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CANADALAND
#1318 The Only Reporter in Tumbler Ridge
“I knew that the swarm of reporters was going to descend and that everybody wanted a little piece of somebody. So I was like, well, I will allow myself to be the bone that the news hounds chew on.” -Trent Ernst, Reporter/Editor/Publisher at Tumbler RidgeLines
CANADALAND
#1272 How Roblox Turns Kids Into Gamblers
“This idea of ‘gamblification,’ they're actually tracing features found in casino games that are being reproduced in games for little children.” - Sarah Grimes, professor in communication studies and the Wolf Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy at McGill
CANADALAND
#1268 Every OBGYN in this Canadian City has Resigned
“ Our concern is that we will see maternal or fetal death as a result of a lack of access to care in Kamloops.” -Alix Dolson
Short Cuts
#1175 RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz Help B.C. Ostriches Go Viral
How a flock of Canadian ostriches garnered international attention.
COMMONS
CULTS #6 – Being a Blackmore
Mary-Jayne Blackmore is one of the oldest children of Winston Blackmore, the most famous polygamist in Canada. 
CANADALAND
#896 A House Divided, Again: BC’s Housing Scandal
For years, there were concerns that two people at the centre of subsidized housing in Vancouver were married. For years, the province brushed it off. Until now.
CANADALAND
#874 Cursed Rabbits
Today’s episode is about dead bunnies.
CANADALAND
#822 Salvaging The Beachcombers
The Beachcombers was a wildly long-running series, by any measure. With 387 episodes, the CBC dramedy had more installments than CSI, and five times as many as Schitt’s Creek. For nearly two decades, it was just always there — until one day it wasn’t. Since the last episode aired in 1990, The Beachcombers has largely been forgotten, its title reduced to a punchline. But there’s one place that can’t forget. Producer Sophie Woodrooffe pays a visit to Gibsons, BC, the town that takes The Beachcombers more than a little seriously.
Sympathy for the tree thieves
When an offence against the environment is also a form of working-class rebellion
CANADALAND
#820 Crimes Against Nature
Every year, hundreds, possibly thousands, of crimes are happening in the woods of British Columbia. Sometimes the law catches them, but more often than not, they don’t. So, what exactly is happening in BC’s forests?