10/3: Canada Covered Podcast
1) How some migrant farm workers wind up exploited under the Temporary Foreign Worker program
Canada’s agriculture industry employs tens of thousands of temporary foreign workers to help pick the produce that winds up on your plate. While many see this as a lifeline, a way to earn money to s...Show More
2) Food safety fail: The hidden risks in Alberta restaurants
Do you really know how safe your restaurant meal is? MacEwan University Associate Professor Steve Lillebuen joins Dave Breakenridge to uncover what an investigation found in Edmonton kitchens and what...Show More
3) What we know about the alleged ‘deputy’ in the cocaine ring led by a former Vice editor
A Vice Canada scandal resurfaces — new details about a former staffer accused of helping run an international cocaine ring. Adrian Humphreys joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss the “deputy” at the cent...Show More
4) Canada's fentanyl crisis now claiming the lives of babies and toddlers
Opioid poisonings have killed tens of thousands across Canada, the vast majority of them adults. But, in a heartbreaking group of cases, babies and toddlers have fallen victim to fentanyl or its more ...Show More
5) Under watch: Iran’s reach into Canada
The Iranian government is viewed by Canada and others as a human rights violator and sponsor of terrorism. Many in Canada’s Iranian diaspora oppose the regime, but some fear spying and intimidation. R...Show More
6) The rise of involuntary addiction treatment in B.C.
Canada’s drug crisis has some policy makers looking away from measures such as harm reduction and toward expansion of treatment beds. And along with that has come discussion of measures to compel add...Show More
7) Can Carney deliver? Liberals' ambitious fall session begins
MPs returned to Ottawa this week for what’s expected to be a busy legislative session, as Mark Carney’s Liberals look to make headway on its lofty agenda. But with big ideas can come issues around ex...Show More
8) Why Gen Zs are freezing their eggs and sharing their stories
Canadian women are changing the conversation around when and how they want to have babies, with many of them opting to freeze their eggs. And more and more, led by Gen Z, they’re having the conversati...Show More
9) Psychosurgery is back — but this isn’t your grandfather’s lobotomy
Modern brain surgery for mental health, like OCD, is far more precise than past methods like lobotomies—but is it safer or more ethical? Reporter Sharon Kirkey joins Dave Breakenridge to explore the h...Show More
10) Canada's throne speech had a royal twist
King Charles delivered Canada’s throne speech, emphasizing sovereignty after U.S. annexation comments. Catherine Levesque breaks down his message, the Carney government’s priorities, and what’s ahead ...Show More