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Back to SearchWhy did WeWork fail?
WeWork was buzzy from the beginning. The coworking company was sold not just as office space, but a lifestyle. Its leader, Adam Neumann, not just as a CEO – but a revolutionary. Now, as the company f…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Did an ex-RCMP boss have secrets for sale?
Inside the trial of former RCMP intelligence director Cameron Ortis, who’s facing allegations he tried to sell secrets to some of the very people police were targeting. What sensitive documents do po…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
A carbon tax carve-out, or cold feet?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax exemption for home heating oil has renewed criticism of the entire scheme — a cornerstone of Canada’s plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions and address clim…
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Whose Police?
In 2017, an RCMP unit called the Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) was created to police resource-related protests in B.C. Since then, it’s been subject to lawsuits and hundreds of complaints…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Guilty: The fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
A jury has found FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on seven counts, from conspiracy to fraud, following the collapse of his crypto exchange last year. Jacob Silverman, host of The Naked Emperor po…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Weekend Listen: Bloodlines
From BBC Sounds and CBC Podcasts. Syria. 2018. ISIS is on the brink of defeat. A toddler disappears in the chaos. In London, his grandad needs answers. Poonam Taneja investigates. More episodes are a…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
A game of war: Call of Duty turns 20
Iconic first-person shooting game, Call of Duty, is one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time. As it turns 20, the Washington Post’s Gene Park joins us to talk about its enduring cult…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
A compounding crisis in Gaza
After weeks of Israeli bombardment, and now a ground invasion, Gaza is in desperate need of food, water, fuel and electricity. We hear about the humanitarian crisis on the ground. Today, a first hand…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
What is Hezbollah?
As Israel’s ground war in Gaza escalates, there’s another conflict threatening to spill over. Israel and Hezbollah continue to exchange fire on the Lebanon border, stoking fears that a second front m…
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The emotional fallout of Buffy Sainte-Marie revelations
After CBC’s The Fifth Estate released a bombshell documentary last week calling Canadian music icon and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Indigenous ancestry into question, the reaction has been swift an…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago