{"id":110522,"date":"2026-06-19T11:18:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=110522"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:48:52","slug":"in-the-news-hockey-broadcasting-mars-research-and-auto-union-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2026\/06\/in-the-news-hockey-broadcasting-mars-research-and-auto-union-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News: Hockey broadcasting, Mars research and auto union talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock University experts discussed\u00a0the future of Hockey Night in Canada, upcoming auto sector labour negotiations and Thorold\u2019s municipal council. Also covered in the media were Brock research on a Martian meteorite, national recognition for one of the University\u2019s internship courses, an inspiring new graduate and Brock\u2019s success in a sport management research ranking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brand Refresh? CBC mulling options for potential new &#8216;Hockey Night in Canada&#8217; chapter: <\/strong>Associate Professor of Sport Management Michael Naraine spoke with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianpressnews.ca\/sports\/brand-refresh-cbc-mulling-options-for-potential-new-hockey-night-in-canada-chapter\/article_753e09d0-40ae-5a06-bc75-a4c2e54fcc6c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Press<\/a> about the future of the CBC\u2019s Hockey Night in Canada brand following the end of its NHL sub-licensing agreement with Rogers Communications. The article was published by outlets across the country, including the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.agilitypr.delivery\/ls\/click?upn=u001.WleoOUoUiNgfPpMNueL83ayezr6daapVQelxsSfC1gjMjM2oFvEjhFqtIXysP-2BAoJa9oqtzsvTchd-2FTago3fmxnfmFf0ugWpTL05RXT7Mh-2F4pVnu0VnJWnUyxyYsK880YwqR0HLZEZkTcciIgwEhhFN-2FXdk4lgVO-2FDuI6oaLGo-2BVQeD-2F54x-2BYRvo8O58bRe5QCfFrvgjCfbL7RM3w9tttIxfxYIJ0DWLNa1Eo6j6Xu4OHUhwrVqRt-2B0YvI6mI3aEhzvN_4JxmjQfmaW1pb77IvOKbuipV0xw1wCDwIzhTh0exrdR5owrZvP7StGEdgwuhGygT0cBTiSznnAYix0-2F6vGAy-2Bojo1rVCzwnAjYkNsbYJYREYSnU62vk4UJAvnii1uNa1niAFwY78KjxCLScP5l7oshLyvd8LWMhLLfb6q-2Bs3maW0lEXvSXXt-2BgXM-2FIiJfIbR7ORKHuhjtyTDhsWRyz3azvKyWmm-2BlhXPGp70gsPcoYQk1YK-2FZyssx1PE9Zvk3Z6aYHnPR8kXlTzPgIN9epqbFln0JfYGhEnz2DI-2BV-2FUCfJrMIoh8q5n7UhWTADGlkw5plg2-2BHLycGfo5PDlk2fmXwLWzIN59gK-2BRjr0ur7Lz3hgReQFH1A5qWXQDZGqWYlX0YRsl27E3l-2FqDzbSQt9DMPoXCzub6WXd5eYHQsIcCvQGOECveWpBm6fwXJlTJFSRDqT6rARVS-2FBcxm4Li3Zi2y5SfJv3Ks2I6Oy2JO0R7SDk-3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto Star<\/a> <\/em>and<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/sports\/hockey\/article-a-refreshed-hockey-night-the-cbc-holds-the-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Globe and Mail<\/a>. <\/em>Naraine also spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/my.tvey.es\/Yd9e4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">680 CJOB<\/a> about the issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scientists cracked open a\u00a0Mars\u00a0meteorite and found a big surprise<\/strong>: Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences Tanya Kizovski research, conducted in collaboration with the Royal Ontario Museum, on a new garnet-bearing rock type from Mars was covered by <a href=\"http:\/\/mms.tveyes.com\/MediaView\/?c3RhdGlvbj0xNDY4MCZtb2RzaGFyaW5nZW5hYmxlPXRydWUmY3VzdG9tZXJpZGVudGlmaWVyPTU1NjE5JlN0YXJ0RGF0ZVRpbWU9MDYlMmYxNyUyZjIwMjYrMTUlM2E1NyUzYTAwJkVuZERhdGVUaW1lPTA2JTJmMTclMmYyMDI2KzE2JTNhMDclM2EwMCYmbW9kZWRpdG9yZW5hYmxlPWZhbHNlJnBhcnRuZXJpZD0xNjA4NyYmJmV4cGlyYXRpb249MDclMmYxNyUyZjIwMjYrMTUlM2E1NyUzYTAwLjI2MiZpbnN0YW50UGxheT1UcnVlJnNpZ25hdHVyZT01ZjM5MTJhN2MwMjE4OGY1YmUxN2Q0OGU5YWRiMTIxZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GiantFM<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/the-ancient-egyptians-loved-this-rare-gem-scientists-just-found-it-in-a-cracked-meteorite-that-fell-from-mars\/ar-AA2631VB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSN UK<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/science\/articles\/scientists-cracked-open-mars-meteorite-100000816.html?guccounter=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo! US<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Detroit Three, union set to open bargaining against backdrop of tariffs, CUSMA review: <\/strong>Professor of Labour Studies Larry Savage spoke