CANADALAND

Crise du logement 101

23 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alors que les médias et les acteurs du milieu politique ne cessent de rejeter la faute de la crise du logement sur l’immigration, Détours se propo...

Trump Could Be Great for One Canadian Industry

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is there an “appetizing upside” to Trump’s win for Canada? Betakit’s Douglas Soltys joins to consider the shifting perspectives  in the C...

Nice Try, Bluesky (Still Bitter Over Twitter)

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As Bluesky rides high, Jesse finally quits Twitter (two years too late.) Co-host Douglas Soltys explains why the fediverse might be our last best hope...

Danielle Smith's All You Can Eat Alberta-Style Freedom

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith tabled a rehauled Bill of Rights with changes aimed at ending vaccine mandates, protecting gun ownership and ensuring p...

Substack's Founder on News, Money, and Musk

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Journalists have flocked to Substack. Abandoning legacy titles to pursue self-puslishing freedom at the occasionally controversial app. Substack ...

Hunting For Commie Spies From Parliament

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Veteran Canadian journalist David Pugliese defends himself in parliament against allegations that he’s a Russian spy codenamed “Stuart.” Meanwhi...

Canada's TikTok Ban is Absurd

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Parliament has ordered the closures of the Toronto and Vancouver offices of the popular social media platform Tiktok, but users can still access the a...

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, the Canadaland Interview

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese landed in Canada, setting off a firestorm of controversy that Canadian politics was not ready for....

The Copernic Affair: Chapter One

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Introducing our latest long-form investigative series. From Thunder Bay to The White Saviors to Cool Mules, Canadaland has a record of reporting and p...

Onde de choc

09 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Aujourd'hui, on se tourne vers les États-Unis pour discuter des résultats des élections et de la victoire de Donald Trump. Pour en parler, on reço...

Kamala Vibes, Killed

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Were the vibes around Kamala Harris overstated by the Canadian media? Did the CBC have a “meltdown” during US election night coverage? What kind o...

Is There a “Palestine Exception” in Newsrooms?

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An essay in the Toronto Star suggests there’s a rule in Canadian newsrooms that limits the coverage of Palestine. Lisa Goldman joins to unpack the i...

How Canadian Voters Could Sway the U.S. Election

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the 60th US Presidential election, and the stakes feel like they’ve never been higher. This episode is a pulse check on what people are doing...

This is How the Airlines Screwed Us During the Pandemic

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When COVID hit, the airlines were sitting with billions of dollars in cash that Canadians paid for flights that were all canceled. How much of that mo...

Will a Trump Victory "Destroy" Canada?

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Canadian media is filled with doom over the possibility of a second Donald Trump presidency. Is Trump really that much of a threat to Canada? Plu...

Doug Ford’s $200 Bribe

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is there more to Doug Ford’s buffoonery than $200 and a paper bag? As Scott Moe hangs on to a majority in Saskatchewan, Doug Ford scrambles to ...

Trudeau, Trump, Poilievre, Harris: What Do Voters Even Want?

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liberal MP’s have hopped on the #TrudeauHasGotToGo bandwagon after 28 caucus members asked for his resignation. The PM is in a completely different ...

What Comes After Woke?

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Questioning authority is a necessity for a functioning democracy. Continually calling power to account has to be a good thing, right? Maybe not, at le...

On avance, on avance, on recule pas!

26 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Le Canada a besoin, plus que jamais, d’un journalisme indépendant rigoureux et de qualité. Pour soutenir Canadaland et souscrire à un abonnement ...

Is This Postmedia Reporter a Russian Spy? Let’s Ask Him!

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Veteran Canadian reporter David Pugliese was accused of being a Russian agent in a parliamentary committee by a former MP. So we called him up to ask ...

Every Government in Canada Is Gonna Get Voted Out

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Provincial elections in New Brunswick and BC prove that Canadians want one thing: change. In the midst of a caucus revolt, will Trudeau be swapped out...

India’s “Horrific Mistake” in Canada

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A massive criminal campaign—extortion, intimidation, coercion, harassment, even murder—allegedly orchestrated by India on Canadian soil. This is a...

I work at Canadaland.

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Go to canadaland.com/join to become a yearly Canadaland Supporter today and get three months of perks and benefits for free. Hosted on Acast...

The City that Gets its News from a Dumpster Company

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Canada needs rigorous, deeply reported independent journalism now more than ever. Go to canadaland.com/join to become a yearly Canadaland Supporter to...

Baffled by Beirut

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As war continues to escalate between Israel and Hezbollah, Noor Azrieh explains why Lebanon is uniquely digestible for a western audience (and why tha...

Why Justin Trudeau Keeps Accusing India of Murder

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bombshell allegations about India’s involvement in murder and extortion on Canadian soil in a stunning Thanksgiving Monday press conference from the...

