Canadians are being squeezed at every end. When it comes to cell phone bills, grocery bills, housing, entertainment, we’re all paying more than ever before.
November 9, 2022
COMMONS
WAR #1 – Last Plane Out of Kabul
The true story of the end of one of the forever wars through the eyes of the people who were there.
March 30, 2022
COMMONS
MINING #3 – Before Bitcoin, Bre-X
Bre-X was a national obsession that made many overnight millionaires. It also happened to be the biggest fraud in the history of mining.
November 10, 2021
COMMONS
MINING #1 – The Myth of the Klondike
The Klondike Gold Rush was many things: a media conspiracy, a ponzi scheme, a land grab. But above all, it was a humanitarian disaster that stretched over much of the Pacific Northwest.
October 13, 2021
COMMONS
Introducing our new season… Mining
Stories about the dirty business of Canadian mining.
October 7, 2021
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REAL ESTATE #4 – City of Glass
Real estate mania is at an all time high in this country. And in no place is this more true than in Vancouver.
June 9, 2021
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REAL ESTATE #3 – Terminal City
Vancouver is obsessed with real estate. But what most people don’t realize, is that it’s been this way from the beginning.
May 26, 2021
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REAL ESTATE #1 – The Bridle Path
The Bridle Path is one of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in Canada, home to the ultra-wealthy and the famous. But behind their locked gates, some of Canada’s elite try to scheme their way into even greater wealth on the property market — not always legally. And their ambitions have a way of becoming problems for the rest of us.
April 28, 2021
COMMONS
Introducing our new season… Real Estate!
Stories about Canada’s real estate obsession.
April 22, 2021
COMMONS
THE POLICE #10 – Portapique
Almost a year after the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history, Nova Scotians are still in the dark about what exactly happened. A gunman, dressed in an RCMP uniform, driving an RCMP cruiser killed 22 people.