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Benjamin Lopez Steven

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(He/Him)
  • Associate Producer, Politics, CBC News
Ottawa
As seen in: CBC News, MSN Canada, MSN Money Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), CBC Arts, CBC Calgary, CBC Ottawa, Flipboard, National Post, Maclean's, EIN News and
Covers:  University news across Canada, Ottawa City Council and Ottawa protests
Associate Producer with @CBCPolitics • A Vancouverite in Ottawa who really misses his sushi • Reach out at Benjamin.steven@cbc.ca • 🇨🇦🇲🇽

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Councillors debate police budget, affordable transit at final budget meeting

Councillors debate police budget, affordable transit at final budget meeting

Coverage of the final 2021 city council meeting, which included notable votes on police and transportation bu…

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Ontario education workers are struggling with workplace violence. COVID-19 didn't make things bet...

Ontario education workers are struggling with workplace violence. COVID-19 didn't make things bet...

Coverage of a research report that found Ontario education workers who work with young or special needs stude…

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Ottawa community groups express concern about impact of key council decisions on police budget in...

Ottawa community groups express concern about impact of key council decisions on police budget in...

Spoke to Ottawa community groups that have called for a police funding freeze and who say a reduced budget in…

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Ottawa police board approves smaller budget increase for 2022

Ottawa police board approves smaller budget increase for 2022

Covered a meeting by the Ottawa Police Services Board that lasted two nights. The board approved a smaller po…

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Protestors block Highway 417 on-ramp to oppose police budget increase

Protestors block Highway 417 on-ramp to oppose police budget increase

Breaking news coverage of demonstrators who blocked off an entrance to highway 417 in downtown Ottawa to prot…

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Former uOttawa professor develops app to teach personal sustainability

Former uOttawa professor develops app to teach personal sustainability

Spoke with Aida Warah, a former psychology professor at the University of Ottawa and founder of GentleWays fo…

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What options does the federal government have on the WestJet strike?

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By Benjamin Lopez Steven Verified
| Two Blocks from the White House
Politics·New For the third summer in a row, the federal government finds itself grappling with an airline labour dispute that is upending Canadians' travel plans — and this time, it's unclear if its labour code power will be able to end the work stoppage.
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Canada could add billions to its economy by processing more food. Here's what it's trying

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By Benjamin Lopez Steven Verified, Matt Allen
| Two Blocks from the White House
Inside their demonstration plant in Benmiller, Ont., Martin VanderLoo and Graham Markham are working to prove a point: Canada can generate a big economic boost and strengthen its food sovereignty by processing more food at home. The two men are focused on soybeans, a legume that Canada grows millions of tonnes of each year. Their company, New Protein International, aims to produce soy protein isolate, which is used in products like baby formulas, protein bars and nutrition shakes.
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Canada could add billions to its economy by processing more food. Here's what it's trying

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By Benjamin Lopez Steven Verified, Matt Allen
| Flipboard
21 hours ago We put six bestselling pale Mexican lagers to the test, to see if the winner matched the beer most Americans prefer. The answer even surprised us. Mexican lagers have come to dominate the American beer market, accounting for about 80% of the total volume of beer imported into the U.S. in 2025. In …
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