Ethan Cox
@ethancox.bsky.social
Investigative journalist. Senior editor and co-founder at Ricochet Media. Board with For the Refugees. Montrealer. Husky dad.
Ricochet wins a record FOUR national awards for journalism in 2026. Outlet earns record six nominations and four wins across two major awards galas this year. ‘Ricochet routinely wins nominations and prizes for our work, but 2026 was a high water mark.’ ricochet.media/media/ricoch...
Ricochet wins a record FOUR national awards for journalism in 2026
Outlet earns record six nominations and four wins across two major awards galas
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BREAKING: Only five days after being repatriated from a forest fire evacuation, Neskantaga First Nation is flying out again, this time due to a contractor causing a sewage backup in the health centre basement. ricochet.media/indigenous/f... Just as summer festival was to begin...
From wildfire to sewage crisis: Neskantaga's nightmare isn't over
Just days after returning from a wildfire evacuation, the northwestern Ontario fly-in First Nation has declared another state of emergency after a sewage disaster has forced residents to leave their c...
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From wildfire to sewage crisis: Neskantaga’s nightmare isn’t over Just days after a wildfire evacuation, the fly-in Ontario First Nation has declared another state of emergency forcing residents to leave their community again. New from @jonthompson.bsky.social: ricochet.media/indigenous/f...
From wildfire to sewage crisis: Neskantaga's nightmare isn't over
ust days after returning from a wildfire evacuation, the northwestern Ontario fly-in First Nation has declared another state of emergency after a sewage disaster has forced residents to leave their co...
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NEW: Ford government won’t commit to forest fire inquiry, as chiefs demand change. ‘Ontario is burning and there’s no end in sight,’ say First Nation leaders. But ‘we have a treaty partner that refuses to listen’ Latest from Jon Thompson in Northern Ontario. ricochet.media/indigenous/f...
Ford government won’t commit to forest fire inquiry, as chiefs demand change
‘Ontario is burning and there’s no end in sight,’ say First Nation chiefs. But ‘we have a treaty partner that refuses to listen’
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Running the blockade: evacuation orders challenged in northern First Nations. NEW report from Jon Thompson: Elders left behind, speedboats used to get around checkpoints as wildfires loom over northern Ontario communities. ricochet.media/indigenous/r...
Canada’s safety net is collapsing. Working Canadians squeezed by high rents, unstable employment, and inadequate public supports are increasingly turning to food banks. The growing crisis is fuelling calls for permanent EI reform. New by Juan Suarez: ricochet.media/politics/can...
Canada’s safety net is collapsing
Working Canadians squeezed by high rents, unstable employment, and inadequate public supports are increasingly turning to food banks. The growing crisis is fuelling calls for permanent EI reform
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On #IBWTE, sports journalist and soccer expert @shireenahmed.bsky.social talks with @caradrianh.bsky.social to unpack the politics, and corruption, of the 2026 #WorldCup. "There are systems of fraud. There are cover-ups of abuse. So many pernicious things." Episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R87B...
another shameful reversal by mark carney that shows how much power the US tech companies have over our government. there’s no sovereignty when foreign companies wield this much influence over our domestic policy.
DT Cochrane@dtcochrane.bsky.social · last wk.A massive giveaway from Carney to Big Tech. Elbows up to punch yourself in the face, I guess. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/07/28/b...
I just donated to The Grind’s legal defence. Lawsuits like this are about shutting down journalism, not rectifying mistakes. We can’t let subjects of accurate reporting bully outlets into removing coverage.
The Grind@thegrindto.bsky.social · last wk.The Grind is being sued for defamation. We intend to defending our reporting. We need your support to be able to fight this case and to continue publishing essential journalism in Toronto. See the full announcement for more info.
EXCLUSIVE: First Nations Chief says government MPP is lying about meeting with him. Kevin Holland, an associate minister in the Ford government, told a reporter he met with the Gull Bay Chief. Wilfred King says it never happened. @jonthompson.bsky.social reports. ricochet.media/indigenous/f...
