thePodcast: Healthcare and economic questions cloud FIFA World Cup 26 countdown

January 25, 2026 00:39:55
thePodcast: Healthcare and economic questions cloud FIFA World Cup 26 countdown
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thePodcast: Healthcare and economic questions cloud FIFA World Cup 26 countdown

Jan 25 2026 | 00:39:55

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Show Notes

For the week of Jan. 25, 2026:  Four-and-a-half months until FIFA World Cup 26 in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Will the seriously ill and injured in host city Vancouver get emergency treatment when they need it?  Guest Dave Deines, the vice-president of the Ambulance Paramedics of B.C., says B.C. Ambulance Service is being coy about planning amid an impasse in labour talks. Will Vancouver taxpayers be stuck with a bigger bill to pay when it’s over? theBreaker.news obtained the city’s accommodation tax revenue figures that suggest a shortfall of tens of millions of dollars is likely. College of […]

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