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- Dispersing the Fog E84 – Data Centre Politics, Emergencies Act to Supreme Court, Steven Galloway Defamation Trial, BC Election, OPP Probs, Guest Nicole Gnazdowsky
This week we welcome Nicole Gnazdowsky to discuss the apology she received from the RCMP over their handling of her brother Andrew’s death at a Nova Scotia Power dam six years ago. Nicole discusses how she pushed back against the government (including then-Premier Iain Rankin), labour investigators, … Read more »
- Dispersing the Fog E83 – Margaret Atwood on Steven Galloway, NS Habeus Corpus Case at Supreme Court, Freeland Book, PEI RCMP Lose Murder Evidence, Guest Paul McNamara on CSIS Failings
This week, we welcome back Paul McNamara for an inside look at the Bill Macher acquittal and lawsuit, and the competency deficit at CSIS, the Canadian spy agency.Also covered in this episode;- Margaret Atwood defends due process again in speaking out on the Steven Galloway case, where the author, an … Read more »
- Dispersing the Fog E82 – R. v. Cope on Sentencing Circles, Malcolm Gladwell Book, Guest Anita Stewart from Antigonish Women's Centre on Gender Based Violence and St. F.X. Banner
This week, the Supreme Court of Canada released it’s long-anticipated decision in R. v. Cope, dealing with sentencing of indigenous offenders, and specifically with the use of sentencing circles in the course of a sentencing.Guest Anita Stewart is the head of the Antigonish Women’s Centre, where las … Read more »
- Dispersing the Fog E81 – Comparing Cornell 7 to Cdn Junior Hockey Accused, Critiquing Clancy Lawyer, Bubbles' Charge Dismissed, NS Prison Case to SCC, Secret Awards for NS Mass Shooting RCMP Officers
This week we welcome back Tammy Oliver-McCurdie and Scott McLeod to discuss the announcement that more RCMP members would be receiving awards for their actions from the NS mass shooting, and the inquiry which followed, but that the names of those awarded would not be made public.Also this week;- the … Read more »
- Dispersing the Fog E80 – Springhill Drug Bust Debunked, NS Justice Min Bar Complaint Revelations, Belleville Shooting, Guest Toronto Star Investigative Reporter Kevin Donovan on Car Thefts
This week we are very pleased to welcome Kevin Donovan, the lead investigative reporter for the Toronto Star, to discuss his series of stories about car thefts in Canada. We learn how the thieves operate, how the cars leave the country, and what owners can do to prevent their car from becoming a sta … Read more »