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It's crowdfunding month! Support us: canadaland.com/join . Since we last spoke to Karl Dockstader and Sean Vanderklis about the occupation of a development site in Caledonia, Ontario known as 1492 Land Back Lane, tensions between land defenders and local authorities have flared. At the end of October, an Ontario Superior Court judge granted the developers a permanent injunction against the encampm...

It's crowdfunding month! Support us here: canadaland.com/join . Beware of the FANG! And how to cover Chinese infiltration — or anti-Chinese infiltration? Recovering journalist and media consultant Anita Li co-hosts.   This episode is brought to you by Audible   and Manscaped . References: The Star article Anita is quoted in is here .  The Star article Jesse is quoted in i...

It's crowdfunding month! Support us: canadaland.com/join . The Brayden Bushby trial has once again raised some uncomfortable questions about how stories involving Indigenous people get reported by settler journalists. Jesse sits down with CBC's Jody Porter , whose recent essay for Maisonneuve touches upon her experiences reporting on "Indigenous issues" and how writing about other people's pain ca...

It's crowdfunding month! Support us:  canadaland.com/join . We may not know yet who won the U.S. election, but the results aren't reassuring.  At least some of the Canadian coverage was soothing. And Prime Minister Trudeau takes a stance on free speech — but only in French. Le Devoir  columnist  Emilie Nicolas  co-hosts. This episode is brought to you by Audible...

It's crowdfunding month! Support us here: canadaland.com/join Rebel News personality Keean Bexte is suing Canadaland for defamation. In this special “Publisher's Note” edition of the podcast, Jesse breaks down who's suing us, how we got here and what we're going to do about it. This episode was brought to you by Squarespace and Article . Additional music from Audio Network.  Suppo...

It's crowdfunding month! Support us here: canadaland.com/join . National Post doubles down on their right to publish status quo opinions. And Bell Media confuses self-promotion with local community engagement. 12:36 'news burrito filler'  Marc Weisblott  co-hosts. This episode is brought to you by  Dispatch Coffee  and  HelloFresh . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.c...

MSNBC host and journalist Ali Velshi has been traveling to U.S. swing states talking to voters in the lead-up to the presidential election. He tells Jesse about getting shot by a rubber bullet covering the protests in Minneapolis, then getting mocked by Trump for it; about lessons learned from the 2016 election; and what he thinks could happen following Election Day if the results are contested. T...

It's crowdfunding month! Support us at canadaland.com/join . Hulk smash colonialism! And public health messaging crosses a line when trick or treating directives are unclear. Return to Thunder Bay host Ryan McMahon cohosts. Referenced sources in the episode: That APTN infographic on "Fishery Scale Comparison" Megan Bailey's article on The Conversation: "Nova Scotia lobster dispute: Mi'kmaw fishery...

It's crowdfunding month! Support us at canadaland.com/join Santai Kimakeke blew the whistle on WE. Then he recanted his allegations and disappeared. Before he did, he said he was afraid for his safety. After three months of reporting and in collaboration with John-Allan Namu of Africa Uncensored , we bring you this investigation. A reporter was offered money to kill this story.  Support CANAD...

Media's anti-masker intrigue has Canadaland staff divided. And almost 300 CBC journalists raise concerns about leveraging the broadcaster's credibility for CBC Tandem. Montreal Gazette health reporter Aaron Derfel co-hosts. This episode is sponsored by Audible , Away Travel , and Hover . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on...

Jonathan Torrens talks about the CBC, what really happened on Trailer Park Boys, and about that one song you love to hate. From hosting his own show on the CBC to playing J-Roc on  Trailer Park Boys,   Jonathan Torrens  has been a mainstay of the Canadian entertainment industry for decades. So what's his deal? Is he a comedian? A talk show host? Or is he just that guy who wrote a tr...

A trifecta of powerful (potentially socialist) forces rally behind #NationalNewspaperWeek—or not. And the bias of coherence muddles COVID-19 messaging. Canadaland news editor Jonathan Goldsbie co-hosts. This episode is brought to you by Hover . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Quebec's distinct culture reacts differently to global movements like #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. Jesse is joined by Emilie Nicolas , a columnist, journalist, anthropologist and soon-to-be instructor of a Black Lives Matter and the Media course at the University of Toronto. This episode is brought to you by Dispatch Coffee and Squarespace Additional music from Audio Network. Support CANADALAND:...

RCMP charges a podcast star with not being a terrorist. And Edmonton radio host chooses the wrong put-down. Al Jazeera English journalist and filmmaker Laila Al-Arian co-hosts. On Wednesday, Sept. 30 The New York Times issued a statement : "While the uncertainty about Abu Huzayfah's story was explored directly in episodes of Caliphate that featured him, his arrest and the allegations surrounding i...

The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel calls corporate social responsibility's bluff. Co-directors Joel Bakan and Jennifer Abbott on how, almost twenty years after their first documentary came out, corporations are still driven by psychopathic greed— but are making it look like they're out to save the world. This episode was brought to you by Audible , Manscaped , and HelloF...

Mi'kmaw fishermen earning a ‘moderate livelihood' seems to be too much for Nova Scotia's settler lobster harvesters. And CBC leverages its credibility for its new corporate clients. APTN video journalist Trina Roache co-hosts. This episode is brought to you by Audible.ca . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. Se...

Restaurants have suffered huge losses during the pandemic. But food journalist Suresh Doss takes us to a parking lot, a subway stop, and a home cook's kitchen to show us a thriving underground food scene. This episode is brought to you by the EDAA , Audible , and HelloFresh. Additional music by Audio Network. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

Erin O'Toole wants to protect children from a movie he has never seen. And former CBC journalist Terry Milewski resurfaces from retirement to insult an entire ethnicity - again. Former Executive Director of the World Sikh Organization and occasional Canadaland contributor Jaskaran Sandhu co-hosts. This episode is brought to you by Dispatch Coffee and Squarespace . Support CANADALAND: https://canad...

There's a broad undertaking to shake up who gets arts funding, and who governs it. Jesse speaks with Jesse Wente , the new President of the Canada Council for the Arts, about who gets to make contemporary Canadian art, and who pays for it. This episode is brought to you by the EDAA , Audible and Article . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

Breaking news on WE. An Indigenous journalist is criminalized for doing his job. And mass panic appears to be on the newly minted curriculum. One Dish One Mic's Karl Dockstader co-hosts. This episode is brought to you by Audible.ca , Hover , and Crooked Media's Keep It! Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

You asked about our money, Jesse answers. To hear the rest of this special episode right now, go to  canadalandshow.com/join Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does anyone really care about indignities to the legacy of John A.Macdonald? And the inside story of co-host Manisha Krishnan 's scoop about the "culture of retribution" at Global News.  This episode was brought to you by Audible , Keep It and Squarespace Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

The Toronto Star 's new internal ombud tells us what the job is, discusses power and race in the newsroom, and responds to that reply all email. This episode was brought to you by Audible , and Crooked Media's With Friends Like These . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Support us at canadalandshow.com/join What might Jesse and Erin O'Toole have in common? And newsrooms continue to struggle with what it means to respond to this summer's reckoning with racism. Chatelaine Executive Editor Denise Balkissoon co-hosts. This episode was brought to you by Audible and Dispatch Coffee . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join The Epoch Times ' COVID-19 special edition raised controversy when it landed in mailboxes across Canada in April. The paper was accused of spreading misinformation and fomenting anti-Chinese racism. Producer Tiffany Lam shares her reporting on The Epoch Times : Who's behind it, why you may have received a copy last spring, and how it came to be favoured by...