Good News Tuesday opens with a question worth sitting with: is gratitude something that only shows up after the hard part is over, or can it exist while you're still in it? Shane digs into what changed his own definition of being a good friend, built around a conversation from a couple years back that never quite left him.

There's a favourite TV show reaction that turned out to be more memorable than the scene itself, the kind of moment that sticks with you longer than you expect. Sharing something you love with someone new does not always go the way you plan, and that's part of what makes it worth telling.

Small wins count just as much as big ones tonight, whether it's a free find on Marketplace or finally chasing something you've been putting off.

Topics: gratitude, good news, friendship, being present, good news Tuesday

Originally aired on 2026-08-31

Some nights the news is heavy enough that finding the good in it takes real effort. Tonight is built around doing exactly that, starting with a group of twelve-year-olds from Vancouver who just delivered Canada's best Little League World Series showing in decades, and did it after getting blown out in their opening game.

Their secret was not a coach's speech or a locker room strategy session. It was something a kid came up with, and it worked well enough to carry a team all the way back from a rough start. There is a version of that same trick that applies to anyone dreading their next Monday morning meeting.

A story out of the Bronx proves the same point on a different scale, where one small act of generosity kept growing long after the person who gave it had moved on. And if you have ever wondered what actually fuels a comeback, tonight settles the debate on the ice cream question too.

Topics: Good News Tuesday, Little League World Series, community kindness, listener good news, ice cream debate

Originally aired on 2026-08-31

Mark Carney's Liberals just won three by-elections while he was overseas addressing the European Parliament, and Matt Gurney, journalist and columnist at Read The Line, questions why the Prime Minister wasn't in Canada's own instead.

Matt explains why the United States has been kinder to its adversaries than its own allies lately, and where he thinks Canada sits in coming to terms with that shift compared to Europe.

He also raises the case of Cuba, caught in the same pattern and barely part of the conversation, and the pointed question about who America goes after when it needs a smaller target.

Topics: Mark Carney, European Parliament, Trump allies, Cuba, Canada US relations

GUEST: Matt Gurney | http://readtheline.ca | @‌mattgurney

Originally aired on 2026-08-31