Mackling & Megarry with TFJ - Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 from Connecting Winnipeg with Hal Anderson

Mackling & Megarry with TFJ - Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017

1 hour 42 minutes Posted Aug 22, 2017 at 9:39 pm.

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What happened to rock music? From the 60s all the way to the early 90s, it was a dominant force in music but has since become a stranger to the charts. As of today, there are no rocks songs on the Hot 100 and only a few classic rock albums are towards the bottom of the Billboard 200.

As the first round of NAFTA negotiations has wrapped up, why are small businesses paying attention to the new deal? What are companies in Manitoba looking for?

Continuing the discussion on rock music and its continued disappearance from the top of mainstream charts

Last week, provincial NDP leadership candidate Steve Ashton made a campaign-style promise to make first year tuition free for university and college students. How does it work in countries where post-secondary education is free?

The largest conservation area in Canada was recently announced and it's twice the size of Nova Scotia. Why are these conservation areas important?

Rick Springfield ticket giveaway

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Richard Cloutier & Julie Buckingham tee up THE NEWS

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Tristan Field-Jones in once again for Greg Mackling...

GUEST: Alan Cross, host of the Ongoing History of New Music

GUEST: Jonathan Alward, director of provincial affairs for Manitoba at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business

GUEST: Åse Gornitzka, professor of political science and vice-rector for research and internationalisation at the University of Oslo

GUEST: Lisa McLaughlin, vice president of conservation for the Nature Conservancy of Canada

GUEST: Kendall Bishop, marketing director for SkipTheDishes

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