CANADALAND

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...

(Détours) Solutions climatiques, solutions journalistiques

27 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alors que l’année 2024 sera la plus chaude jamais enregistrée, on voit le public, épuisé par l'éco anxiété et une certaine fatigue informatio...

(Short Cuts) Jennifer Pan’s Labyrinth

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As the hit Netflix documentary What Jennifer Did draws criticism for manipulating source materials, we talk to Karen K. Ho about the differences betwe...

Thunder Bay Police Chaos

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On April 12, 2024, news broke that Sylvie Hauth, the former police chief of Thunder Bay, was arrested and charged with a series of criminal offenses.&...

(Short Cuts) War Torn TikTok

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Did we just dodge WW3? As Iran retaliated against Israel with an unprecedented barrage of drones and missiles, deciphering facts from fakes and misinf...

Slash and Burn: How Cheap Debt Killed the News

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve long heard about how the news business is failing - layoff after layoff, media execs have claimed that they have had no choice but to mak...

(Détours) Haïti, vue de Port-au-Prince

13 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Etienne Côté-Paluck, rédacteur en chef d’HAÏTI MAGAZINE et HAITI WEEKLY, des publications du collectif haïtien DÈYÈ MÒN ENFO, rejoint Emilie...

(Short Cuts) Justin Trudeau’s Chinese Democracy

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A spectre is haunting Canada — the spectre of Communist China.Finally, a proper inquiry into election interference by China featuring testimony from...

Should Gaza Compel a Return to Canadian Peacekeeping?

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Canadians have long thought of themselves as peacekeepers. But can we still make that claim today? Amid all of the the outrage towards our government ...

(Short Cuts) The Canadaland Guide to Staring Directly at the Sun

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As Canadians prepare for a rare celestial event–a total solar eclipse–Jesse has one message: don’t look up!On Monday, the price of carbon increa...

An Oral History Of Just For Laughs Gags

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Question: what is Canada's greatest contribution to the world of comedy? Is it Lorne Michaels and Saturday Night Live, which launched the careers of c...

(Détours) Culbuter le malheur

30 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Il y a du pouvoir dans la réappropriation de son propre récit - c'est pourquoi Beata n'a pas seulement écrit un mémoire sur son expérience de fui...

(Short Cuts) Organ-Transplant Radio Bingo

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why are New Zealand libertarian think-tanks so into Canada’s Indigenous skyscrapers? In the midst of an ongoing housing crisis, is the Squamish Nati...

We Spied on the Spies who Spy on Activists

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When governments and corporations want to stay on top of the “threats” posed by protest movements — from climate campaigns to animal-rights advo...

(Short Cuts) The Musk of Censorship

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As Elon Musk rails against content moderation in a disastrous interview with Don Lemon, Jesse and Ivor Shapiro reconsider Canada’s new approach to o...

The Witch Trials Of Andy Mills

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Mill’s is the co-creator of The New York Times ground-breaking podcast, The Daily, and before that worked on the equally inventive and critical...

(Détours) Journalisme cathartique

16 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alors que la guerre à Gaza fait rage, Emilie Nicolas et Raed Hammoud font le point sur la couverture de cette guerre dans le cadre de leur travail au...

(Short Cuts) Just for Death

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The laughter has stopped at the Just For Laughs festival, as ownership applies for creditor protection and cancels the Montreal and Toronto 2024 festi...

How Work Got So Sh*tty

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Labour used to be a beat. A major beat for any newspaper. Which, you know, makes sense. Because what happens with work, with the world of work, that m...

(Short Cuts) Mulroney: One of Canada's Most Divisive Prime Ministers

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From Winnipeg to Wuhan, Canada is embroiled in an international spy situation, but why does no one seem to care anymore? Recent documents released fro...

The Conservative Decade Ahead

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s skip two years of horse race punditry and commentary. It's over already. Barring some unforeseeable act of God, Pierre Poilievre is not just g...

(Détours) Bordel en tout genre

02 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dans sa nouvelle autobiograhie, la professeure en droit transféminine Florence Ashley, théorise l’academic smut ou smut therapy comme la thérapie...

(Short Cuts) The VICE Guide to Losing $5.7 Billion

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vice Media was once valued at 5.7 billion dollars - This week it closed its doors. One final episode of the podcast Cyber was released to give listene...

State of Emergency in Pikwakanagan

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Pikwakanagan First Nation seemed to be doing well - it has a good economy, high graduation rate, it has been revitalizing its culture, the books a...

(Short Cuts) The Oliphant in the Room

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liberal MP Rob Oliphant was caught being critical of the Trudeau government’s policy on the Gaza war in a leaked phone call with a constituent. He i...

A Long Shot For Gaza

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Ayman Oweida he’s doing everything he can to help his family survive. But he hears the bombs getting closer when speaking to them on the phone.&...

