Lessons from Winnipeg, Canadaâs most Indigenous city. Emilie Nicolas talks to Niigaan Sinclair about what reconciliation looks like in practice and why Winnipeg is ground zero for Indigenous relations in Canada.Plus, did wildfire season start e
Today weâre bringing you something a bit different. Itâs a podcast produced by a wonderful team in the UK called Tortoise. Reporter Alexi Mostrous will tell you all about how a Canadian private intelligence practitioner and investigator, set hi
Thereâs 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 advisory committee aims to âmodernizeâ the CBC, but Peter Men
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 Drakeâs Toronto mansion reveals the violent potential of this rhetorical battle. Jan Wong repo
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 bigger than any show in its time slot, and has consist
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 bigger than any show in its time slot, and has consist
Campus protests have migrated to Canada and McGill is asking the cops for help. Why calling in the cops is the wrong approach, despite whatâs being said (and chanted) at these protests.Justin Trudeau seems to be popping up on podcasts everywher
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 Canadians, and we have heard in general terms about the m
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 is acquitted of murdering a Toronto police officer,
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 much about just what the hell was happening this time.M
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 the new digital fog of war?Bill Maher somehow stil
Weâve long heard about how the news business is failing -Â layoff after layoff, media execs have claimed that they have had no choice but to make cutbacks.In Bellâs latest round of 4800 layoffs, CEO Mirko Babic defended his decision to a parliam
A spectre is haunting Canada â 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 point, will anyone even care? Rebel News personality Da
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 protesters calling on Trudeau to send peacekeeping
As Canadians prepare for a rare celestial eventâa total solar eclipseâJesse has one message: donât look up!On Monday, the price of carbon increased, and so did prices at the pumps. Carbon Tax savant Max Fawcett explains why itâs terrible politi
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 Norm MacDonald? What about Samantha Bee, who broke
Why are New Zealand libertarian think-tanks so into Canadaâs Indigenous skyscrapers? In the midst of an ongoing housing crisis, is the Squamish Nationâs SenÌĂĄáž”w project the future of Indigenous land development?As Deadspinâs new ownership pivot
When governments and corporations want to stay on top of the âthreatsâ posed by protest movements â from climate campaigns to animal-rights advocacy â thereâs one company that they tend to turn to: Welund. Founded in the UK in 2007, it expanded
As Elon Musk rails against content moderation in a disastrous interview with Don Lemon, Jesse and Ivor Shapiro reconsider Canadaâs new approach to online speech. Is the Online Harms Act as Orwellian as Margaret Atwood thinks it is? Also, immigr