Cost of Living: Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law

Shoppers at a Hudson's Bay store in Burlington, Ont., might be surprised to see the typical black typeface of their familiar department store give way to bright red signage — equally familiar to most Canadians who shopped for anything from housewares to hardware from the 1970s onward.

The name and logo of Zellers hang from the rafters on the upper floor of the Burlington Centre Bay store, hidden in a corner near the toy section just past a broken escalator.

It's not a standalone, full Zellers in the style of decades past. It's a pop-up store inside an existing store rather than a full outlet of the discount department store that had hundreds of locations across Canada until the early 2000s.

New Podcast: The Flamethrowers 

The Flamethrowers tracks the rise of right wing radio from fringe preachers and conspiracy peddlers of the 1930s to the political firestorm that rages today. It’s the story of how radio energized and then radicalized the conservative base, culminating with Donald Trump, the president who followed the conservative talk radio playbook all the way to the White House.

Hosted by award-winning reporter and podcaster Justin Ling.

Frequencies with Errol Nazareth: Cool Collaborations 

Musical collaborations either go right or horribly wrong. On the latest episode of Frequencies you’re going to hear a few incredible collaborations: An Indian slide guitarist who invented 3 instruments teams up with one of the best guitarists of all time; Yo-Yo Ma adds his cello brilliance to a Jeremy Dutcher song; and Lee Scratch Perry teams up with The Congos to make one of the best roots reggae albums ever.