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Episodes — page 28
- U.S. accuses Canadians in alleged Russian propaganda scheme
The U.S. Department of Justice has accused Tenet Media of being financed and influenced by a state-backed Russian news network. Two Russian employees of RT – the state broadcaster…
- What do Israelis think about the war?
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the street in Israel, demanding a return of all remaining hostages in the custody of Hamas. The demonstrations are the largest seen in…
- Why did the NDP dump the Liberals?
Since 2022, Jagmeet Singh's New Democrats have backed Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government with a confidence and supply agreement where the NDP would support the Liberals o…
- Danielle Smith vs. Alberta’s health care 'monopoly'
As part of Premier Danielle Smith’s plan to dismantle the provincial health authority, Alberta Health Services, the first of four new replacement agencies began operating this week…
- Why rivals turned allies and scrambled B.C. politics
The B.C. United Party has suspended its election campaign and encouraged supporters to join forces with the Conservative Party of B.C., with the aim of bringing together the right-…
Come by Chance: What if you were living someone else’s life?If you’ve ever been to Newfoundland, you know it’s a place where fog can envelop you so deeply, you don’t know where you’re going or where you came from. When two men, born in the…
- Don't look back in anger: Oasis reuniteExplicit
It's hard to overstate just how big a global phenomenon Oasis were at their peak in the mid '90s, but it wasn't just the music that made them compelling — it was the rock star anti…
- Billionaire Telegram CEO charged in criminal investigation
On Wednesday, Telegram founder Pavel Durov was charged in France with a wide range of crimes related to illicit activity on the app. His detainment is part of an ongoing investigat…
- Abuse accusations at ‘military-style’ Ontario school
Robert Land Academy is a “military-style” school in Wellandport, Ontario. Since it opened in the 1970s, it’s used military-like structure and uniforms in a bid to mould struggling…
- Will the Liberals’ cabinet retreat put them in fighting form?
Liberal ministers are hunkered down in Halifax right now for their annual end-of-summer cabinet retreat. It’s a chance for the party to get together and set the agenda ahead of the…
- Canada’s public transit ‘death spiral’
Earlier this month, Ottawa mayor Mark Sutcliffe warned the provincial and federal governments that his city was facing a public transit funding crisis. He says that at this rate, t…
- Kamala Harris ignites Democrats at the DNC
Just one month ago, the Democrats were a deeply divided party, caught in a tailspin after President Joe Biden's disastrous performance in the first presidential debate. But in the…
- Drugs, abortion, taxes: Where Canadians stand on divisive issues
In politics, a “third rail” is an issue that’s so volatile, so dangerous, that politicians are afraid to touch it. The firm Abacus Data has just come out with a new poll that loo…
- New Canadian ‘centrist’ party accuses rivals of extremism
A new federal political party, the Canadian Future Party, is pitching itself as a centrist alternative for voters disillusioned with the Conservatives and Liberals. It’s already a…
- Inside a CIA agent's mission to infiltrate Al-Qaeda
After the events of Sept. 11, sweeping changes were made to U.S intelligence and counterrorism practices as part of the American-led 'war on terror'. Agencies like the CIA started…
- Will Ukraine's attack inside Russia pay off?
Two and half years after Russia first invaded, Ukraine has launched what might be its boldest counterattack yet: a push into the Kursk region. It's the first military incursion acr…
- Cracks in Canada’s temporary foreign worker program
Over the last two weeks, Liberal Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault has said he's considering tightening Canada's temporary foreign worker program. This is amid criticism of i…
- Israel accused of turning prisons into ‘torture camps’
Israeli prisons have been making headlines in recent weeks, after far-right protesters stormed the gates of the notorious Sde Teiman detention facility to protest the arrest of nin…
- Why is ISIS seeing a resurgence?
The arrest of a father and son north of Toronto accused of being in the late stages of planning an attack for the benefit of the Islamic State. A canceled stop in Vienna on Taylor…
- Canada's news outlets are struggling. Should Ottawa save them?
It’s been a year since Meta banned Canadian news on platforms including Facebook and Instagram, punching a significant hole in how audiences engage with outlets online. At the sa…
