Podcast
The Big Story
Episodes — page 78
- From romance to crypto investments to broke: The pandemic's latest dating scam
It begins on a dating app you use and trust, with a user located in your city. Not with emails out of nowhere or random DMs. Even the investment part makes you money at first, and…
- What's in Bill 96? And why is it tearing apart Quebec's uneasy language truce?
Fights over language have always been a part of Quebec politics, and of life in the province in general. For the most part, they tend to end in a begrudging compromise, with French…
- How did Canadian politics become so nasty?
You see it most visibly when party leaders like Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh are accosted outside of events. But ordinary MPs of all parties report increasing amounts of verbal…
- After 13 years, how is Uber still not turning a profit?
The secret to Uber's success was always supposed to be scale. The company subsidized rides and drivers, operating at a loss on each ride, as it grew into what is now a global behem…
- Is Canadian intelligence to blame for this man's 14 years of incarceration?
Mohamedou Ould Slahi is not a Canadian citizen. He's Mauritanian. But he did spend a few weeks in Canada, and during that time he was watched. It is that evidence gathered by Canad…
- How your own car will ruin your attempt at insurance fraud
For decades, insurance companies devoted thousands of hours and millions of dollars to complex investigations of insurance claims, trying to determine whether claimants were lying…
- The mysterious link between a murder in Thailand and a plane crash in Northern Ontario
The murder victim in Thailand was a known gangster who had spent years in and around Vancouver. One of the four men who died in the mysterious crash was wanted by Thai police for h…
- How did a Quebecer end up leading a foreign fighter brigade in Ukraine?
They call themselves the Norman Brigade, and they're led by Hrulf, who won't reveal his real name. But he's from Quebec, served in the Canadian military and has a Ukrainian wife an…
- Has inflation peaked? Could it still get worse? How will we know?
Looking at gas and grocery prices, it might be hard to believe inflation is anywhere close to stopping, but economists see some promising signs. Whether it has peaked yet or not, h…
- The rise and fall of Canada's cannabis industry
It was supposed to make billions upon billions as an industry, and the investors were chasing millions of their own. Instead, thousands of Canadians were left holding empty bags, h…
- What does the future of office work look like?
Employees are returning to offices this spring. Some, just for a day or two per week. Some are back in their desks full-time. But without any kind of standard, how will office empl…
- Everything you need to know about Canada's massive avian flu outbreak
The virus driving an outbreak that's spread to almost every province is a variant. It's a more pathogenic bug that renders the host infectious even before it displays any symptoms.…
- If Roe v. Wade falls, what happens next in America?
The news leaked Monday night. It was shocking, but not all that surprising. A woman's right to choose has been under attack for a long time in America, and states have spent the pa…
- Ontario Election FAQ: Will it be a referendum on Doug Ford?
Say what you want about Doug Ford (and people do!), there are very few people in the province he's run for four years who are neutral about him. Ontario heads into an election at a…
- As medically assisted dying evolves, who can access it? And why?
There have been some heartbreaking headlines recently, about people who are living with chronic conditions in situations that force them to suffer—and choosing a medically assisted…
- As an election looms, will climate policy be an issue in Ontario?
Recently the Progressive Conservative government released a climate plan. Actually, they specifically said not to call it a "plan". It's a set of emissions targets and how they pla…
- Why spoilers are good, actually
It's impossible to discuss a new film or show these days without someone reminding you, "No spoilers!" Purposefully spoiling a plot point in a popular work is considered just short…
- A Cree teen's death in a B.C. group home, and what it reveals about the system
His name was Traevon Desjarlais-Chalifoux. He was 17. And in the wake of his death, there are so many questions and so few answers. Will the system admit any responsibility? Will t…
- Who might have to pay back CERB? And why?
The Canada Emergency Response Benefit was a lifeline to millions in the early days of the pandemic. Then, in early 2021, letters went out to more than 400,000 Canadians informing t…
- Is there a better way to keep mosquitoes under control?
Typically, taking care of these pests has meant, well, pesticides. And sometimes, lots of them. But one Canadian city is working to curb the use of chemicals by deploying different…
