Clockwise, from upper left: Jody Wilson-Raybould, Alan Mullen, Darryl Plecas, Brad West, Alex McKechnie, Justin Trudeau, John Horgan, Zhou Fengsuo.(Mackin photos)[/caption]
A federal election year in Canada. Held amid a scandal involving the unapologetic Prime Minister who aimed to save SNC-Lavalin, Canada's poster child for corruption, at the expense of the country's first indigenous attorney general. She blew the whistle and got re-elected as an independent.
Civil rights protests in Hong Kong that spilled across the Pacific, where a suburban Vancouver mayor emerged as a voice of reason and sounded the alarm over blatant Chinese Communist Party meddling in Canadian affairs.
A bright light shone into the offices and misdeeds of the clerk and sergeant-at-arms of the British Columbia Legislature. The speaker and his chief of staff withstood a barrage of personal attacks amid their crusade to stamp-out corruption at the seat of government.
[caption id="attachment_9391" align="alignleft" width="347"]
Alan Mullen (left) and Darryl Plecas, 2019 recipients of theBreaker.news Podcast Nanaimo bar for newsmakers of the year. (Mackin)[/caption]
A public inquiry struck to examine how B.C. became one of the world's magnets for dirty money.
And a national celebration of the Toronto Raptors historic championship.
Throughout the year, theBreaker.news was there, chronicling history.
On this edition, hear the highlights of theBreaker.news Podcasts from 2019, featuring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Jody Wilson-Raybould, Tiananmen Square massacre survivor Zhou Fengsuo, Raptors' sport science guru Alex McKechnie, B.C. Premier John Horgan, Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West, Speaker Darryl Plecas and his chief of staff Alan Mullen.
Plus, host Bob Mackin reveals the difference-makers of 2019, the most-read stories of 2019 on theBreaker.news and offers a commentary on the end of the decade.
Click below to listen or go to Apple Podcasts and subscribe.
Have you missed an edition of theBreaker.news Podcast? Go to the archive.
Support theBreaker.news for as low as $2 a month on Patreon. Find out how. Click here.
For the week of March 29, 2026: Canada’s sport system is broken. Tainted by abuse and corruption. The final report of the Future of...
The House of Commons is adjourned for the summer. Let barbecue season begin. That means incumbents and hopefuls for the Oct. 21 federal election...
Wing-Tung Ho was born in 1997, the year that the United Kingdom handed Hong Kong back to China. She studies in Taiwan, where she...