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We sat all five NDP leadership candidates and asked them how they plan to bring their party back from the dead.
Every NDP Leadership Candidate on WTF They Would Do
The federal NDP leadership race is officially on. Five candidates want the job, and each of them thinks they know how to rescue a party that's been drifting into irrelevance
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November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“ Our concern is that we will see maternal or fetal death as a result of a lack of access to care in Kamloops.” -Alix Dolson
Every OBGYN in this Canadian City has Resigned
In October, seven OBGYNs at a Kamloops, B.C. hospital signed a letter of resignation. Those seven were the only OBGYNs in the city.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
What happens after A.I. eats the news?

@trondizzle.bsky.social co-hosts
Cohere and Carney, an A.I. Meets Government Love Story
Canada is betting big on Cohere, but a lawsuit alleges that the company’s flagship LLM is bypassing paywalls and hallucinating content.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Canada’s top spy comes out of the shadows. Why?

@trondizzle.bsky.social co-hosts
Canada's Top Spy Exposes Himself
For the first time in the history of CSIS, Canada’s top spy holds a press conference. His talking points included youth radicalization, Arctic security, and data sovereignty. But why is he talking now?
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November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Liberals say they’re “taking back control” of Canada’s immigration system by cutting study permits and temporary residents by half.

But what happens to the 3 million people already here?
The Fu*kit Budget
Noor talks to immigration expert Rupa Banerjee about whether this is a fix… or the start of Canada’s next crisis.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A Jew in Canada is now 9 times more likely to be a victim of a hate crime than a Jew in the United States. How did a country known for politeness, diversity, and social democracy become seized by a wave of anti-Jew hatred?
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Grieving a World Series of feelings.

The Blue Jays may have lost, but they inspired coverage that captured our national mood.

@rmohamedyow.bsky.social co-hosts
How The Blue Jays Taught Me to Speak to Men About Feelings
Reflections on heartbreak, baseball, and the relatable physique of Alejandro Kirk: “ Every time he waddled up, I saw myself, and I thought there was a promise in that man's stance.”
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November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Elizabeth May says she doesn’t want to ruin Christmas with an election, but she will if Mark Carney doesn’t budge.

And a B.C. court ruling that could redraw Canada’s map.
Elizabeth May on Holding the Balance of Power
There’s chaos in Ottawa! Green Party leader Elizabeth May doesn’t want to ruin Christmas with an election… but she says she will if Mark Carney doesn’t budge. And in B.C., a court ruling is throwing private property rights —and maybe even Canada’s map — into question. Host Noor gets the story from The Tyee’s Andrew MacLeod.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
North of Toronto in a little industrial parkade, there's a Keg, a Moxies, and then a stubby beige office building. In a fifth floor suite you will find Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.

Canso might be the most powerful media company that we have never talked about here at Canadaland.
The Company Making Millions From Dying News
We don't seem to question, at least not in the public discourse, what it means that the same investment firm is enmeshed with so many of our media companies. -Gemma Boothroyd
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November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Is the Conservative caucus imploding?

@noorazrieh.bsky.social hosts with Rachael Segal
Pierre's Collapsing Conservatives
Poilievre’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We know you’re all experts in something, so we asked you to tell us what the media always gets wrong about your favourite thing. And you filled our phone lines for two hours. Today’s supporter-only bonus episode of Off The Record features the highlights from that conversation.

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BONUS: What the Media Gets Wrong
We all have things that we’re experts in. They could be our jobs, they could be hobbies, they could be random bits of information you’ve gleaned from podcasts over the years. So then you find yourself sitting in your car, listening to somebody on the radio yap on about a topic and get it ALL WRONG.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The budget is here, and so is Mark Carney's Eurovision of the future

@noorazrieh.bsky.social hosts with Rachael Segal and Sam Konnert.
Mark Carney Wants an Election (and Eurovision)
Rachael Segal joins Noor Azrieh to unpack the “Christmas election” hysteria around the budget. Then, Sam Konnert reports on where the media, the CBC, and Eurovision fit into Carney’s plans.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Reposted by Canadaland
The next bunch of people to support Canadaland will each get an all-festival pass to the Hot Docs Curious Minds festival.

A ~$100 value!

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November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Across the country, governments are flexing their muscles, shutting down strikes with laws, court orders, and now the notwithstanding clause.

Sam Konnert with @abbeerguy.bsky.social
Strike Wave! Workers vs Governments Across Canada
Host Sam Konnert talks with labour expert Jason Foster about how politicians are quietly learning from each other and testing limits. And he sits down with a teacher to talk about what it’s really like inside Alberta classrooms.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Is Trump’s crazy train an existential threat to Canada or an existential opportunity?
How to Unsh*ttify Canada, with Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow gave the world the concept of “ensh*ttification”. Doctorow’s doctrine says there is a gradual but inevitable process by which tech platforms go from marvelous and novel and exciting to, well, they go to sh*t.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Is trade the path to “building the strongest economy in the G7?”

@mickeydjuric.bsky.social co-hosts
Something's Off with Carney
Carney campaigned on building Canada from within, but now trade dominates the headlines and the talking points. Why aren’t we hearing more about how to future-proof the Canadian economy by focusing on sectors like banking, tech, and clean energy?
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October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Liberals have tried to change the bail system in this country 3 times in the past 7 years.

Third time’s the charm?

@noorazrieh.bsky.social with @mspratt.bsky.social & Alicia Gordon.
Why We Should Let More People Out on Bail
Justice Minister Sean Fraser just dropped Bill C-14, a new bail reform bill — the third one in seven years.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“ The problem with saying 'who's gonna rule the fucking world' is that there's someone else already claiming that title and they don't like the competition.” -Ian Thornton
Vagrant Fugitive Hacker Warlord
In the U.S. he was a wanted man. The charges against him could have brought decades behind bars. So how did he pull off hiding in plain sight, for years, at a coffee shop in downtown Toronto?
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October 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Should we make nice with India and China?

Jan Wong co-hosts
China Just Let Canadian Reporters Come Back
Canada is renewing trade ties with China and India, but are willing to forget our complicated history with these two nations? Do we even have a choice?
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October 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Is there really a Conservative uprising against Poilievre?

Jan Wong co-hosts
Yes, the Press Does Hate Pierre
After Poilievre called the RCMP “despicable,” reports are circulating that there’s an uprising in the Conservative party. But is there really “blood in the water,” or is it a media construction?
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October 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Conservative MP Jamil Jivani tried a Charlie Kirk-style debate tour. Key word: tried.

With SamKonnert, @noorazrieh.bsky.social and Harrison Lowman.
Jamil Jivani does Charlie Kirk Lite on Canadian Campuses
Conservative MP Jamil Jivani is on a cross-country campus tour (sounds familiar…), with stops at universities across Canada. Jivani told Canadians to “join him” in discussing the future of our country and how we can restore the promise of Canada.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Are we going to die Americans?
We're in the Fight of Our Lives
What you do next matters.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM