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December 08, 2019 00:20:42
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theBreaker.news Podcast: A year in Lotusland for Meng, a year in Chinese jail for the two Canadian Michaels

A year ago this week, Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou was freed on $10 million bail so that she could live at one...

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December 01, 2019 00:22:47
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Key Victoria-based player in the "troubling ecosystem" of digital political campaigns broke the law

Finally, after two years, the investigation is over. AggregateIQ, the Victoria political advertising and data agency, breached Canadian privacy laws. "Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, that...

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November 24, 2019 00:29:08
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Overdue FOI reforms take a backseat to Horgan's push for gas price and cell phone bill transparency

One week left in the fall sitting of the British Columbia Legislature. Fundamental promises made in last February’s throne speech remain unfulfilled. In the...

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November 17, 2019 00:28:51
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Six months of Hong Kong anti-government protests, one year since Scandal at the B.C. Legislature

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...

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November 10, 2019 00:28:41
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Artist Jane Clark, mother of Bryan Adams, shines a light on B.C.'s changing landscape

Bob Mackin It was the autumn of ’99 when the "Summer of ’69" singer made a bold career move. Rocker Bryan Adams added photographer...

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November 03, 2019 00:24:41
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Recounting a stormy October at the B.C. Legislature

The ripple effects of Auditor General Carol Bellringer’s late-September resignation were still being felt when suspended Sergeant-at-Arms Gary Lenz's retirement was announced Oct. 1....

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