The first criminal trial for ‘Freedom Convoy’ leaders
Episode Date: September 11, 2023Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were at the forefront of the convoy protest that rolled into Ottawa on Jan. 29, 2022. As leaders, they encouraged support...
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720 episodes transcribedTamara Lich and Chris Barber were at the forefront of the convoy protest that rolled into Ottawa on Jan. 29, 2022. As leaders, they encouraged support...
In 2012, nine out of 10 students at Kitchener’s Conestoga College were domestic. Today, they have more international students than any institution acr...
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Moammar Gadhafi, former Libyan dictator, has had billions sitting in Canadian bank accounts for almost 12 years after his death. This has caused furth...
On Monday, Montreal police said the Old Montreal fire that killed seven people in March 2023 is now being treated as a criminal investigation. Alongsi...
Tibet used to be a prominent focus of international attention, but that isn’t the case anymore as less and less information comes out of the region. B...
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Back in July, a former RCMP officer was charged with conducting foreign interference on behalf of China. We now know more about what the RCMP is accus...
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Fears of a recession have been looming since the worst days of the pandemic. And as inflation continues its slow but steady ascent, central banks arou...
Journalist Connie Walker has been reporting on Indigenous stories for most of her career. From missing and murdered women to the Truth and Reconciliat...
Elective egg freezing is on the rise in Canada. Fertility clinics pitch it as a kind of insurance policy: put your eggs in the bank now, and you can c...
In the early hours of July 22, chaos was erupting in Nova Scotia. Rain was pouring down, causing intense flooding. People were panicked about whether...
It has been five years since the legalization of cannabis in Canada but we still know very little about health impacts from cannabis smoke. Almost no...
On Wednesday, Ontario’s Auditor-General, Bonnie Lysyk released an investigative report into the province’s decision to open up 3,000 hectares of its p...