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An essay in the Toronto Star suggests there’s a rule in Canadian newsrooms that limits the coverage of Palestine. Lisa Goldman joins to unpack the idea that there’s a double standard when it ...

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It’s the 60th US Presidential election, and the stakes feel like they’ve never been higher. This episode is a pulse check on what people are doing, thinking, and feeling on our side of that W...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/67299c51a85028c1d72b3871

When COVID hit, the airlines were sitting with billions of dollars in cash that Canadians paid for flights that were all canceled. How much of that money was refunded? Why were vouchers offered i...

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Canadian media is filled with doom over the possibility of a second Donald Trump presidency. Is Trump really that much of a threat to Canada?  Plus, why office space conversions aren’t going...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/67242e3defece44b6cf47410

Is there more to Doug Ford’s buffoonery than $200 and a paper bag?  As Scott Moe hangs on to a majority in Saskatchewan, Doug Ford scrambles to woo voters ahead of a probable election in Ont...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6721a575b4c51fd5697703ac

Liberal MP’s have hopped on the #TrudeauHasGotToGo bandwagon after 28 caucus members asked for his resignation. The PM is in a completely different arena than when he arrived nine years ago. So...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/67205d98fab47fdf26e7cfe8

Questioning authority is a necessity for a functioning democracy. Continually calling power to account has to be a good thing, right? Maybe not, at least not all the time. So argues today’s gue...

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Le Canada a besoin, plus que jamais, d’un journalisme indépendant rigoureux et de qualité. Pour soutenir Canadaland et souscrire à un abonnement annuel, allez sur canadaland.com/join et rec...

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Veteran Canadian reporter David Pugliese was accused of being a Russian agent in a parliamentary committee by a former MP. So we called him up to ask if it’s true.  Plus, how did a Canadian ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/671b1ee582583ca5c4643d01

Provincial elections in New Brunswick and BC prove that Canadians want one thing: change. In the midst of a caucus revolt, will Trudeau be swapped out next?  Duly Noting: Vassy Kapelos’ “t...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/67186c44c054f53907502bbd

A massive criminal campaign—extortion, intimidation, coercion, harassment, even murder—allegedly orchestrated by India on Canadian soil. This is a BIG deal. After Prime Minister Justin Trudea...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6717136507c991f259da2194

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As war continues to escalate between Israel and Hezbollah, Noor Azrieh explains why Lebanon is uniquely digestible for a western audience (and why that’s a problem.)  Also, Trudeau’s (late...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6711e0ffe61104a199b75c7c

Bombshell allegations about India’s involvement in murder and extortion on Canadian soil in a stunning Thanksgiving Monday press conference from the RCMP and Trudeau. But, why are they telling ...

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Shit-posting candidates, climate change denial, outright racism, and those damn paper straws. Host Noor Azrieh calls up Arno Kopecky, Shannon Waters, and Mo Amir to ask what the hell is going on ...

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It’s all about the T. “T” as in the T at the end of ChatGPT. That T stands for Transformer. And it’s already transforming many aspects of your life. Novelist and essayist Stephen Marche...

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Dans le Canada de 2024, beaucoup se sentent exclus, déshumanisés et se rendent compte que la place qu’ils croyaient occuper n’existe pas en réalité. Pour faire face à cet enjeu existenti...

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Pierre Poilievre continues to beef with mainstream media, but is cozying up with members of ethnic media outfits. What's he planning? Plus, Danielle Smith’s chemtrails catastrophe and a CRTC ...

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October 7th coverage in Canada was caught between memorializing a tragedy and reporting on an escalating war. Jen Gerson joins to discuss whether both should happen at the same time.    Als...

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It feels like we’ve never been closer to another world war. If our NATO allies called us, could we answer?  This week, host Noor Azrieh, with guests David Pugliese and Stephen Saideman, expl...

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Israel’s Ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed, sits down with Jesse for a candid and intense discussion about how Israel’s actions during the war are impacting Canadians. Antisemitism, campus prot...

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Rogers buys Bell share of Maple Leaf Sports Entertainment for 4.7 billion–but how Ed Rogers’ power play whiffed on the Caitlin Clark era. Plus, the most 90s baby ever and the unlikely retur...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66ff2f8d11d39bd3b6320be9

A frankensteined edit from a Poilievre scrum causes a shitstorm for CTV News and Bell Media. Is it proof of malicious media bias or just a careless mistake? Rahim Mohamed joins to dig into what...

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While world leaders meet and Israel’s war on Gaza spreads, Canadian MPs are at odds over recognizing a Palestinian state.  How much does Canadian recognition really matter? Why are we draggi...

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The late Norval Morrisseau is known as Canada's Picasso. He was the father of the Woodlands style. His work was exhibited at the Pompidou Center in Paris, the National Gallery of Canada, and he w...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66f97755ca47371af0842310

Le 30 septembre est désormais la journée nationale de la Vérité et de la Réconciliation. Mais pour l’avocat, ancien député et organisateur communautaire Alexis Wawanoloath, on ne peut at...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66f71b76224b00387d00711d

Cue the sad trombone sounds for Rebel Media, who just lost an appeal to qualify for federal journalism tax credits. Where will they get funding from now? Plus, BC Conservative John Rustad is an...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66f62ac22750688fd0fef729

In the aftermath of the stunning pager attacks in Lebanon and subsequent escalations in the Middle East, Canada’s former ambassador to Israel, Norman Spector, joins to unpack the narratives and...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66f378d72f380b4f2f4a2497

Earlier this year, the UN Special rapporteur for human rights defenders raised concerns about a Canadian company called Belo Sun Mining. She said people protesting the Belo Sun mine, who she refe...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66f0c7db16e52a7982cff285

Is this the era of the A.I. election?  Lovers and haters of A.I. both claim the technology will change the world, for better or worse. Are the cheers and jeers just hype? Paris Marx joins Ju...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66ecd0abe72fd4be29cc937b

With two byelections this week, the rhetoric is ramping up around the next Canadian federal election. Paris Marx joins Justin Ling to consider the online discourse that is poisoning political dis...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66ea3b2f4ea065d850750b96

Canada has 38 of the world’s 100 safe injection sites. But for how much longer will we be the global leader in this controversial form of dealing with addiction? Politicians and communities fro...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66e773ae58d4122cd9bcba90

TRAUMAVERTISSEMENT: La deuxième partie de l’émission discute de sujets douloureux en lien avec les violences faites aux femmes. CONTENT WARNING: The second part of the show deals with traum...

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The press has been ridiculing Singh since he "tore up" the NDP's deal with the Liberals. But...maybe he knows what he's doing? Plus, the legacy of Canadian journalism icon Stevie Cameron, and u...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66e38e9051960f14a8f1dba0

The surprising Canadian connections to an alt-right influencer network that is alleged to have been funded by Russia. How Lauren Chen, Lauren Southern, and some of the biggest names in the US alt...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66e114cf7fb05edbd0aa893e

Getting an IUD can be painful. Really painful. Last month, new regulations came out in the US about managing this pain. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that before anyone gets an...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66de18a737239dbd0819cfaf

Riley Yesno joins Emilie Nicolas to unpack the editorial sh*tshow at Elle Canada, as well as big changes at APTN.  To celebrate its 25th year as a national broadcaster, APTN is betting big on ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66d91eb4eeeb1e3b7567ae02

In this primer episode of The Worst Podcast, Canadaland publisher Jesse Brown reflects on why he’s backing The Worst Podcast. Host (and acclaimed underground documentary filmmaker) Alan Zweig e...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66d319948d2f0b0a8574206a

Depuis l’investiture de Kamala Harris à la candidature démocrate, le parti a le vent dans les voiles et devance le camp de Donald Trump de quelques points de pourcentage. Pour comprendre ce q...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66d23a0ac7651a10d34e71b1

With Postmedia ending daily print editions of The Telegram — leaving Newfoundland and Labrador without a single daily paper — we wonder how to keep talking shit about the news when the news i...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66d0008f1224bba56abf3209

Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced in May that Canada’s temporary visa program for Gazans would be expanded, from 1000 to 5000. But eight months into the program, only 206 people have a...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66cbdef28ffe447a75b75ef6

It’s all optimism at the Democratic National Convention, and Canadian headlines are reflecting the enthusiasm around Kamala Harris, but is all this hope just wishful thinking? TikToker Frank Do...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66c6be7dad4561713b91f053

Part family-owned theme park and part roadside zoo, Marineland was once the kind of place where you could get kissed by an orca and feed corn pops to bears. But then it kept being that kind of ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66c2a999930b5815c221a3fe

Cette année à Montréal, le Festival de la Fierté a pris la forme d’une véritable vignette de l’année 2024, marquée par des pluies diluviennes et des inondations dues aux changements cl...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66bf77ee844d445153d42d52

Bots are buzzing about Pierre Pollievre and the McGill campus protests, but is it worth reporting? Elie Cantin-Nantel joins Justin Ling to assess the impact of two questionable “bot attacks” ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66bd850b9ab8747b969f7c44

Most of us find joy in melodies and rhythms. Catchy tunes we hear at the coffee shop, in the mall, or even muzak in the elevator can get stuck in our heads. That's what happened to Anya. Except, ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66b9a9fe7807a62ff2b94aef

Google is found in a U.S. ruling to have an illegal monopoly on search. Michael Geist joins to compare the American antitrust approach to Big Tech to Canadian taxation efforts. An alleged ISIS ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66b43e3aec20c36e8e399fa8

Justin Ling has kind of had it.  While the veteran political journalist has endless patience for people in power trying to do the right thing, he can’t stand when a government refuses to see...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66b03e4344772a5daa6d8696

Pour la première fois, les Jeux Olympiques comptent autant d’athlètes hommes que d’athlètes femmes. Pourtant, parité ne signifie pas égalité. Que ce soit sur les terrains de sport ou da...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66ad6996e65b9fd5b0432988

Drones make headlines at the Paris Olympics, and it’s all Canadian soccer’s fault. Mattea Roach joins Jonathan Goldsbie to consider the narratives around cheating in sports, and why it’s le...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66ab0a211442d978bf68d222

@DieWorkWear , also known as the Menswear Guy, on Twitter (or X), is a sensation — a critic, a teacher, and a gentleman.  One million people follow him for his masterclasses on the outfits o...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66a6a0ef72497b6115bff3da

All this talk of major leaders stepping aside, but it’s the Mayor of Kamloops BC, Reid Hamer-Jackson, who has our attention. In a raucous ‘resignation related” press conference, Hamer-Jacks...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66a1d2cbd0655a8f78651365

Gabor Lukacs has won over 25 regulatory complaints against airlines - and even taken airlines to court to uphold the rights of passengers. But he doesn’t want to keep his methods a secret - he�...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/669db4ee56b8e1805ee62193

D’après le Digital News Report 2024, 40% des Canadiens évitent souvent ou parfois de s’informer. Derrière cette fatigue informationnelle se trouvent différentes raisons comme l’accumula...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/669b1de34a41c3e9ced0f6fa

Do we need to “dial down” our political rhetoric in Canada, following the attempted assassination of Trump? Canadian journalism icon Jan Wong joins us to consider Canadian responses to Americ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/669885c7b6021059047420e5

Today we are bringing you a sneak preview of an incredibly urgent, deeply compelling piece of audio journalism from Radio France. It was originally broadcast in French and was heaped with critica...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6696e38ef969d81c79991e35

For forty years, Hal Newman worked in Emergency Medical Services. After retiring, he decided to start an online platform, The Last Ambulance, where he investigates the problems he saw in the EMS ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66934c0057c5dc027b618350

Over the past two weeks, the media has suddenly become experts in diagnosing neurodegenerative disorders following Biden’s stumbles at the debate. Canadian Youtuber J.J. McCullough joins Justin...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/668f640738b2771216599e01

In our final episode, Investigative Reporter Molly Thomas showcases the hopes and frustrations of three Afghan girls, many years after the Taliban takeover. In the spring of 2023, The Michener-...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/668ca97f3ef8f267bee3cbcb

Join Investigative Reporter Molly Thomas as she lands on the ground in South Asia to uncover the heartbreaking story of a young Afghan girl, with a unique connection to Canada.  In the spring...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/668b4b2b453c109b9629eb73

En février 2022, les grands médias occidentaux envoyaient des journalistes en Ukraine couvrir les premiers temps de l’invasion russe. Émissions spéciales, directs avec l’Ukraine et dossie...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6686c468f6efee0cf21e18a7

It’s been a tough week for leadership in North America, with calls for resignation dominating the headlines on both sides of the border.  Paul Wells joins Emilie Nicolas to discuss the large...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66861c06796f61254a7b6fc8

“All I will say is that my scientific opinion is that there is something real going on in New Brunswick that absolutely cannot be explained by the bias or personal agenda of an individual neuro...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66820377da59509cba914765

What’s going on in Han Dong’s defamation case against Global News? Last week, Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Perell made a decision in that case. And, rightly or wrongly, it was scorchin...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/667cd4642036786e1947f0ea

This was a time when Assange and other punks like him were running circles around governments. It seemed like the ability for the powers that be to keep secrets was over. It was just done. Thanks...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6678d5e2b38fec0011c7076a

Après des résultats record aux élections européennes, l’extrême droite française est en passe de remporter les législatives. Si certains sont surpris, plusieurs observateurs ont remarqu�...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/667616b6a4ecc30012593e2c

Can a newspaper commit treason? The NSICOP report singles out China as the biggest foreign influence on Canadian media (and it’s more than just advertorial inserts.) Joanna Chiu joins us to unp...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6673b811cb139244c3dc1274

When Canadaland commissioned its new series “A Field Guide to Gay Animals” (listen to it here ), the topic wasn’t really in the news. But since then, it’s started to take the world by sto...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/666f36f22dc79a0012e124bf

With Jesse away, Justin Ling takes over to talk about Google’s $100 million payment for Canadian news and how a ragtag group of independent publishers will end up deciding who gets the money. I...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/666a59cba033650012e245d0

Less than a year ago, Investigative Reporter and former Network Anchor Molly Thomas had her dream job as a Correspondent for CTV’s flagship show, W5; with the backing of this team, she applied ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66662fc7b6f3d9001245a9e3

En politique municipale, provinciale et fédérale, les départs de femmes s’enchaînent. En cause, l’intimidation dont elles sont victimes, la remise en question de leurs compétences, ou en...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/665febc1525960001287ab2d

Trump’s 34 felony convictions made history in the U.S., but will his efforts to undermine the Rule of Law have an effect on Canadian attitudes towards the legal system?  And the CBC is (once...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6661333660035200126a048a

This story started out like every other Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women case. But something happened that would change the trajectory of the case, the people, and even political leaders in ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/665ced1d17916d0011ed1732

Who’s buying a newspaper in 2024? Meet Kevin Klein, a politician, publisher, pretendian, and new owner of the Winnipeg Sun.  Then, things get heated, as Jesse and Robert Jago discuss cultura...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66580f2464696e001282de3b

CANADALAND host Jesse Brown introduces Dylan to a strange and decaying Quebecois fast food institution… housed inside a giant orange sphere. Today, the orange is a relic of a bygone era. But de...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/665393002755a20012fd14b8

There’s a small, sandy island off the coast of Nova Scotia where hundreds of horses run wild. They’ve been there since the 18th century, and are genetically unlike any other horse in the worl...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66539044c8b8cc001207b8f9

We’re launching a collaboration with The Atlas Obscura Podcast to tell the stories of Canada’s strange and wondrous places. Today, we bring you a story about a black bear who traveled acros...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/665388457acd5600122c899d

Hot Docs, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Just for Laughs, just the latest cultural institutions to join a long list of Canadian arts groups facing existential threats. Why is this all happening n...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6653b054c8b8cc0012118dd3

Traumavertissement: Le segment ‘Bien Noté’ entre 22:30 et 27:00 aborde les violences subies par les enfants autochtones dans les pensionnats. Fin avril, le premier ministre du Québec Fran...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6650edd8c82f8300121ac06c

Lessons from Winnipeg, Canada’s most Indigenous city. Emilie Nicolas talks to Niigaan Sinclair about what reconciliation looks like in practice and why Winnipeg is ground zero for Indigenous re...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/664eaad67a8a050012ad0b16

Today we’re bringing you something a bit different. It’s a podcast produced by a wonderful team in the UK called Tortoise. Reporter Alexi Mostrous will tell you all about how a Canadian priva...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/664a92d98318220012ff4f4f

There’s a Loblaws Boycott underway, but is it actually working? Jesse breaks his silence on the Reddit-fueled consumer action and brainstorms some guerilla grocery tactics.  A new CBC adviso...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/664572b2b14f3000126826d3

The pretendian phenomenon has been known and discussed in indigenous circles for years, but it's become mainstream Canadian news lately thanks to three big name exposés: Buffy sainte Marie, Jose...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6640d7b61f998c00122ffd0a

Si l’on en croit les médias et les discours des politiques, les immigrants seraient responsables de toutes les difficultés culturelles et économiques que connaissent le Canada et le Québec ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/663ea7832f1d3d0012986708

The Drake/Kendrick rap beef has overtaken the internet. A flurry of diss tracks has captured the attention of millions, but now a shooting outside of Drake’s Toronto mansion reveals the violent...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/663c41a1f5bc740012b4bd13

Open Line on VOCM-AM in Newfoundland has been called an institution. A religion. A must-listen show.  And we at Canadaland had never heard of it - until recently. But it attracts an audience b...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66384ade2c27a300122747ff

Campus protests have migrated to Canada and McGill is asking the cops for help. Why calling in the cops is the wrong approach, despite what’s being said (and chanted) at these protests. Justi...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/663315bf9daa4800123715fc

Canadian media coverage of the war in the Middle East has, unsurprisingly, focused on the impact on diaspora communities here in Canada. We have heard about Jewish Canadians, Palestinian Canadian...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/662dbef3a1c8cf001227867e

Alors que l’année 2024 sera la plus chaude jamais enregistrée, on voit le public, épuisé par l'éco anxiété et une certaine fatigue informationnelle, se détourner des médias. Emilie Nic...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/662c1ed9b5e6200013a19903

As the hit Netflix documentary What Jennifer Did draws criticism for manipulating source materials, we talk to Karen K. Ho about the differences between True Crime and journalism.  Umar Zameer...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6629e860ea30210012a3ba30

On April 12, 2024, news broke that Sylvie Hauth, the former police chief of Thunder Bay, was arrested and charged with a series of criminal offenses.  But none of the news reports explained mu...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6626081388ff1d0012544a27

Did we just dodge WW3? As Iran retaliated against Israel with an unprecedented barrage of drones and missiles, deciphering facts from fakes and misinformation seemed trickier than ever. Is this t...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66208ce10e0f70001226563e

We’ve long heard about how the news business is failing - layoff after layoff, media execs have claimed that they have had no choice but to make cutbacks. In Bell’s latest round of 4800 la...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/661c676a3fb7ab00163776da

Etienne Côté-Paluck, rédacteur en chef d’HAÏTI MAGAZINE et HAITI WEEKLY, des publications du collectif haïtien DÈYÈ MÒN ENFO, rejoint Emilie pour une discussion sur l’actualité de la...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6619fbe13a70e6001595cb31

A spectre is haunting Canada — the spectre of Communist China. Finally, a proper inquiry into election interference by China featuring testimony from Trudeau and his top aides, but, at this p...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/661769853a1cb5001792584f

Canadians have long thought of themselves as peacekeepers. But can we still make that claim today? Amid all of the the outrage towards our government over its relationship with Israel, are any pr...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/661352d354ba0e001605686b

As Canadians prepare for a rare celestial event–a total solar eclipse–Jesse has one message: don’t look up! On Monday, the price of carbon increased, and so did prices at the pumps. Carbo...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/660e1246088d5100154878ee

Question: what is Canada's greatest contribution to the world of comedy? Is it Lorne Michaels and Saturday Night Live, which launched the careers of comedians like Dan Aykroyd, Mike Myers, and No...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6609fc790048340017380a7c

Il y a du pouvoir dans la réappropriation de son propre récit - c'est pourquoi Beata n'a pas seulement écrit un mémoire sur son expérience de fuite du Rwanda, mais aussi un recueil de poési...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/66078154f70eff00170e240e

Why are New Zealand libertarian think-tanks so into Canada’s Indigenous skyscrapers? In the midst of an ongoing housing crisis, is the Squamish Nation’s Sen̓áḵw project the future of Indi...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6604dbc074332700162d324e

When governments and corporations want to stay on top of the “threats” posed by protest movements — from climate campaigns to animal-rights advocacy — there’s one company that they tend...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6600d731e414a60016984419

As Elon Musk rails against content moderation in a disastrous interview with Don Lemon, Jesse and Ivor Shapiro reconsider Canada’s new approach to online speech.  Is the Online Harms Act as ...

