He was a ‘danger to the public.’ Why was he released?
WARNING: This episode contains disturbting details about the deaths of two women and an Indigenous girl, in addition to allegations of sexual assault. Key First Nation member Noelle O’Soup died at j...
26 Jan 202319min
Bans and blowback: Assessing the Liberals' gun bill
In the weeks following the 2020 killings of 22 people in Portapique, Nova Scotia — the deadliest shooting rampage in Canadian history — the federal government began introducing steps to limit the type...
25 Jan 202327min
Wagner Group: Putin’s ‘shadow private army’
Wagner Group is a private army that's been violently advancing Russian interests internationally – but in the shadows – for years. Now as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has stalled, the fighters-for-h...
24 Jan 202327min
McKinsey contracts top $100M under Justin Trudeau
Since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took power, the federal government has awarded consulting firm McKinsey over $100 million dollars in contracts. Early this month, Radio-Canada reported that Ottawa...
23 Jan 202334min
Bonus | Nothing is Foreign: Inside a secret school for girls in Afghanistan
World news, local voices. Nothing is Foreign is a weekly trip to where the story is unfolding. Hosted by Tamara Khandaker. Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, there has been ...
21 Jan 202328min
How much booze is too much booze?
According to the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, people should limit their alcohol consumption to just two drinks per week to avoid certain cancers and other health issues. The new hea...
20 Jan 202323min
How a Canadian-led company became a public enemy in Puerto Rico
In 2017, Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, and its aging electrical grid. In the hurricane's aftermath, and after decades of neglect and underfunding, the island's public electrical utility, PREPA,...
19 Jan 202335min
Ford pushes for-profit care amidst healthcare crisis
This week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled a plan to significantly increase the number of surgeries being done outside hospitals, which are struggling with a major backlog of operations. Many of th...
18 Jan 202322min
