Why the Golden Globes' shady reputation persists
On Sunday, Hollywood will celebrate the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards. The event is considered influential, even as it is dogged by persistent jokes that it's out of touch, and even corrupt. When th...
26 Feb 202121min
Cindy Gladue and the painful cost of justice
The death of Cindy Gladue became a flashpoint for the anger surrounding missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. Now, a manslaughter conviction for Bradley Barton closes the long legal saga — ...
25 Feb 202123min
Church as a COVID-19 battleground
As three B.C. churches get ready to head to court to fight the province's COVID-19 rules, CBC Vancouver reporter Jason Proctor explains how the pandemic is testing the limits of religious freedom.
24 Feb 202122min
Why Facebook banned news on its platform in Australia
As Canada considers ways to make big tech pay for news, Wired digital editor James Temperton outlines some lessons it could take from Australia's fight with Facebook.
23 Feb 202124min
How Bellingcat cracks some of the world’s biggest stories
Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative collective Bellingcat, tells us how the group used online information to break some of its biggest stories — from the poisoning of Alexei Navalny to the dow...
22 Feb 202132min
Should Canada boycott the 2022 Olympics in Beijing?
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are just a year away, and pressure is building for Canada to take a stand by boycotting them in response to China’s imprisonment of the “Two Michaels” and the ongoing ...
19 Feb 202122min
A Montreal police officer was attacked, but the wrong man was arrested
Mamadi III Fara Camara’s lawyer says he called police to help an officer who had been attacked, and after trying to help, he was charged with attempted murder. Today, how this case of wrongful arrest ...
18 Feb 202121min
The joke that made it to the Supreme Court of Canada
More than a decade ago Canadian comedian Mike Ward told a joke about a disabled young singer named Jérémy Gabriel. Marie-Danielle Smith on the questions it raises about freedom of speech versus discr...
17 Feb 202121min