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Andy Mill’s is the co-creator of The New York Times ground-breaking podcast, The Daily, and before that worked on the equally inventive and critically acknowledged podcast Radiolab. He’s also...

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Alors que la guerre à Gaza fait rage, Emilie Nicolas et Raed Hammoud font le point sur la couverture de cette guerre dans le cadre de leur travail au sein de l'écosystème médiatique québéco...

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The laughter has stopped at the Just For Laughs festival, as ownership applies for creditor protection and cancels the Montreal and Toronto 2024 festivals. Toronto Comedian Sam Sferrazza explains...

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Labour used to be a beat. A major beat for any newspaper. Which, you know, makes sense. Because what happens with work, with the world of work, that matters to so many more people than any other ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65edd37686967e0017c9efe5

From Winnipeg to Wuhan, Canada is embroiled in an international spy situation, but why does no one seem to care anymore? Recent documents released from the investigation of scientist Dr. Xiangguo...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65e9506485840a0017ad3263

Let’s skip two years of horse race punditry and commentary. It's over already. Barring some unforeseeable act of God, Pierre Poilievre is not just going to win, he is going to stomp to victory....

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65e5189f36f1580017a530e8

Dans sa nouvelle autobiograhie, la professeure en droit transféminine Florence Ashley, théorise l’academic smut ou smut therapy comme la thérapie par l'écriture érotique. Gender/Fucking: t...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65e2616cb8456c0016b2752d

Vice Media was once valued at 5.7 billion dollars - This week it closed its doors. One final episode of the podcast Cyber was released to give listeners a peek into what was going on at Vice. The...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65e00e40377cfe001682d6bc

The Pikwakanagan First Nation seemed to be doing well - it has a good economy, high graduation rate, it has been revitalizing its culture, the books are tight. But things have gotten bad in the l...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65dbda21c112a30018da7e97

Liberal MP Rob Oliphant was caught being critical of the Trudeau government’s policy on the Gaza war in a leaked phone call with a constituent. He is the parliamentary secretary to the foreign ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65d6cf1d0276f60016ae66ea

Dr. Ayman Oweida he’s doing everything he can to help his family survive. But he hears the bombs getting closer when speaking to them on the phone.  The eyewitness of Aunt Fatimah, who says ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65d2d256565a5500167b990d

Selon Yara El-Ghadban, romancière et éditrice montréalaise d’origine palestinienne, le rêve est un acte révolutionnaire. Dans cet épisode, Emilie invite Yara à partager des extraits de s...

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Is radio not a viable business anymore? Bell Media said this in a release in the wake of massive layoffs. And Pierre Poilievre is waging a bizarre battle with the media … including the (controv...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65cd86eee9af710017b61abc

After Max Krangle left Big Tobacco he went to work for the porn business. Jesse and Max explore whether the business lessons learned in porn, one of the world’s most successful enterprises, can...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65c95ecdd05de60016080723

The Alberta Premier has a UCP leadership election this year, and apparently she needs transphobic voter support more than she cares about keeping the government out of classrooms and kids’ pron...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65c44a949f16b5001725286e

Two journalists, Kathleen Martens and Brandi Morin, have been closely following the ongoing crises faced by unhoused people, largely Indigenous, in so-called “tent cities”. They have been doc...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65c05929f0e6d10017819112

En début de semaine, la chroniqueuse Toula Drimonis a vu la publication en français de son livre "Nous, les autres", suite au succès de la version originale anglaise en 2022. Fille d'immigrant...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65bda175eb7e5500164ba13e

How much information should the public get when it comes to the motivations of a suspected shooter attacking a government building? And the new global order of internet governance that applies on...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65bb05ca66ede400171c1537

Every social media platform prizes something different. With Instagram, it’s aesthetics. On TikTok, it’s theatre-kid energy. And with Twitter, it was information and wit, conveyed via the wri...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65b6c4425e86a20017bca967

From cash cows to scapegoats, has there been a change in how we talk about international students? And how Canada’s provincial governments have, one by one, told the Canada Border Services Agen...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65b1eb8848e34c0016c8421a

For years Canadian media has been saying that Canada is a world leader in regulating big tobacco and is a global success story when it comes to weaning the public off of cigarettes.  Last week...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65adb0e2ac0e8e0016a8d815

AVERTISSEMENT : Dans la deuxième partie de cet épisode, nous discutons de violence à caractère sexuelle et de violence basée sur le genre. Si vous êtes à la recherche de soutien, le lien s...

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I know you want to read about what celebrity chef Mary Berg did, but DON’T click on the link - it’s clickbait! And Trump is back in a big way. Did we learn anything from the last time? Host...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65a88fc79b536b00172b1fb2

Activist Esra’a Al-Shafei has gone to extreme lengths to keep her image offline. But one day that privacy was breached — or so she thought.  Her story is just one of many of the real life ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65a47872d1e3cf001632becd

Canada’s major newspapers take a stance on antisemitic attacks happening in Toronto. And PM Justin Trudeau heads to the beach.  Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb T...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/659f4b557b4c4b0016de518b

For newsrooms across the country, covering the war with Israel and Palestine has been tremendously difficult. Tensions are high, emotions are very fragile, and resources are at record lows. Today...

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There’s a really popular Canadian politics YouTube channel with hundreds of anti-Trudeau videos. Something seemed a little fishy though. Jesse, Jonathan, and Karyn start pulling at a thread tha...

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Often underreported or ignored by national media, the unique and complex issues facing the people who call Yukon home rarely get the attention they deserve. In this LIVE TAPING Mattea Roach, Mich...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6585ced26584e20016d0d728

In the 1960s and 70s, there was a fear that cult leaders were brainwashing young people into joining their new, strange movements. But is it even possible to “brainwash” anyone? At a psychi...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6585b2b87b100f00176ef66a

Stories of big news breaking when everyone else is on vacation People might take holidays, but the news doesn’t. For your holiday listening needs, here are stories from reporters who have wor...

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Dans ce dernier épisode de l'année, Emilie Nicolas co-anime avec Aurélie Lanctôt, chroniqueuse au Devoir et doctorante à l'Université McGill. Revenant sur un été marqué par des feux de f...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65866777fcd1500017ea15ab

Islamophobia and antisemitism are on the rise in Canada - but if there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that teenagers becoming radicalized and making homemade bombs is not okay.  Plu...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6583b4f95d7ea90016624461

We asked people to call Jesse and argue about… whatever, in the true spirit of this festive season. A return for a second listen to this evergreen Holiday Season special from 2020. Featuring ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/657fa7d35431560017616293

With so much going on in the world, how could we possibly cover it all on one Short Cuts? By breaking it up into digestible chunks of varying levels of importance, that’s how! Jonathan and Ka...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/657a9b098417640016cc785a

Usually when Canadaland does a story on reporters in conflict we’re talking to a reporter who has had boots on the ground, someone who’s dodged bullets in hot zones and has the scars and the ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65763ddb9ec657001263d866

À la suite de son mandat de députée de Québec solidaire à l'Assemblée nationale de 2018 à 2022, Catherine Dorion s'est lancée dans l'écriture d'un livre. Paru le 13 novembre dernier, Les...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/656b60b0d0c9530011784b92

David Suzuki spent decades of his life sounding the alarm about environmental destruction, as host of the CBC TV show The Nature of Things and other radio programs. When he looks at the world tod...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6561325c56b68a00128b9e91

CBC makes huge cuts - with plans to eliminate 600 positions. Is it time for a good hard look in the mirror to figure out what its future could look like? And Pierre Poilievre turns to documentary...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65712b839c60b60011d17ea1

> EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this episode contained > characterizations of slain Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar that > Canadaland has been unable to indepe...

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Margaret Atwood returns to talk about getting in trouble, being treated in the media as some sort of prophet, and whether there are times when authoritarianism could in fact help us solve major p...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/656130724b4a51001288cf5f

Danielle Smith’s Sovereignty Act is like trying to get away with amending the Constitution via a hastily-scrawled Post-it note, flimsily affixed while no one’s looking. Spare a thought for th...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65681c0703430f00121ab0ff

Canadaland publisher Jesse Brown has been asked to stop talking about antisemitism.  He's also been asked whether he will denounce Israel, or if he is in fact a Zionist.  In this opinion pi...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6566608ed7b5d40012834f99

Journalists report the news. They hear about a story, write it up, verify the facts, and then hit “publish”.  But, occasionally a story comes in from someone else and then they, more or le...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6563ba9bff691c0012677568

Une mobilisation citoyenne à grande échelle a lieu au Canada pour inciter le gouvernement Trudeau à demander un cessez-le-feu entre Israël et la Palestine. Jonathan McPhedran Waitzer se joint...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65616546ff15c800120284e7

Rick Mercer started his career as a media critic of sorts. He broke into the national consciousness with a one man show taking on an establishment journalist, called Show Me the Button: I'll Push...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65612e14eb1762001263cb80

As news breaks of a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, Emilie Nicolas and Mattea Roach discuss anti-Palestinian media bias in media as well as look at the deaths of over 50 journalists in the region. T...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/655eb6e8e121fa00125150f9

Ryan McMahon and Jon Thompson team up with Cherise Seucharan for the conclusion to Post Mortem, a two-episode dive into the connection between the police, the coroners, and the canary in a coal m...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/655b0925afcfd7001112b9cc

As sexual assault convictions stack up for Peter Nygard, another alleged predator is walking free in Montreal. And an Ontario teacher under fire for teaching about socialist economics - in his ec...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6555891217c43000127b937b

What defines someone’s national identity? Is it a drop of blood from a distant relative? Is it living in a community? Is it being accepted by that community as a member? Do we approach that que...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/655298f846e5c90011fbea6f

For over five years, Canadaland has been investigating Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specifically, we have been trying to figure out why there were so many unanswered questions around the deaths of Indig...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6551b88a2861630012c87cd8

Un nouveau documentaire, Ados et armés, traite de la question de l’usage croissant des armes à feu chez les adolescents québécois. Le film donne la chance aux adolescents concernés de parl...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/654ee37d6b767e0012f859c4

Support Canadaland now! Click here: canadaland.com/join You’ve heard a lot from Jesse this crowdfunding campaign, it's time for Editor in Chief Karyn Pugliese (Pabàmàdiz) to share her visi...

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The new refrain in the press gallery is that Trudeau has got to go. How seriously should we take this? And the world of deep fakes has come for Canadian news anchors. Glen McGregor co-hosts.  ...

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This is chapter 2 of a mini series. To listen to all episodes, become a supporter at https://canadaland.com/join When Newfoundland joined Canada as the tenth province in 1949, both the new prov...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6549558ac9f8f8001166125f

Jill Heinerth is one of the most accomplished aquanauts in the world. With over 8500 dives, she is hired by some of the most notable names in film and television, from David Suzuki, to James Came...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/654850536905da0012145c22

It was impossible to look away once CBC released the story and Fifth Estate documentary questioning Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Indigenous identity. How well did the CBC do in its reporting? And an up...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65430c6558f3b50012b789d2

This is chapter 1 of a mini series. To listen to all episodes, become a supporter at https://canadaland.com/join In 2001, 9/11 forced airplanes from all over the world to suddenly land in Newfo...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/653f03dc18e0ae001139ae4b

Support Canadaland now! Click here: canadaland.com/join We are way off our target for our crowdfunding goal this year. When we launched our campaign a few weeks ago, we had the best launch day...

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Le gouvernement caquiste du Québec a récemment proposé une nouvelle mesure qui, selon le premier ministre François Legault, protégera la langue française. Cette mesure consiste à augmenter...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/653c3533238f610012d68237

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre goes international by chomping on an apple. And journalist Tim Bousquet could face jail time for articles he published about a murder trial in Nova Scotia.  ...

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At ten years old, the Canadaland network has had its share of successes: investigative journalism, powerful accountability interviews, thoughtful analysis, critique of the media when it’s at it...

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As the conflict in Gaza and Israel continues to escalate, Pacinthe Mattar sits down with Jonathan to consider the ways in which narratives are shaped, journalists are obstructed, and parameters ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6530b2c54df6b40012aa8d4e

Award-winning podcaster Connie Walker joins Jesse in studio to talk about the problems and racism she faced at the CBC, including the pushback she received when trying to tell stories about Indig...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/652c0f2e08a2480012d9717c

L’Israël et le Hamas sont au centre de l’attention des médias du monde entier à la suite de l’escalade du conflit israélo-palestinien la fin de semaine dernière. Michel Cormier, ancien...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6529f462c0e0c900121d6f43

Journalism in Canada is fighting for it's life. Support Canadaland now . The violence that erupted in Israel and Gaza this past weekend has spawned a hurricane of misinformation. So, we’re fa...

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Journalism in Canada is fighting for its life. Support Canadaland now . There’s a video on YouTube titled “Trudeau’s Alleged AFFAIR with Minister of AFFAIRS” that baselessly suggests th...

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Support us now! Click here : canadaland.com/join Journalism is in a fight for its life. You can have an impact. Head to canadaland.com/join  to become a supporter today.  Hosted on Acas...

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Click here to support us ! Elon Musk accused Justin Trudeau of “trying to crush free speech in Canada.” The jab was prompted by Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, which creates new regula...

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In 2016, a 56 year old Saskatchewan farmer named Gerald Stanley shot an unarmed 22 year-old Indigenous trespasser named Coulten Boushie in the back of the head. Stanley was acquitted of murder in...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/651a22f3c8d4ce001199c1b1

La tension monte entre le Canada et l'Inde après que Justin Trudeau a accusé le gouvernement indien d'avoir joué un rôle dans l'assassinat du leader sikh Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Maïka Sondarje...

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A “Ukrainian who served in Nazi unit” was applauded in Canadian Parliament - let’s just call a Nazi a Nazi. And history is repeating itself in the “parental rights” movement.  Host: ...

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This week’s show features Chris Oliveros, publisher and founder of Montreal’s Drawn and Quarterly, one of the most respected publishing houses for comic book literature in the world. Chris ...

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If it weren’t for the Globe and Mail, would Prime Minister Trudeau have publicly accused India of being involved in the killing of Hardeep Nijjar? And Canada loses 70 newspapers as Metroland en...

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André Proulx is a wine writer who has worked for Newstalk 1010, CTV News, Quench Magazine, and Toronto Life. As dollars in traditional media disappear for journalists, it’s getting harder and ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/65074930cb582e0011800a15

Le 10 septembre 2001, Rima Elkouri devient chroniqueuse au journal La Presse. Le 11 septembre 2001, elle devient chroniqueuse arabe. Rima se joint à Emilie pour réfléchir aux histoires nécess...

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Oh what a circus, oh what a show, as a newly reenergized Conservative Party of Canada holds its first convention with Pierre Poilievre as leader. Under this tent, everyone from anti-trans activis...

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Rob Goodman was a congressional staffer in the US and as a rising authoritarian movement brought America to the brink of a coup, he did what all Americans threaten to do when they are fed up with...

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We’re beginning to see the consequences of the Greenbelt scandal. Why does Premier Ford refuse to take accountability?  As the trial for the convoy organizers begins, Tamara Lich’s cult of p...

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This episode originally aired on May 3, 2015 It’s possible that Chantal Hébert’s journalism once held Canada together. She joins Jesse for a discussion about what’s appropriate in polit...

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Le modèle familial traditionnel est en pleine évolution. Comment l'adoption internationale s’inscrit-elle dans les conversations actuelles autour de la parentalité ? Emilie invite Amandine G...

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With more provinces jumping aboard the prejudiced pronoun panic, Jesse and Karyn pick apart the misleading narratives that are helping fuel it. They also shine light on a legal battle the Toron...

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In the past several years, Loblaws, Metro and Empire have spent billions on their own stock - And at a time of food price inflation and grocery workers on strike.  Why are they doing it? And w...

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With Canadians in the North and West fleeing their homes to escape the encroaching infernos, wouldn’t it be great if there were places online they could congregate to share news?  Ollie Will...

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After months of national coverage, we still don't really know. Today we're going to hear from a senior journalist, about his skepticism regarding Foreign Interference. We're going to hear an ed...

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AVERTISSEMENT : Dans cet épisode, nous discutons de violence à caractère sexuelle et de violence basée sur le genre, y compris la violence impliquant des mineurs. Si vous êtes à la recherch...

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Does Pierre Poilievre touting conspiracy theories count as news? And will the revelations about Doug Ford’s development of the Greenbelt amount to anything? Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva...

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In Cuba wide public access to the internet is only a few years old. The press is still severely restricted by the government. But there is something of a small podcast boom taking shape in the co...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64d8fc46d2a3e80011816525

With Meta making good on its threat to expunge news from Facebook and Instagram, Canada’s publishers and broadcasters pin their hopes on the Competition Bureau to set things right. (We’re doo...

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Jesse Brown might think himself quite the question master, but today the tables have turned and our guest host, the Jonathan Torrens, investigates the inner workings of this show's host. Is it po...

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Xavier Watso, militant et créateur de contenu abénaki, se joint à Emilie pour discuter de l’évolution de la participation des personnes autochtones dans les médias québécois. Ayant réce...

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Grocers sure are making it easy for us to be mad at them. And a serial killer, a landfill, and an all-too real metaphor playing out in Winnipeg. Plus Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau a...

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What does Toronto’s response to the refugee crisis actually look like on the ground?  Just across the street from the Canadaland office, a crisis unfolded: dozens of asylum seekers camping o...

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When anti-racism training goes wrong. Really, really wrong. How should the media talk about diversity, equity and inclusion responsibly?  And, Canada has its very own James Bond and its retire...

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Our news editor, Jonathan Goldsbie, ventured out to find his inner Polkaroo by way of an exhibit on the history of Canadian children’s television programming at Toronto’s Myseum. As he’d h...

