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CANADALAND
The best newspaper in Canada is a podcast.
Original reporting, sharp political analysis, and media criticism you won’t get anywhere else. Keeping you informed about what’s happening now in your country.
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Episodes
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) The Youtuber Uprising
Finding misinformation in the Quebec government's misinformation campaign on Bill 96. And why Tiktokers are speaking out against Bill C-11. Lela Savić…
CANADALANDDigging For Doubt
Ostensibly the idea was to do media criticism. That is what the article in the National Post, The Year Of The Graves, set out to do; to hold the press to…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Reckoning With Reckoning
Denials of the unmarked graves at residential school sites push through to the mainstream. And a new report shows that journalists' mental health is in…
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Sea Wolves, Oil Snakes
A field report from coast Salish territory on the irreconcilable conflict between the Tsleil-Waututh Nation and the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Doug Ford Because We Hate Ourselves
A glowing opinion piece about Doug Ford has us wondering how he miraculously overturned his sinking approval ratings. And why Jesse can't report on the Online…
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The Weird History Of Vancouver’s Italian Press
Sometimes investigative journalism begins with an anonymous tip. Sometimes it begins with an access to information request for secret government documents. In…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Pierre World Order
The many, many opinion pieces on why Pierre Poilievre shouldn't fire the head of the Bank of Canada. And why some Canadians insist on bragging about how we're…
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Medusa
Operation Medusa has become the most celebrated battle in recent Canadian history. It was hailed as a stroke of military genius that may have vanquished the…
CANADALAND(Détours) La plus belle langue (après le cri)
Des chefs de plusieurs nations autochtones s'opposent à l'adoption de la loi 96 au Québec, une loi qui, parmi d'autres conséquences, aura…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) The Last Hoser
The canucksploitation is egregious in Mike Myer's new Netflix show the Pentaverate. And the chairman of Post Media absolutely had to write an opinion piece in…
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Abortion Rights In Canada Didn’t Come Easy
With the seemingly imminent repeal of Roe v. Wade in the United States, it's time to refamiliarize ourselves with Canada's long fought history for abortion…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Tragedy To Our South, Unfinished Business At Home
With the imminent upheaval of abortion rights to the south, Canada's media reflects on the state of things here at home. And going by headlines, you'd think…
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Prairie Poop Bots, Floods And Water Shortages
Did you know during a recent storm the City of Winnipeg released 60 million litres of raw sewage into the Red River? Did you know the City of Morden, Manitoba…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) The Tweets Hereafter
You can probably guess why this one is about Twitter, but why does Short Cuts talk about it so very often? Also, what is the Justice Centre for Constitutional…
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The Ad Money Fuelling Fake News
The digital advertising industry is worth billions, but many companies don't actually know where their ad dollars end up. Programmatic ad exchanges and other…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Pierre Poilievre: The Anti-Trudeau
How Pierre Poilievre cultivated his attack-dog charm. And should we care about what the new CEO of the Toronto Star tweets? Jen Gerson co-hosts. Links: Pierre…
CANADALAND(CANADALANDBACK) Landback, Then What?
Is it Indigenous stewardship ownership or is it becoming just another holographic bumper sticker? What does Landback mean to you, and to your nations and…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Greasy Alberta
Welcome to AlbertaLand, where it's cold and greasy. And how the media is bored with the sixth wave. Dani Paradis co-hosts. Links: Canadian Press article re…
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Google And Facebook To The Rescue: Canadian News Gets On Big Tech’s Payroll
Canada is two years into a news media bailout that was lobbied hard for by the country's newspapers. As it turns out the money that's flowed has had uneven…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) The Ukraine War Correspondent In Edmonton
Fact-checking the war in Ukraine. And the ‘Pay Me for Clickbait Act' - sorry, the ‘Online News Act.' Olena Goncharova co-hosts. Links: Front Burner…
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"We Are Not The Journalism Police" – An Interview With The Journalism Police
Canada is two years into a news media bailout that Trudeau cabinet ministers promised would be conducted with the utmost transparency. Instead, the process and…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) We Will Never Know The Truth About Portapique
The public inquest into the Portapique massacre is far from revealing. Will we ever get the answers to the many, many questions still remaining? And…
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#MeToo On Trial
In 2015, award-winning author and (former) UBC professor Steven Galloway became the target of a social media storm after an allegation was leveled that he had…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) The Best Politics Show In Canada
Short Cuts is off this week, so instead we bring you our latest episode of the best politics show in Canada, The Backbench. As nations around the world cut off…
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Nasty Dumps And The Success Of BlogTO
So many journalists would look down their noses and sneer at the likes of BlogTO, Narcity, MTL Blog or any of the similar media companies that have populated…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) I Would Do Anything For Ukraine (But I Won’t Do That)
Canadian MPs wax poetic about how President Zelensky inspires them… but is that really going to change anything? And how defamation lawsuits help cover…
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Sarah Polley's Secret Life
Sarah Polley has come forward with memories of a violent sexual encounter with Jian Ghomeshi when she was 16. But why is the press tongue-tied about describing…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Patrick Brown Settles For Less
Patrick Brown has had his name cleared - according to an anonymous source. And the media loves a good war story. Karen Geier co-hosts. Links: CTV News piece…
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Russia's Weapons Of Mass Deception
Canadaland doesn't have a foreign bureau, so we can't bring you the latest on the ground conflict in Ukraine. What we can do is show you another side of the…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) In Our Feelings About Ukraine
