June 7, 2021
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#372 The RCMP’s Portapique Narrative Is Falling Apart
Frank Magazine publisher Andrew Douglas and reporter Paul Palango discuss their bombshell story, and what the RCMP may still be hiding about Gabriel Wortman.
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher
Tristan Capacchione
Audio Editor & Technical Producer
Damilola Onime
Producer, Wag the Doug
Jonathan Goldsbie
News Editor
Jordan Cornish
Producer, COMMONS
Arshy Mann
Host & Producer, COMMONS
Cherise Seucharan
Reporter, CANADALAND

Recordings of 911 calls from the night of the Portapique massacre have been leaked to the press, and they prove that the RCMP have been lying from the start about a crucial piece of information. But somehow it’s the journalists that published the calls who are facing an angry public backlash.

Read a condensed version of our interview with Palango.

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