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Originaire de Shediac au Nouveau-Brunswick, Xavier Gould nous partage des extraits de son tout premier livre des fleurs comme moi, un recueil de poésie témoignant de son vécu en tant que jeune...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64bb3e2b081d3500112a8c56

Canada created a new pathway to permanent residency for a large number of Ukrainian refugees, as a group of asylum claimants from other countries were sleeping in the streets of Toronto. We disc...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64b88fd68fa9bb00106c51c4

“When you can’t afford to lose” is not just Navigator’s trademarked slogan; it’s also its core business proposition. Although it offers a range of services, from market research to comm...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64b45c407848910011420ff0

The Trudeau government won’t back down on Bill C-18 – except now they are. We also talk about the crypto crime that never happened, a threatening cop, Danielle Smith’s ‘vindication’ and...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64af64e6d0183600114e1027

Last month the Globe and Mail reported that Anton Skyba, their photojournalist in Ukraine, applied to the Ukrainian government to have his press credentials renewed - and was denied. Ukrainian se...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64aad676ad5be80011eb87ec

Le 9 juin dernier, la ministre responsable de l’habitation au Québec propose le projet de loi 31 qui, entre autres amendements, vise à permettre aux propriétaires de refuser une cession de b...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64a8835557eb8500115246be

Google and Meta respond to Bill C-18 by threatening to block Canadian news. And the first woman to head up the Assembly of First Nations is out after just two years, due to some combination of an...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64a6127564399400110e7217

Marc joins Jesse for a conversation about his plans to emigrate to Vancouver and the differences between Canada and the U.S. when it comes to fascism, comedy, and Jews. Further reading: Marc...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64a184ea7ec3690011c7c5f5

Toronto Star owner Nordstar and Postmedia are in talks to merge - a death knell to Canadian print media. Jesse and co-host Jaskaran Sandhu unpack the killing of Sikh community leader Hardeep Sin...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/649ce29db97fba00116da114

Vancouver’s SROs are home to some of the most vulnerable people in the province, and some of the most challenging housing to run. So when Atira Women’s Resource Society stepped up to run seve...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64986069fcd8310011180d17

Avec May Chiu (coordinatrice de la Table ronde du Quartier chinois de Montréal et membre de l’Association des Chinois progressistes du Québec), Emilie se penche sur l’impact de l’actualit...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64965ea93aab87001138d44a

Do the billionaires on the missing Titan submarine deserve sympathy or scorn? While Canada and the US pull out all the stops to find it, days before, a boat off the coast of Greece capsized, kill...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6493b8a0810398001149a214

It was in the winter of 2021 that the world first became aware of a mounting number of patients being seen in New Brunswick with unusual neurological symptoms. A year later, the Government of New...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/648dd3d994de0700112731f1

After weeks of navigating accusations of conflict, special rapporteur David Johnston finally ran aground. If you’re trying to persuade people of your unimpeachable independence, maybe don’t h...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/648a6d630f6b1c001135386e

In the mid-2010s, BuzzFeed News seemed like the most exciting place in media: an almost cloyingly whimsical carnival of abundance where journalists were actually happy. At a time when everything ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/648644b84e2e6200108fe2c9

Avec France-Isabelle Langlois (directrice générale d’Amnistie internationale Canada francophone) et Maïka Sondarjee (professeure adjointe à l’Université d’Ottawa, cofondatrice de Fem...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/648399748a971b0011710e26

Wildfires are coming at us from all sides. How can local reporters get at the root issues? And the implementation of Quebec's language law municipalities making fun of the new rules. Tim Bousquet...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6481186d18995900118bf9a0

There's no beat more likely to get you an audience and a paycheck. It's trend-proof and recession-proof. Yes, true crime is freakishly popular right now, but it was never unpopular. Audiences hav...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/647ca68d36fc3500111814e1

Despite Danielle Smith’s involvement in numerous scandals, she won a majority in Alberta’s election. Albertan Dani Paradis helps us understand why. And senior citizen sex shows, sex toy exhi...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6477f797bcaad50011f6d9e3

Big tech critic Cory Doctorow lays out a four-part plan to save the news media from big tech’s stranglehold. The plan: create a comprehensive new privacy law, open up the app stores to true c...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6473cb75fdb7e300118cfb86

Hockey is a hell of a lot of fun. But right now, the sport is going through a reckoning. Allegations of racism, corruption, sexual misconduct and so much more are rocking the game to its core. ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/647129656f638c00113bf786

The Special Rapporteur is back with a hotly anticipated release - No Public Inquiry! David Johnston made his decision – rage and frustration ensued. And the Toronto Mayoral race heats up with O...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/646eb918518910001164a1f5

The odds were stacked against us, but here we are. This year Canadaland turns ten. To mark the occasion, Canadaland Founder and Publisher, Jesse Brown, shares why he started a podcast and how tha...

https://canadaland.com/join

While the press of today might not be reporting on aliens with the same fervour, many of the tropes from those days are still alive and well in modern-day journalism.  Stories about how no one...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/646a6b27b76c4a00114b7e67

Des feux de forêt font rage en Alberta alors qu’une élection provinciale est en cours. Emilie discute de l’état du conservatisme en Alberta, mais aussi la nouvelle génération d’intelle...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6467fdc47973b500107fb66d

Jesse Brown and co-host Manisha Krishnan dismantle a 10,000 word piece in the National Post claiming safe supply programs are killing people and fuelling a new opioid crisis. And three cheers fo...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6465812248feb4001132d10a

canadaLANDBACK is a co-production by Canada’s National Observer and Canadaland. Host Karyn Pugliese, producer Kim Wheeler, contributors Trina Roache and Cara McKenna reflect on the season, an...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/645ea5d4eff3730011501ede

Amidst escalating tensions between Canada and China, an independent MP thinks he’s found the shadowy hand manipulating his fate. If a person asserts there’s been a plot against them but can�...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/645c699bc7168c00119922fc

For nearly a decade, Research in Motion was the global leader in smartphones with its iconic QWERTY-keyboard-having Blackberry. Through a mix of guerilla marketing and an unexpected boost in sale...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6457b6b23f7d990011268a43

BuzzFeed is going bust and Vice is headed for bankruptcy - is it the end of viral news sites? And the press has been reporting for years the name of a prominent and powerful man accused of abusin...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/645323819dcdc10011893516

Ads are everywhere in our life and they seem to keep creeping into more and more places. Movies, games, sponsored “news” content, and of course, the digital tracking that follows your every o...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/644c1e25c4a1440011d6f52d

From his perch at the top of the far-right ecosystem, Tucker Carlson regularly soaked up stories from Canada and half-jokingly called for forcible regime change here. But when it comes to demagog...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6449fe054c3fd30011881ab8

The recent expansion of the Safe Third Country Agreement — which started as a 9/11 era deal that Canada negotiated in order to exert more control over immigration levels — prohibits asylum se...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64458f008aa57e0011e1cbe1

Deux lettres ouvertes ont été publiées récemment. Une appelle à la prudence avec la recherche en intelligence artificielle, l’autre à une accélération de sa législation par le gouverne...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6442e3378711620011fb21ba

We’re talking the CBC leaving Twitter after being labeled “government-funded media”, while Pierre Poilievre thanks Elon Musk for what he was already going to do. The real losers here are th...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6440a65b425b3100110c35aa

canadaLANDBACK is a co-production by Canada’s National Observer and Canadaland. The landback movement isn’t just about getting land back. It’s more than that. It’s a reclamation of cult...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/643cba13817a660010719072

From Minecraft to statecraft, Jacobin’s Luke Savage joins Jonathan to chart the bizarre course of a U.S. intelligence leak with potentially explosive implications for Canada. And seemingly insp...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64378284ea9dd70011d4ee20

The University of Victoria campus used to be overrun with rabbits. It now has few, if any, rabbits. So what happened to them? Where did they go? Whatever you’re thinking, you’re probably ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6432ec63f699c50011c0f6ba

A story about criminal charges, a potential lawsuit against the press, leaked tape suggesting a huge overreach of power — could a certain populist politician have finally gone too far?  We’r...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/642e0dd5262714001013c0a7

Jody Vance has dealt with harassment for most of her career as a broadcast journalist, but starting in 2015 one of her harassers was different, constantly sending hateful, vile emails. When COVID...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6429da9f2f6e7a001239451c

Either Beijing has corrupted our democracy at the highest level or agents in the Canadian security apparatus are subverting the PMO by illegally leaking information that's either mistaken, exagge...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6424f062c18b8b00112efc65

If news can’t be searched for on Google or shared on Facebook, is it even really online? Bill C-18, the Online News Act, is currently before the senate. Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says t...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6420813ebfd9760011cb9f79

The Toronto Star’s Allan Woods joins Jonathan to look at the prospect of Trump fundraising off a mugshot, and how a Montreal fire might finally accomplish what years of journalism and advocacy...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/641bd5c27459ee0011333a96

The best newspaper in Canada is a podcast. Every Monday, we bring you original reporting on the most interesting story in the country. Every Thursday, we bring you analysis of the Canadian medi...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6452ab6f0c067600117a644d

Last month, the Senate proposed twenty six amendments to Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, and the Heritage Minister rejected eight. One of those rejected amendments was proposed by Senators P...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64170b3b2dec4d0011eb9300

Co-host Sean Silcoff walks us through the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and what it might mean for Canadians. And the Supreme Court Judge who mysteriously went missing from the bench for weeks an...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64127c4b1cc77a00102254a8

canadaLANDBACK is a co-production by Canada’s National Observer and Canadaland. Landback is not just about returning real estate. It is about Indigenous people reclaiming who we are and mak...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/640ba14201dfc10011d6dec9

À l'automne dernier, le journaliste politique Paul Wells a assisté à l'enquête publique sur l'utilisation de la loi sur les mesures d'urgence lors du convoi de la liberté de 2022. Avec comme...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/640baebff0fc0e0011e0020d

The story about Chinese interference in our elections continues to evolve and the opposition leader has seized on it. Prime Minister Trudeau has now called for two probes despite specific calls f...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/640952dcd79048001170c2bd

Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, has been a long-time coming. After initially being proposed in 2021 as Bill C-10, it is in the final stage of becoming law. The bill would regulate online vid...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6405519062d67f00113aebcd

As we cross the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, former Canadaland producer Sarah Lawrynuik returns to Short Cuts to talk with Jonathan about why she became a fr...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/64003cea2019d400115b249e

There aren’t a lot of dedicated spaces for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour in Nova Scotia. One community group wanted to change that. They decided to create a cottage retreat for BIPOC...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63fc0d0c4627310011bf14b0

Rouleau has rolled out his verdict and Prime Minister Trudeau is vindicated. What precedent does this set? And a look at how anti-trans rhetoric manifests in the Canadian media landscape - we’r...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63f6d77389ef5c00114a9ee6

Ian Runkle, firearms lawyer, makes the pro-gun case to Jesse, following a political victory for gun rights advocates.  Further reading: Ian Runkle's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63f24bf38f3966001128b4af

La notion du Québec bashing a provoqué un déferlement de réactions dans les médias en français et en anglais suite à la nomination d'Amira Elghawaby comme représentante spéciale dans la ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63f009e96956d600117b0ef0

A tasting menu of scandals from Ontario’s municipal and provincial governments, with a newsroom scandal thrown in for kicks. And Fuck the Police - legally! The Narwhal sues the RCMP. Lisa Tayl...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63edb4eb0ffe450011743381

Andrew Wilkinson and former media editor-in-chief Farhan Mohamed founded Overstoy Media Group (OMG) on the promise of revitalizing local news. But after the firing of four star journalists on Jan...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63e9b147ccecb300107edc12

Canadaland’s first TV series premieres next Friday, February 17, 2023 on CRAVE. Based on our work for the hit podcast series Thunder Bay, Ryan McMahon returns to the eponymous city to tell the ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63e70aa25d65bf0010c720c9

Following the melting of the No Name price freeze, Loblaw had a bit of its own public meltdown. Meanwhile, the country’s largest newspaper chain continues its own perpetual self-dissolution, le...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63e47d7721381a00115aa364

canadaLANDBACK is a co-production of Canada’s National Observer and Canadaland. Since 2019 five journalists have been arrested at land defenses, several others have been detained or threatene...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63dd60882c2244001150d18a

Quebec’s overblown backlash to the appointment of Amira Elghawaby as special representative on combatting Islamophobia in response to her analysis of a poll from back in 2019. And is the govern...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63db15d33df9bf00118ac06e

The Chinese state has infiltrated Canadian democracy at all levels, according to a bombshell report from investigative reporter Sam Cooper of Global News. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has is...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63d6ae1bac7bb6001191aa53

McKinsey is on everyone’s lips, but it’s just one of the many consulting firms the government is spending millions on. And as the provinces and federal government battle it out when it comes ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63d1d2d07410240011e2dab2

It was in the winter of 2021 that the world first became aware of a mounting number of patients being seen in New Brunswick with unusual neurological symptoms. A year later, the Government of New...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63cddfd0eb0a7a00107fc068

Le chemin Roxham, un passage frontalier irrégulier au Québec, a fait l'objet d'une attention médiatique considérable ce mois-ci suite au décès de Fritznel Richard. Puis lors de la couvertur...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63cb366a82e25a0011f74541

And the Financial Post’s polar bear “expert” has some questionable associations in her past and a tendency to downplay climate change. Matt Gurney co-hosts.  Host: Jesse Brown Credits...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63c8a32b2488960011ce813b

Marc joins Jesse for a conversation about his plans to emigrate to Vancouver and the differences between Canada and the U.S. when it comes to fascism, comedy, and Jews.  Further reading: Mar...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63c190fc9fe97a001114949e

Is PM Trudeau a stealth warmonger? Co-host David Pugliese explains why it is so difficult to wrap one’s head around military spending. And Jordan Peterson’s latest drama over a banal request...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63bf764393de280010e2c250

Kanye West, Dave Chappelle and Kyrie Irving have breathed new life into the antisemitic trope that Jews control the media. Is Jew-hatred from Black cultural icons more dangerous than the usual b...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63bb501b364f560010ca398f

The Shorties! Or Cutties! Or Shortcuttys! A special awards show highlighting variably consequential media weirdness from the year past. Dani Paradis co-hosts. Further reading: Final Jeopard...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63b657a632c4e1001170f961

canadaLANDBACK is a co-production by Canada’s National Observer and Canadaland. Land claims can take generations to settle. Sometimes communities lose patience, sometimes development forces t...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/canadalandback-do-you-hear-the-children-sing

This episode was originally aired on December 7, 2022 WIND Mobile, now known as Freedom, was a small company that tried to break through Canada’s telecom oligopoly. It did not have an easy ri...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/commons-reair

Sarah Polley has come forward with memories of a violent sexual encounter with Jian Ghomeshi when she was 16. But why is the press tongue-tied about describing the alleged violence? Sarah sits do...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/sarah-polleys-secret-life

Why Twitter should be run more like a newsroom and a look at the Twitter Files. And the latest in CTV’s Lisa LaFlamme story and who was left out of the narrative. Jan Wong co-hosts.  Host: ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/63a3b9421a67f2001111343e

People might take holidays, but the news doesn't. For your holiday listening needs, here are stories from reporters who have worked Christmas in their newsrooms. It's the good, the bad and the fu...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/christmas-in-the-newsroom

> Former crime reporter Tamara Cherry — who now works as a > specialist-for-hire on trauma-informed practices — joins Jonathan > Goldsbie to consider what allegations ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cuts-trauma-informed-journalism-a-choice-and-a-voice

The largest National Park in Canada is Wood Buffalo, currently celebrating its 100th anniversary. But the people who inhabited it for thousands of years before that want it back. Brandi Morin tr...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/the-taking-of-wood-buffalo

Hunters are mad about the new big list of guns to be banned by the Liberals - but why should we care if it helps reduce gun violence? And the not so credible Blacklock’s reporter’s story abou...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cuts-happiness-is-a-banned-gun

It’s the holidays, and on your TV or radio you’re inevitably hit with ads telling you that this is the season of giving - it’s time to donate to a food drive. Conservative politicians, Lib...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/the-food-bank-industrial-complex

AVERTISSEMENT : Dans cet épisode, nous discutons de violence à caractère sexuelle et de violence basée sur le genre. Si vous êtes à la recherche de soutien, le lien suivant vous dirigera ve...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/detours-tribunal-mediatique

The potential hypocrisies of condemning human rights abuses in Qatar during the FIFA World Cup. And the increasing difficulty of writing critically about Israel. Shree Paradkar co-hosts.   ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cuts-hoisted-on-their-own-qatar

*A note to listeners: Today’s episode deals with sexual violence inflicted on Indigenous minors and won’t be suitable for all listeners. In 2006, RCMP Const. Joseph Kohut kicked down the do...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/cops-lies-and-videotape

Poilievre's toxic lie about safe supply. And the confusing and contradictory CSIS intelligence on China and the Freedom Convoy. Garth Mullins co hosts.   Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cuts-poilievres-toxic-lie-about-safe-supply

In part two: After a peaceful reclamation of the army base built on their land in 1993, elders of Stoney Point lead a movement to take back Ipperwash Provincial Park, which was also part of their...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/canadalandback-reclamation-at-stoney-point-part-two

The tense relationship between Canada and China after allegations of interference in our federal election. And do we need a mask mandate to prevent mask laziness and save our kids? Steven Zhou c...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cuts

Thanks to David Wallace and Richard Marsh, the Klondike Papers blew up online - and nothing garnered more attention than Wallace’s claim that there was a plot to get rid of Prime Minister Justi...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/ratfucker-chapter-three-the-trojan-horse

Le calcul politique de Doug Ford se retourne contre lui alors que les Ontarien.nes démontrent leur soutien aux travailleurs et travailleuses de l'éducation suite à la tentative du gouvernement...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/detours-option-nucleaire

Unpacking the changes at Twitter and how chaos is Elon Musk's product. And what would it take for Canadians to change their mind on the use of the Emergencies Act? Douglas Soltys co-hosts.   ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cuts-never-gonna-give-twitter-up

Richard Marsh was born into the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. He got out of the group he calls a cult and has made it his mission to expose the Brethren for their alleged abuses. Now he’...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/ratfucker-chapter-two-the-brethren

The curious case of a journalist charged with the vandalism of a Nazi statue. And the first order of business for 10 newly elected politicians in Hamilton is to boycott the local newspaper. Jerem...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cuts-hate-crimes-against-nazis

Meet David Wallace, political fixer and dirty tricks operative.  After a career in the shadows, he’s turned whistleblower, leaking his files and sparking a conspiracy theory.  But why? An...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/ratfucker

Like the next-piece box in Tetris, the United States often offers a preview of political trends that will soon come to Canada. So with dozens of 2020-election deniers set to be elected to Congres...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cuts-southern-exposure-featuring-cenk-uygur

What began as a peaceful land reclamation would turn into one of the most terrifying acts of violence and state force against unarmed people in Canada. In part one: Bonnie Bressette was only 5 ...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/canadalandback-reclamation-at-stoney-point-part-one

Loblaws takes the heat over a tone-deaf price freeze. And the unprecedented, unjustified, and perhaps unnecessary federal government power grab that nobody cares about. Our very own Arshy Mann �...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cuts-low-blow-loblaws

Kate Beaton has written the best book about the oil sands, ever. It's a nonfiction comic book called Ducks, and it's about class in Canada as much as it's about anything. She talks with Jesse abo...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/hark-a-migrant-worker

A controversial comment about Burqas in a Toronto Star column crossed the editorial line. And business drama at this Toronto paper. Jonathan Goldsbie hosts with co-host Sarah Hagi. Host: Jon...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cutsa-star-is-torn

The Beachcombers was a wildly long-running series, by any measure. With 387 episodes, the CBC dramedy had more installments than CSI, and five times as many as Schitt’s Creek. For nearly two...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/salvaging-the-beachcombers

Élection après élection, la réforme du mode de scrutin devient le sujet chaud, malgré que le premier ministre du Québec considère que la question n'intéresse personne, à part quelques in...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/detours-defaillance-du-systeme-selon-quelques-intellectuels

Emilie Nicolas  and Toula Drimonis  break down the Quebec election for those outside of the Quebec bubble. And is the CBC changing their Journalistic Standards and Practices or is this just p...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cuts-quebec-election-pop-quiz

Jesse sits down with Lyndsie Bourgon, author of “Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods” to discuss the dark world of tree poaching in British Columbia. Hidden infrared cam...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/crimes-against-nature

There have been major developments in the Saskatchewan stabbing story, but most journalists have moved on - except for Global reporter Ashleigh Stewart. And why do reporters try to elicit emotion...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cuts-shocking-revelations-on-the-saskatchewan-stabbing

Correction: A previous version of this story indicated former CTV News employee Erin Paul died due to an overdose after her dismissal. Though she did die in Nov. 2020 at the age of 49, her sister...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/ctv-workers-on-workplace-abuse-death-of-colleague

A recent encounter between Pierre Poilievre and David Akin of Global News demonstrates the tactics politicians have been using to avoid accountability. And how the popular #TrudeauMustGo campaig...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cuts-bots-have-feelings-too

Every pop culture reference to Sasquatch or Bigfoot can be traced to one Macleans Magazine article from 1929, written by Indian Agent J.W. Burns, who stole the story of Sas’qets, a core part of...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/the-true-story-of-sasquatch

Suite au décès de la reine Elizabeth II, de nombreux journalistes soulignent les qualités admirables de la reine, alors que d'autres mettent la politesse de côté pour appeler à une réflexi...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/royalement-impolies

Canadians have greeted the death of Elizabeth II with a mix of sadness and ambivalence, hostility and indifference. Film writer Will Sloan  joins Jonathan Goldsbie  to look at how media has g...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cuts-our-royals-our-elves

A new Netflix documentary documents the violent life and death of John McAfee, a silicon valley magnate who became a murder suspect and the target of an international manhunt. But ten years afte...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/the-mcafee-virus

An on-the-ground account of what it has been like to cover the Saskatchewan stabbing spree. And the end of Kiwi Farms after a Canadian Twitch streamer was swatted in London, Ontario. Zak Vescera...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cuts-a-manhunt-in-the-prairies

