Amir Locke: Minneapolis grapples with another police killing
Minneapolis streets are once again filled with protesters demanding justice after the Feb. 2 police killing of a 22-year-old Black man. Amir Locke was fatally shot by police who were executing a no-kn...
10 Feb 202226min
How police responded to Ottawa's 'unprecedented' protests
For nearly two weeks, a core group of protesters has refused to leave Ottawa’s downtown core. Police estimate more than 400 trucks remain parked in the so-called “red zone.” Some businesses in the are...
9 Feb 202226min
Under the big tent: Conservative division in Canada
Just over a week ago, Conservative centrist Erin O’Toole was ousted after just 18 months as party leader. His sudden departure has triggered the third leadership race since Stephen Harper lost in 2015...
8 Feb 202228min
Artists on Spotify are mad about more than Joe Rogan
Since Neil Young stepped away from Spotify over allegations that the platform was peddling COVID-19 misinformation, other artists have begun to speak up about their problems with the platform — proble...
7 Feb 202221min
Recordings reveal duelling realities of trucker protests
Protesting truckers and their supporters have been communicating via a walkie-talkie app called Zello. On the show today, we bring you the sound of their actual conversations, which reveal a wide gulf...
4 Feb 202235min
Erin O’Toole turfed as Conservative Party leader
Erin O’Toole is no longer leader of the Conservative Party after a caucus vote on Wednesday afternoon: 73 members of the 119-member caucus voted for his removal. Candice Bergen will take over leader...
3 Feb 202226min
Inside Beijing’s ‘closed loop’ Olympic Games
In 2015, Beijing won the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Since then, COVID-19, deteriorating relations with the West, allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang and a resulting diplomatic bo...
2 Feb 202225min
A patent-free vaccine for the world
Texas-based scientists Maria Elena Bottazzi and Peter Hotez won't make a cent off the vaccine they developed — and they don't want to. Dubbed "the world's COVID-19 vaccine," Corbevax is cheap and rel...
1 Feb 202223min