B.C.’s Batsh*t Election

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shit-posting candidates, climate change denial, outright racism, and those damn paper straws. Host Noor Azrieh calls up Arno Kopecky, Shannon Waters, ...

Even A.I.'s Creators don't Understand how it Works

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s all about the T.“T” as in the T at the end of ChatGPT. That T stands for Transformer. And it’s already transforming many aspects of your ...

Le luxe de la désillusion

12 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dans le Canada de 2024, beaucoup se sentent exclus, déshumanisés et se rendent compte que la place qu’ils croyaient occuper n’existe pas en réa...

Celebrating Diversity, With Pierre Poilievre!

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pierre Poilievre continues to beef with mainstream media, but is cozying up with members of ethnic media outfits. What's he planning?Plus, Danielle Sm...

It’s Not Antisemitism – It’s Shlomophobia

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

October 7th coverage in Canada was caught between memorializing a tragedy and reporting on an escalating war. Jen Gerson joins to discuss whether both...

Trump Says Canada Doesn’t Pull Its Weight in NATO—He’s Right

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It feels like we’ve never been closer to another world war. If our NATO allies called us, could we answer? This week, host Noor Azrieh, with gu...

Israel: the Canadaland Interview

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Israel’s Ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed, sits down with Jesse for a candid and intense discussion about how Israel’s actions during the war are i...

Why Caitlin Clark Will Make Rogers Feel Stupid

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rogers buys Bell share of Maple Leaf Sports Entertainment for 4.7 billion–but how Ed Rogers’ power play whiffed on the Caitlin Clark era.Plus, the...

Who Framed Pierre Poilievre?

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A frankensteined edit from a Poilievre scrum causes a shitstorm for CTV News and Bell Media. Is it proof of malicious media bias or just a careless mi...

Canada's Gutless Palestine Policy

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

While world leaders meet and Israel’s war on Gaza spreads, Canadian MPs are at odds over recognizing a Palestinian state. How much does Canadia...

The Biggest Art Fraud Ring in History

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The late Norval Morrisseau is known as Canada's Picasso. He was the father of the Woodlands style. His work was exhibited at the Pompidou Center in Pa...

Vérité, Guérison, Restitution, Réconciliation

28 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Le 30 septembre est désormais la journée nationale de la Vérité et de la Réconciliation. Mais pour l’avocat, ancien député et organisateur co...

Rebel Rebel, Your QCJO Status is a Mess

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cue the sad trombone sounds for Rebel Media, who just lost an appeal to qualify for federal journalism tax credits. Where will they get funding from n...

Trudeau to Canadians in Lebanon: Good Luck, Babe!

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the aftermath of the stunning pager attacks in Lebanon and subsequent escalations in the Middle East, Canada’s former ambassador to Israel, Norma...

The Canadian Plan to Dig a Goldmine in the Amazon

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this year, the UN Special rapporteur for human rights defenders raised concerns about a Canadian company called Belo Sun Mining. She said peop...

Elon Musk's Anti-Woke A.I. Sucks Too

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is this the era of the A.I. election? Lovers and haters of A.I. both claim the technology will change the world, for better or worse. Are the che...

If Poilievre Wins With Batsh*t Memes, Will He Be a Batsh*t Prime Minister?

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With two byelections this week, the rhetoric is ramping up around the next Canadian federal election. Paris Marx joins Justin Ling to consider the onl...

The Case for NIMBYism

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Canada has 38 of the world’s 100 safe injection sites. But for how much longer will we be the global leader in this controversial form of dealing wi...

Rokhaya & Emilie in Paris: racisme et sexisme dans les médias

14 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Traumavertissement: La deuxième partie de l’émission discute de sujets douloureux en lien avec les violences faites aux femmes.Content warning: Th...

Is Jagmeet Singh Actually Smart?

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The press has been ridiculing Singh since he "tore up" the NDP's deal with the Liberals. But...maybe he knows what he's doing?Plus, the legacy of Cana...

Lauren Southern's Strange Journey from Rebel to Tradwife to Paid Putin Stooge

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The surprising Canadian connections to an alt-right influencer network that is alleged to have been funded by Russia. How Lauren Chen, Lauren Southern...

The Painful Truth About IUDs

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Getting an IUD can be painful. Really painful. Last month, new regulations came out in the US about managing this pain. Centers for Disease Contr...

What the Sh*tshow at Elle Canada Tells Us About the Future of Journalism

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Riley Yesno joins Emilie Nicolas to unpack the editorial sh*tshow at Elle Canada, as well as big changes at APTN. To celebrate its 25th year as a...