Squirrel toupee guy, Bobby from Bobby versus Satan, cabbage head, the little guy who picks fights at the bar and won’t stay down, or the flying pig. These are just some of the memorable charact...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/bruce-mcculloch

The Lisa LaFlamme story continues to smolder in the headlines. And Canada turns into a denunciation nation when it comes to weighing in on Chrystia Freeland's verbal attack. Priya Sam  co-hosts...

https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/short-cuts-laflamme-wars

After we turn off our microphones, here at CANADALAND, it would be great to think we brought you the definitive version of the story. But what actually happens is that life keeps on rolling and s...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/updates-on-nuclear-waste-a-bond-villain-and-starbu

The remaining staff at Toronto’s NOW Magazine haven’t gotten a regular paycheque in months. But as the beloved alt-weekly disintegrated around them, they kept on putting out issues. Norm W...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-the-end-of-now

Dozens of people in New Brunswick have reported mysterious neurological symptoms over the past two years. People as young as 18 are experiencing full-blown dementia. Is there a single cause for ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/is-new-brunswick-covering-up-a-deadly-brain-dise-1

What's really behind Lisa LaFlamme's abrupt departure from CTV National News? And John Derringer's years of alleged workplace abuse at Toronto's Q107 and the straw that broke the camel's back fo...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-keeping-laflamme-alive

Cities and cars and a climate crisis, oh my! For the past 70 years, urban design in Canada has been centred around the car. Cities have started making changes, but are they doing enough to meet C...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/shitty-cities

Avertissement : contenu lié aux pensionnats et à la colonisation La visite du pape pour la présentation d’excuses aux peuples autochtones a provoqué diverses réflexions autour de l’his...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/d-tours-de-pape-en-flic

How many ways must healthcare break down before you can call it “collapsed”? And how can journalists be better supported when they receive threatening hate mail? Moira Wyton  co-hosts with...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-bad-healthcare-beats

Jesse Brown might think himself quite the question master, but today the tables have turned and our guest host, the Jonathan Torrens, investigates the inner workings of this show's host. Is it ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/the-interrogation-of-jesse-brown

The dam has broken on hockey's toxic culture. And a new BC Supreme Court ruling threatens confidential sources. Laura Robinson co-hosts. Links: Globe and Mail piece  re: victim coming forwar...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-hockey-fright-in-canada

Jody Porter worked for CBC in Thunder Bay for more than two decades. Her work on the injustices faced by Indigenous people in Northwestern Ontario from Grassy Narrows to Thunder Bay was cited in ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/jody-porter-and-a-complicated-legacy

The media actually did a pretty good job of covering the Pope's apology. And Wendy Mesley's re-branding as a woman of ill repute. Karyn Pugliese  co-hosts. Links: Canada's National Observer ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-pope-nope

So many people encounter injustice and accept it as the way things are. Others refuse to accept the status quo and will not rest until those injustices are done away with. Cindy Blackstock is one...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/monday-july-25-2022-canadaland-do-not-delete

Our changing perception of the Nova Scotia mass shooter's partner Lisa Banfield. And thwarting the apocalypse through journalism. Sarah Lawrynuik  co-hosts.  Links: Halifax Examiner piece �...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-hot-off-the-press

When a CBC host used the N-word in pre-production meetings, she was taken off the air. When the French arm of the public broadcaster, Radio-Canada, had a program just months later where the N-wor...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/monday-july-18-2022-canadaland-do-not-delete

Three telecoms in a trench coat and other Canadian oligopolies. And we need a new playbook when it comes to engaging with Pierre Poilievre. Vass Bednar  co-hosts Links: CBC piece  re: Rogers...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-wet-hot-antitrust-summer

Patrick Brown was disqualified from the Conservative Leadership race. He's denied allegations filed by a whistleblower that he was knowingly mismanaging how campaign staff were being paid. He's v...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/cpc-f-ckery

Plus d’une cinquantaine de têtes d’affiches de Radio-Canada contestent la décision du CRTC concernant l’utilisation du ‘mot en n’ sur l’émission radiophonique Le 15-18 en août 202...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/d-tours-le-co-t-de-l-expression

A Supreme Court decision that hasn't gotten much attention in Canada. And the National Post is calling for an end to the bullying of reporters, meanwhile its own columnists are attacking their ow...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-lucy-and-lindas-law

Raging wildfires are now a normal part of summertime in Canada. Climate change comes at you fast, but the impact of these fires is far from equal across different regions. Those most likely to ha...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/enormous-fires-everywhere-1

In covering the end of widespread reproductive freedom in the United States, the CBC goes the both-sides route. At what point should something be considered a human-rights issue and no longer sub...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-you-dont-both-sides-human-rights

Universities across Alberta have experienced huge funding cuts over the last three years. Come fall, students will be paying for that with huge tuition increases (some as high as 104%). But these...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/education-what-is-it-good-for

A scandal in Canada's sacred sport. And can journalists do more to unpack the crypto craze and crash? Emilie Nicolas fills in for Jesse and Julian McKenzie co-hosts.  Links: TSN piece re: ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-imperfect-behaviour

A Canadian scientist wanted to demonstrate how he could use DNA barcoding to distinguish between different strains of cannabis; a pretty valuable thing to be able to do during the weed marketing ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/the-dubious-botanist

In the midst of a climate crisis, why do we continue to report business news as usual? And is Minister Mendicino being mendacious over the Emergencies Act when he says police advised the governm...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-correction-recession-celebration

Of the more than 1,400 Starbucks stores in Canada, only a single location in Victoria, B.C. has a union. One former barista spoke to Canadaland about the working conditions that led baristas to o...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/the-baristas-vs-starbucks

Devenir propriétaire d'une maison n'est désormais plus qu'une chimère pour toute une génération de Canadien‧ne‧s. Et qu'est-ce qui s'est passé avec la couverture médiatique de l'élect...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/d-tours-la-chim-re-canadienne

Finding misinformation in the Quebec government's misinformation campaign on Bill 96. And why Tiktokers are speaking out against Bill C-11. Lela Savić  co-hosts.  Links: CBC article  re: ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-the-youtuber-uprising

Ostensibly the idea was to do media criticism. That is what the article in the National Post, The Year Of The Graves, set out to do; to hold the press to account and to correct errors that occurr...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/digging-for-doubt

Denials of the unmarked graves at residential school sites push through to the mainstream. And a new report shows that journalists' mental health is in jeopardy. Dani Paradis  co-hosts.  Lin...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-reckoning-with-reckoning

A field report from coast Salish territory on the irreconcilable conflict between the Tsleil-Waututh Nation and the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project. There are 73 remaining Southern Resi...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/sea-wolves-oil-snakes

A glowing opinion piece about Doug Ford has us wondering how he miraculously overturned his sinking approval ratings. And why Jesse can't report on the Online News Act anymore. Stephen Maher  c...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-doug-ford-because-we-hate-ourselves

Sometimes investigative journalism begins with an anonymous tip. Sometimes it begins with an access to information request for secret government documents. In this case, Marcello Di Cintio starte...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/vancouver-s-curious-italian-news-scene

The many, many opinion pieces on why Pierre Poilievre shouldn't fire the head of the Bank of Canada. And why some Canadians insist on bragging about how we're better than America while ignorin...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-pierre-world-order

Operation Medusa has become the most celebrated battle in recent Canadian history. It was hailed as a stroke of military genius that may have vanquished the Taliban once and for all. But the so...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/commons-war-medusa

Des chefs de plusieurs nations autochtones s'opposent à l'adoption de la loi 96 au Québec, une loi qui, parmi d'autres conséquences, aura un impact sur les personnes nécessitant des services ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/d-tours-la-plus-belle-langue-apr-s-le-cri

The canucksploitation is egregious in Mike Myer's new Netflix show the Pentaverate. And the chairman of Post Media absolutely had to write an opinion piece in the National Post defending Patric...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-the-last-hoser

With the seemingly imminent repeal of Roe v. Wade in the United States, it's time to refamiliarize ourselves with Canada's long fought history for abortion access. And explore how that story is a...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/abortion-rights-in-canada-didn-t-come-easy

With the imminent upheaval of abortion rights to the south, Canada's media reflects on the state of things here at home. And going by headlines, you'd think Canada's ban on gay men giving blood w...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-what-does-roe-v-wade-have-to-do-with-ca

Did you know during a recent storm the City of Winnipeg released 60 million litres of raw sewage into the Red River? Did you know the City of Morden, Manitoba almost ran out of potable water duri...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/prairie-poop-bots-floods-and-water-shortages

You can probably guess why this one is about Twitter, but why does Short Cuts talk about it so very often? Also, what is the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, and why do we not talk abo...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-the-tweets-hereafter

The digital advertising industry is worth billions, but many companies don't actually know where their ad dollars end up. Programmatic ad exchanges and other third-party platforms have enabled co...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/the-ad-money-fuelling-fake-news

How Pierre Poilievre cultivated his attack-dog charm. And should we care about what the new CEO of the Toronto Star tweets? Jen Gerson  co-hosts.  Links: Pierre Poilievre's promo video Tor...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-pierre-poilievre-the-anti-trudeau

Is it Indigenous stewardship ownership or is it becoming just another holographic bumper sticker? What does Landback mean to you, and to your nations and homelands? And is there room for settlers...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/landback-then-what

Welcome to AlbertaLand, where it's cold and greasy. And how the media is bored with the sixth wave. Dani Paradis co-hosts.  Links: Canadian Press article re: Jonathan Denis CBC article re: ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-greasy-alberta

Canada is two years into a news media bailout that was lobbied hard for by the country's newspapers. As it turns out the money that's flowed has had uneven impacts on the industry. And last week ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/google-and-facebook-to-the-rescue-canadian-news-ge

Fact-checking the war in Ukraine. And the ‘Pay Me for Clickbait Act' - sorry, the ‘Online News Act.' Olena Goncharova co-hosts.  Links: Front Burner episode re: war crimes in Bucha Radio...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-the-ukraine-war-correspondent-in-edmont

Canada is two years into a news media bailout that Trudeau cabinet ministers promised would be conducted with the utmost transparency. Instead, the process and which outlets are getting funding ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/we-are-not-the-journalism-police-an-interview-with

The public inquest into the Portapique massacre is far from revealing. Will we ever get the answers to the many, many questions still remaining? And journalists are being blocked from covering ev...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-we-will-never-know-the-truth-about-port

In 2015, award-winning author and (former) UBC professor Steven Galloway became the target of a social media storm after an allegation was leveled that he had sexually assaulted a student. An all...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/metoo-on-trial

Short Cuts is off this week, so instead we bring you our latest episode of the best politics show in Canada, The Backbench. As nations around the world cut off business with Russia, can Canada h...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-the-best-politics-show-in-canada

So many journalists would look down their noses and sneer at the likes of BlogTO, Narcity, MTL Blog or any of the similar media companies that have populated the Canadian landscape over the las...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/nasty-dumps-and-the-success-of-blogto

Canadian MPs wax poetic about how President Zelensky inspires them… but is that really going to change anything? And how defamation lawsuits help cover up the truth and keep journalists silent....

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-i-would-do-anything-for-ukraine-but-i-w

Sarah Polley has come forward with memories of a violent sexual encounter with Jian Ghomeshi when she was 16. But why is the press tongue-tied about describing the alleged violence? Sarah sits do...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/monday-march-14-2022-canadaland-do-not-delete

Patrick Brown has had his name cleared - according to an anonymous source. And the media loves a good war story. Karen Geier co-hosts.  LINKS: CTV News piece re: Patrick Brown with update N...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-patrick-brown-settles-for-less

Canadaland doesn't have a foreign bureau, so we can't bring you the latest on the ground conflict in Ukraine. What we can do is show you another side of the conflict that has deeply influenced th...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/russias-weapons-of-mass-deception

Why do stories coming out of Ukraine feel different from other wartime coverage? And we look at the uneven media treatment of those who are impacted by war. Our French-language correspondent Emil...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-in-our-feelings-about-ukraine

Long before Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly stepped down amidst criticism that the force had failed to stop the convoy occupation, there was trouble brewing within the Ottawa Police Service. Of...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ottawa-cops-rapes-lies-and-a-lawsuit-against-the-p

Overcorrecting an overstatement creates confusion; how nice were the police in Ottawa really? And the emergency is over! Though the media seemed to suggest there wasn't really one anyways. Managi...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-a-kinder-gentler-machine-gun-hand

There's a lot of chaos and division in Canada right now. Beyond the people who got arrested in Ottawa over the past few days, there are thousands more Canadians who have financially supported th...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/how-i-ended-up-supporting-the-convoy

The kinder, gentler Emergencies Act should not be underestimated. And framing the convoy as foreign-funded and US-inspired does more harm than good. Writer Nora Loreto co-hosts. UPDATE: An ear...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-freedom-is-un-canadian

This week's episode is bursting your love bubble by digging into the dark side of love. You'll hear four personal stories that show, with increasing intensity, just how broken Canada's divorce sy...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/will-you-be-my-ex-canadas-broken-divorce-system

Angry, bias-confirming echo chambers seem evident this week when it comes to the Freedom Convoy. And "a Toronto star at the Toronto Star" dies this week and Jesse dares to speak ill—or at least...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-wrong-2-wrong-harder

CANADALAND has spent a lot of time in Thunder Bay exploring the deep-rooted racism in the city and the stories of Indigenous people who live there, not to mention the stories of the Indigenous pe...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/thunder-bay-civil-war

The media may have missed the Freedom Convoy plot yet again. And as several Canadian artists pull their music from the platform, Spotify wades into publisher territory as they work towards conten...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-honk-if-youre-horny-for-freedom

It's a story about deception, coverups, and some say, about murder. This is a story about Groundhog Day. The true story of Wiarton Willie. CANADALAND Editor Jonathan Goldsbie digs into the shell...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/dead-willies

How many anti-vax trucker convoys were there?! And people are making the case to break up the CBC again. Canadaland contributing editor Danielle Paradis cohosts.  Further reading & links: GoFun...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-truck-nutz

Canada has a nuclear problem... a nuclear waste problem. Since the dawn of nuclear power technology, solutions to waste have all been remarkably temporary given the longevity of the danger the m...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/the-plan-to-turn-my-hometown-into-a-nuclear-waste

The hunger for stories about Toronto's snow backfires. And when a story is about a hostage situation at a synagogue, why is there reluctance to call it antisemitism? Canadaland contributing edi...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-fordman-and-the-tiny-shovel

There's a mystery disease that's plaguing people in New Brunswick. It starts with some muscle pain or spasms, before basic tasks like reading become impossible. For many, the disease progresses ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/is-new-brunswick-covering-up-a-deadly-brain-diseas

Healthcare workers against pandemic restrictions tell on themselves by suing for libel. And two Haitian journalists die reporting for a Montreal online radio station.  Columnist Emilie Nicola...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-rebel-nurses

A CBC employee resigned from the public broadcaster because she says it's become too woke. The article she wrote about her departure has caused quite the buzz since it dropped. The National Pos...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/is-the-cbc-so-woke-its-broke

Publishing record COVID case counts might not be that helpful anymore. And a woman quits the CBC to start her own thing and Jesse isn't sure how to feel about it.  Writer Nora Loreto co-hosts. ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-variant-positions

After we turn off our microphones, here at CANADALAND, it would be great to think we brought you the definitive version of the story. But what actually happens is that life keeps on rolling and s...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/updates-on-pretendians-porn-and-being-priced-out-o

Short Cuts is off this week, so we are sharing an absolutely shocking story from Commons' current season on mining in Canada.  For a century, Canada was one of the world's leading exporters of ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-presents-life-and-death-in-asbestos-qc

People might take holidays, but the news doesn't. The best, worst, and funniest stories from reporters working Christmas in the newsroom. This might be an earth-shattering concept... but the CA...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/christmas-in-the-newsroom

Justin Trudeau tells-all in his revealing year-end interview, oh wait, he just stuck to the same old talking points. And yes, we're still going on about Omicron. Data journalist David Weisz co-...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-bad-news-for-people-who-hate-good-news

He's the academic expert people love to hate. But he considers stirring the pot his moral duty. This week, CANADALAND brings you a profile of Amir Attaran. Amir Attaran might not be a name you ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/the-duty-to-sh-t-disturb

The media is scaring the bejesus out of us about the Omicron variant, but being on perpetual high alert can backfire. And the case against feeding the hungry. Writer, activist and podcaster Nora ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-erring-on-the-side-of-panic

March 16, the day the restaurants died. Or did they? Food industry writer, Corey Mintz, dissects what COVID-19 and the rise of third-party delivery apps have meant for the industry and our cultur...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/the-tyranny-of-convenience

The Indigenous delegation headed to the Vatican was canceled and the media seems most focused on a papal apology. And is coverage of the Ring of Fire simply echoing the Conservative party lines? ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-diversity-in-indigenous-opinions

Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano are freelance journalists who were arrested by RCMP officers on the morning of Nov. 19, 2021 while they were covering the demonstrations of Wet'suwet'en people...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/jailed-for-journalism-amber-michael-speak-out

The latest COVID variant offers mixed messaging about the severity of the virus. And an obituary to memorialize an alleged murderer does not sit right with Jesse and at least one of our listeners...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-news-you-cant-use

Support our work at canadaland.com/join Did an Instagram account kill a vulnerable teenager? 6ixBuzz has unparalleled clout in Toronto with young audiences and it used that influence to make ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/the-rise-of-6ixbuzz-and-the-death-of-debby-parkway

The struggle against Coastal Gaslink was bigger news this week because journalists got arrested. And even CBC can't seem to avoid the wrath of covering WE Charity. Canadaland contributing editor ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-stop-arresting-journalists

Support our work at canadaland.com/join Failure to protect hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Violent arrests at Wet'suwet'en and Fairy Creek. And now, Portapique. In recent ye...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/deep-rot-in-the-rcmp

Support our work at canadaland.com/join   As British Columbia assesses the damage from the downpour, what is the media's role when disaster strikes? And Jian Ghomeshi's lawyer is back in the n...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-rain-rain-marie-henein

Support Canadaland at canadaland.com/join On the heels of COP26, Jesse heads back to school as he and his new senior producer, Sarah Lawrynuik, duke it out over whether climate change is eith...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/the-most-monotonous-emergency-ever

Support Canadaland at www.canadaland.com/join A veteran Black columnist at The Star calls out Desmond Cole's activism out of nowhere. And CBC officially closes the comment section on Facebook...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-can-desmond-cole-be-cancelled

Support Canadaland at canadaland.com/join A new breed of hyper-connected, steroid-abusing, gender-bending, "entitled" thugs are changing the landscape of organized crime in Canada, according t...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/millennial-mobsters

Support our work at www.canadaland.com/join The 'saying-stuff business' gets some clarity from different courts regarding what one can and cannot express online; the results may surprise you. A...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-the-right-to-be-awful

Support Canadaland here Who are the Rogers family? How did they get so powerful? Why have they turned against one another? And what does it matter?  We've spent a week immersed in Rogers h...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/the-rogers-family-compact

Support us here: https://canadaland.com/join Anti-trans narratives found its way into three different media organizations this past week. And everybody appears to hate Rogers - even the Roger...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-transploitation

Support us here: https://canadaland.com/join Right now there are people who are choosing medically assisted death, because they don't have enough money to get the care they need to live with d...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/the-high-cost-of-living

Support us here: https://canadaland.com/join Asking how much fuel in drinking water is safe is just not the right question. And mannequins in the ICU beds of a CBC story sparks a fact check f...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-vax-test-dummies

Support us here: https://canadaland.com/join Raging wildfires are now a normal part of summertime in Canada. Climate change comes at you fast, but the impact of these fires is far from equal a...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/enormous-fires-everywhere

The woes of fancy restaurants across Canada have been percolating - Who are we supposed to relate to? And the saga of the New York Times hit podcast comes to a close. Writer and restaurant-owner ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-fine-dining-struggles

Virologist Angela Rasmussen listened to a recent Canadaland about the origins of COVID-19 and says we had it all wrong. Today she walks Jesse through the science and explains why the lab-leak the...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/mommy-where-does-covid-come-from-part-two

Jesse was not on board with #CdnMediaFailed when it came to the story on Trudeau in Tofino. And attacks on journalists might be more of a Canadian problem than we care to admit. CBC Managing Edit...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-truth-and-recreation

