theBreaker.news Podcast

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

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May 12, 2019 00:25:54
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theBreaker.news Podcast: B.C.'s money laundering shock and awe

The first annual white collar crime week in British Columbia? It ought to be, after the NDP B.C. government released long-awaited reports into money...

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May 05, 2019 00:26:03
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theBreaker.news Podcast: A closer look at China's campaign to influence Canadian elections

Meng Wanzhou is headed back to court in Vancouver on May 8, as her extradition hearing inches nearer. The United States wants to try...

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April 28, 2019 00:19:25
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Facebook under fire, but will lawmakers heed privacy commissioners' call to action?

Two privacy commissioners say Facebook is thumbing its nose at the privacy rights of Canadians, so they are going to Federal Court in hopes...

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April 21, 2019 00:26:04
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Jason Kenney picks up Alberta, but is there a bumpy road ahead?

Alberta is returning to right-wing rule, after Jason Kenney and the United Conservatives handily defeated Premier Rachel Notley's NDP government in last week’s provincial...

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April 14, 2019 00:30:57
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Question Period cacophony earns BC Liberals an earful from Speaker Plecas

The Andrew Scheer-led Conservatives erected a wall of noise on federal budget day, to protest the Trudeau Liberal government’s shutdown of justice committee hearings...

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April 07, 2019 00:24:04
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theBreaker.news Podcast: More from Dick Pound, the Canadian who commercialized world sport and aimed to clean it up

From humble beginnings as a child swimmer in Ocean Falls, B.C. to a member of Canada's Rome 1960 Olympics team, Dick Pound eventually became...

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