Fatigués d’entendre parler de la crise climatique dans les médias? Vous n’êtes pas seuls. Dans cet épisode, on revient sur 20 ans de couverture médiatique de l’environnement et on s’interroge sur l’élaboration de nouvelles pratiques journalistiques pour mieux en parler. Tired of hearing about the climate crisis in the media? You’re not alone. Today, we look back on twenty years of climate change coverage and discuss the creation of better journalistic practices to communicate about the environment.
April 27, 2024
The Backbench
#72 GenZ’s Political Apathy-ocalypse
The tale generally goes like this: Gen Z is disconnected, disinterested, and buried so deep into their screens that they don't care about the politics going on around them.
September 5, 2023
The Backbench
#55 Flatlining On Healthcare
January 10, 2023
Wag the Doug
#47 The Power of the Doug
With electricity demand set to rise and Pickering’s nuclear plant set to close, Doug Ford’s government is now scrambling to keep the province’s lights on.
October 19, 2022
Short Cuts
#799 Hot Off The Press
Our changing perception of the Nova Scotia mass shooter's partner Lisa Banfield. And thwarting the apocalypse through journalism. Sarah Lawrynuik co-hosts.
July 21, 2022
CANADALAND
#794 Enormous Fires Everywhere
Raging wildfires are now a normal part of summertime in Canada. Climate change comes at you fast, but the impact of these fires is far from equal across different regions. Those most likely to have to flee their homes are Indigenous people, and this disproportionate risk is only growing. The number of evacuees from First Nation reserves doubled over the last decade. Producer Sarah Lawrynuik travels to a remote Manitoba community to look at what fire has done to one community, and examines the implications for tens of thousands of other people in the years to come.
July 4, 2022
How climate change is screwing up water in the Prairies
"Whiplash" between extreme wet and dry is becoming the new normal
May 2, 2022
By CANADALAND
CANADALAND
#776 Prairie Poop Bots, Floods And Water Shortages
Canada might be a water-rich country, but that doesn't mean we don't have problems with water security. This week, we look at water issues in the most arid part of Canada, the Prairies, and see how climate change and city planning are both exacerbating the problem.
May 2, 2022
The Backbench
#29 Screaming Children, Dying Planet
With deals for affordable childcare now in place across the country, we compare what each province got and discuss what this process might reveal for future programs, like pharmacare. And we dive into the good, the bad and the ugly of the government’s Emissions Reductions Plan.
April 5, 2022
The Backbench
#19 A Bill That’s Ideally Never Used
BC's emergency on top of emergency has us wondering where the federal government needs to step in. And the latest "lockdown bill" and Throne Speech reveals where our federal government is at.