It's a question that has dogged the PPC since its inception. A question that leader Maxime Bernier blasted journalists for even coming close to asking. One People's Party supporter spoke to our...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/is-the-ppc-racist

The release of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig shows what China really thinks about Canada. And Maxime Bernier asks his followers to "play dirty" with reporters. Jan Wong co-hosts. Watch the W...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-michaelmania

The lab-leak theory has more evidence supporting it than ever before. Journalist Elaine Dewar has written a new book documenting little-known scientific evidence and acts of deception and obfusca...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/mommy-where-does-covid-come-from

We look back on the coverage of an absolutely underwhelming, demoralizing election. And we contend with a troubling aspect of Norm Macdonald's legacy. CANADALAND contributing editor Danielle Pa...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-norm-macdonald-called-me-a-motherf-cker

There's a video from the Fairy Creek anti-logging demonstrations on Vancouver Island that shows police unleashing pepper spray at close range onto a crowd of activists. At one point, an RCMP offi...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/violence-at-fairy-creek

Trudeau is getting upset and it seems to be working for him. And the English leaders' debate was widely derided. Was it deserved? Vice senior editor Manisha Krishnan co-hosts. This episode i...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-we-get-what-we-deserve

Non-disclosure agreements are incredibly common. But they protect abusers, and block journalism. They are also, as it turns out, often unenforceable. Zelda Perkins, who blew the whistle on Harve...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/gagged-by-law

After protestors threw gravel at the Prime Minister during a campaign stop, we ask: has this gotten too much coverage, or not enough? And we scrutinize a budding conspiracy about Michael Spavor, ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-semen-retention-soldiers

With the election coming in two weeks, Jesse sits down for an interview with Tiffany Lam, producer of The Backbench, to discuss what kind of politics show her and Fatima are making and how a poli...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/the-backbench

Many journalists are condemning the unruly protestors following Trudeau on the campaign trail. But is that our role? And co-host Jen Agg talks about how she became the centre of a major story aft...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-angry-idiots-explained

Last year there were 540,000 international students in Canada according to Immigrations Refugees and Citizenship Canada, IRCC. Many of these students came to Canada with one goal - permanent resi...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/canadas-international-cash-cows

Twitter became the centre of the election this week when they put a "manipulated media” tag on one of Chrystia Freeland's tweets, which contained an edited video of Conservative leader Erin O'T...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/thursday-august-26-2021-short-cuts-do-not-delete

Craig Kielburger was the Greta Thunberg of the 90s – a 12 year-old kid from the suburbs who dreamed of freeing the world's children from slavery. His activism made him famous, and he was endors...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/the-white-saviors-ep-1-the-children-s-crusade

Recent stories about Canada's role in the War in Afghanistan fall short. And if Justin Trudeau is Veruca Salt, who then is Erin O'Toole? Photojournalist and author Paul Watson co-hosts. Links...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-abandoning-afghanistan

Shad's Hip-Hop Evolution is an incredible piece of journalism that nobody is talking about. Hip-Hop Evolution is a remarkable piece of journalism and an exhaustive look at the history of hip-ho...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/shad-s-hip-hop-evolution

Co-host Pauls Wells may be the only person aside from Trudeau who wants an election right now. We look ahead to the campaign and debates to come. WE is back in the news. And The Rebel has another...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-election-fever-please-intubate

Subscribe to The White Saviors now ! Series launch: August 23 Over 25 years, WE built a golden brand by inspiring children to rally around their charismatic leader. But behind the scenes, empl...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/introducing-the-white-saviors

In late 2020, FBI agents showed up at the New York home of activist and journalist Masih Alinejad, and told her that agents of the Iranian regime were plotting to kidnap her. Months later, an ind...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/foreign-agents-are-active-in-canada

Une journaliste scientifique a porté plainte à Radio Canada et a reçu beaucoup de haine. Et est-ce que les journalistes répondent finalement aux militants? Emilie Nicolas  et Nora Loreto �...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-en-fran-ais-svp

Teachers accused of abusing Indigenous children at Catholic schools are among us. John Furlong is quoted regularly in the press as the man leading a possible Vancouver bid for the 2030 Olympics....

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/i-remember-john-furlong

A draft of the anti-Alberta inquiry was leaked and didn't find what it thought it would. And Facebook is partnering up with The Globe and Mail and Jesse wants in. Writer Sandy Garossino co-hos...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-the-invisible-enemies-of-alberta

Ryerson University (aka X University) has a Journalism department in turmoil over student grievances. As similar reckonings sweep Canada's other J-Schools, Jesse sits down with departing Ryerson...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/journalism-schools-are-revolting

The resignation of BC Civil Liberties Union's executive director sparks controversy on both mainstream and social media. And National Post might be successfully carving out its place in the Canad...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-church-burnings-cultural-war-bullshit

Travel Writer and Journalist, Marcello Di Cintio talks to Jesse about his one year journey around Canada, in search of the secret stories etched in the minds of Canadian taxi drivers. During that...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/are-taxis-finished-1

The election hasn't even been called yet but our major parties' social media strategies already deserve some attention. And as more Canadians get vaccinated, how will COVID beats evolve? Freelanc...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/election-social-media-pregame

Pornhub is a massive Canadian website that few talked about until the New York Times called it out for profiting from the exploitation of children and rape victims. Now government is rushing to r...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/war-on-porn

Twitter conversations seem more interesting than the media's coverage on Canada's first Indigenous Governor-General. The Bay tries to empower BIPOC while stealing one's likeness without consent. ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-hudsons-bay-identity-theft

News stories are frequently updated, clarified or corrected online, after they've been published. But when there's no DISCLOSURE that a story has been changed, something's usually up.  Produc...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-376-what-is-black-press-and-did-victoria-police

The media is fixated on whether to celebrate Canada Day as the Lower Kootenay First Nation announces the discovery of another 182 unmarked graves in BC. And after recording, Lytton BC began evacu...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-316-happy-independence-from-moral-respo

As reports of Chinese government influence in Canadian media gain traction, South China Morning Post reporter Ian Young reveals an incredible tale from the past. Almost 20 years ago, the PRC's me...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-375-that-time-china-bought-a-vancouver-newspape

The Toronto Star published a "Saturday Debate" about Egerton Ryerson's legacy that contradicted the TRC - and they knew it. And it appears a police dog's life mattered more than a Métis man's i...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-315-but-what-does-the-statue-think-of-h

Queen's University quickly rejected the findings of an anonymous report accusing six people associated with the school of misrepresenting their Indigenous identities. That prompt dismissal has ra...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-374-pretendians-on-campus

Ed the Sock doesn't seem okay since Bell announced it would reboot MuchMusic. CBC won't let their audience comment on their articles on Facebook anymore. And a Global radio host loses his job for...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-314-end-times-for-shock-jocks

"Coercive control" is how cults like NXIVM entrap followers and how abusive partners dominate their victims. A growing movement is calling for a law against it. But what about the many people who...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-373-another-nxivm-podcast

Muslim-Canadians call out the media for harming their community. And the controversy around CBC cancelling Kim's Convenience goes international. Freelance journalist and The Backbench's host Fati...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-313-white-terror-and-the-media

Recordings of 911 calls from the night of the Portapique massacre have been leaked to the press, and they prove that the RCMP have been lying from the start about a crucial piece of information....

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-372-the-rcmps-portapique-narrative-is-falling-a

The discovery of 215 residential school children in a mass grave spurs this week's discussion on how journalists report stories about Indigenous people. And in the wake of this news, a Bill that ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-312-holding-space-for-grief

There have been dozens of arrests at Fairy Creek... but not much footage to show for it.  That's because the RCMP have been blocking and corralling journalists from freely covering the demonst...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-371-what-police-are-hiding-at-fairy-creek

Covering BC's anti-logging protests raise issues about journalists' decorum, access, and how stories about land protectors are framed. And Native Twitter gets a CNN pundit fired for spewing racis...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-311-standoff-at-fairy-creek

A repost of one of the most popular Canadaland episodes ever, from way back in 2014.  The Irvings are secretive billionaires who have a monopoly on New Brunswick's news media. Journalist Jacq...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-59-the-family-that-owns-new-brunswick-1

CIJA has called-out Canadaland for not adequately denouncing last week's guest. Meanwhile, controversy over coverage of pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Canada. And filmmaker Michelle Latimer la...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-310-the-truth-about-media-coverage-of-i

The Canadian Armed Forces has known that they have a problem with sexual misconduct for over two decades. Why can't they figure out how to stop it? In 1998, several women came forward to Maclea...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-370-why-cant-the-military-stop-sexual-assault

Reporting on the occupation of Palestine is "all stick, no carrot." And Canada's National Newspaper Awards is more like the Golden Globes than we thought. Writer and researcher Dalya al-Masri co...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-390-the-truth-about-media-coverage-of-i

Migrant farm workers aren't the only temporary foreign workers who have been largely forgotten and failed during the pandemic. Producer Sula Greene brings us the voices of workers some of us see...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-369-stranded-servants-nannies-and-cleaners-duri

Torstar publishes pro-gambling content now. And the Rogers family vacation at Mar-a-Lago. Data journalist David Weisz co-hosts. Further reading: See Steve McAllister's Torstar contributions ab...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-308-rogers-and-trump

In 1972, the government funded an absurd study to measure the impact of cannabis on productivity. Show Notes: Young women were sequestered in a hospital ward for 98 days and administered daily do...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-338-the-marijuana-experiment

Media reacts to a perplexing Court decision on Bill 21, Quebec's law banning some public servants from wearing religious symbols. And Rebel News is facing new scrutiny. CANADALAND's French langua...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-306-the-quebec-variant

Ever since the Canadian government announced recommendations that adults from Indigenous and racialized communities should be given priority for a COVID-19 vaccination, accusations of reverse rac...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-367-is-canadas-vaccine-rollout-reverse-racist

As provinces fail spectacularly to control the third wave of the pandemic, is the press adequately holding them to account, or making things worse? And what are the ethics of publishing a a pictu...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-306-nudes-from-parliament

Filmmaker Daniel Lombroso spent four years following Lauren Southern, Richard Spencer, and Mike Cernovich with a camera, as their stars rose and the bigotry and xenophobia they championed went m...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-366-embedded-with-the-racist-right

GraceLife Church and Montreal riots against public health directives had us wondering why mainstream narratives about vaccine hesitancy focus so much on racialized communities. And journalists ar...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-305-is-there-a-vaccine-for-burnout

The Landlord Credit Bureau lets landlords review their tenants and report their payment habits. The information is shared with other landlords, and it can damage a tenant's credit rating. But i...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-365-an-app-for-landlords-to-blacklist-tenants

An uprising of frontline workers forces change to COVID policies. And with a major merger in the works, a telecom giant makes the case that less competition is good for Canada. Freelance journali...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-304-pitchforks-and-needles

Restaurants have struggled badly during the pandemic. But food writer Suresh Doss  takes us to a parking lot, a subway stop, and a home cook's kitchen to show us a thriving underground food s...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-341-food-will-find-a-way-1

CBC puts an end to Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap after just 16 years of self-indulgent, uninspiring radio. What will take its place? And it turns out one of the reporters who's most friendly to Doug ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-303-thats-a-wrap-for-randys-tap

A site called SeaWestNews describes Alexandra Morton as “BC's loudest anti-salmon farming activist,” and her writing as “rambling” and “conspiracy-laden.” Originally a whale biologi...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-364

Are stories about vaccine efficacy doing more harm than good? And Canadian politicians are following a road paved by Trump, singling out critics for scorn. Montreal Gazette health reporter Aaron ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-302-picky-with-the-sticky

The culture war icon is back with a new bestseller. We revisit our examination of Jordan Peterson the media phenomenon, which asks how an obscure Canadian psychology professor rose to internation...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-217-the-canadaland-guide-to-jordan-b-peterson-1

What's the best way to cover allegations of sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces - or just generally, really? And the Alberta government has some harsh words for an animated Bigfoot mov...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-301-jason-kenney-vs-bigfoot

Ari Ben-Menashe has been an Israeli spy, sold weapons to Iran, survived a firebombing, and been the target of at least one RCMP investigation. He crossed paths with Jeffrey Epstein. And he's work...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-363-interview-with-a-real-life-bond-villain

HuffPost Canada is dead. The Ryerson School of Journalism faces a crisis. And a very serious, important conversation about Dr. Seuss. The Nation's national affairs correspondent Jeet Heer  co-...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-300-do-you-like-pink-slips-and-scram-hu

A Haitian senator's wife paid $4.25 million—all money down—for a house in Laval , Quebec. Meanwhile in Haiti, people have been protesting against corruption, kidnapping, and a president who t...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-362-the-millionaires-of-haiti

Torstar gets into the gambling business. Americans get caught up on the WE scandal. And documents suggest Canada's two major newspaper chains traded notes on shutting down each others' papers bef...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-299-hard-news-loose-slots

In February, as the Australian government prepared to introduce a link tax, Facebook blocked all news from its Australian platform.  The new legislation, lobbied for by Rupert Murdoch's News Cor...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-361-will-government-media-rules-strangle-canada

Canada's vote to call China's treatment of Uyghurs a genocide exposes an online wave of China apologists on the far left. And the New York Times brings back Cortland Cronk in an attempt to prove ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-298-the-times-they-are-a-cronkin

LifeSiteNews may be the biggest Canadian news outlet you've never heard of — a kind of Breitbart for traditionalist Catholics. A new investigation published by the Canadian Anti-Hate Network ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-360-how-an-extreme-catholic-news-site-went-full

Canadian media have lost the plot around the vaccine rollout. And a Montreal-based website makes the list of COVID-19 conspiracy theory superspreaders. Globe and Mail health columnist André Pi...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/thursday-february-18-2021-short-cuts-do-not-delete

Michelle Latimer was the buzziest Canadian director and showrunner of 2020. Her documentary Inconvenient Indian premiered at TIFF and reaped plaudits and awards. Her series Trickster, based on a ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-359-the-convenient-pretendian

Our digital worlds are collapsing. Jon Kay is on Fox News complaining about Seth Rogen, while celebrities are sharing the stage with normal people on Clubhouse to talk about ramen. What is Clubho...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-296-the-great-flattening

The Indian government doesn't take criticism lightly, whether it's from Prime Minister Trudeau... or Rihanna. Baaz  co-founder Jaskaran Sandhu breaks down why thousands of Indian farmers are ca...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-358-how-india-blames-canada-and-rihanna-for-the

Reddit did not actually stand up to Wall Street and prove the power of the little guy. Jon Kay briefly sparks joy. The Canadian government is working to radically transform the internet and Faceb...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-295-dog-shampoo

The New York Times' wildly popular podcast Caliphate came into question after its central character, a Canadian man who claimed he'd joined ISIS and committed executions, was charged with perpet...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-357-califail

Sponsored messaging from Alberta says climate journalists are helping to stage a covert revolution. And media empires strike back to protect their own. CANADALAND contributing editor Danielle Par...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-294

Comics journalist Joe Sacco tells Jesse about how he draws stories out of people— then draws them onto the page. Most famous for his journalistic comics about people living in war zones from Ga...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-356-joe-sacco

Reporter Ahmar Khan tried to blow the whistle on systemic racism at CBC... and they fired him. Maclean's publishes a big, powerful list. Ryan McMahon guest co-hosts with Ryerson journalism profes...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-292-a-fired-cbc-employee-is-vindicated

Many people who broke into the Capitol broadcast their crimes across social media. Twitter, Facebook and other platforms responded by deleting accounts, but other people rushed to preserve and or...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-355-the-open-source-hunt-for-the-capitol-rioter

Premiers activate shitty dad mode. And tech companies clamping down on Trumpism could have unintended consequences. CANADALAND's new French language media correspondent Emilie Nicolas co-hosts...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-292-the-putz-putsch

With COVID-19 cases in many parts of Canada on the rise, what about the people who can't stay home? The Toronto Star's labour reporter Sara Mojtehedzadeh has found that workplaces are a “major...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-354-this-virus-is-rampant-because-we-abandoned

A pro-Trump mob invades the U.S. Capitol building, the hunt continues for Canadian politicians who ignored COVID travel advisories and we reflect on whether Julian Assange has gotten a raw deal f...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-291-holy-sh-t-no-sh-t

In rural communities and in the North, people pay ridiculously high bills for ridiculously slow Internet. But decent Internet access isn't a luxury.  Lower Internet speed equals lower access, ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-353-dinosaur-internet

Here's an episode of the podcast Crackdown , hosted by Garth Mullins.  In 2015, Crackdown editorial board member, Jeff Louden, was on morphine pills for his chronic pain. The medication allo...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/crackdown-cut-off

A teenage boy and his friends start robbing banks in Toronto. A future Prime Minister is deported from Montreal. A Black Panther in Baltimore goes to prison for four decades. And the RCMP is spli...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/commons-the-police-dirty-tricks

Stories of big news breaking when everyone else is on vacation. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-258-christmas-in-the-newsroom-2

The holidays, as we know them, are cancelled. So we asked people to call Jesse and argue about... whatever, in the true spirit of this festive season. Featuring CBC Radio host Piya Chattopadhya...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-352-drunk-uncle-holiday-argument-simulator

They're lobster criminals, not lobster vigilantes. Does the CBC's President live in Brooklyn or just sleep there in a house she owns? And Brayden Bushby's verdict offers a moment to reflect on wh...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-290-justice-is-served-portions-are-smal

A Uyghur man imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for years was released over a decade ago, after the U.S. decided he wasn't an “enemy combatant” after all. But Ayoob Mohammed can't reunite with his ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-351-a-uyghur-family-separated-by-china-canada-p

The New York Times says Canada needs to stand up against child exploitation on PornHub — but their columnist's suggestions could create new problems. And aliens are reportedly among us. This i...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-289-canadas-secret-porn-stash

The Westons might be Canada's Jeff Bezos, argues Vass Bednar , and not just because they're very rich. They own Loblaw, which is much more than a grocer. It's an insurance company, a bank, a me...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-350-loblaws-will-eat-us-all

A petulant sandwich slinger gets attention as restaurants struggle across the country. A Global News Radio host quits over threatening messages about herself and her baby, while the company says ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/thursday-december-3-2020-short-cuts-do-not-delete

Last summer, allegations of sexual misconduct were levelled against prominent Iranian-Canadian artist Aydin Aghdashloo during Iran's #MeToo moment. More than a hundred powerful and influential Ir...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-349-metoo-and-the-iranian-diaspora

A couple of Manitobans make a show of the media lying. Keean Bexte uncovers a socialist incubator. And copaganda tries out podcasting. Winnipeg-based freelance multimedia journalist Shannon VanRa...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-287-welcome-to-the-worst

Jesse speaks with the late Christie Blatchford, the notorious National Post columnist and court reporter who once called his work "another low-water mark in journalism." This episode was brough...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-99-christie-blatchford-1

Addressing the drinking water crisis in First Nations communities is not rebuilding post-war Europe. And mandating Indigenous content on Canadian broadcasters could get baked into the Broadcastin...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-286-off-the-reconciliation-train-again

It's crowdfunding month! Support us: canadaland.com/join . Since we last spoke to Karl Dockstader and Sean Vanderklis about the occupation of a development site in Caledonia, Ontario known as...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-348-is-canada-ready-to-give-land-back

It's crowdfunding month! Support us here: canadaland.com/join . Beware of the FANG! And how to cover Chinese infiltration — or anti-Chinese infiltration? Recovering journalist and media consu...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-285-facebook-fangoria

It's crowdfunding month! Support us: canadaland.com/join . The Brayden Bushby trial has once again raised some uncomfortable questions about how stories involving Indigenous people get reported...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-347-the-brayden-bushby-trial-and-pity-porn

It's crowdfunding month! Support us: canadaland.com/join . We may not know yet who won the U.S. election, but the results aren't reassuring.  At least some of the Canadian coverage was soothi...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-284-there-is-no-going-back-to-normal

It's crowdfunding month! Support us here: canadaland.com/join Rebel News personality Keean Bexte is suing Canadaland for defamation. In this special “Publisher's Note” edition of the pod...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-346-were-getting-sued

It's crowdfunding month! Support us here: canadaland.com/join . National Post doubles down on their right to publish status quo opinions. And Bell Media confuses self-promotion with local commu...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-283-newspaper-seeks-wealthy-idiot

MSNBC host and journalist Ali Velshi has been traveling to U.S. swing states talking to voters in the lead-up to the presidential election. He tells Jesse about getting shot by a rubber bullet co...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-345-ali-velshi-says-the-u-s-election-will-be-cl

It's crowdfunding month! Support us at canadaland.com/join . Hulk smash colonialism! And public health messaging crosses a line when trick or treating directives are unclear. Return to Thunder ...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-282-reconciliation-in-flames

It's crowdfunding month! Support us at canadaland.com/join Santai Kimakeke blew the whistle on WE. Then he recanted his allegations and disappeared. Before he did, he said he was afraid for hi...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-344-we-charity-in-desperation-there-is-opportun

Media's anti-masker intrigue has Canadaland staff divided. And almost 300 CBC journalists raise concerns about leveraging the broadcaster's credibility for CBC Tandem. Montreal Gazette health rep...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/short-cuts-281-anti-maskers-how-to-cover-the-uncov

Jonathan Torrens talks about the CBC, what really happened on Trailer Park Boys, and about that one song you love to hate. From hosting his own show on the CBC to playing J-Roc on Trailer Park...

https://omny.fm/shows/cndlnd/ep-281-trolling-jonathan-torrens-1

A trifecta of powerful (potentially socialist) forces rally behind #NationalNewspaperWeek—or not. And the bias of coherence muddles COVID-19 messaging. Canadaland news editor Jonathan Goldsbie ...

