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Publishing record COVID case counts might not be that helpful anymore. And a woman quits the CBC to start her own thing and Jesse isn't sure how to feel about it.
Writer Nora Loreto co-hosts.
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After we turn off our microphones, here at CANADALAND, it would be great to think we brought you the definitive version of the story. But what actually happens is that life keeps on rolling and stories continue to add new chapters.
Three stories CANADALAND originally aired in 2021 demanded that we add another chapter to the story we told.
First, the case of pretendians and how Indigenous identity has been co-opted by people who are not, in fact, Indigenous.
Second, the story of MindGeek, Canada's largest tech company, that is known the world over for its porn platforms, like Porn Hub. When last we left the company, they were under a fair amount of scrutiny...
And lastly, in October, we brought you the story of Madeline who was considering medically-assisted death once she ran out of money for the expensive treatments she needed to manage her life-long disease. What ever happened to her?
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Short Cuts is off this week, so we are sharing an absolutely shocking story from Commons' current season on mining in Canada.
For a century, Canada was one of the world's leading exporters of asbestos, most of it mined from the small town of Asbestos, Quebec. But during that time, governments and corporations in Canada did everything they could to hide the fact that asbestos is deadly.
They went to extraordinary lengths — secret organ smuggling, corporate-supervised police torture — to keep the ugly truth from the world.
Today, there's no longer a town called Asbestos, QC. But more people than ever are dying from what was mined out of the ground there.
Featured in this episode: Heidi von Palleske, Jessica van Horssen, Tavia Grant (The Globe and Mail)
To learn more:
A Town Called Asbestos: Environmental Contamination, Health, and Resilience in a Resource Community by Jessica van Horssen
“No Safe Use: The Canadian Asbestos Epidemic” by Tavia Grant in The Globe and Mail
“Asbestos: Canada's Dirty Secret” by CBC's Fifth Estate
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People might take holidays, but the news doesn't. The best, worst, and funniest stories from reporters working Christmas in the newsroom.
This might be an earth-shattering concept... but the CANADALAND team is taking a week off for the holidays. The office is closed. No one is here. However, in newsrooms across the country, that is not the case. For your holidays listening needs, here are stories from reporters who have worked Christmas in their newsrooms. It's the good, the bad and the funny.
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Justin Trudeau tells-all in his revealing year-end interview, oh wait, he just stuck to the same old talking points. And yes, we're still going on about Omicron. Data journalist David Weisz co-hosts.
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He's the academic expert people love to hate. But he considers stirring the pot his moral duty. This week, CANADALAND brings you a profile of Amir Attaran.
Amir Attaran might not be a name you know off the top of your head, but if you listen or read Canadian media, you've definitely come across him before.
He is a professor at both the University of Ottawa law school and also its School of Epidemiology and Public Health. He's got a PhD in immunology from Oxford, along with a law degree from UBC.
Attaran has been a real sh*t disturber throughout the pandemic, criticizing all levels of government for their public health responses, but he liked stirring the pot long before COVID-19 reared its head. He makes the case that it is his duty.
The Prime Minister scolded him. Twitter deplatformed him. Journalists have largely stopped calling him… Well, that is, except for us.
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The media is scaring the bejesus out of us about the Omicron variant, but being on perpetual high alert can backfire. And the case against feeding the hungry. Writer, activist and podcaster Nora Loreto co-hosts.
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March 16, the day the restaurants died. Or did they? Food industry writer, Corey Mintz, dissects what COVID-19 and the rise of third-party delivery apps have meant for the industry and our culture surrounding food.
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The Indigenous delegation headed to the Vatican was canceled and the media seems most focused on a papal apology. And is coverage of the Ring of Fire simply echoing the Conservative party lines? Ryan McMahon sits in for Jesse this week with co-host Pam Palmater.
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Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano are freelance journalists who were arrested by RCMP officers on the morning of Nov. 19, 2021 while they were covering the demonstrations of Wet'suwet'en people and hereditary chiefs against the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
The standoff on unceded territory was the top news story of 2020, until the pandemic hit. But since then, coverage has waned and in-depth looks have largely been left to freelancers and smaller independent news outlets that have fewer resources to fight charges in court.
If the state police lock up members of the press for doing their jobs, can we really call Canada's media a free press?
Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano join Jesse to dig into it.
Further reading:
RCMP arrest journalists, matriarchs and land defenders following Gidimt'en eviction of Coastal GasLink, The Narwhal
Video footage shows RCMP Wet'suwet'en raid, Michael Toledano for CBC News
RCMP tracked photojournalist Amber Bracken in active investigations database, The Narwhal
Amber Bracken honoured by Canadian Association of Journalists for Wet'suwet'en coverage, (June 2020) The Narwhal
Canada's Supreme Court recognizes Wet'suwet'en law. So how is Coastal GasLink moving ahead?, National Observer
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