Wet Hot Libel Summer: the Caylan Ford/Press Progress Fiasco

Seven years in, we're looking at what might just be the longest and most involved media defamation trial in Canadian history: former Alberta United Conservative Party candidate Caylan Ford is suing PressProgress, the CBC, Toronto Star and several others, for $7.65 million. She says that they wrongly portrayed her as an white supremesist, they say that they were only quoting her…

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Mark Carney Wants You to Send Cash for his Home Reno

Stories about The Prime Minister’s residence at 24 Sussex just won’t die. Lumber barons, dead brides, Trudeau’s secret pool, nacho machines, you name it.

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A Palestinian Activist on What's Wrong With the Pro-Palestine Movement

Today he talks to Canadaland about Hamas, Israel, the international response to the war in Gaza, and how his views on war and possible peace have turned him into a target from almost every direction.

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Minority vs Minority Racism is Exploding

San Grewal and Rahim Mohamed discuss Robyn Urback's opinion piece in the Globe and Mail, titled, “Like a bad ex, Donald Trump is accidentally making Canada become its best self”.

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Is Doug Ford Dead in the Water?

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Mexico is Giving Trump What he Wants. Is it Working?

New tariff threats. Emergency premiers' meetings. Daily political panic.

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Fastened to a Dying Animal: How to Survive the Collapse of the U.S. Empire

Is the American empire officially in its "dying animal" era? Author and cultural critic Stephen Marche certainly thinks so and for the first time in his career, he’s feeling downright optimistic.

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Carney is Brilliantly Bullsh*tting Alberta on Energy

Despite the headlines about pipelines and Carney’s offer to double oil exports to the US, Canada’s future as an energy superpower may still be clean and green.

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Surprise! More Trump Tariffs

After threatening to tariff Canada in response to wildfire smoke crossing the border, Trump announces 50% tariffs on a long list of products, ostensibly in response to Canada’s "discriminatory" trade practices.

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Inside the Bishnoi Gang

Unsealed U.S. indictments allege that India-based organized crime networks orchestrated political assassinations, extortion schemes, and large-scale drug trafficking across North America and Europe.

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The Canadaland Guide to Kevin O’Leary

 Kevin O'Leary is not just a rich Canadian businessman — he's a phenomenon. He's a media phenomenon both here in Canada and in the US. And he's known for one thing: being an asshole. But is he really an asshole?

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Meta's Gas-Guzzling $13 Billion Data Centre Coming to Alberta

In contrast to Carney’s federal A.I. strategy, which promised clean, sovereign, and ethical A.I., Smith refers to the Meta project as a “digital refinery,” fuelled by a natural gas plant that will be built to power it.

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Canada Wins at Booze but Did Trump Win at Bridge?

Canada’s booze boycotts are working, and Senator Adam Schiff says it’s unfair and devastating for the California wine industry. Isn’t that the point?

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Mark Carney's System of Secrecy

Host Noor Azrieh speaks with transparency activist Ken Rubin, journalist Dean Beeby, and lawyer Matt Malone about the fight over the future of access to information in Canada, and why proposed changes could make it even harder to hold governments accountable.

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Cash for Eggs — Canada’s Fertility Industry Secret

Canada’s  Assisted Human Reproduction Act made it illegal to pay a woman to donate her eggs in Canada. The goal was to avoid incentivizing women to donate their eggs without fully understanding the risks of the procedure. But loopholes and a lax regulatory system have let a “grey market” prosper. In her investigation Gemma Boothroyd spent months meeting egg donors, doctors, researchers, lawyers — the long list of people working, often unseen, to make a baby for intended parents.

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Is A.I. A Threat or an Opportunity for Canadian Newsrooms?

Canadian newsrooms are hesitant to embrace A.I. but new tools offer the potential to revolutionize workflows and expand the capacity of individual journalists.

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New Canadian Social Media Platform is Too Canadian

Gander Social launched on Canada Day with an ambitious plan to “fix” social media with a bot-free, less divisive approach that includes moderation based on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Alberta's Trillion Dollar Mistake

Fifty years ago, Alberta had a chance to build one of the greatest sovereign wealth funds in the world. It could have been a trillion-dollar province.

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Canada’s Goal to Save Footballers’ Lives

 It was an awful time. And to also be told, “You were unethical by using this facilitation letter." It was, it was like I was in some kind of nightmare. -Investigative Reporter Laura Robinson

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The End of the True Crime Industrial Complex?

You might not be super familiar with the name Corus Entertainment, but you definitely know their work: Global News, Teletoon, YTV, Treehouse, Showcase etc.

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BONUS: State of the Podcast

Today we’re talking about Canadaland the company the show. Where is Canadaland going in 2026? CBS, CNN, maybe The Rivoli? CanCon jokes aside, today Sam sits down with Jesse to talk all about the state of Canadaland. We have a new collective bargaining agreement, we have a new Journalistic Standards and Practices document, we have new hosts coming on board. And what new shows are we working on?

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The Risks and Rewards of Tolerating FIFA

We have to ask: are the good vibes really worth the financial risk?

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Is Iran Behind Attacks in Canada?

Could Iran be behind attacks in Canada?

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Why it's Illegal to Spy on Cows in Ontario

From Upton Sinclair to modern day animal activists, going undercover has been a staple of animal cruelty reporting. But in Ontario, a court recently ruled that it might be illegal to get that footage, that reporting, in the first place — you can no longer take a job under false pretences on farms in Ontario.

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Is Mark Carney Trump's Bossy Bottom?

In advance of the trilateral CUSMA negotiations, Carney’s relationship with Trump has gone from Elbows Up to Heated Rivalry.

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The Montreal Shooter’s Manifesto

A tragic shooting in Montreal resulted in the deaths of a police officer, a civilian, and the shooter.

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Is the Era of Conservative Premiers Over?

Houston, we have a problem.

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Cluster-Fu***d! How Media Derailed Scientists in New Brunswick's Medical Mystery

For the past four years Canadaland has been investigating a cluster of terrible illnesses in New Brunswick. A group of people were suffering from debilitating symptoms that nobody could explain.

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Should Robert Fife be Celebrated, or Should Reporters Retire Friendless and Despised?

Journalists and politicians are honouring Robert Fife, who retired after 48 years.

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Teenage Gunmen? There's an App for That (also, that Kielburger stuff)

A gun-for-hire network is revealed after a Toronto Police Officer is killed in a raid investigating a shooting at the US consulate. The network is potentially linked to a slew of shootings across the GTA, including synagogues. Meanwhile, a US Dept of Justice indictment suggests some of these shootings may have been contracted by Iranian proxies. Plus, an update on Canadaland’s settlement with Theresa Kielburger.

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