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. Jeremy Appel co-hosts. Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Audio and Technical Producer), André Proulx (Production Coordinator) Guest: Jeremy Appel Further reading: A journalist broke a story about vandalism. Now police claim he did ...
Nov 03, 2022•40 min•Ep 829•Transcript available on Metacast 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? And can he be trusted? T o hear all of Ratfucker now, plus bonus content, support Canadaland here: https://canadaland.com/join Written and reported by Jesse Brown and Cherise Seucharan Audio editing and sound design by Tristan Capacchione Original music by Nathan Burley Additional music by Audio Network ...
Oct 31, 2022•54 min•Ep 828•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Congress next month, what does that bode for our own near future? The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur joins Jonathan Goldsbie to chew over that and also why the right seems to have a structural advantage in the media. Host: Jonathan Goldsbie Credits: Kattie Laur (Producer) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor & Techn...
Oct 27, 2022•38 min•Ep 827•Transcript available on Metacast 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 years old when a truck came to Stoney Point, and she watched as her house was loaded up onto the truck to be taken away. Her father explained the government was taking their land to build an army base, but promised to return it after the war. Legally, the government had to. They didn’t. In episode one...
Oct 24, 2022•35 min•Ep 826•Transcript available on Metacast 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 co-hosts. Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer) Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor & Technical Producer) André Proulx (Production Coordinator) SoCalled (Music) Guest: Arshy Mann Background reading: Canadians must give thanks to our Loblaw overlords for their generous new...
Oct 20, 2022•40 min•Ep 825•Transcript available on Metacast 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 about what it's like to be a migrant worker in your own country. Ducks ( link ) Sponsors: Oxio ( link ) Freshbooks ( link ) Support Canadaland! ( link ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 17, 2022•35 min•Ep 824•Transcript available on Metacast 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: Jonathan Goldsbie Credits: Aviva Lessard - Producer, Tristan Capacchione - Audio Editor & Technical Producer, André Proulx - Production Coordinator Guest: Sarah Hagi Background reading: Toronto Star: With the death of Mahsa Amini, it’s time for Hollywood to fight for Iranian women Toronto Star: Bu...
Oct 13, 2022•36 min•Ep 823•Transcript available on Metacast 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 decades, it was just always there — until one day it wasn’t. Since the last episode aired in 1990, The Beachcombers has largely been forgotten, its title reduced to a punchline. But there’s one place that can’t forget. Producer Sophie Woodrooffe pays a visit to Gibsons, BC, th...
Oct 10, 2022•44 min•Ep 822•Transcript available on Metacast 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 intellectuels. Et pourquoi la pénurie d'enseignants reste-t-elle un enjeu grave dans tout le pays ? Emilie Nicolas anime cet épisode de Détours avec Nicolas Rouleau. English: Election after election, electoral reform becomes the hot topic, despite the fact that the Premier of Quebec considers the issue to be of int...
Oct 08, 2022•39 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast 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 part of the rumour mill? Links: Seema Reza on the Joy of Being (Completely) Alone The Guardian article re: Car culture La Presse article re: Objectivity at the CBC National Post piece re: Objectivity at the CBC Le Devoir article re: Ma...
Oct 06, 2022•39 min•Ep 821•Transcript available on Metacast 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 cameras, park law enforcement, and… forest courts? Links: Tree Thieves – Greystone books Sponsors: Oxio , Freshbooks , Article Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 03, 2022•47 min•Ep 820•Transcript available on Metacast 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 emotional responses from victims of natural disasters? Ashleigh Stewart co-hosts. Links: Global News Exclusive re: Saskatchewan stabbing Global News piece re: Ukraine's liberated eastern villages Interview on CBC's The Current re: Hurricane Fiona Sponsors: D...
Sep 29, 2022•35 min•Ep 819•Transcript available on Metacast 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 stated that was not her cause of death. Lisa LaFlamme was but one CTV News employee. Dozens more speak to us about a toxic workplace where abuse, bullying, and burnout have allegedly been normal. This culture comes from a deliberate corporate plan. In one case, the consequences may have been fatal. ...
Sep 26, 2022•40 min•Ep 818•Transcript available on Metacast 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 campaign is being dismissed as bots and treated as if it doesn't exist. Nora Loreto co-hosts. Links: Video of David Akin and Pierre Poilievre CBC Manitoba piece re: Homelessness Dean Blundell piece re: #TrudeauMustGo National Post piece re: Trudeau...
Sep 22, 2022•46 min•Ep 817•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Sto:lo cultural identity for thousands of years. Robert Jago is a Sto:lo writer and Sasquatch enthusiast who set out to take Sasquatch back. But the process of cultural appropriation turns out to be more complicated than passing a physical object back and forth, and Jago tells a unique story of how the St...
Sep 19, 2022•37 min•Ep 816•Transcript available on Metacast 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 réflexion plus critique autour de la monarchie. Puis comment les médias francophones couvrent-ils les sujets de l'immigration et de la langue française dans le premier débat de la campagne électorale au Québec ? Emilie Nicolas anime cet épisode de Détours avec Maïka Sondarjee. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II...