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Quebec's distinct culture reacts differently to global movements like #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. Jesse is joined by Emilie Nicolas , a columnist, journalist, anthropologist and soon-to-be ins...

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RCMP charges a podcast star with not being a terrorist. And Edmonton radio host chooses the wrong put-down. Al Jazeera English journalist and filmmaker Laila Al-Arian co-hosts. On Wednesday, S...

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The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel calls corporate social responsibility's bluff. Co-directors Joel Bakan and Jennifer Abbott on how, almost twenty years after their first...

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Mi'kmaw fishermen earning a ‘moderate livelihood' seems to be too much for Nova Scotia's settler lobster harvesters. And CBC leverages its credibility for its new corporate clients. APTN video ...

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Restaurants have suffered huge losses during the pandemic. But food journalist Suresh Doss takes us to a parking lot, a subway stop, and a home cook's kitchen to show us a thriving underground f...

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Erin O'Toole wants to protect children from a movie he has never seen. And former CBC journalist Terry Milewski resurfaces from retirement to insult an entire ethnicity - again. Former Executive ...

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There's a broad undertaking to shake up who gets arts funding, and who governs it. Jesse speaks with Jesse Wente , the new President of the Canada Council for the Arts, about who gets to make con...

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Breaking news on WE. An Indigenous journalist is criminalized for doing his job. And mass panic appears to be on the newly minted curriculum. One Dish One Mic's Karl Dockstader co-hosts. This ...

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Does anyone really care about indignities to the legacy of John A.Macdonald? And the inside story of co-host Manisha Krishnan 's scoop about the "culture of retribution" at Global News.  This...

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The Toronto Star's new internal ombud tells us what the job is, discusses power and race in the newsroom, and responds to that reply all email. This episode was brought to you by Audible , and...

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Support us at canadalandshow.com/join What might Jesse and Erin O'Toole have in common? And newsrooms continue to struggle with what it means to respond to this summer's reckoning with racism....

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join The Epoch Times' COVID-19 special edition raised controversy when it landed in mailboxes across Canada in April. The paper was accused of spreading mis...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join Prime Minister Trudeau just needs a quick reset. And Postmedia stands in solidarity with Rebel News. Former CAJ President and Ryerson journalism profes...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join This week marks a month since the start of a land occupation to block a residential development at the edge of Caledonia, Ontario — and the Six Nati...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join The Prime Minister’s Office leaks secret intel on how amazing it is. And Quebec’s French print papers somehow continue to thrive. The Logic’s M...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join .  Crackdown covers the war on drugs from the trenches, and these war correspondents are drug users.  Host Garth Mullins joins Jesse to talk about ...

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Support us at canadalandshow.com/join Nardwuar the Human Serviette is one of the biggest media personalities to come out of Canada. He’s a prolific interviewer with a knack for shocking his...

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Support us at canadalandshow.com/join Last week’s House Finance Committee hearings into the WE Charity scandal yielded few new insights into why the government awarded it a massive sole-sour...

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Support us at canadalandshow.com/join The Kielburgers testified before the House of Commons finance committee, updates on the Nova Scotia shooting, and the plan for a Nazi colony in Cape Bret...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join A new law in Alberta is Jason Kenney’s latest front in the oil war. Freelance journalist Grace Lisa Scott spoke to the people fighting back against ...

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Support us at canadalandshow.com/join Jesse testified before the House of Commons Finance Committee about Canadaland's reporting on the WE organization, and, while accusing a Black person of ...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join Peter Aldhous reported that a Canadian lab’s prenatal paternity test was “unreliable ." During the 18-month investigation, Aldhous found couples w...

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Support us at canadalandshow.com/join We have some questions about WE’s government contract and their internal accounting. And the story of how a Canadian media outlet suppressed assault al...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join It’s a scandal that could—but probably won’t—take down Justin Trudeau. After swearing otherwise, WE was forced to admit that it paid Justin's ...

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Support us at canadalandshow.com/join The press seems to have given the Rideau Hall intruder the white glove treatment, and why on Earth did so many people sign that letter from Harper’s Ma...

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Support us at canadalandshow.com/join At Canadaland, we really didn’t expect to find ourselves reporting on the WE organization again. But then it was the focus of the biggest politics st...

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Support us at canadalandshow.com/join The Globe and Mail is now 176 years old. You can read all about its accomplishments elsewhere. Writer Jamie Bradburn takes us through the paper's darker ...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join Karl Dockstader and Sean Vanderklis , co-hosts of the radio show and podcast One Dish, One Mic , join Jesse to talk about the history of policing back...

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Support us at canadalandshow.com/join Can you really be “cancelled” if you still have a platform? A look at Margaret Wente, Wendy Mesley, and the Mulroneys. And was the Nova Scotia shoote...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join Adrian Harewood is a news anchor at CBC Ottawa News and the host of weekly current affairs show, Our Ottawa. This episode is brought to you by Wealt...

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Support us at canadalandshow.com/join Journalists across Canada are speaking out about their experiences with racism in the newsroom. And as Wendy Mesley is suspended from hosting duties, it�...

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Support us at canadalandshow.com/join Lord Tim Bell worked for a rogues' gallery of international clients, and co-founded one of the most powerful PR companies in history. But it all came c...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join InfoLab imagined newspapers' transition from print to digital, creating multimedia digital news in the basement of The Hamilton Spectator back in th...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join Dr. Cheryl Thompson  is an assistant professor at Ryerson University’s School of Creative Industries, and the author of Beauty in a Box: Detangling ...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland: https://canadalandshow.com/join Protests have erupted around the world in response to police violence against Black people. Trump is violating the rights of hi...

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Support us at canadalandshow.com/join The pandemic could be an "extinction event" for American newspapers and so their publishers want their own government bailout. Meanwhile Canadian papers w...

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“My biggest fear is that not enough will change, and not enough lessons will be learned.” Kim Campbell is a former Prime Minister of Canada, the first and only woman to hold the post to da...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland: https://canadaland.supercast.tech/ Torstar was just sold for $52 million, droves of people were chastised for going to the park, and Jesse opens himself up to ...

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"I had a confrontation with someone in the line up for a grocery store... and that moment of slow honeyed ease was totally interrupted." Kaie Kellough is a novelist, poet, sound performer and ...

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“I’m going to be very careful about how much I leave my property until there’s a vaccine.” Xanthe Vallentin is a teacher in Hamilton, Ontario, and the sister of Canadaland patron coordi...

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Support us here: http://canadalandshow.com/join The child welfare system is failing Indigenous children, and APTN's Kenneth Jackson can't stop covering it. His reporting throughout the COVID-1...

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"After this pandemic, we can create a new normal that's better for everyone."   Mumilaaq Qaqqaq is the MP for Nunavut. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.co...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join The incredibly controversial painting of Justin Trudeau, François Legault’s problem with anglophone media, and the story about Gaza that CBC disappea...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join   “The job of fiction is to intrude on reality and instead we’re living in a situation where reality is intruding on the fictional.” Omar El Akka...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join “In the silence you start to wonder…how are we going to find each other again?” Martha Wainwright is a singer-songwriter, who describes herself...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join In the face of a global pandemic, it’s hard to focus on anything else. Three journalists tell us stories that have broken on their beat that you might...

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Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join "The wild oscillations of feeling are abnormal for me." Jesse Brown is the publisher of Canadaland. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Bryan Adams pulls a Morrissey, an Indigenous ceremony is broken up by the RCMP, and Ghomeshi attempts another comeback. Ryan McMahon co-ho...

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“I never believe in going down without a fight…I’m a triple fire sign.” Brooke Manning is the owner of Likely General, a store and gallery space in Toronto. Support CANADALAND: https:...

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“Hugs feel like they’re going to be euphoric.” Weyni Mengesha is the artistic director of Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See ...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Prime Minister Trudeau said naming the Nova Scotia mass shooter was giving him "the gift of infamy." Romayne Smith Fullerton investigates how ...

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"I fucking hate Zooming... and having to look at my own face." John Semley is a writer and author who splits his time between Toronto and Philadelphia. But mostly Toronto these days. Support...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . When police searched journalists’ offices in the Alberta legislature, we wondered how government reporters were faring in the age of COVID-...

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"I guess like a positive abnormal and unusual thing I did was propose to my girlfriend, which was pretty cool."   Jaren Kerr is an editor at Yahoo Finance Canada. He is also the former depu...

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"I think I may have had coronavirus." Martin Lukacs is a journalist and author based in Montreal. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Kenny Hotz achieved fame as the co-star of Kenny vs. Spenny, one of Canada’s most successful TV shows. The comedy series, built around a co...

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"Pushing for a world where we accept the risks of having a body... That's where we need to go." Kai Cheng Thom is a writer and performer based in Toronto. Support CANADALAND: https://canadal...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . The more we learn about the shooting in Nova Scotia, the worse it becomes. And did the star-studded Stronger Together COVID-19 special show u...

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"I want my friends and family to be safe from this" BJ Snowden is an American musician who has written many songs about Canada .  Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omny...

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"I like to remind people the chances of getting infected by somebody walking or running by you outside—  they're virtually nil" André Picard is a health reporter and columnist at The Globe ...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Journalists across Canada tell us how Covid-19 has changed how they bring us the news. This episode is brought to you by Freshbooks and To...

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"It'll probably be like a mega-hedonistic orgy after this." Chris Locke is a comedian in Toronto. He has a new podcast called "Happy Good ." Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join ...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . The confluence of the pandemic, reliance on police for information, and slashed newsroom budgets means that reporting on the Nova Scotia shoo...

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“This virus is a bitch, for sure.” Tanya Talaga is the author of Seven Fallen Feathers and All Our Relations. She is also a former health reporter at the Toronto Star.   Support CANAD...

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"I’m helping other people to be safe." Surinder Mann is a cleaner who lives in North Delta, BC, and is also the mother of COMMONS' host, Arshy Mann. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.c...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . When journalist Eva Holland lost her mom, she went on a quest to understand the science behind her phobias, and conquer them. In her book, Ne...

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"My ten-year old got his first octopus all by himself" Severn Cullis-Suzuki is a writer, television host, and a board member of the David Suzuki Foundation. She lives in Haida Gwaii. Support...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Do the same rules apply to Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer as to the rest of us? Do the rules matter any more? Could this finally be the end...

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"If we are looking like we are one of the girls just dancing having fun, it's probably performative" Brad Allen and Andrés Sierra are two of the co-founders of Club Quarantine , a nightly quee...

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"I do participate in society." Kate Beaton is an excellent cartoonist.  Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted o...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . The Deplorables that surrounded the Trump presidential campaign have all but disappeared from the mainstream web, but New Yorker writer Andre...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . For weeks, we’ve all been trying to flatten the curve. But how do we measure our success if the numbers informing that curve aren’t relia...

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"I got scolded by the deputy mayor of Los Angeles for not including Funyuns in my tweet" Choose wisely: https://twitter.com/_Matty_H_/status/1246596389607530496 Support CANADALAND: https://ca...

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"This is the death of neoliberalism." Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Reporter Justin Ling speaks with prisoners across Canada terrified of COVID-19 sweeping through the prison population.  This episode is bro...

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"When this is all over, I never want to Zoom again." David Sax's new book is coming out in the midst of a pandemic.  Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/li...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Has the messaging about whether to wear a face mask been contradictory? How do you report on sports in a world without them? And a roundup of...

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“I have been obsessed with virtual reality” Robert Jago is a writer and head of an education firm. He lives in Montreal. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudi...

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"I've been watching old NBA games and breaking them down on Instagram Live." Shad is an artist and host of Hip Hop Evolution, available on Netflix. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Our first ever call-in show. From Quebec to British Columbia to Nunavut to Brooklyn, Coronavirus has disrupted the lives of Canadaland listene...

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"Put on normal clothes, remember to stretch... That doesn't help. You're still in the prison of your own mind."   Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listen...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . COVID-19 coverage continues, for the most part, to be even-handed. But that’s not why you listen to this podcast. A look at what’s going ...

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"If it really goes down, I can always shoot a moose." We're doing a call-in show! If you want to vent to Jesse about your living situation, call 844-929-1331 on Wednesday March 25th, from 4-6pm...

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"My life is never exactly normal. But it's normal for me." We're doing a call-in show! If you want to vent to Jesse about your living situation, call 844-929-1331 on Wednesday from 4-6pm EST. ...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Independent movie theatres were in trouble before COVID-19 became a global pandemic, and now even the industry giants like Cineplex are taking...

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"So they told us music is free, so it's all about the shows now. You gotta make the shows, you gotta sell things at the shows. Now we don't have shows." *** Mental Health resources for the CO...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . In a time like this, we’re so flooded with information that good, quality journalism matters more than ever. But that doesn’t mean there ...

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Restaurateur Jen Agg just wants to get home. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...

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What feels most weird right now? Doing normal things.  Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

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$5/month for ad-free podcasts here . We are facing an unprecedented shutdown of services and businesses across the country. Health columnist Andre Picard was an early voice calling for Canada t...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . As COVID-19 is declared a global pandemic, how are Canadian media handling the coverage? And what opportunities can moments of crisis provide...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Is The New York Times a model for success in the news business, or a monolithic news brand that's crushing the competition? Former BuzzFeed N...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . A front-page story tells us that Canada is broken. Is it, or is this exactly how the country was designed to work? And, as a senior editor le...

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In 2015, five young people were arrested for smuggling cocaine into Australia. They had a common connection: Slava P, a music editor at VICE Canada. At the time of the bust, Slava was silent. But...

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$5/month for ad-free podcasts by clicking here . Do journalists need to be protestors to get better access to Wet'suwet'en solidarity actions? Plus, the Teck Frontier oilsands mine withdraws it...

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To hear the full episode right now and get ad-free podcasts, support us for $5/month by clicking here .  Jesse answers tough questions from our supporters. Support CANADALAND: https://canada...

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$5/month for ad-free CANADALAND by clicking here . In a rare interview, Nardwuar talks about his career, his techniques, his reputation and what keeps him going after more than 30 years of blow...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Jason Kenney’s War Room sets its sights on that white whale of fake news: The New York Times. And as protests spread, reporting on Wet’suw...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Nardwuar the Human Serviette is one of the biggest media personalities to come out of Canada. He’s a prolific interviewer with a knack for s...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Jordan Peterson’s familial PR team, Christie Blatchford’s legacy, Ezra Levant’s civil disobedience, and the campaign to discredit natio...

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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Last week, the RCMP arrested six people for obstruction on Wet’suwet’en territory. They then threatened to arrest the journalists who were...

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The Heritage Minister doesn't seem to understand his own plan for regulating the internet (or not), so we break it down for you. And a group that doesn't exist just ran a major political ad campa...

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Conflict and controversy as Gavin McInnes and others remember Voice of Montreal, a government-subsidized community newspaper in the 90s that grew into a global brand. This episode originally ai...

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Have we learned anything about reporting on viruses since SARS? And what can a new documentary about Idle No More teach us about our present state of reconciliation? Ryan McMahon guest hosts, ...

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Every year, Bell shines the spotlight on mental health for Let’s Talk Day. So we’re taking a look at their prison phone contract, which advocates say exacerbate mental health problems for inm...

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What was up with those "protesters" outside Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearing? And could monarchical migration have an impact on privacy in Canadian media? Bob Mackin co-hosts. This episode...

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The CBC wants to play by the same rules that govern digital platforms like Netflix and Amazon. No rules at all. Daniel Bernhard , the executive director of the advocacy group, Friends of Canadian...

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We examine the controversy around stating a plain fact about flight 752. Then, a Royal welcome.   With co-host Nora Loreto. This episode is sponsored by OpenCare , FreshBooks and Away Travel ...

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Watson resigned from the Toronto Star in 2015 when they banned him from reporting on a story. We spoke to him at the time, while he was still working on get...

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We’ve heard so much from south of the border about Iran, but how are Canadian media treating this conflict? And The Fifth Estate delivers some spurious reporting on “Birth Tourism” and Anti...

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For more than half a year, protesters in Hong Kong have clashed with police. Legacy media organizations in Canada have covered the protests, but a big part of the conversation is taking place som...

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This episode originally aired on August 12, 2019. Reporter Anna Mehler Paperny  talks about her book, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person, which covers her sea...

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The Sahotas are Vancouver’s most notorious slumlords. For decades they’ve let their buildings rot, leaving their tenants to live in filth and desolation. But the Sahotas are not like any othe...

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This episode originally aired on December 23, 2018. We reached out to Canadian journalists to get their stories about spending the holidays at work. Newsrooms have fewer staff this time of year...

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Earlier this month, Toronto’s alt-weekly NOW Magazine was sold to Media Central. Former co-owner and founder of NOW, Michael Hollett , joins to talk about the rise and fall of Canada’s alt-we...

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Everyone knows that Andrew Scheer resigned because of his tuition scandal; what this podcast presupposes is: maybe he didn’t? And the manufactured outrage surrounding Jody Wilson-Raybould’s o...

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Last week, Canadaland’s new team published a story about how The Globe and Mail’s management repeatedly campaigned the Prime Minister’s office for research-and-development funding and tax ...

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A look inside Jordan Peterson’s new social media platform, which bans photos, memes, and emojis in the name of anti-censorship! Also, The Toronto Star turns to public shaming. Freelancer John S...

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Canada’s media organizations are reluctant to release their diversity stats. But Asmaa Malik and Sonya Fatah from Ryerson’s School of Journalism found a way to compile 21 years' worth of di...

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Leaked audio from a NATO summit reveals Trudeau’s totally reasonable reaction to Trump. Did an Edmonton school board try to shut down a radio interview advocating for a student? The Globe and M...

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This episode originally aired on October 12, 2014. Cartoonist Kate Beaton is an exemplary weirdo. Her webcomic about Canadian historical figures and literary ephemera has gained a global foll...

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More details have emerged about Warren Kinsella’s secret work to expose Maxime Bernier as a racist. And what’s at stake as the CBC renegotiates its licence to broadcast in Canada? Steve Fag...

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Documentary filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins and talks about how the media continues to misrepresent Indigenous people.  The episode is brought to you by Endy , the Public Service Allian...

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Torstar announced the closure of five papers across Canada, CBC tried to consolidate broadcasts across its radio stations in the North, and Don Cherry returned with an expertly produced podcast. ...

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A conversation about the similarities between journalism and porn becomes a tense disagreement about online shaming. Jon Ronson, journalist and author of The Psychopath Test and The Men Who Stare...

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Don Cherry drafts his first Quillette essay: “The Day the Social Media Mob Came for Me.” Also, opinion writing in Canada post-Margaret Wente turns out to be mostly the same. Freelance sports ...

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Covering the extreme right has become its own beat in Canada. But is there a thin, blurry line between coverage and giving a platform to those with hateful views? Steven Zhou joins.  The epis...

