Hal Niedzviecki and Jonathan Kay have left their jobs. Steve Ladurantaye's been shifted to a lesser role at CBC. And no, we're not finished talking about this yet.
May 18, 2017
CBC Executive Demoted After Pledging Money For “Appropriation Prize”
Steve Ladurantaye had apologized for his "dumb, glib tweet," but the CBC decided it had become too much of a distraction
May 17, 2017
By Jonathan Goldsbie
Can’tlit (My Stories)
The "Appropriation Prize" is equal to the assailant being told to "stop" — and they, out of pure vindictiveness, keep going, harder, deeper, just...
May 15, 2017
By Janet Rogers
Short Cuts
#116 To Hell With Weed, We Have A Fentanyl Crisis
The Prime Minister showed up at Vice to talk about the Liberal government's marijuana legalization plan, but was blindsided when frontline harm reduction worker Zoe Dodd confronted him on the opioid overdose epidemic going on across the country.
April 27, 2017
Short Cuts
#114 PariahCast
Jian Ghomeshi is back and the nation breathes a collective "Ewww...really?"
April 13, 2017
Short Cuts
#113 CANADA 150: Here’s Who’s Pissed Off So Far
CBC’s miniseries “The Story of Us,” is only two episodes in, but manages to upset literally everyone (except Joseph Boyden). Justin Trudeau endorses CBC’s Canada150 fiasco--and his favourite microbrew, Labatt150.
April 6, 2017
Stats Canada Co-author Admits To Sharing “Sensitive” Photos Of Women Online
But through his lawyer, Ren Bostelaar denies engaging "in the act of doxxing."
March 19, 2017
By Jonathan Goldsbie
CANADALAND
#174 Is Atlantic Journalism Fucked?
The newspaper industry in Atlantic Canada is far less than healthy. The largest-circulation paper, the Halifax Chronicle Herald, is more than 400 days into a crippling strike which sees most of its senior reporters and editors on the picket line while its replacement workers are plugging out disturbingly sub-par journalism.
Elsewhere in the area, the rest of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador have almost almost all of their daily and weekly newspapers cinched up between two companies: Brunswick News (owned by the Irving family, who employs approximately one-in-five New Brunswickers), and TC Media.
Still, there are bright spots. Atlantic Canada is seeing a significant number of start-up journalism enterprises. Might there be a light at the end of the tunnel?
Jesse joins Halifax Examiner publisher and editor Tim Bousquet and University of King’s College assistant professor Terra Tailleur to discuss.
This live taping was a benefit for CKDU radio in Halifax – who carries CANADALAND every Friday morning at 8:00 a.m. AST.
March 6, 2017
THE IMPOSTER
Austra Takes Control
Austra talks about her awkward CBC dance party, her days in an ostracized riot grrrl band and learning to own her music.
February 28, 2017
Short Cuts
#107 The Triumph Of Joe Trudeau
PMJT flew all the way to Washington, DC, for a handshake. Not sure if anything else of consequence happened while he was there. Really, the handshake was the key.