Jesse Brown Brings You The Worst Podcast

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this primer episode of The Worst Podcast, Canadaland publisher Jesse Brown reflects on why he’s backing The Worst Podcast. Host (and acclaimed un...

Qui va voter pour Kamala Harris?

31 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Depuis l’investiture de Kamala Harris à la candidature démocrate, le parti a le vent dans les voiles et devance le camp de Donald Trump de quelque...

Goodbye, Jonathan Goldsbie

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With Postmedia ending daily print editions of The Telegram — leaving Newfoundland and Labrador without a single daily paper — we wonder how to kee...

Why Are Thousands of Gazans Still Waiting to Come to Canada?

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced in May that Canada’s temporary visa program for Gazans would be expanded, from 1000 to 5000. But eight mo...

The Selling of Kamala Harris

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s all optimism at the Democratic National Convention, and Canadian headlines are reflecting the enthusiasm around Kamala Harris, but is all this ...

Marineland Guilty Under Animal Cruelty Laws. Why is it Still Open?

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Part family-owned theme park and part roadside zoo, Marineland was once the kind of place where you could get kissed by an orca and feed corn pops to ...

Fierté sous tension

17 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cette année à Montréal, le Festival de la Fierté a pris la forme d’une véritable vignette de l’année 2024, marquée par des pluies diluvienn...

The Janky Twitter Bots Who Love Pierre Poilievre

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bots are buzzing about Pierre Pollievre and the McGill campus protests, but is it worth reporting? Elie Cantin-Nantel joins Justin Ling to assess the ...

Can You be Allergic to Music?

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us find joy in melodies and rhythms. Catchy tunes we hear at the coffee shop, in the mall, or even muzak in the elevator can get stuck in our ...

Who was ISIS Planning to Kill in Toronto?

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Google is found in a U.S. ruling to have an illegal monopoly on search. Michael Geist joins to compare the American antitrust approach to Big Tech to ...

The Astonishing Failure of Trudeau's Media Bailout

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Ling has kind of had it. While the veteran political journalist has endless patience for people in power trying to do the right thing, he ...

(Détours) Confessions d’une ex-journaliste sportive

03 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pour la première fois, les Jeux Olympiques comptent autant d’athlètes hommes que d’athlètes femmes. Pourtant, parité ne signifie pas égalité...

(Short Cuts) Game of Drones: Canada Pays for Olympic Cheating

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Drones make headlines at the Paris Olympics, and it’s all Canadian soccer’s fault. Mattea Roach joins Jonathan Goldsbie to consider the narratives...

The Menswear Guy Ranks Trudeau, Poilievre, and Singh

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

@DieWorkWear, also known as the Menswear Guy, on Twitter (or X), is a sensation — a critic, a teacher, and a gentleman. One million people foll...

(Short Cuts) Biden’s Gone, Trudeau Hangs On

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All this talk of major leaders stepping aside, but it’s the Mayor of Kamloops BC, Reid Hamer-Jackson, who has our attention. In a raucous ‘resigna...

How to Beat the Airline that Screwed You

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gabor Lukacs has won over 25 regulatory complaints against airlines - and even taken airlines to court to uphold the rights of passengers. But he does...

(Détours) Besoin de légèreté

20 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

D’après le Digital News Report 2024, 40% des Canadiens évitent souvent ou parfois de s’informer. Derrière cette fatigue informationnelle se tro...

(Short Cuts) Pierre Keeps it Hot After Trump Gets Shot

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do we need to “dial down” our political rhetoric in Canada, following the attempted assassination of Trump? Canadian journalism icon Jan Wong join...

Introducing Inside Kabul

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are bringing you a sneak preview of an incredibly urgent, deeply compelling piece of audio journalism from Radio France. It was originally br...

The Last Ambulance

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For forty years, Hal Newman worked in Emergency Medical Services. After retiring, he decided to start an online platform, The Last Ambulance, where he...

(Short Cuts) Pudd’nhead POTUS

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past two weeks, the media has suddenly become experts in diagnosing neurodegenerative disorders following Biden’s stumbles at the debate. C...

Dear Taliban: Part Three

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In our final episode, Investigative Reporter Molly Thomas showcases the hopes and frustrations of three Afghan girls, many years after the Taliban tak...

Dear Taliban: Part Two

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Investigative Reporter Molly Thomas as she lands on the ground in South Asia to uncover the heartbreaking story of a young Afghan girl, with...

(Détours) Une guerre en chasse une autre

06 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

En février 2022, les grands médias occidentaux envoyaient des journalistes en Ukraine couvrir les premiers temps de l’invasion russe. Émissions s...

(Short Cuts) Populism Trumps Biden and Trudeau

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a tough week for leadership in North America, with calls for resignation dominating the headlines on both sides of the border. Paul W...