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A national news media start-up hires then fires its staff in a month. Also, Elizabeth May has harsh parting shots for the media. Freelancer Sarah Hagi co-hosts (and spills the tea on FreshDaily) ...

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Meghan Bell wants Canada to tax the rich. Of course, that belief would be a lot easier to explain at the dinner table if her own family wasn’t massively wealthy. Bell joins to talk about her r...

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The New York Times’ Canada bureau chief goes up to visit an Inuit community three times so she must know what she’s talking about… right? Also, podcasting is getting way too popular. Thunde...

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Major announcement about what's next for Canadaland on this episode.  After that: Had It Coming is Robyn Doolittle's new book, which asks "what's fair in the age of #MeToo?" Fair to whom? S...

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Thank God, it's over - last sound off about how dull the 2019 election coverage was, we promise. Plus, StarMetro journalists cry fake news at activists pretending climate propaganda is the real t...

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Last month APTN reported that 102 Indigenous children died in Ontario’s child welfare system. It’s a tragic and infuriating look at how the system fails Indigenous children and puts their li...

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The CBC sues the Conservative Party of Canada for copying them! Plus, Toronto journalists and writers push back on the kind of space public libraries should be. Wikimedia Chief of Staff Ryan Mer...

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This episode originally aired on May 3, 2015 It's possible that Chantal Hébert's journalism once held Canada together. She joins Jesse for a discussion about what's appropriate in political n...

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That debate. The rumour mongering. The memes. Do Canadian politics have to suck this hard? A lament. And PostMedia finally responds to our investigation - or somebody’s. Freelance journalist D...

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Hip-Hop Evolution is a remarkable piece of journalism and an exhaustive look at the history of hip-hop. It’s also made by a group of Canadians. Rapper and broadcaster Shad , director Darby Whee...

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Canada's national paper seems shy about printing news on the national climate march. Also, another blackface scandal - at Global News. Plus, a discussion on if numbers flatten Indigenous folks' s...

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Cheryl Thompson joins to help walk us through Canada’s history with blackface and why this story is not about race.  This episode is brought to you by PolicyMe , Away , Blinkist , Hover , ...

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Trudeau in blackface, 3 times: how did we miss that? And Canada’s reporters bravely declare their independence - from their own union. CANADALAND Deputy Editor Jaren Kerr co-hosts with an anno...

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Are we really considering CanCon for the internet? Well, kinda. Big changes could be coming to the Broadcasting Act and the country’s biggest media organizations are eager to be part of the con...

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A bonus segment on Trudeau's "make-up" with guest co-host, Arshy Mann. Plus, one reporter’s real life story on the gift of poutine from Trudeau. And this week’s news has been about the three...

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Doctors, celebrities, and journalists have all played a role in spreading misinformation about women’s bodies. Dr. Jennifer Gunter, author of The Vagina Bible , is often called “Twitter’s ...

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The Vancouver Sun is very, very sorry about publishing that inflammatory anti-immigration screed. They'll tone it down a little next time. Also, why is election coverage so boring? Journalist an...

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Thirty Helens agree that The Kids in the Hall was a watershed moment not just for Canadian comedy, but for comedy as we know it. Comedian Bruce McCulloch talks about the legacy of Canada’s weir...

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Sexy Hurricane Headlines: “Dorian Relentlessly Pounds Bahamas” - What is up with the disaster porn? And Justin Trudeau’s Malaysian ancestry, and other things I learned on Netflix. Author a...

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Alberta's premier wants a referendum on ... what exactly? And Justin Ling wants you to calm down about climate change "muzzling." Plus, meet some intriguing candidates to keep an eye on. P.S. O...

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Canoe-borne bandits strike an underwater town. A new generation of wealthy lobstermen is minted. An island disappears. And hellfire engulfs a highway jammed with broken heroes on a last chance po...

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A respected doctor put women’s health and lives in danger for money and the public almost never heard about it. Michael Lista talks about his precedent-setting Toronto Life story about an OBG...

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Is the press protecting the liberal party? And the debate about climate change somehow continues and Elections Canada suggested we might not be allowed to have it. Former crown prosecutor and Na...

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Over the past couple of years, a few Canadian media outlets and writers have become obsessed with trans people, painting their campaign for human rights as a menace to society. This coverage has...

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More cuts at Canada's largest newspaper chain; this time to journalistic independence, open discourse, and a healthy work culture. And was the swearing, spitting Scheer supporter part of a media ...

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Reporter Anna Mehler Paperny talks about her book, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person, which covers her search for answers about depression and her personal experi...

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Is it time to start reporting the strange behaviour of young white men? Why do we still have columnists? And a study of Canadian media consumption shows that the real threat to media literacy is ...

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Steven Page, former frontman and founding member of Barenaked Ladies, talks about his career, why he chose to leave a beloved and wildly successful band, and the fickle realities of Canadian star...

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The hunt is on. Newsrooms across the country are chasing down everyone from psychiatrists to Survivorman himself to speculate on the fate of two murder suspects. And are the journalistic standar...

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Glen Assoun spent nearly 17 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. But even after his sentence was overturned, the evidence that freed him remained sealed. Reporters fought successfully...

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From Canadian news sites to InfoWars, a BC trans woman has become a fixation of conservative media. And new details emerge from the national media bailout that exclude -- surprise!!! -- nearly a...

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In 2017, the New York Times released an astonishing front-page story about the American government’s multi-million dollar black budget investigation into UFOs. So aliens, right? Well… probabl...

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Sandy Hudson and Nora Loreto take over CANADALAND for this episode about the paltry coverage of Canada's migrant detention policies and the devastating loss of leftist Twitter’s most stalwart d...

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We asked our listeners to send us their burning questions and this is the result. Hear us answer questions about everything from the future of Canadaland to Jesse’s personal finances. This ep...

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The secularism bill banning public workers from wearing religious symbols finally passed in Québec. Google News gathered together the heads of major media companies for a meeting and (surprise!)...

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Politics may dominate the news cycle, but every Canadian is touched by our health care system. But while there are countless reporters covering politics in this country, only one person has spent...

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A Canadian cartoonist drew a provocative image of Trump, blithely ignorant of the fatal consequences of his border policy. After it blew up online, the cartoonist was let go from the company who'...

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Twenty-two people spoke to us confidentially about working for WE. But Josh Keenan went on the record. Hear what he had to say, and WE’s response. Read Jaren Kerr’s full investigation here ...

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Pour one out for Margaret Wente: she's leaving the Globe. The Irvings tighten their grip on New Brunswick news, and some Toronto councillors are learning not to cross Warren Kinsella. Sean Crai...

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Something strange has been going on for the last little while and we’re ready to talk about it. This is a story about a Republican-affiliated scheme against Canadaland and yes, we’re serious....

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What better way to recognize a climate emergency than by approving the Trans Mountain Pipeline? Why did the Raptors’ president get carded after his team won? And what's with U.S. media suddenly...

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Greed, money, and revenge culminate with a gruesome murder on the driveway of a Vancouver mansion. Canada correspondent for The New York Times, Dan Bilefsky , talks about what happens when the Ca...

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Rest assured, Canadians! Jason Kenney is here to protect you from the evils of the Green Left. A look at the Alberta government's anti-environment "War Room," plus the imminent Raptor Rapture. ...

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From hosting his own show on the CBC to playing J-Roc on Trailer Park Boys, Jonathan Torrens has been a mainstay of the Canadian entertainment industry for decades. So what's his deal? Is he a...

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The majority of our media is bending backward to avoid acknowledging Canadian genocide. Why? And Lindsay Shepherd travelled to Ottawa to complain about her weeklong Twitter ban: a look at the onl...

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Canada’s national news organizations are helmed by a handful of people. The news bosses decide what gets to be news and what doesn’t for the entire country… and we think it’s time someone...

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As one of Canada's most beloved radio personalities leaves the job she's held for 17 seasons, who could possibly have anything negative to say? Also, Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott have f...

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InfoLab imagined newspapers' transition from print to digital, creating multimedia digital news in the basement of The Hamilton Spectator back in the early '90s. Jesse talks to its former direct...

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Lord Conrad Black, First of His Name, The Unedited, King of Columns, Breaker of Laws, Flatterer of American Presidents, and Father of the National Post. Did Canada’s favourite criminal Lord jus...

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But will the $2.5 million judgment against the far-right twice-defeated mayoral candidate Kevin J. Johnston actually stop him spreading hate online? Jesse speaks with media lawyer Justin Safayeni...

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It's Nazi season in Canada! From the "controversial" flag in Saskatchewan to the neo-Nazi working in an Ontario city hall, Canada's working hard to normalize racism. And Mark Norman apparently ha...

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The new podcast Narcos PQ hands the mic to those who bring Canada its drugs: bikers, drug mules, outlaw chemists. Co-hosts Brigitte Noël and Félix Séguin take over this week to translate some...

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In the prurient rush for lurid details about Bruce McArthur and his victims, maybe it’s time to re-examine the way we consume true crime. And the ongoing saga of the Mark Norman affair becomes ...

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Digital media has been gentrified into a mall, says the digital rights activist and author. Cory Doctorow tells Jesse how consolidation and platform silos keep the biggest tech and media companie...

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Was the recent Simpsons episode about Canada offensive? Was it even funny? And, finally, the mainstream media seems to be paying attention to the rising threat of white terrorism in Canada. Alh...

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A popular pundit has a curious connection: her company worked for China. South China Morning Post's Vancouver correspondent Ian Young tells Jesse that the Canadian media has "blind spots" when i...

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Who among us hasn't stabbed a lecherous raccoon with a dessert fork? And Omar Khadr gave his first big interview on Québec television; where was English media on this one? Nora Loreto co-hosts...

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And if so, can government regulation crack down on hate speech and election interference on social media without crushing free speech? Jesse asks Natasha Tusikov, a criminology professor who rese...

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Journalism that exposes racism, homophobia, and election fraud: does any of it matter? All of this and more in a look at the Alberta election. And then a check-in with the Globe and Mail's Thunde...

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Former CBC exec Richard Stursberg tells Jesse all about it, and about his new book, The Tangled Garden: A Canadian Cultural Manifesto for the Digital Age. CORRECTION: In this episode, Jesse say...

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Jason Kenney's United Conservative Party is imploding before our very eyes — but the Albertan electorate doesn't seem to mind much. And who does Justin Trudeau think he's fooling with a libel t...

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Crackdown covers the war on drugs from the trenches, and these war correspondents are drug users. Host Garth Mullins joins Jesse to talk about how after watching the media get so much wrong about...

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If there's one lesson we can take away from what's happened with Jody Wilson-Raybould, it's to tape all of your calls. And what's more important to the Trudeau Liberals: reconciliation or cold ha...

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The CANADALAND interview with former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who targeted the press before it was cool. Now, conservatives from Donald Trump to Doug Ford walk in his footsteps. How does he...

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Collusion? Obstruction? Why can't Canadians stay focused on the domestic scandal? And what does the dawn of Apple News+ mean for Canadian media? Jaren Kerr co-hosts. Support CANADALAND: https...

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When Ottawa Citizen reporter David Pugliese called the government to follow up on a tip, he heard back from the PR arm of Irving Shipbuilding. And then the president of that company called, and t...

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Andrew Scheer’s first statement about the terrorist attack by a white supremacist in New Zealand failed to mention a few things... like Muslims and white supremacy. Also, the federal budget was...

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Who do you turn to when the news messes up? It turns out there's a council for that.   Pat Perkel and John Fraser from the National NewsMedia Council talk about the powers and limits of thei...

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While we're all busy talking about the propriety of the SNC-Lavalin affair, it bears revisiting the company's sordid past. Also, how is the media culpable for whitewashing reconciliation? And Piz...

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Canada's most ubiquitous TV host talks about his many, many gigs, from MuchMusic VJ to CNN interviewer -- and why he's turned to YouTube for the latest one. Support CANADALAND: https://canadala...

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Gerry Butts breaks his silence on SNC-Lavalin. And the thing that Andrew Scheer can get away with, but Jagmeet Singh cannot. Paul Wells co-hosts. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joi...

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This week marks 175 years of The Globe and Mail. You can read all about its accomplishments elsewhere. Writer Jamie Bradburn takes us through the paper's darker moments. Support CANADALAND: htt...

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The former Minister of Justice testified before the House of Commons justice committee this week and it was like nothing we've seen in recent memory. And what did Howie Mandel do to make so many ...

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In the past year or so, the podcast industry has seen an explosion --or bubble, depending on who you ask-- with companies like Entertainment One, Corus, and Rogers making big plays in the market...

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Reports of a massive protest convoy driving across the country have been greatly exaggerated ... except for the whole racism part. And a probing examination of all the Butts stuff in Ottawa. No...

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There's a lot to learn from what politicians and journalists can and can't tell us, their lowly constituents and readers. We read between the lines of the news coverage of the SNC-Lavalin scandal...

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How did the Canadian press cover the biggest scandal yet to hit the Trudeau government? Will the SNC-Lavalin affair blow over? With this level of potential corruption, will anyone care or remembe...

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In English media, there are whole organizations and departments devoted to debunking fake news. But in Quebec, a lot of the work falls to one guy: Jeff Yates. He talks to guest host Brigitte Noë...

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Is Netflix threatening Canadian culture through neo-imperialism? Never mind the copyright infringement, was the Conservative Party's Heritage Minute any good? And did the new Indigenous Languages...

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Paula Simons did something that makes a lot of journalists cringe. She went into politics. The former Edmonton Journal columnist is now an independent senator. She speaks about crossing over, usi...

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What's with our ongoing fascination with serial killers? What do we lose when Bruce McArthur pleads guilty to his charges? What does all this say about Canadian society? Plus, Jesse reveals the d...

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What do warnings of globalism, support for pipelines and calls to execute Trudeau have in common? They're all part of the rhetoric of Yellow Vests Canada. CANADALAND producer David Crosbie inves...

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Did a viral video actually show all the ugliness, racism, division, and indecency of the current moment, or did it show all the ugliness, racism, division, and indecency of the current moment? ...

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Canada's in a bad way with China. Has the media prepared us to deal with the growing superpower? With tensions rising, it may be more important than ever for Canadians to understand China. The St...

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As the Trudeau government trumpets its track record on supporting women's rights abroad, newborn children continue to be separated from their parents right here in Canada. And how did Jagmeet Sin...

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Something like the half of all activity on the internet is fake. Yes, there are bots. But there are also fake websites that cater to bots. And then there are the ways real people adjust their beh...

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Is reconciliation still a possibility when the Canadian government marches armed police onto Indigenous land? It's time for Canada to grow up. And Canada's first female PM seems to have the best ...

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A bunch of new partisan political websites are fighting to shape the narrative in the run-up to the federal election. Reporter Graeme Gordon is here to tell you which organizations to look out fo...

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The Canadian government owns up to treaty obligations after 168 years, Maclean's staff puts in a bid to buy the magazine, and Rex Murphy kicks a journalist while they're dead. Rick Harp co-host...

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Stories of big news breaking when everyone else is on vacation.    This episode is sponsored by Audible and Hello Fresh. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.co...

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Two big Toronto papers got some things horribly wrong. The Sun has been censured by the National NewsMedia Council for its fictitious goat-slaughtering story, and The Sun and Star both recklessly...

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Blazing wildfires. Pipeline stand-offs. Unpredictable floods. Men in suits arguing... One of our era's most urgent, high-stakes stories is also the hardest one to get right. The Discourse's e...

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Did Canada make the right call by arresting Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou? Or was it the perfect time for a little “creative incompetence.” And new details about Ontario Proud’s "grassroots,"...

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The Canadian federal government plans to issue nearly $600M in tax credits and incentives to bolster the country's media industry over the next five years. What will this mean for the independe...

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What does the heavily redacted – er, revised – federal report on Trudeau’s trip to India tell us about the internal machinations of the government? And what does a Supreme Court ruling ab...

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CANADALAND's investigative podcast Thunder Bay published its series finale last week.   Host and creator Ryan McMahon  reflects on the year-long production process, and he, Jesse and Connie...

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Will federal media subsidies save a dying industry or merely protract the inevitable? And how did the Anglophone press react to the Ford government’s Francophone cuts? Brigitte Noël guest ho...

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After 25 years at the CBC, tech columnist Jesse Hirsh decided to risk it all. During an interview about Facebook, he turned the tables, asking why CBC continues to promote Facebook as we've seen ...

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Despite bringing the horrifying events at a private school in Toronto to the attention of police, the media have been getting some backlash from parents. A CBC columnist dared to call out the CBC...

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The Kielburgers' WE Movement has enjoyed more than 20 years of glowing press. They also have partnerships with 38 media organizations and a history of aggressive responses to criticism.   Report...

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The most controversial Maclean's cover in years, Ontario Proud's leaked fundraising documents, and Justin Trudeau becomes the latest champion of the free press. Paul Wells co-hosts. Support CAN...

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When the CBC tweeted out a series of news alerts following Brazil’s election of a far-right presidential candidate... people had a lot to say. The tweets flagged, “fresh opportunities for Ca...

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Debunking the Munk Debates, Tony Clement's sordid social media habits, and Ontario Proud goes national. Ira Wells co-hosts. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.c...

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For a long time, CANADALAND was (proudly) the number one podcast in the country — but that's no longer true. Australian-born Kristi Lee works in marketing by day... but late at night, you can...

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The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was the deadliest instance of anti-Semitic violence in American history. Is the kind of rhetoric that motivated the shooter here in Canada? And what's with the C...

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Google's sister company, Sidewalk Labs, has partnered with every level of government to build the first-ever 'smart city' in Toronto — but with several high-profile resignations and mounting pr...

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Despite mounting human rights violations and the seemingly state-sanctioned murder of a journalist, Canada continues to sell arms to Saudi Arabia. Plus, how are municipal elections in Canada supp...

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The debut episode of our new series, hosted by Ryan McMahon. Episode 2 is online now, subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.  Thunder Bay. The highest homicide and h...

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The entirely credible reports of a Toronto Sun "investigative columnist" ritually sacrificing scapegoats, and the pivotal role Facebook played in the creation of video at the expense of news. S...

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Craig Kielburger founded WE when he was 12 to fight child labour. Now, the WE brand is used to promote products made by children.  Reporter Jaren Kerr presents the findings of his 4-month long i...

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The miraculous refinery explosion in New Brunswick, Faith Goldy tricks the press again, and the changing landscape of cannabis coverage. Damian Abraham co-hosts. Support CANADALAND: https://c...

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Next week, recreational weed will become legal across Canada. In anticipation, mainstream media has begun taking cannabis coverage seriously. Overnight, nearly every major outlet across the count...

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What does the election of a right-leaning populist party in Quebec mean for the future of the province? And how do you pronounce USMCA? It sounds a lot like NAFTA. Martin Patriquin co-hosts. ...

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Guest Host Sheila Heti (Motherhood, How Should a Person Be?) speaks with fellow "autofiction " author Rachel Cusk (A Life's Work, Aftermath, et al). The Giller-nominated writers discuss receivi...

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Exploring Maxime Bernier's ties to the Koch Brothers, Andrew Coyne's love for the monarchy, and proof, if you needed it, that Jordan Peterson is full of shit. Justin Ling co-hosts. Support CA...

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Sara Mojtehedzadeh may very well be Canada's last full-time labour reporter. This past fall, as the Toronto Star's work and wealth reporter, Mojtehedzadeh went undercover for a month at Fiera...

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A series of essays by men accused of sexual misconduct, in which they attempt to defend themselves, have appeared in the press lately. Jesse and co-host Anne Kingston tackle that essay in the New...

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Guest Host Chip Zdarsky  (Spectacular Spiderman, Sex Criminals) is joined by Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) co-founder and longtime friend, Chris Butcher.  They discuss the state of the Can...

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A look at how the Ford government's notwithstanding invocation has been covered by the press, as well as a look at the spurious media diet of the alleged Fredericton shooter. Arshy Mann co-host...

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Confusion over "off the record" played a pivotal role in global affairs this past week. So — how does this oft-misunderstood agreement actually work, and why do so many powerful people continu...

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Jesse talks to Graeme Gordon about his controversial interview with former Rebel personality, current Toronto mayoral candidate, and avowed white supremacist Faith Goldy. Plus Trump's "off the re...