First Nations Chief says government MPP is lying about meeting with him
PC representative Kevin Holland told a reporter he met with the Gull Bay Chief. Wilfred King says it never happened.
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Superb, in-depth reporting on maga Post media's radical agenda, supported by our tax dollars. ricochet.media/media/dumpst...
‘Dumpster fire’: Postmedia’s decade of pushing Canada’s politics to the right
Canada’s largest newspaper chain has amplified conservative grievance politics — creating fertile ground for MAGA-style ideas, Alberta separatism, and an increasingly polarized political landscape
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Q&A: Fighting wildfires, and Doug Ford, with NDP leader Marit Stiles. Opposition leader calls for public inquiry into Ontario government’s response to wildfires. Ricochet’s Jon Thompson caught up with Stiles yesterday in Thunder Bay as part of ongoing fire coverage. ricochet.media/indigenous/q...
Q&A: Fighting wildfires, and Doug Ford, with NDP leader Marit Stiles
Opposition leader calls for public inquiry into Ontario government’s response to wildfires
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Our episode on the #WorldCup is out now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R87B...
Ricochet Media@ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 2w agoOn the next episode of #IBWTE, we sit down with sports journalist & prof @shireenahmed.bsky.social to discuss politics, and censorship, at the #WorldCup. "There's a tendency by some people to want to separate sports and politics." Subscribe to never miss an episode: youtube.com/@ricochet_me...
As #wildfires engulf northern Ontario in historic fires, the union representing forest firefighters is blaming the Doug Ford government for “mismanagement at the highest levels.” Northern communities are now paying the price. New from @jonthompson.bsky.social: ricochet.media/climate/envi...
Union blasts Ford government for ‘mismanagement’ of forest firefighting efforts
Despite warnings from the Auditor General, budgets have failed to keep pace with climate change — and northern communities are now paying the price
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NEW from Brandi Morin. The last stand for old growth: As the chainsaws close in, land defenders refuse to look away. First Nations elders are once again on the front lines. With ancient forests facing imminent destruction, they say industry has written off entire ecosystem as ‘collateral damage.’
The last stand for old growth: As the chainsaws close in, land defenders refuse to look away
First Nations elders are once again on the front lines. With the last ancient forests facing imminent destruction, they say industry has written off the trees, wildlife and entire ecosystem as ‘collat...
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NEWS: Abandoned on the road to the Ring of Fire. @jonthompson.bsky.social reports from Northern Ontario, where First Nations leaders say poor communication with the Ontario government is putting their communities at risk — as raging forest fires close in. ricochet.media/indigenous/a...
Abandoned on the road to the Ring of Fire
In the path of raging forest fires, First Nations leaders say poor communication with the Ontario government is putting their communities at risk
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NEW: In a new piece for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social, Alberta journalist @readtheorchard.org detailed how Postmedia is pulling Canadian politics to the right. He joins the show to discuss the piece, the company’s influence and the sorry state of their flagship publication the National Post. #cdnnews
Postmedia Is Dragging Us All to the Far-Right ft. Jeremy Appel (Podcast)
On the company's pivot to the dregs of discourse
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NEW from me: I took a deep dive for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social into the American hedge fund-owned Canadian newspaper chain that’s pushing anti-trans, pro-genocide and climate science denial narratives down our throats. ricochet.media/media/dumpst...
‘Dumpster fire’: Postmedia’s decade of pushing Canada’s politics to the right
Canada’s largest newspaper chain has amplified conservative grievance politics — creating fertile ground for MAGA-style ideas, Alberta separatism, and an increasingly polarized political landscape
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What Montreal’s police scandal reveals about systemic racism in #Quebec. Shocking allegations that officers ripped locs from Black men to keep as ‘trophies’ is no surprise to many who've been living with #racistpolicing for years. New from @mtltoula.bsky.social: ricochet.media/justice/poli...
