Episodes

  • The Case Lori Culbert Got Wrong

    The Case Lori Culbert Got Wrong
    Apr 20 2023
    After Amanda Zhao was reported missing in October 2002, Vancouver Sun reporter Lori Culburt went to Zhao's apartment to interview Zhao's boyfriend, Ang Li. She'll never forget the conversation she had with the seemingly grief-stricken man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 mins
  • The Toronto 18: A Story of Radicalization and Rehabilitation.

    The Toronto 18: A Story of Radicalization and Rehabilitation.
    Apr 14 2023
    In 2006, when the RCMP arrested 18 young men who were planning a series of attacks on Canadian soil, it forced Canadians to face the idea of homegrown terrorism. National Post reporter Adrian Humphreys spent years following the stories and transformations of the men who were part of the terror cell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 mins
  • Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash Changed a Town (and a Reporter) Forever

    Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash Changed a Town (and a Reporter) Forever
    Apr 5 2023
    When Kevin Mitchell first heard the Humboldt Broncos bus had crashed on its way to a playoff game, he assumed it was a fender bender. But the Saskatoon StarPhoenix sports editor soon realized an unthinkable tragedy was unfolding. He would spend much of the next year in the community, observing the grief and resiliency of those connected to this shattered hockey team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 mins
  • Out of The Ordinary: The Tragic Story of Brandon Truaxe

    Out of The Ordinary: The Tragic Story of Brandon Truaxe
    Feb 23 2023
    Brandon Truaxe built the hugely profitable cosmetics empire Deciem — and then plunged it into chaos. From a psychiatric hospital in England he reached out to National Post reporter Joseph Brean to share his side of the story.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 mins
  • An Unthinkable Tragedy in the Ottawa Valley

    An Unthinkable Tragedy in the Ottawa Valley
    Feb 16 2023
    One call, then another, then a third. Ottawa Citizen reporter Aedan Helmer vividly remembers what it was like in the newsroom on Sept. 22, 2015 when the police scanner crackled with the news that three bodies had been found in cottage country – and the killer was still on the loose. In the days and months that followed Helmer would come to understand just how tragic — and preventable — the killings were.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    25 mins
  • “They Believed Him”

    “They Believed Him”
    Feb 9 2023
    There had long been stories in Saskatoon’s Indigenous community about police taking Indigenous people out of town and leaving them there in the dead of winter. But it wasn’t until one young man survived the ordeal that it created a public reckoning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • The Exoneration of David Milgaard and the Trial of Larry Fisher

    The Exoneration of David Milgaard and the Trial of Larry Fisher
    Feb 2 2023
    Nearly 30 years after David Milgaard was wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of Gail Miller the real killer — Larry Fisher — was charged and tried. Then-Saskatoon StarPhoenix reporter Les Perreaux kept tabs on Fisher before he was arrested and covered his trial in the small community of Yorkton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • Cocaine, Coyotes & The Coquihalla Highway

    Cocaine, Coyotes & The Coquihalla Highway
    Jan 26 2023
    As the RCMP prepared to seize millions of dollars worth of cocaine and ecstasy moving across the Canada-U.S. border, they made a curious decision: to bring a journalist inside the fold of the operation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 mins