in the polls & The Canada/India rift could amount to nothing
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Show Notes
Seg 1: A comprehensive investigation by BBC 3 has unveiled the troubling influence of TikTok on online frenzies, leading to real-world instances of anti-social behaviour.
Guest: Marianna Spring, Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent for the BBC
Seg 2: View From Victoria:
The UBCM has voted against calling on the government to lift the mandatory vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. But it's divisive. Just like the issue.
Guest: Rob Shaw, Political Correspondent for CHEK News
Seg 3: The Weekly Cecchini Check-in
A government shutdown starting on October 1st would disrupt many U.S. government services, leading to unpaid furloughs for hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News
Seg 4: Exclusive polling done for Global News by IPSOS shows if an election was held tomorrow, Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives would win. The Conservatives have opened up a 9 point lead over the Liberals.
Guest: Darrell Bricker, Global CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs
Seg 5: The investigation into the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a prominent Canadian Sikh activist killed in a gangland-style manner, remains uncertain.
Guest: Gary Mason, National Affairs Columnist for The Globe and Mail
Seg 6: Reliving the 90s in Richmond
Guest: Sonja Ahlers, Surrealist Artist
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