The lab-leak theory has more evidence supporting it than ever before. Journalist Elaine Dewar has written a new book documenting little-known scientific evidence and acts of deception and obfuscation from Chinese, American, and Canadian officials. So what exactly were they all trying to hide?
September 27, 2021
Short Cuts
#701 EN FRANÇAIS SVP!
Une journaliste scientifique a porté plainte à Radio Canada et a reçu beaucoup de haine. Et est-ce que les journalistes répondent finalement aux militants?
August 5, 2021
The Backbench
#7 Border Politics
Canada looks to welcome travellers again while the future of vaccine passports remains uncertain. And two national anti-hate summits last week had us wondering what policies would actually help.
July 27, 2021
Short Cuts
#695 Election Meme Pregame
The election hasn't even been called yet but our major parties' social media strategies already deserve some attention. And as more Canadians get vaccinated, how will COVID beats evolve? Freelance journalist Nora Loreto co-hosts.
July 15, 2021
The Rebel Retracts Fake Vaccination Story
The far-right website posts a false letter from Suncor about mandatory vaccination
May 18, 2021
By Danielle Paradis
“I am a human, not an animal”
In Canada, migrant care workers are trapped in a system that creates "purposeful inequality." COVID has only made it worse.
May 10, 2021
By CANADALAND
The Backbench
#1 Every Province For Itself
The third wave has shattered any remaining notion that we're all in this pandemic together. And the government commissions a new review into sexual misconduct in the military, just six years after the last one. What will it take for actual change?
May 4, 2021
“Organized Resistance” To Prioritizing Indigenous Vaccinations
Some of the people responsible for booking vaccinations aren't recognizing the policies for racialized people.
April 26, 2021
By CANADALAND
CANADALAND
#367 Is Canada’s Vaccine Rollout Reverse-Racist?
Ever since the Canadian government announced recommendations that adults from Indigenous and racialized communities should be given priority for a COVID-19 vaccination, accusations of reverse racism have filled comment sections and social media posts. Now, racial minorities with vaccine priority are facing racism and other structural barriers to getting the jab.
April 26, 2021
Short Cuts
#306 Nudes From Parliament
As provinces fail spectacularly to control the third wave of the pandemic, is the press adequately holding them to account, or making things worse? And what are the ethics of publishing a a picture of a nude MP accidentally caught on Zoom?