Brain Disease ‘Mystery’ Still Unsolved, Scientists Say

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“All I will say is that my scientific opinion is that there is something real going on in New Brunswick that absolutely cannot be explained by the b...

(Short Cuts) Global: Spanked, Not SLAPPed

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What’s going on in Han Dong’s defamation case against Global News? Last week, Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Perell made a decision in that c...

How They Crushed Wikileaks

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This was a time when Assange and other punks like him were running circles around governments. It seemed like the ability for the powers that be to ke...

(Détours) France: Tapis rouge pour l'extrême droite

22 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Après des résultats record aux élections européennes, l’extrême droite française est en passe de remporter les législatives. Si certains sont...

(Short Cuts) Did Beijing Tamper With the Globe and Mail?

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Can a newspaper commit treason? The NSICOP report singles out China as the biggest foreign influence on Canadian media (and it’s more than just adve...

Nature is SO Gay

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Canadaland commissioned its new series “A Field Guide to Gay Animals” (listen to it here), the topic wasn’t really in the news. But since t...

(Short Cuts) If I Had $100,000,000 (From Google)

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With Jesse away, Justin Ling takes over to talk about Google’s $100 million payment for Canadian news and how a ragtag group of independent publishe...

Dear Taliban: Part One

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Less than a year ago, Investigative Reporter and former Network Anchor Molly Thomas had her dream job as a Correspondent for CTV’s flagship show, W5...

(Détours) Femmes en politique: Femmes en péril?

08 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

En politique municipale, provinciale et fédérale, les départs de femmes s’enchaînent. En cause, l’intimidation dont elles sont victimes, la re...

(Short Cuts) 34 Trump Street

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trump’s 34 felony convictions made history in the U.S., but will his efforts to undermine the Rule of Law have an effect on Canadian attitudes towar...

Inside Winnipeg’s MMIWG Murder Trial

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This story started out like every other Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women case. But something happened that would change the trajectory of the cas...

(Short Cuts) Pretendian Publisher, Cartoon Cancellation

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Who’s buying a newspaper in 2024? Meet Kevin Klein, a politician, publisher, pretendian, and new owner of the Winnipeg Sun. Then, things get he...

(Canada Obscura) Orange Julep and The Fast Food Empire That Could’ve Been

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

CANADALAND host Jesse Brown introduces Dylan to a strange and decaying Quebecois fast food institution… housed inside a giant orange sphere. Today, ...

(Canada Obscura) The Feral Horses Of Sable Island

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a small, sandy island off the coast of Nova Scotia where hundreds of horses run wild. They’ve been there since the 18th century, and are g...

(Canada Obscura) The Real Life Winnie-the-Pooh

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re launching a collaboration with The Atlas Obscura Podcast to tell the stories of Canada’s strange and wondrous places. Today, we bring you a ...

Culture Collapse

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hot Docs, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Just for Laughs, just the latest cultural institutions to join a long list of Canadian arts groups facing exi...

(Détours) Effacer l'Histoire autochtone

25 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Traumavertissement: Le segment ‘Bien Noté’ entre 22:30 et 27:00 aborde les violences subies par les enfants autochtones dans les pensionnats.Fin ...

(Short Cuts) Why Winnipeg is not the Most Racist City in Canada

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lessons from Winnipeg, Canada’s most Indigenous city. Emilie Nicolas talks to Niigaan Sinclair about what reconciliation looks like in practice and ...

Who Trolled Amber: Canadaland recommends

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we’re bringing you something a bit different. It’s a podcast produced by a wonderful team in the UK called Tortoise. Reporter Alexi Mostrous...

(Short Cuts) Loblaw & Order

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a Loblaws Boycott underway, but is it actually working? Jesse breaks his silence on the Reddit-fueled consumer action and brainstorms some g...

The Pretendian Crisis

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The pretendian phenomenon has been known and discussed in indigenous circles for years, but it's become mainstream Canadian news lately thanks to thre...

(Détours) L’immigrant imaginaire

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Si l’on en croit les médias et les discours des politiques, les immigrants seraient responsables de toutes les difficultés culturelles et économi...

(Short Cuts) Drake is a Journalist

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Drake/Kendrick rap beef has overtaken the internet. A flurry of diss tracks has captured the attention of millions, but now a shooting outside of ...

Voice Of The Common Man

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Open Line on VOCM-AM in Newfoundland has been called an institution. A religion. A must-listen show. And we at Canadaland had never heard of it -...

(Short Cuts) No Cop Crackdowns on Campus

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Campus protests have migrated to Canada and McGill is asking the cops for help. Why calling in the cops is the wrong approach, despite what’s being ...

In the Shadow of the Shadow War

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Canadian media coverage of the war in the Middle East has, unsurprisingly, focused on the impact on diaspora communities here in Canada. We have heard...