(Détours) Yara El-Ghadban : le deuil, mais aussi les rêves

17 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Selon Yara El-Ghadban, romancière et éditrice montréalaise d’origine palestinienne, le rêve est un acte révolutionnaire. Dans cet épisode, Emi...

(Short Cuts) For Whom Bell Trolls

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is radio not a viable business anymore? Bell Media said this in a release in the wake of massive layoffs. And Pierre Poilievre is waging a bizarre bat...

Can Porn's Business Model Save The News Industry?

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After Max Krangle left Big Tobacco he went to work for the porn business. Jesse and Max explore whether the business lessons learned in porn, one of t...

(Short Cuts) No Sex Please, We’re Albertan

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Alberta Premier has a UCP leadership election this year, and apparently she needs transphobic voter support more than she cares about keeping the ...

Tent Cities, Karaoke And Birthday Cake

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Two journalists, Kathleen Martens and Brandi Morin, have been closely following the ongoing crises faced by unhoused people, largely Indigenous, in so...

(Détours) Nous, les autres et Toula

03 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

En début de semaine, la chroniqueuse Toula Drimonis a vu la publication en français de son livre "Nous, les autres", suite au succès de la version ...

(Short Cuts) Internet Censorship (Taylor's Version)

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How much information should the public get when it comes to the motivations of a suspected shooter attacking a government building? And the new global...

An Elegy To Snark

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Every social media platform prizes something different. With Instagram, it’s aesthetics. On TikTok, it’s theatre-kid energy. And with Twitter, it ...

(Short Cuts) The Missing Piece for International Students

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From cash cows to scapegoats, has there been a change in how we talk about international students? And how Canada’s provincial governments have, one...

Why Government Is Addicted to Cigarettes

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For years Canadian media has been saying that Canada is a world leader in regulating big tobacco and is a global success story when it comes to weanin...

(Détours) Foncer dans le mur

20 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

AVERTISSEMENT : Dans la deuxième partie de cet épisode, nous discutons de violence à caractère sexuelle et de violence basée sur le genre. Si vou...

(Short Cuts) What Celebrity Chef Mary Berg Did

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I know you want to read about what celebrity chef Mary Berg did, but DON’T click on the link - it’s clickbait! And Trump is back in a big way. Did...

The Dangers Of Dumb AI

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Activist Esra’a Al-Shafei has gone to extreme lengths to keep her image offline. But one day that privacy was breached — or so she thought. H...

(Short Cuts) Burning Down the Jewish Deli Is Not Kosher

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Canada’s major newspapers take a stance on antisemitic attacks happening in Toronto. And PM Justin Trudeau heads to the beach. Host: Jesse Brow...

A War In Our Newsrooms

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For newsrooms across the country, covering the war with Israel and Palestine has been tremendously difficult. Tensions are high, emotions are very fra...

(Détours) Redéfinir la famille traditionnelle

06 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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(Short Cuts) Who’s Behind A Fake Trudeau Sex Scandal?

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a really popular Canadian politics YouTube channel with hundreds of anti-Trudeau videos. Something seemed a little fishy though. Jesse, Jona...

Yukon's Path to Indigenous Self-Governance

01 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Often underreported or ignored by national media, the unique and complex issues facing the people who call Yukon home rarely get the attention they de...

(Short Cuts) MKUltra

28 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the 1960s and 70s, there was a fear that cult leaders were brainwashing young people into joining their new, strange movements. But is it even poss...

Christmas In The Newsroom

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Stories of big news breaking when everyone else is on vacationPeople might take holidays, but the news doesn’t. For your holiday listening needs, he...

(Détours) Crise après crise

23 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dans ce dernier épisode de l'année, Emilie Nicolas co-anime avec Aurélie Lanctôt, chroniqueuse au Devoir et doctorante à l'Université McGill. Re...

(Short Cuts) Rising Hate and Sweet Google Money

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Islamophobia and antisemitism are on the rise in Canada - but if there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that teenagers becoming radicalized a...

Drunk Uncle Holiday Argument Simulator

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We asked people to call Jesse and argue about… whatever, in the true spirit of this festive season.A return for a second listen to this evergreen Ho...

(Short Cuts) Blurred Faces and the 24-Hour Frenzy of Shohei Ohtani

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With so much going on in the world, how could we possibly cover it all on one Short Cuts? By breaking it up into digestible chunks of varying levels o...

The Journalists’ Psychiatrist

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Usually when Canadaland does a story on reporters in conflict we’re talking to a reporter who has had boots on the ground, someone who’s dodged bu...

(Détours) Catherine Dorion, celle qui dérange

09 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

À la suite de son mandat de députée de Québec solidaire à l'Assemblée nationale de 2018 à 2022, Catherine Dorion s'est lancée dans l'écriture...

David Suzuki — The CANADALAND Interview

09 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Suzuki spent decades of his life sounding the alarm about environmental destruction, as host of the CBC TV show The Nature of Things and other r...