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Paul Tadich joins Jesse in the studio to talk about what it was like producing multiple cities worth of news from a windowless green-screen room in Don Mills, Toronto. He compares his time work...

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Maxime Bernier fights diversity, then fights journalism. Justin Trudeau yells at a racist. Andrew Scheer wants you to know some people sometimes say something... or something. And a dumb debate...

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BuzzFeed’s Paul McLeod has covered politics in both capitals. Jesse reaches Paul in D.C. to speak about what it’s like to cover politics on both hills: Parliament and Capitol. Support CANA...

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Saudi Arabia leads the charge in exposing the human rights violations of Jordan Peterson, Alex Jones becomes the latest casualty in the Info Wars, and a review of Doug Ford's foray into the news ...

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Welcome to Wag The Doug, a pop-up podcast about Doug Ford. Hosts Allison Smith and Jonathan Goldsbie help make sense of the Ford era. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omny...

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Food journalist Corey Mintz speaks with Jesse about how influencers, marketing and Instagram have impacted food writing and eating.  Check out the most recent episode of Corey’s new podcast,...

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The mass shooting in Toronto's Danforth neighbourhood quickly headed into conspiracy territory.   And should members of government be forced to endure Twitter trolls?   Guest host Ela...

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We are releasing a new podcast this week called Taste Buds. Food writer and former critic Corey Mintz sits down for a meal with chefs, cooks and restaurant owners for real talk about food. These ...

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The newspaper business is in rapid decline. La Presse, Québec’s largest news-site, announced its plan to become a non-profit. Jesse joins Pierre-Elliot Levasseur, the President of La Press...

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What's Wrong With White People Pretending To Be Musical Black Slaves? Answer: Everything. And the 18 year old story of the then goateed dude-bro, now prime minister, copping a feel at a west-coas...

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The book world has been thrown into turmoil by sexual assault allegations, inter-generational fighting and questions over Indigenous ancestry. Is this inside baseball for a tiny industry, a micro...

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Why should you trust the press when politicians have Twitter? And we read the Steven Galloway "article" in Quillette so you don't have to; turns out there may have been a slight conflict of inter...

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Almost every news story about cannabis is accompanied by a stereotypical stoner pic. The same few photos are used again and again. Why? Who took these pics? Who are the smokers in them? And what'...

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Rogers Media's questionable new approach to publishing (hint: there's just less of it), Scaachi Koul's journey into the heart of Rebel darkness, and Jesse's failed fortune cooke writing gig. Ja...

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The weekly radio show On The Media was one of the main inspirations for CANADALAND. This week, their co-host Bob Garfield talks to Jesse about the Trudeau we get vs. the Trudeau Americans get. ...

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Why is no one in Canada reporting on that Justin Trudeau groping allegation? How does The Globe & Mail go from publishing one of the most important pieces of journalism about sexual assault in re...

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Canada's broadcast regulator has put forward a proposal to tax everything from porn to podcasts to help pay for Canadian content. Greg O'Brien, editor and publisher of Cartt.ca talks about why ...

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We have reached peak batshit in the Ontario election. Ford suing Ford, octogenarians in "physical altercations" with seventh-graders while illegally campaigning at schools, loopy NDP candidates �...

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How do you cover celebrities in a country that's so bad at making them? Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Aca...

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Never mind a Tesla in every Mars driveway, Elon Musk is going to save journalism, one truth at a time. The Toronto Sun has found Hitler's body – or his ghost, anyway. The NDP have it. And a far...

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CBC has a reputation in Canadian media for reporting on other people's scoops without giving credit. Reporters at other outlets have often grumbled about it. When Graeme Gordon, a frequent CANADA...

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Keeping the "debate" out of the Munk Debates, getting the best Canadian coverage from American press, and serving Anthony Bourdain the unpalatable best of Canadian media.  Laura Howells co-hos...

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Why did every national news organization in Canada change its headline about the mass-killings in Gaza last week? And is the media biased for Israel, against it....or both? Elamin Abdelmahmoud ...

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AMBER ALERTS. Stephen Harper's back! MP Christine Moore's ongoing public ordeal, and Doug Ford has found some standards (apparently).  Jan Wong co-hosts. Support CANADALAND: https://canadal...

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While journalists worry about Facebook algorithms and digital advertising, every other industry gets to be excited about technology. So today, we try our hardest to find the positive tech stories...

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An update on our investigation into possible bias at Ford Nation Live, a look at the Ivory Tower's imperative to let absolutely anyone speak their mind, and Erin Weir's expulsion from the NDP cau...

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Whistleblowers from within the federal government revealed to National Observer reporter Mike De Souza how the Trudeau government effort pretended to ask First Nations and other stakeholders perm...

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The Canadian version of the White House Correspondents Dinner will never offend you (because you've never heard of it), new developments in the Steven Paikin allegations, and CBC’s exclusive in...

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How did an online subculture of lonely men inspire the murders of 10 people in Toronto?   After 10 people were killed in the Toronto van attack, a Facebook post surfaced from accused killer ...

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Why were some people so determined to label the Toronto van attack as Islamist? How is it that U.S. media are capable of breaking key points of developing Canadian stories before their domestic c...

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More than a year after their expansion into Canada, the New York Times is prospering here. And they're doing it with only three reporters. But what exactly is their goal here? And what does it me...

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A look at the media diet of Alexandre Bissonnette, charged with the January, 2017 terror attack at a Quebec City mosque that killed six and wounded nineteen, plus Facebook continues its Canadian ...

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We talk to two Canadian journalists who are facing legal consequences --including jail time-- for doing their jobs. VICE reporter Ben Makuch is heading to the Supreme Court to try to stop the RCM...

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Media coverage of the Humboldt Broncos tragedy, a statement from the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression sets off alarms, and a fond farewell to Rick Mercer. Tom Henheffer co-hosts. Supp...

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Richard Stursberg was the most hated CBC executive in recent history. What advice does he have for Catherine Tait, the CBC's new president? And what does he have to say about his own infamous leg...

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The Toronto Star goes national, the CBC finally has a female president, and Canada's left mourns the loss of one of its most stalwart intellectuals. Laura Howells co-hosts. Support CANADALAND...

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Tim Fontaine "set fire" to his journalism career last December, when he launched Walking Eagle News. After 20 years of covering tragedy and injustice for CBC and APTN, Tim is turning his att...

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Hot takes! If the CBC runs a picture of you without your consent, do they owe you a column? And why was one Canadian taxpayer-subsidized show available on Netflix everywhere around the world — ...

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Creative Commons CEO Ryan Merkley  still believes in the dream of The Internet. Remember that dream? Before Russian troll-bots, “fake news,” Cambridge Analytica, digital monopolies and w...

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Is all of your Facebook data up for sale? What do the Cambridge Analytica revelations mean for Canada? When does journalism cross the line into criminal harassment? And if there hasn't been any m...

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In an age of sensationalized true crime podcasts and Netflix docudramas—and with no end in sight—can longform crime reporting reach beyond morbid fascination? For those journalists who cove...

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Another populist businessman turned politician defeats a more-qualified female candidate. Will the Competition Bureau actually do anything other than raid some offices? And does the CBC hate Sikh...

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Patrick Brown announced last month that he would be suing CTV, after they published a report of his alleged sexual misconduct — but whether or not Brown actually goes through with the lawsuit...

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Has Tom Power gotten an easy ride? Facebook finds a new way to manipulate the news. And with so many awful people on Twitter, how are they choosing who to ban? Sarah Hagi co-hosts. Support CA...

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After two years of reports and stuffy consultations, the slow-moving train-wreck that's been the "news bailout" has made its way into the proposed 2018-19 federal budget. The budget dedicates $...

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Why did CBC News let Justin Trudeau use them like a cheap tool? Why did Patrick Brown quit (this time)? And what's up with the newspaper bailout plan? Stephen Maher co-hosts.  Support CANADALA...

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After years of dodging emails about the internal politics of the country's largest subreddit, r/Canada , Jesse finally jumps down the weirdo-message-board rabbit hole. Nearly 340k people are su...

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Did CTV actually f**k up its Patrick Brown exposé? Can we reverse engineer his crisis communications PR strategy? When can we talk about anything else? Graeme Gordon co-hosts. Support CANADA...

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On February 9, Gerald Stanley — the farmer accused of killing 22-year-old Cree man, Colten Boushie, in Battleford, Saskatchewan — was acquitted of second-degree murder. In the wake of the v...

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The Gerald Stanley verdict was a crucial moment - was the media equal to it? Was Patrick Brown set-up by CTV? And why is the newspaper bailout a thing again? Danielle Paradis co-hosts from Edmont...

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After ending the campaigns of several Tory candidates with his muckraking during the 2015 federal election, Macleans dubbed Robert Jago, "the most dangerous blogger in Canada". The next year, ...

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Denise Balkissoon co-hosts. Topics: Tina Fontaine and Colten Boushie: why must the news media disrespect and blame dead Indigenous kids? And the allegation against Steve Paikin: hmmm... Support...

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Subscribe to our new politics show here (Apple Podcasts):  https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/oppo/id1344871955 Or here (RSS): http://oppopod.libsyn.com/rss Support CANADALAND: https://...

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Why did an obscure Canadian psychology prof suddenly become an international media star? It's a much better question than "is he right or wrong?"   — This episode of CANADALAND is brought to...

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Ontario's political scene lately - why so boring?! Jordan Peterson was a guest on CBC. The media's angle on the ongoing coverage of Toronto's accused serial killer story. With Allison Smith. ...

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One year ago today, a 27-year-old white man, named Alexandre Bissonnette, walked into the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City and opened fire on over 40 worshippers. Azzeddine Soufiane, Mama...

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In which we discuss the media's bizarre long-term silence on the disappearances from Toronto's gay village, the Rogers-Vice Canada fallout, and Toronto Star's problematic reporting on the Sherman...

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Conspiracies! They're out there... and Vice Canada's Mack Lamoureux is getting to the bottom of them. You name it, he's covered it: The Berenst(a)ein Bears . Hollow Earth Theory. Iraq Stargate....

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On coverage of the hijab cutting hate crime that never was and the job of journalists in reporting stories of sexual harassment. Naheed Mustafa joins guest host Elamin Abdelmahmoud. Support CAN...

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If you thought Bill C-51  was concerning, boy do we have an update for you! Bill C-59 is the Liberal government’s national security reform bill, and it covers a lot of ground. According t...

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Novelist and poet Zoe Whittall joins Jesse to talk creepy professors, racist letters, and predatory men. @zoewhittall Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/liste...

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Governments around the world are cracking down on Facebook. But not Canada's. Forget taxes and regulations — Trudeau's Ministers are getting photo-ops and a $500,000 investment in Canada's jo...

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Canadian grocery store billionaires duped us for 14 years— Vive la gift card !! Joshua Boyle, former Taliban hostage , faces 15 charges including sexual assault and administering a noxious dr...

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At the end of this season of The Imposter, Aliya will do a live comedy set onstage at Second City.   But first—she needs to learn how to tell a joke.   On the first episode of this ha...

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The Imposter's "I Pity The Country" sits alongside Radiolab and The Heart on Constant Listener's 8 best podcast episodes of 2017. You can read that list here: http://constantlistener.com/best-p...

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Over the holidays, we're presenting some of the best episodes from across CANADALAND Media.   "If the police don't want you to see a file, you're never gonna know it exists."   Lorimer ...

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Last week, billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman were found dead in their Toronto home. As we parse through language in the press like "suspicious" and "police sources," what do we know and which...

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PressProgress calls itself "Canada’s most shared source for progressive news and information." They get real scoops , using the traditional tools of journalism, like access to information requ...

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A terrible BBC documentary about transgender kids was pulled from CBC scheduling. A journalists' materials were seized from a Niagara Regional Council meeting by staff who were exercising "enthus...

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After working in media, PR and politics, Jeff Ballingall understands the political power of Facebook. His top Facebook page gets more engagement than the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star combi...

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The Globe and Mail recently launched their re-designed newspaper much to the dismay of old people everywhere. Editor-in-Chief David Walmsley claims they're "actually expanding " a print edition t...

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After 34 newspapers were abruptly killed by Postmedia and Torstar last week, Postmedia CEO Paul Godfrey made the case that it was just part of an inevitable decline in the industry. Chris Powel...

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A lot of Canadians lost their community news this week, after two news giants traded 41 newspapers and shut nearly all of them down. Postmedia CEO Paul Godfrey says he didn't know Torstar was p...

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Gerard Ryle is the director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, who are behind the Paradise Papers, the Panama Papers and other similar investigations. Major revelat...

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A Master's student was reprimanded for showing her students a public TV clip of psychology professor/YouTuber Jordan Peterson explaining why he refuses to use people's preferred pronouns. Now th...

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Reporters Anna Merlan and Madeleine Davies were investigating and writing about Louis CK well before the New York Times story came out. And they faced a lot of criticism for it.  They join Jes...

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Bill Morneau tries to turn down the heat through tales of his spicy past, CBC takes a stand for landlord rights and Jagmeet Singh tries out some slam poetry.   COMMONS co-host Hadiya Roderiq...

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Is local media doomed? We speak to three entrepreneurs who are making a go of it with three very different models.   Dave Bidini publishes the West End Phoenix , a recently-launched, print-o...

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CBC's flagship TV newscast The National  is revamped with a four-host format and released into the world. The Paradise Papers reveal what the Toronto Star calls a "worldwide shadow economy wo...

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“Objectivity for the sake of objectivity often means make sure that the powerful always get their say. And sometimes Caesar shouldn’t have his say. Sometimes the truth is just true.”   ...

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A series of media scoops have shown that some politicians are actually rich people who want to keep their money. Bernie Sanders comes to Canada to tell us about our healthcare system. The gov...

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Adam Gopnik lived out a certain Canadian fantasy. He left the country and became a prominent New York intellectual. He writes about the move in his new book, At the Stranger's Gate. Gopnik is n...

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Quebec passes a racist law. A bunch of media outlets ran a story that used video manipulation and questionable translation to make it look like an imam was calling for the slaughter of Jews. A...

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The Toronto Star's Daniel Dale has become one of the most-watched journalists in Washington in part by simply enumerating Donald Trump's lies (Dale counted 720 as of last week). He got his sta...

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The Conservative Party leader walked away from a scrum when pressed about his campaign manager working in far right media company The Rebel's office during his campaign.    We look at the l...

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Sarah Polley talks about how she helped Jesse break a major story.  And she discusses domestic abuse, sexual harassment and assault, and the culture that fuels it.  Support us at patreon.co...

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An "unprecedented national collaboration" between The National Observer, Global, The Toronto Star and more exposes the dangers of sour gas in Saskatchewan. But as OurSask.ca points out, they for...

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The way we make culture in Canada is finished. The CanCon system was built around radio frequency and cable subscriptions. That's done.  Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly had the thankless task...

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Co-host Omar Mouallem lives in the Edmonton neighbourhood where the terror attack took place over the weekend. He discusses what he saw in the news versus what he saw in real life. On Jagmeet S...

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When we found out the Trudeau Government was selling armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia, despite their terrible human rights record, there was little public debate. When a professor launched a b...

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This American Life ponders the question:Is Gavin McInnes actually racist? We help them find the answer.   The Globe and Mail launches a project to teach kids about media manipulation... thro...

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Michael Enright got Jesse his first job in radio. He was also CANADALAND’s first ever guest, drinking bourbon and talking sh*t about the Canadian media. For our 200th show, he’s back to tal...

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Indigenous writer and activist turned politician Wab Kinew scored a historic victory last weekend by decisively winning the leadership of the Manitoba NDP. Only days before the election, howev...

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For one week every year, the Canadian press transforms into movie industry experts. Our newspapers run glossy red carpet photos of Hollywood stars and stories about which movies penned distributi...

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Jagmeet Singh gracefully responded to a racist idiot, which proves he can lead a major political party, we guess. Also, racism is totally not a problem anymore, according to the most widely-r...

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Who thought we'd have a Nazi problem in 2017? Richard Warman did. Years before the current "Should I punch a Nazi" debate took off, he was taking neo-Nazis to court.   As a human rights lawy...

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Post columnists pen truly offensive shit ; another media outlet lays off workers ; Donald Trump has us all scrambling .  Another day, another 81¢ (rounded for inflation). The team of our C...

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It's clear that sports journalism is facing many of the same issues as other facets of the industry: declining ad revenues, job insecurities, and too much content vying for too few eyeballs. It a...

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Americans are debating the removal of monuments to problematic historical figures, so I guess we are too.  Old folks don't want to hear sad stories about feelings on their CBC. Young folks d...

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It's been, to put it mildly, a shit week for Rebel Media's self-styled 'Rebel Commander' Ezra Levant: - Following the tragedy in Charlottesville last weekend, Rebel Media co-founder Brian Lille...

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A growing list of contributors and politicians are cutting ties with  far right website The Rebel after their coverage of the white nationalist protest in Charlottesville. Meanwhile, "Rebel comm...

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The term 'fake news 'has been popularized, bastardized, and now wholly appropriated. What was previously defined as 'A deliberate untruth published strictly for monetary or political gain,' has ...

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Joseph Boyden has emerged from his winter burrow like a collared lemming (it's an arctic mammal -- look it up!) to plug his forthcoming book weigh in again on questions of his Indigenous ancestr...

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This week we present a podcast based on our stage show which was based on our book which was based on this podcast. Talk about coming full circle.   In it: should you fuck your Prime Minist...

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The Toronto Star built an entire exposé on female genital mutilation based predominantly around a mid-level civil servant's email from three years ago.  Also, CBC Comedy is so unfunny it's f...

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We revisit a couple of stories that we haven't been able to follow up on to the level to which we'd hoped. At least not on the website, where our News Editor Jonathan Goldsbie  makes the ulti...

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The Conservative Party takes their latest wedge issue to the US media, a Quebec town won't let Muslims bury their dead and Trudeau lays out some hot summer jams.   BuzzFeed's Elamin Abdelmah...

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When the vitriol started to fly over Omar Khadr's $10.5 million settlement and apology from the government, Michelle Shephard got frustrated with just how much people were getting the basic facts...

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Journalist Evan Balgord  has been covering fringe right groups like the Proud Boys , Soldiers of Odin , and the Three Percenters  for the better part of the past year. He joins the COMMONS team...

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Ren Bostelaar posted nude pictures of women he knew to 4chan without their consent. He avoided a criminal record by apologizing and taking a peace bond. Was justice served? Is revenge porn legal ...

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With resistance to Canada150, Indigenous women calling out a reporter at a press conference, and the Proud Boys disrupting a Mi'kmaq ceremony in Halifax, the way people talk about our colonial hi...

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Canada was once home to a small, but mighty collective of gay and lesbian newspapers and magazines that made up a radical alternative media. Over the last few decades now-defunct publications lik...

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The Toronto Star put the final nail in the coffin  of Star Touch, its $20-30-million app for a device that most people don't have or use. And after praising themselves for its bold innovation, ...

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After the release of the Public Policy Forum's Shattered Media  report this past winter comes the latest beg for cash to prop up the newspaper industry. This one comes in the form of a request f...

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Governor General David Johnston issued a mea culpa over his radio interview  in which he refers to Indigenous peoples as immigrants. Postmedia did not issue mea culpas for poorly-researched ra...

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Iraqi photojournalist Ali Arkady thought he was documenting the "good guys" -- the non-sectarian forces fighting Daesh for the preservation of Iraq. Instead, Arkady witnessed abuse, torture, and ...

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Breitbart News has convinced concerned Christian families  that Ontario’s new child protection laws will bring forth a queer totalitarian state, where parents opposing or denying their childr...

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Or did we play ourselves? This most recent Conservative leadership race highlighted a number of deficiencies in Canadian media. Namely, why did the guy with virtually no chance of ever becoming...

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Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland stands up  to the sole remaining global superpower like a newborn kitten taking on Galactus . Somewhere between 10 and 5,000  freedom-loving citi...

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McClelland & Stewart was the publishing house that, at one time, served as the home for the likes of Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Leonard Cohen and others. In 2000, under the direction of ...

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The Conservatives have a new , dimpled, leader, Nova Scotians have more of the same , and British Columbians have an unprecedented lefty hybrid . How effective was media coverage of these three e...

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