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Want to keep up to date with Montreal news? Local 514's news podcast is a talk show where host, Kalden Dhatsenpa, is joined by a wide variety of guests who have unique perspectives on Montréal's politics and movements.Local 514 is a proud production of CUTV.
Unknown Host hosts Local 514, a news show with 78 episodes published.
In the lead-up to the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the city was undergoing a massive "urban cleanup." But beyond the construction and pageantry, there was a darker side: a coordinated campaign of police raids targeting the ci
For its second iteration, Wild Pride is aiming high. This year’s festival spans over two weeks and features more than 120 different events co-created with members of Montréal’s queer community.Wild Pride started in 2025
According to a new report published by the Breach. Deportations across Canada are increasing, with more than half of the country’s deportations happening in Québec. The Montreal Customs and Border Service Agency sees aro
Zach Jutras sits down with Bérengère Fouqueray, research analyst from the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (CFIB), to discuss their latest research into where small businesses employ temporary foreign worker
One month after the deadly Côte-des-Neiges shooting, some questions remain about the “ideology” that allegedly motivated the attack. Initially, it was reported that the shooter was tied to far-left tendencies, that he wa
Where are we in the housing crisis? This week on Local 514, housing policy expert Gavin Armitage Ackerman joins us to break down some of the latest housing news. Quebec is investing $1 billion in water infrastructure to
Zach Jutras sits down with Eva Ludvig, president of Talking Advocating Living in Quebec (TALQ) to speak about the lack of an English language debate for Quebec’s provincial election, and why one is needed.TALQ sent lette
Who gets to celebrate publicly in Montréal? After Morocco’s victory over Canada in the FIFA World Cup on July 4, thousands of people gathered in Petit Maghreb to celebrate. But instead of simply directing traffic or mana
Federal inmates in Quebec are about to lose a key program that aids in their rehabilitation. For almost as long as CEGEPs have existed in Québec, they have been providing educational opportunities to inmates in federal i
Opposition party Projet Montréal is pushing a motion that would call on the City of Montreal to sever its institutional ties with Israel. The motion also calls on the city to recognize and denounce the genocide against P
An entire 16-person municipal police unit from Montreal-Nord’s station 39 has been dismantled after internal reports have alleged that officers from the night patrol unit were repeatedly carrying out serious discriminato
Quebec’s far-right landscape is changing. According to a report published by Montréal Antifasciste in May 2026, many ideas and narratives once associated with fringe far-right movements have increasingly found expression
There is a long history of South Asian diaspora organizing here in Montreal. On today’s episode, host Kalden Dhatsenpa speaks to Lily Paul, a member of the South Asian Diaspora Action Collective, also known as SADAC. SAD
The US Army is gearing up for a massive $682 million upgrade to the General Dynamics facility in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. The upgrade is set to increase production capacity from 6 to 16 million pounds of munitions and o
As of April 15, 2026, it has been three years of devastating war in Sudan. In its fourth year, the war and the organizing efforts that have emerged in response across Montreal and the diaspora. Despite being the largest
With the Stanley Cup playoffs underway in Montreal, the excitement is everywhere and the SPVM is deploying to contain it, but some say they are overacting. Alex MacMillan who started the Spark Solidarity page has been we
Muslim prisoners in Quebec face a compounded type of discrimination. There is the usual deprivation of life and freedom that the public expects prisoners to face. However, there is a rigidity of prison life that is wholl
Should university staff at McGill be allowed to demand students identify themselves on campus? Montreal’s McGill University’s board of governors has voted in favour of a controversial new policy. It’s called the Identifi
The National Post recently published a column by Terry Newman that referred to an event organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement Montreal as “pro-terror.” The event was intended to share the experiences of former Pale
In this episode, Local 514 host Kalden Dhatsenpa sits down withvenue owner and former municipal political candidate Sergio Da Silva to discuss his recent criticism of Montreal’s new nightlife policy. Sergio acknowledges
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