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Steve Faguy

@fagstein.bsky.social
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Blogger, media analyst, copy editor at the Montreal Gazette. blog.fagstein.com

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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 3h
CBC's new Saturday night sports offering drew 27,000 viewers for its premiere with cricket, with 19,000 watching the later women's match. Not great numbers, but future events including women's hockey, curling and figure skating should draw more.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 3h
Last night's election results specials on YouTube: Global: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Ni... CBC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl_c... CTV: youtube.com/watch?v=I8vl... Radio-Canada: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gWD... Noovo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yg4... CP live graphic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dlU...
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Quebec election 2026: Parti Québécois projected to form minority government | FULL
YouTube video by Global News
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 3h
Élections Québec deserves some credit: When I went to bed last night, all but one riding had 100% of polls reporting. #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 4h
Fewest average votes per candidate: Équipe autonomiste: 36.3 Marxist–Leninist Party: 60.8 Communist Party: 82.0 Parti accès propriété et équité: 88.3 Québec innovant: 94.0 Most (besides big 5 parties): Green Party: 327.8 Libertarian Party: 285.3 Canadian Party: 283.9 Parti culinaire: 237.0 #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 5h
Most total votes in a riding: Chutes-de-la-Chaudière: 50,241 Chauveau: 46,708 Arthabaska-L'Érable: 46,063 La Peltrie: 45,829 Borduas: 45,722 Fewest total votes: Îles-de-la-Madeleine: 7,733 Ungava: 8,557 Gaspé: 18,120 René-Lévesque: 18,871 Duplessis: 20,254 #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 5h
Highest turnout: Louis-Hébert: 82.85% Chutes-de-la-Chaudière: 80.83% Montarville: 80.69% Borduas: 77.83% Chauveau: 77.81% Lowest turnout: Ungava: 27.74% Westmount-Saint-Louis: 45.99% D'Arcy-McGee: 48.1% Chomedey: 50.5% Bourassa-Sauvé: 50.93% #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 5h
Most ballots rejected (%): Bourassa-Sauvé: 2.54% Rousseau: 2.44% Les Plaines: 2.21% Saint-Jérôme: 2.19% Jeanne-Mance-Viger: 2.16% Fewest: Jacques-Cartier: 0.56% Westmount-Saint-Louis: 0.78% Jean-Talon: 0.84% Taschereau: 0.88% Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques: 0.88% #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 5h
Candidates with the highest vote percentage: Gregory Kelly (Lib), Jacques-Cartier: 73.21% Pascal Bérubé (PQ), Matane-Matapédia-Mitis: 67.83% Joël Arseneau (PQ), Îles-de-la-Madeleine: 66.54% Brigitte Garceau (Lib), Robert-Baldwin: 65.05% Éric Duhaime (Con), Bellechasse: 63.84% #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 5h
Most votes for a candidate: Renaud Labrecque, Conservative in Lotbinière-Frontenac, 23,976 votes. Fewest votes for a candidate: Charles McNicoll, Équipe autonomiste in Gouin, 18 votes. Fewest votes for a party: Québec innovant, whose two candidates received a total of 188 votes. #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 5h
Worst showing by an incumbent: Sona Lakhoyan Olivier, who left the Liberal Party and tried to run again as an independent in Chomedey, got 952 votes (3.4%), finishing 6th. #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 6h
Biggest win margins in this election: Jacques-Cartier (Gregory Kelley, Lib), 19,147 votes Bellechasse (Eric Duhaime, Con), 17,221 votes Beauce-Nord (Patricia Drouin, Con), 16,724 votes Nelligan (Monsef Derraji, Lib), 16,580 votes Matane-Matapédia-Mitis (Pascal Bérubé, PQ), 15,934 votes #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 6h
Like Kim Campbell and Rita Johnston in the early 1990s, Christine Fréchette will go down as another woman who tried to clean up the mess started by a man but ran out of time. (Not sure I buy into that trope, my attempts to find other examples came up with little. But that's how it will be seen.)
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 6h
Closest ridings in yesterday's Quebec election: Vachon (Lib>PQ by 14 votes) Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne (Lib>QS by 39 votes) Champlain (Con>PQ by 191 votes) Maurice-Richard (Lib>QS by 307 votes) Montarville (Lib>PQ by 341 votes) #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 7h
Sportsnet's streaming-only Mondays isn't just annoying for home viewers, it's also a big added expense for bars who want to show the games. ottawacitizen.com/ottawa-senat...
