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June 09, 2018 00:23:27
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theBreaker.news Podcast: New documentary commemorates the biggest industrial accident in Vancouver history

Except for Stompin’ Tom Connors’ "The Bridge Came Tumblin’ Down," there has been relatively little to commemorate the mass-tragedy of June 17, 1958 in...

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June 03, 2018 00:22:24
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Datamining whistleblower shares ideas with Canadian lawmakers on stopping digital deterioration of democracy

For Christopher Wylie, the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, it was a sort of homecoming. The data scientist who hails from Victoria made headlines around the...

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May 27, 2018 00:24:06
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theBreaker.news Podcast: On the Tiananmen tragedy, 29 years later

The 29th anniversary of a turning point in history is coming June 4.  On that day, in 1989, soldiers violently regained Tiananmen Square from...

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May 20, 2018 00:09:42
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theBreaker.news Podcast: AggregateIQ co-founder testifies to U.K. MPs on the Cambridge Analytica scandal

Jeff Silvester is the chief operating officer of the Victoria company involved in the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal. He appeared on his own May 16...

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May 13, 2018 00:24:09
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Splitting on the left, friction on the right in Vancouver politics

A whirlwind week in Vancouver politics, with 22 weeks until the civic election. While lame duck Mayor Gregor Robertson was on yet another junket...

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May 06, 2018 00:21:11
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Keeping an eye on city hall with an election on the horizon

With 23 weeks to go before Vancouver chooses a new mayor and council, the guessing game continues.  Will anyone be brave enough to run...

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