What Montreal's police scandal reveals about systemic racism in Quebec
Allegations that officers ripped locs from Black men to keep as ‘trophies’ have stunned the public. But those who have lived under aggressive policing say the accusations reveal a reality they've been...
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LISTEN: On #Greenland: #Trump’s Threats and the Implications for #Canada . My @ricochetmedia.bsky.social interview w/ @b-popps.bsky.social @thewalrus.ca podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
Greenland, Trump's Threats & The Implications for Canada w/ Brett Popplewell
Podcast Episode · In Bed with the Elephant · July 7 · 41m
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LIVE NOW: AMA with the journalist banned by the Thunder Bay police in retaliation for award-winning reporting that sent at least one cop to jail. Got Qs about Thunder Bay, its police, its problems with systemic racism, missing people, anything else? We’ve got As. www.reddit.com/r/RicochetMe...
We have some exciting news! Jon Thompson, the intrepid journalist whose award-winning work got him banned — and then unbanned — by the Thunder Bay police, is doing an AskMeAnything on Ricochet’s subreddit this afternoon at 4 ET. Context here: ricochet.media/media/thunde... AMA at r/ricochetmedia
Thunder Bay police change media policy following closed door oversight meeting
After nearly two years of excluding Ricochet reporter Jon Thompson from media communications on the grounds that a national outlet can't do local journalism, Thunder Bay police reversed course followi...
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Were John A Macdonald’s policies towards #Indigenous peoples genocidal? On In Bed with the Elephant, historian @jdmstewart.bsky.social tells @caradrianh.bsky.social that Macdonald’s legacy should be judged on more than "just one issue." Full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvlb... #IBWTE
Ricochet journalist Jon Thompson is on APTN’s InFocus podcast today, talking about Thunder Bay Police efforts to exclude him from official communications. The police were forced to reverse course this week. Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0ALa... Read our coverage: ricochet.media/media/thunde...
What's happening with the Thunder Bay Police Service?
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On this week's In Bed with the Elephant, new NDP leader @avilewis.ca is sits down with @caradrianh.bsky.social to discuss the challenges ahead — how to reenergize and reorganize the party to power. Full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDsF... And if you like what you hear, please subscribe!
Big win for press freedom in Canada. Following our public complaints, the Thunder Bay police are reversing a punitive media policy that excluded journalists who cover Indigenous stories from police communications. The about face followed a lengthy, closed door oversight meeting.
Ricochet Media@ricochetmedia.bsky.social · last mo.BIG WIN: Thunder Bay police change media policy following closed door oversight meeting. Two days after doubling down on policy of excluding journalists who cover Indigenous stories from police communications, police service reversed course under public pressure. ricochet.media/media/thunde...
As governments consult developers and landlords on the future of housing policy, tenants say they are being left out of the conversation — and they're no longer willing to wait quietly. More from Alejandra Ruiz-Vargas: ricochet.media/justice/hous... #HousingIsAHumanRight @acorncanada.bsky.social
If Canada’s housing ministry won't listen to tenants, we'll go directly to the minister
As governments consult developers and landlords on the future of housing policy, renters say they are being left out of the conversation — and they're no longer willing to wait quietly
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This is, hands down, the best interview I’ve heard yet with new NDP leader Avi Lewis. Adrian gets him comfortable and talking, and I think there’s a lot to be learned about who he is in here. This is the blueprint of how Avi Lewis plans to organize the NDP to power in Canada.
Adrian Harewood@caradrianh.bsky.social · last mo.Here’s my @ricochetmedia.bsky.social interview with @avilewis.ca the new leader of the federal @ndp.ca “Organizing the #NDP to Power podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
After weeks in court, The Narwhal is in the home stretch of our press freedom trial against the RCMP — final arguments are wrapping up. We’re standing firm in our conviction that journalists must be given access to cover the actions of powerful government institutions like the police.
The Narwhal’s press freedom case against the RCMP, explained
Stay informed about The Narwhal and Amber Bracken’s lawsuit against the RCMP as we fight for press freedom in B.C. Supreme Court
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