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October 07, 2018 00:26:36
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Will Richmond elect a mayor who is oblivious to China's human rights abuse?

Advance voting is underway this week for the Oct. 20 local government elections across British Columbia.  [caption id="attachment_6655" align="alignright" width="245"] Hong Guo[/caption] In Richmond,...

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September 30, 2018 00:25:45
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Advocating for the value of information

The Centre for Law and Democracy and Access Info Europe put Canada at a dismal number 55 in their annual ranking of countries with...

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September 23, 2018 00:26:53
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Facebook whistleblower comes home to B.C.

The political battleground that Facebook has become is harmful to democracy. That is according to the Victoria, B.C. whistleblower whose revelations of widespread data...

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September 16, 2018 00:24:24
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Less than five weeks until Vancouver votes

On this week's edition of theBreaker.news Podcast, host Bob Mackin checks-in with Research Co pollster Mario Canseco.  His latest poll shows 46% of respondents...

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September 09, 2018 00:25:48
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Condon confronts supply sophistry and spendy SkyTrain

University of British Columbia urban planning professor Patrick Condon was preparing to run as COPE's mayoral candidate, until he was hit by a stroke...

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September 02, 2018 00:20:25
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Back to school, back to the polls

Schools open this week for 650,000 Kindergarten to Grade 12 students across British Columbia. School board hopefuls around the province will also begin putting...

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