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'It's gouging': Streaming exclusivity making Ottawa Senators games unaffordable for local sports bars
If Ottawa establishments want to show all 84 Sens games, they'll need to fork over even more cash to third-party commercial providers.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 12h
The CAQ came in second in 20 ridings, of which 13 were incumbents (14 if you include Fréchette, who switched ridings). Eight CAQ incumbents finished 4th in their re-election bid. #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 15h
Though it increased its caucus size 10-fold (or x20 compared to the last election), two of six PQ incumbent MNAs failed to get re-elected: Pascal Paradis in Jean-Talon lost to Liberal Julie White, while Alex Boissonneault in Arthabaska-L'Érable lost to Conservative Tarek Henoud. #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 15h
The Coalition Avenir Québec got more votes than Québec solidaire. QS has 9 seats, the CAQ 0. If only the CAQ was in a position to change the electoral system so it could avoid such a result... #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 20h
CTV/Noovo first out of the gate calling a Parti Québécois government, 18 minutes after polls closed. #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 22h
Kim Campbell has entered the chat.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Job posting for host of Island Morning on CBC Radio in PEI cbcrc.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CBC_Radio-Ca...
cbcrc.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
Host, Island Morning (English Services) (On-Site)
Position Title: Host, Island Morning (English Services) (On-Site) Status of Employment: Contractee Long-Term (Fixed Term) Position Language Requirement: English Language Skills: English (Reading), Eng...
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Election night broadcast plans tonight: RDI: As of 6 LCN: As of 6:15 Noovo: As of 7 CTV: Online/Crave at 7 (simulcast to CJAD), CTV/CTVNC as of 8 CBC: TV/CBCNN/radio/online as of 7:30 (with ASL) RadCan TV: As of 7:30 TVA: As of 7:30 CPAC: As of 8 Global: 11pm newscast Citytv: 11pm newscast #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sportsnet is split 3 ways for hockey tonight, with Ottawa-Toronto on Sportsnet Ontario and Sportsnet Pacific, Montreal-Pittsburgh on Sportsnet East, and Seattle-Edmonton on Sportsnet West at 7. Expect this to be the norm this season, with Sportsnet One as the backup channel.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Err, that should say *tight* three- and four-way races.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Referendum fear-mongering isn't as effective if the PQ only needs its separatist base to win the election. #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The climb of the Conservatives to third place (second among Francophones and first in the Quebec City region) could result in the PQ winning a majority with less than 30% of the vote, with a bunch of right three-way and even four-way races.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
SCFP 5407 union representing 62 Bell Media technical employees in Montreal ratifies new collective agreement — three years, with salary increases on average of 4.22% per year scfp.qc.ca/les-syndique...
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The #CRTC has set a national standard for service providers to report on their mobile coverage, which should improve accuracy of coverage maps crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/...
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Of the 30 Victoire games on the schedule, only six will be at the same time as Canadiens games: Dec. 12, Dec. 29, Jan. 6, Jan. 16, March 9, March 16. Three of those are Tuesday evenings.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Two Victoire games will be on the new Hockey Night in Canada on CBC, including the home opener Dec. 5 vs. Hamilton. (Two other games are Saturday nights, Jan. 16 in San Jose and April 3 vs. Detroit.) TV broadcasters past Dec. 26 haven't been announced yet.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
PWHL season schedule is out. League divides into 2 conferences (East/West). Playoffs expand to 3 rounds with 8 teams total. Victoire games by broadcaster: TSN: 15 Sportsnet: 1 CBC: 8 (weekends) Prime: 6 (Tuesdays) RDS: 18 RadCan: 6 (weekends) Prime: 6 (Tuesdays) www.thepwhl.com/en/stats/sch...
thepwhl.com
Stats
Stats
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Postmedia (my employer) is moving six northern Ontario newspapers including the Sudbury Star, North Bay Nugget, Sault Star and Timmins Daily Press to online publications, paired with a new weekly print publication called Northern News This Week. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Postmedia to stop printing northern Ontario newspapers, focus on digital-only news | CBC News
Postmedia says it will stop publishing print editions of six northern Ontario newspapers at the end of October.
