Archives: Episodes

#10 Mauvais Québécois

February 18, 2023

La notion du Québec bashing a provoqué un déferlement de réactions dans les médias en français et en anglais suite à la nomination d’Amira Elghawaby comme représentante spéciale dans la lutte contre l’islamophobie. Puis quel est le lien entre les anglophones du Québec et les francophones dans le reste du pays face à la réforme de la Loi sur les langues officielles ? Émilie Nicolas anime cet épisode de Détours avec Frédéric Bérard.

#859 John Tory and His Sin City

February 16, 2023

A tasting menu of scandals from Ontario’s municipal and provincial governments, with a newsroom scandal thrown in for kicks.

#51 Ford Weddings and a Free-for-all

February 15, 2023

It turns out Doug Ford and his “developer buddies” are more than just a metaphor.

Monopoly #14 – Where the Sidewalk Ends

February 15, 2023

The story behind what happened when Google, one of the world’s great tech monopolies, wanted to make a “smart city” in Toronto

#858 One Rich Man Won’t Save Journalism

February 13, 2023

They said they’d found a way to save journalism. They did not.

#857 How The Westons Won

February 9, 2023

Following the melting of the No Name price freeze, Loblaw had a bit of its own public meltdown. Meanwhile, the country’s largest newspaper chain continues its own perpetual self-dissolution, leaving damp puddles where once stood proud big-city dailies.

Monopoly #13 – The Irvings

February 8, 2023

For almost a century, the Irving family has run New Brunswick like a personal fiefdom

#57 Bail Reform And National Reconciliation

February 7, 2023

A proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit has been reached between the federal government and 325 First Nations, which applies to Indigenous children who attended residential schools during the day—students who were left out of the 2006 residential schools settlement. This episode gets into the legal elements of this lawsuit, how we got here, and what impacts it might have going forward.

And, all 13 provinces and territories are calling for “immediate action” to strengthen Canada’s bail system in the wake of the death of an Ontario Provincial Police officer in late December. What does the bail system look like in Canada? How is this specific moment being politicized?  And, what would the consequences of bail reform be?

#5 Hacks, Flacks and #Landback

February 6, 2023

Since 2019 five journalists have been arrested at land defenses, several others have been detained or threatened with arrest – why?

#855 Don’t Call Quebec Racist, They’re Sensitive About It

February 2, 2023

Quebec’s overblown backlash to the appointment of Amira Elghawaby as special representative on combatting Islamophobia in response to her analysis of a poll from back in 2019. And is the government telling us to only drink two alcoholic beverages a week? Sarah Hagi co-hosts.