Sep 17, 2022•43 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast 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 grappled with evolving attitudes toward the monarchy, and how it’s covered the rare sort of development that’s both wholly inevitable and the biggest breaking news in the world. They also go deep on a cartoon elf. Links: CBC interview with author Lawrence Hill Toronto Sun&nbs...
Sep 15, 2022•40 min•Ep 815•Transcript available on Metacast 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 after it all went down, do we actually know what happened? Rocco Castoro was the young editor in chief of VICE News who embedded with McAfee during his wild run from the law. He tries to set the record straight, and clear his own reputation. Links: Running With The Devil (Netflix) https...
Sep 12, 2022•44 min•Ep 814•Transcript available on Metacast 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 co-hosts. Links: National Post Opinion piece re: RCMP response to stabbing Toronto Sun Opinion piece re: Progressive theories driving criminal justice Globe and Mail piece re: RCMP reform Global News piece re: RCMP Alert system CBC p...
Sep 08, 2022•39 min•Ep 813•Transcript available on Metacast 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 characters that Bruce McCulloch portrayed on Kids in the Hall. This week we chat with Bruce about the beginning of Kids in the Hall from the gritty streets of Edmonton to the state of Canadian comedy, the CBC, TallBoyz, working with Lorne Michael. Some of our favourite Bruce McCulloch Sketches: Painting a c...
Sep 05, 2022•35 min•Ep 812•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Links: Globe and Mail piece re: Open letter in support of LaFlamme Globe and Mail piece re: Bell Media Formal Review Process National Observer piece re: NAJA barring the New York Times from its conference Pitchfork piece re: Allegations aga...
Sep 01, 2022•36 min•Ep 811•Transcript available on Metacast 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 stories continue to add new chapters. Three stories CANADALAND originally brought you in 2021 and 2022 demanded that we publish an update. First, the latest from the two communities that might soon be home to all of Canada's high-grade nuclear waste . Second, we check in on Ari Ben-Menashe and what the in...
Aug 29, 2022•43 min•Ep 810•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Wilner , who spent 14 years as NOW ’s film writer, joins former colleague Jonathan Goldsbie on Short Cuts to consider the slow decay of a publication that served as the city’s internet, before the internet was a thing. They also look at the Toronto Star ’s successful battle to overturn a strange publication ban ...
Aug 25, 2022•41 min•Ep 809•Transcript available on Metacast 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 these reported illnesses? The government has previously said they believed there was. Now, they have said there is no single cause. This week, we revisit a mystery we originally told you in January 2022. Featured in this episode: Leyland Cecco, the Guardian's Canadian correspondent; Stacie Quigley Cormier...
Aug 22, 2022•32 min•Ep 808•Transcript available on Metacast 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 for ending his show. Teri Hart co-hosts. Links: Lisa LaFlamme's video on Twitter The Hill Times piece re: journalists receiving online hate The Toronto Star's piece re: allegations against Derringer Jennifer Valentyne's video Jacqui Delaney's interview on Toronto Mike'd Sponsors: oxio , Squarespace , Hover...
Aug 18, 2022•43 min•Ep 807•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Canada’s climate goals? Featured in this episode: Dr. Edda Bild, postdoctoral fellow at McGill University and lead soundscape researcher for Sounds in the City. Jason Slaughter, creator of the YouTube channel Not Just Bikes. Brent Toderian, city planner and urbanist at TODERIAN UrbanWORKS. Links: Sounds i...
Aug 15, 2022•38 min•Ep 806•Transcript available on Metacast 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’histoire du catholicisme au Québec. Puis quelle est la conversation autour de la violence armée au Canada ? Emilie Nicolas anime cet épisode de Détours avec Christopher Curtis. Content warning : residential schools and colonization English: The Pope's visit to apologize to Indigenous peoples provoked various reflectio...
Aug 13, 2022•38 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Jonathan Goldsbie . Links: CBC piece re: 'unprecedented' strain on health care Global news piece re: not unprecedented health care system Toronto Sun Opinion piece Brian Lilley Globe and Mail piece re: BC researchers excluded from drug decriminalization review CAJ's Poisoned Well report The musical Tell Tale Ha...
Aug 11, 2022•32 min•Ep 805•Transcript available on Metacast 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 possible to be too cynical? Featured in this episode: Jonathan Torrens, actor, performer and writer best known for his beef with Jesse Brown and hosting shows like Street Cents, Jonovision and his role in Trailer Park Boys; Jesse Brown, early guest on Jonovision (and, I guess, the publisher of the Canadala...
Aug 08, 2022•40 min•Ep 804•Transcript available on Metacast 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 forward CBC piece re: Alleged sexual assault in St. John's Biv piece re: BC Supreme Court ruling on confidentiality Sponsors: Douglas , Squarespace , oxio Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 04, 2022•37 min•Ep 803•Transcript available on Metacast 
