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#1203 No Penalty for Hockey Goons
What the coverage of the Hockey Canada trial isn’t talking about.
Noor Azrieh
Host/Producer
Lucie Laumonier
Productrice
James Nicholson
Producer
Tristan Capacchione
Senior Production Supervisor
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher

An update on Canada’s approach to Palestine and an in-depth discussion of the Hockey Canada Trial and why the coverage isn’t reckoning with the deeper issues within our national sport. Arshy Mann co-hosts. 

 

Host:  Noor Azrieh

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Arshy Mann

Photo: Noor Azrieh

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