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Pa Normandin @panormandin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Je n’avais jamais remarqué avant aujourd’hui, mais la rose des vents des cartes officielles de la Ville de Montréal est spéciale!
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rogers now owns 100% of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. about.rogers.com/news/rogers-...
about.rogers.com
Rogers Completes Acquisition of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment - About Rogers
Will invest to build championship-calibre teams Will invest to deliver world-class experiences to fans and customers Becomes global communications, sports and entertainment leader TORONTO, ON (October...
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Perhaps you should read what he wrote to understand the point he's making.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On a similar note, Habs and Alouettes both in action on Saturday night, so Alouettes game gets bumped to CJAD in English. (In French, Habs are on 98.5 FM and Als on 99.5 FM.)
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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
She had 34 stab wounds and was covered in blood. A judge is shocked that two cops, two paramedics and a doctor all concluded her death was an accident montrealgazette.com/news/local-c...
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Pa Normandin @panormandin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cas intéressant de perception vs réalité mesurée: la même journée que Qub demande à Ruba Ghazal pourquoi elle n’utilise pas le mot « femme », Radio-Canada publie la liste des mots les plus utilisés par les chefs…
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some early insight into how Rogers will handle Saturday scheduling without CBC: This week, Sportsnet's main channels are loaded with hockey, and SN1 and SN360 have MLB playoffs. So the preliminary fights for UFC 332 (which would normally go on SN360) get moved to Citytv.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 01/10/2026
I spent the summer trying to understand what makes Mark Carney's government tick. What I found is a C-Suite obsessed with efficiency — which is trying to ignore what's deeply broken. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
thestar.com
Justin Ling: Who does Mark Carney really listen to? I asked the insiders
It’s become clear that the prime minister would much rather circumvent problems than fix them.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
La Presse's François Cardinal defends the idea of journalistic objectivity lp.ca/pYRELJ
lp.ca
La vérité n’a pas de camp | Extrait de l’essai de François Cardinal
Le vice-président Information et éditeur adjoint de La Presse lance ces jours-ci un essai sur l’objectivité journalistique. Dans cet extrait, il raconte l’événement qui l’a mené à écrire cet ouvrage, ...
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It goes away after a few seconds.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bell launches new tool to let small businesses easily create AI slop TV ads www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/pre...
bellmedia.ca
Bell Media Launches AI-Powered Video Ad Creation Tool for Canadian Small & Medium Businesses - Bell Media
TORONTO (September 29, 2026) — Bell Media today announced the launch of Bell Ads for Business AI Video Builder, a new integrated AI solution designed to help Canadian small and medium-sized businesses...
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You don't need to be normal about Star Trek if they're bringing you in via a wormhole. (Careful with those glass shards...)
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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
La carte d'électeur que je viens de recevoir pour les élections municipales de Toronto. Uniquement en français car mes taxes scolaires soutiennent le réseau francophone.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kayla Grey on leaving TSN kaylagrey.substack.com/p/the-shift
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The Shift
A bittersweet goodbye
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Alberta is getting a sixth telephone area code in 2028: 568 crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/...
crtc.gc.ca
Telecom Decision CRTC 2026-252 | CRTC
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bixi will be free on election day bixi.com/en/elections... (25 min. max or 15 min. on electric Bixi, requires $100 refundable deposit)
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Élections Québec One-Way Pass | BIXI Montréal
On October 5, we’ll be exercising our right to vote. BIXI bikes will be free from 8 am to 8:30 pm to help you get to the polls.
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Les Perreaux @perreaux.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For those who were wondering « why would someone go to that trouble » in the matter of my unidentified writer. www.turkiyetoday.com/world/exclus...
turkiyetoday.com
Exclusive—Fake AI columnist dupes Canadian press to target Moroccan dissidents, and a Turkish 'middleman' - Türkiye Today
The phantom writer communicated exclusively via email and rarely phoned Canadian publications, who were oblivious until Türkiye Today unraveled the matter
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Obituary for former CHOM/CHUM/CFNY personality David Marsden globalnews.ca/news/1207565...
globalnews.ca
David Marsden, the architect of CFNY and the Spirit of Radio, has died | Globalnews.ca
David Marsden, the program director who made CFNY one of the most influential radio stations in the world back in the late 70s and early 80s, has passed away.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tous les matchs de la Victoire sont déjà présentés en français, soit par Radio-Canada, Tou.tv, RDS ou Amazon.
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