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Maclean’s unites federal party leaders in first confirmed televised debate

TORONTO – Rogers’-owned weekly news magazine Maclean’s is offering Canadians the first opportunity to hear from all major federal party leaders in a nationally televised debate in the lead up to this fall’s federal election.Scheduled for August 6 from 8:00 to 10:00 PM ET, the debate will air commercial-free on City, OMNI.1, OMNI.2, and CPAC, with live streaming on Macleans.ca, Citytv.com, CityNews.ca, OMNItv.ca, CPAC.ca, Facebook, and YouTube, according to Monday’s announcement.  Rogers Radio news stations will also carry the debate live on 680News.com, 570news.com, 660News.com, 1310News.com, News1130.com, and News957.com. For multilingual audiences, OMNI Television's coverage will be translated into Italian, Mandarin, Cantonese, and...