with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianpressnews.ca\/business\/detroit-three-union-set-to-open-bargaining-against-backdrop-of-tariffs-cusma-review\/article_92bb65fc-1a09-5b03-93ec-d3ab5e88ddf6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Press<\/a> about upcoming negotiations between Unifor and Ford, Stellantis and General Motors. The article appeared in outlets across Canada, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/chch-news\/detroit-three-union-set-to-open-bargaining-against-backdrop-of-tariffs-cusma-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHCH News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/money\/2026\/06\/18\/detroit-three-union-set-to-open-bargaining-against-backdrop-of-tariffs-cusma-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CP24<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/business\/autos\/article\/detroit-three-union-set-to-open-bargaining-against-backdrop-of-tariffs-cusma-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTV News<\/a>, the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/detroit-three-union-set-to-open-bargaining-against-backdrop-of-tariffs-cusma-review\/article_51e2f4a4-aca8-5873-b0cc-276bb0031653.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto Star<\/a> <\/em>and <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/06\/18\/detroit-three-union-set-to-open-bargaining-against-backdrop-of-tariffs-cusma-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shrinking Thorold\u2019s council: As representation decreases, are there any benefits?: <\/strong>Retired Political Science Professor David Siegel spoke with the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/news\/council\/access-diversity-issues-raised-by-thorold-council-downsize\/article_235e39fc-5c45-5b80-9323-37f2cb8186a7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Catharines Standard<\/a> <\/em>about the size of Thorold\u2019s municipal council.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock holds top Canadian spot in global sport management research: <\/strong>Brock\u2019s continued success in an annual assessment by the\u00a0University of North Texas\u2019 Sports Innovation Space was covered by <a href=\"https:\/\/educationnewscanada.com\/article\/education\/level\/university\/1\/1207368\/brock-holds-top-canadian-spot-in-global-sport-management-research.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Education News Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Curious about the world\u2019: 66-year-old grad spent studies diving for ancient artifacts: <\/strong>New graduate Robert Tremblay (BA \u201926) spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/my.tvey.es\/e8EWn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> about his experience earning a degree Classics and Archaeology\u00a0after retiring from the Canadian Army. His story was also covered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oakvillenews.org\/local-news\/66-year-old-grad-spent-studies-digging-and-diving-in-pursuit-of-ancient-knowledge-12426186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakville News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Communications internship program earns national certification: <\/strong>A Communication, Popular Culture and Film (CPCF) internship\u2019s new Quality Work-Integrated Learning Certification from Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning Canada was featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/educationnewscanada.com\/article\/education\/level\/university\/1\/1207603\/communications-internship-program-earns-national-certification.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Education News Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock University experts discussed\u00a0the future of Hockey Night in Canada, upcoming auto sector labour negotiations and Thorold\u2019s municipal council. Also covered in the media were Brock research on a Martian meteorite, national recognition for one of the University\u2019s internship courses, an inspiring new graduate and Brock\u2019s success in a sport management research ranking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":110524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119,36,37,6,41,38],"tags":[1434,11446,5006,885,15190,4753,7488,384,348,522,4358,8568,15191,11934],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110533,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110522\/revisions\/110533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}