Why do stories coming out of Ukraine feel different from other wartime coverage? And we look at the uneven media treatment of those who are impacted by war…
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Ottawa Cops: Rapes, Lies, And A Lawsuit Against The Press
Long before Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly stepped down amidst criticism that the force had failed to stop the convoy occupation, there was trouble brewing…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) A Kinder Gentler Machine Gun Hand
Overcorrecting an overstatement creates confusion; how nice were the police in Ottawa really? And the emergency is over! Though the media seemed to suggest…
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"How I Ended Up Supporting The Convoy"
There's a lot of chaos and division in Canada right now. Beyond the people who got arrested in Ottawa over the past few days, there are thousands more…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Freedom Is Un-Canadian
The kinder, gentler Emergencies Act should not be underestimated. And framing the convoy as foreign-funded and US-inspired does more harm than good. Writer…
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Will You Be My Ex? Canada's Broken Divorce System
This week's episode is bursting your love bubble by digging into the dark side of love. You'll hear four personal stories that show, with increasing intensity…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Wrong 2: Wrong Harder
Angry, bias-confirming echo chambers seem evident this week when it comes to the Freedom Convoy. And "a Toronto star at the Toronto Star" dies this week and…
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Inside Thunder Bay's Police
CANADALAND has spent a lot of time in Thunder Bay exploring the deep-rooted racism in the city and the stories of Indigenous people who live there, not to…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Honk If You're Horny (For Freedom)
The media may have missed the Freedom Convoy plot yet again. And as several Canadian artists pull their music from the platform, Spotify wades into publisher…
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Dead Willies
It's a story about deception, coverups, and some say, about murder. This is a story about Groundhog Day. The true story of Wiarton Willie. CANADALAND Editor…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Truck Nutz
How many anti-vax trucker convoys were there?! And people are making the case to break up the CBC again. Canadaland contributing editor Danielle Paradis…
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The Plan To Turn My Hometown Into A Nuclear Waste Dump
Canada has a nuclear problem... a nuclear waste problem. Since the dawn of nuclear power technology, solutions to waste have all been remarkably temporary…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Fordman And The Tiny Shovel
The hunger for stories about Toronto's snow backfires. And when a story is about a hostage situation at a synagogue, why is there reluctance to call it…
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Is New Brunswick Covering Up A Deadly Brain Disease?
There's a mystery disease that's plaguing people in New Brunswick. It starts with some muscle pain or spasms, before basic tasks like reading become…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Rebel Nurses
Healthcare workers against pandemic restrictions tell on themselves by suing for libel. And two Haitian journalists die reporting for a Montreal online radio…
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Is The CBC So Woke It's Broke?
A CBC employee resigned from the public broadcaster because she says it's become too woke. The article she wrote about her departure has caused quite the buzz…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Variant Positions
Publishing record COVID case counts might not be that helpful anymore. And a woman quits the CBC to start her own thing and Jesse isn't sure how to feel about…
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Updates On Pretendians, Porn, And Being Priced Out Of Life
After we turn off our microphones, here at CANADALAND, it would be great to think we brought you the definitive version of the story. But what actually happens…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts Presents) Life And Death In Asbestos, QC
Short Cuts is off this week, so we are sharing an absolutely shocking story from Commons' current season on mining in Canada. For a century, Canada was one of…
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Christmas In The Newsroom
People might take holidays, but the news doesn't. The best, worst, and funniest stories from reporters working Christmas in the newsroom. This might be an…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Bad News For People Who Hate Good News
Justin Trudeau tells-all in his revealing year-end interview, oh wait, he just stuck to the same old talking points. And yes, we're still going on about…
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The Duty To Sh*t Disturb
He's the academic expert people love to hate. But he considers stirring the pot his moral duty. This week, CANADALAND brings you a profile of Amir Attaran…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Erring on the Side of Panic
The media is scaring the bejesus out of us about the Omicron variant, but being on perpetual high alert can backfire. And the case against feeding the hungry…
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The Tyranny Of Convenience
March 16, the day the restaurants died. Or did they? Food industry writer, Corey Mintz, dissects what COVID-19 and the rise of third-party delivery apps have…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Diversity In Indigenous Opinions
The Indigenous delegation headed to the Vatican was canceled and the media seems most focused on a papal apology. And is coverage of the Ring of Fire simply…
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Jailed for Journalism: Amber & Michael Speak Out
Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano are freelance journalists who were arrested by RCMP officers on the morning of Nov. 19, 2021 while they were covering the…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) News You Can't Use
The latest COVID variant offers mixed messaging about the severity of the virus. And an obituary to memorialize an alleged murderer does not sit right with…
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The Rise of 6ixBuzz and the Death of Debby Parkway
Support our work at canadaland.com/join Did an Instagram account kill a vulnerable teenager? 6ixBuzz has unparalleled clout in Toronto with young audiences and…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Stop Arresting Journalists
The struggle against Coastal Gaslink was bigger news this week because journalists got arrested. And even CBC can't seem to avoid the wrath of covering WE…
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Deep Rot in the RCMP
Support our work at canadaland.com/join Failure to protect hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Violent arrests at Wet'suwet'en and Fairy Creek…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Rain, Rain, Marie Henein
Support our work at canadaland.com/join As British Columbia assesses the damage from the downpour, what is the media's role when disaster strikes? And Jian…