We look at 2025’s news stories, including consequential elections, possible pipelines, numerous union strikes, trade talks, and the ascension of Prime Minister Mark Carney. We also go over our favourite pictures, quotes, words and episodes of the year.
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“It’s very simple: no Macdonald, no Canada. No federal board has the right to cancel the first Prime Minister of our country. Sir John A. Macdonald deserves to be clearly recognized for his role in the foundation of the wonderful country we get to call home.” – Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre on the erasure of Sir. John A. Macdonald. (425)
“The late Premier John Horgan also warned me that his party included a “mud hut wing” of green extremists, which I took to include Eby. Eby’s a lawyer. He knows what the Constitution says. He knows what the top Courts said recently and unanimously on this subject. But he doesn’t care because he is, and always has been, an ideological zealot. For him the Constitution, the rule of law, national unity and prosperity must all be subordinated to his ideology.” – Former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s reaction to BC Premier David Eby’s opposition to Alberta pipelines. (438)
Duration: 1:03:40
Hosts: Shane and Patrick
- Alberta Story of the Year
- BC Story of the Year
- Most Important Story
- Firing Line of the Year
- Local Story of the Year
- Story We Didn’t Get to Cover
- Fake News Story of the Year
- Worst Government Expense of the Year
- Funniest Story
- Newsmaker of the Year
- Word of the Year
- Favourite Western Context Episode
- Favourite Western Context Show Title
- Quote of the Year
- Picture of the Year