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The messaging platform Discord is under scrutiny after the FBI alleges it was used to plan the Tumbler Ridge attack.

Cody James Bryant, a 30-year-old resident of Bellingham, Washington has been charged with conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country.
In the 6 months leading up to the attack, Bryant communicated daily with the Tumbler Ridge shooter, Jesse Van Roostselaar, helping to plan, encourage, and fund the purchase of equipment.

B.C. Premier David Eby is calling on Ottawa to regulate platforms like Discord, so that law enforcement is informed when concerning content appears.
Sarah Rieger of Betakit joins Julian Abraham to consider the tricky balance between privacy and safety in tech regulation.

Host: Julian Abraham
Credits: James Nicholson (Senior Producer), Gökçe On (Fact Checking) , Tristan Capacchione (Mixing and Mastering), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Sarah Rieger

Further reading:
Alleged use of Discord to plan Tumbler Ridge shooting comes under scrutiny | CBC News
Tumbler Ridge conspiracy complaint puts focus on messaging and social media firms | CityNews
Revelations about Tumbler Ridge shooting show how complicated investigation remains, minister says | Toronto Star
Few Mass Shooters Have Been Transgender - FactCheck.org
ChatGPT Helped Tumbler Ridge Shooter Focus on Guns, Tactics, and Terror – Mother Jones
Exposing AdFection: How Discover-Tech Turned Targeted Ads Into a Pipeline for Zero-Click Mercenary Spyware - The Citizen Lab
WARMINGTON: New American Joni Mitchell throws Canada, PM under a Big Yellow Taxi - Toronto Sun

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As Steven Galloway’s defamation trial continues, his supporters say he’s finally getting justice, but some also are demanding accountability from media outlets for their coverage of the case over the last decade.

CANADALAND’s previous coverage of Galloway has come under scrutiny in Quillette and from Margaret Atwood.

Rahim Mohamed joins Jesse Brown to dig into the archives to consider if mistakes were made and what can we learn from the Galloway case with the benefit of hindsight.

Plus, Chrystia Freeland spills the Trudeau tea in her new book “Unreliable Boyfriend.”

Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: James Nicholson (Senior Producer), Julian Abraham (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Rahim Mohamed

Further reading:
Payback Time for Steven Galloway - Quillette
Is Steven Galloway finally getting justice? - The Globe and Mail
#173 The Aesthetics Of Rigour - CANADALAND [Podcast]
Under a cloud: How UBC’s Steven Galloway affair has haunted a campus and changed lives - The Globe and Mail
Edmonton mayor lashes out as Alberta tells city to roll back infill housing rules | Business News | thecanadianpressnews.ca
Andrew Phillips: Chrystia Freeland’s book spills the tea on her ‘Unreliable Boyfriend’ and Justin Trudeau does not come off well - Toronto Star

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There are just a few days left until Alberta’s referendum on separation (and more). If the vote goes through, it won't redraw the country’s borders overnight, but it could give Premier Smith a mandate to pursue the next vote where Alberta could actually separate.

Host Noor Azrieh sits down with Premier Smith to ask what she’s prepared to do if the vote goes through, and how much responsibility she takes for getting Alberta to this point.

Host: Noor Azrieh
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Danielle Smith
Background reading:
How some Alberta separatists are courting U.S. support for independence – The Globe and Mail
Establishing independent Alberta could cost up to $170B over 5 years: report – CBC News
Mounties reviewing First Nations' call for treason probe into Alberta premier, UCP – CBC News
Ottawa tracking allegations of foreign interference in Alberta referendum, Carney says – Toronto Star
Alberta, Saskatchewan premiers shut down Elon Musk’s call for separation – Global News

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It seemed like such a good plan. Doug Ford tried to save local news with cash from weed, liquor, and gambling. He told four provincial agencies, the ones in charge of booze, pot, the lottery, and transportation, that they had to buy ads from local Ontario publishers. Buy Canadian. This directive came after years of provincial ad money being funneled to American tech and media. Millions of Canadian taxpayer dollars fed to Meta or Google for ad buys or the now notorious $8 million ad spend that included a government of Ontario Super Bowl ad. They were basically advertising to Canadians through American outlets. So for Ontario publishers the about face to a Buy Canadian advertising plan was a welcome change.

So how did it pan out? Where did the millions in ad spending actually go? Who won? Who lost out on the cash? Our reporter Gemma Boothroyd went digging for answers.

And those questions Gemma chased are all the more important now that the Federal Government is rumoured to be considering scaling up the Ontario plan to the federal level.

Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: Gemma Boothroyd (Reporter), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Tristan (Audio Editing & Production), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)
Fact checking by Julian Abraham
Additional music by Audio Network
Image by LGOntario

More information:
Ontario ad campaign 'It's Happening Here' has cost taxpayers $8M | CBC News
Doug Ford promises 25 per cent of government agency, provincial advertising budgets to local media outlets — Toronto Star

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