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Sports gambling's rapid takeover of the professional sports industry is arguably the most important development of our time in the world of athletics. The introduction of legal betting has created a powerful new source of temptation with corrosive effects on fans, players, owners, and ultimately the games themselves. Sports journalist Danny Funt joins Edge of Sports to discuss the phenomenon and his upcoming book on the subject.

Studio Production: David Hebden
Post-Production: Taylor Hebden
Audio Post-Production: David Hebden
Opening Sequence: Cameron Granadino
Music by: Eze Jackson & Carlos Guillen

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Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, May 13, 2024.

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Referenced stories:

Story 1 - Wildfire season has started and evacuation orders are already in place.

 
Story 2 - Pro-Palestinian encampments have been violently dismantled in Alberta.

 

Story 3 - Few details released after 37 year old is murdered by Sault Ste. Marie police.

 

Story 4 - Man behind the viral black/blue dress is convicted of violence towards his wife.


Story 5 - Egypt is joining South Africa's case at the ICJ, signalling a change in that country's relationship with Israel.

 

Story 6 - 27 people have been killed as the RSF tries to move into El Fashir in North Darfur.

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, May 10, 2024.

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Referenced stories:

Story 1 - Family refuses to pay fine levied on them for refusing to allow their mother to a horrifying long-term care facility.
 
Story 2 - Teachers in Saskatchewn overwhelmingly tell the government to take it's latest offer to hell.

Story 3 - National Post columnist mad that the Conservative nomination races are not transparent and probably fair.

Story 4 - Quebec's National Assembly plans to sue Quebecor for not having paid their rent since August.

Story 5 - Four emergency incidents involving Boeing planes this past week (though Global News missed the one that happened in Canada).

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, May 9, 2024.

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Referenced stories:

Story 1 - Ghislain Picard reminds François Legault that Indigenous people are not an afterthought in Quebec history.

 

Story 2 - CIJA broke lobbying rules in January but faced no sactions as a result.

 

Story 3 - Ontario woman loses citizenship because her mother was incorrectly told he was a citizen when she was born, 32 years ago.

 

Story 4 - Cholera emerges in regions in Kenya hit hardest by floods.

 

Story 5 - Ukraine passes bill to allow current prisoners to serve in their army, something that Russia allowed at the start of their invasion.

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, May 8, 2024.

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Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

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Referenced articles:

Story 1 - Convicted cop rapist Carl Snelgrove isn't working with the RNC any longer but the force refuses to say whether he quit or was fired.

 Story 2 - Doug Ford say that he's tired of encampments for Gaza and they need to leave

Story 3 - Canada to expand power of CSIS to stop what they call foreign interference in elections.

Story 4 - Cease fire deal brokered by Qatar and Egypt accepted by Hamas, seemingly rejected by Israel.

Story 5 - At least 75 dead as climate change supersized El Nino causes devastating flooding in Brazil.