theBreaker.news Podcast

Your source for news, opinion and analysis about British Columbia issues, institutions and influencers.

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July 15, 2018 00:28:43
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Positively West 4th Avenue

The Khatsahlano Street Party, Vancouver's largest annual free music festival, took over 10 blocks on West 4th Avenue for 10 hours on July 7. ...

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July 09, 2018 00:01:54
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Exclusive: Ontario Tory pollster won't say who hired it for Squamish pre-election survey

Bob Mackin An Ontario polling company with links to the federal Conservative Party and BC Liberals surveyed Squamish residents on June 30.  But the...

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July 08, 2018 00:25:58
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Are public-funded mega-events and sports venues a boon or a boondoggle?

Western Economic Association International brought its 93rd annual conference to Vancouver’s Sheraton Wall Centre in Vancouver at the end of June.  More than 2,000...

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July 01, 2018 00:25:19
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theBreaker.news Podcast: How dirty money flooded Metro Vancouver casinos

Anti-money laundering expert Peter German's watershed report on money laundering in Metro Vancouver casinos was finally published on June 27. In Dirty Money, former...

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June 24, 2018 00:21:24
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theBreaker.news Podcast: People, animals and scenes the keys to photojournalist Ralph Bower's enduring images

On this edition of theBreaker.news Podcast, more than a thousand words with the North Vancouver photojournalist who captured some of the greatest British Columbia...

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June 17, 2018 00:23:37
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theBreaker.news Podcast: AggregateIQ co-founder threatened with contempt of Parliament

The House of Commons Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee recalled AggregateIQ's co-founders Jeff Silvester and Zack Massingham to Ottawa on June 12....

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