A conversation with Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Democracy versus dictatorship” in Venezuela. Why Canada should not release Meng Wanzhou. These are just some of the topics we cover in a feature interview with Chrystia ...
10 Juli 201931min
From memes to TV ads, how political third parties get their message out
You may not have heard of political third parties like Engage Canada or Canada Proud, but you’ve likely already encountered their messaging through a traditional television ad, a Facebook meme, or may...
9 Juli 201921min
A reporter’s long, failed fight to keep his work on ISIS from the RCMP
For the last four years, Vice reporter Ben Makuch has been fighting to keep communications he had with a suspected ISIS fighter from the RCMP. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada,...
8 Juli 201919min
A primer on the Green New Deal in the U.S. and Canada
This week a new government report outlined the most pressing threats facing Canada due to climate change. The report warned of infrastructure failures, flooding and storm surges on the coasts, and mel...
5 Juli 201925min
Dumpster diving, forged signatures, and alleged immigration fraud
CBC News has learned about an alleged massive immigration scheme involving illicit job offers, hundreds of Chinese nationals, and dozens of business people in Saskatchewan. The story follows an invest...
4 Juli 201920min
What the Taylor Swift controversy tells us about who really profits from recording artists' work
This weekend, pop superstar Taylor Swift penned a distraught Tumblr post in which she took the news of a business deal very, very personally. Her former record label, Big Machine, was sold to music mo...
3 Juli 201921min
What’s the toll of tough U.S. sanctions on Iranians?
On Monday, news broke that Iran violated a key part of the 2015 nuclear agreement. This comes about a year after the U.S. unilaterally pulled out of the deal. Iran says it breached the agreement becau...
2 Juli 201924min
Families grieve, seek justice, after Ethiopian Air plane crash
This March, a Boeing 737 Max 8 plane crashed in Ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board. 18 of them were Canadian, and several more were permanent residents. Now, six families from Canada who lost r...
1 Juli 201922min
