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Running the blockade: evacuation orders challenged in northern First Nations. NEW report from Jon Thompson: Elders left behind, speedboats used to get around checkpoints as wildfires loom over northern Ontario communities. ricochet.media/indigenous/r...
On #IBWTE, sports journalist and soccer expert @shireenahmed.bsky.social talks with @caradrianh.bsky.social to unpack the politics, and corruption, of the 2026 #WorldCup. "There are systems of fraud. There are cover-ups of abuse. So many pernicious things." Episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R87B...
How have Donald Trump's annexation threats landed with the people of #Greenland? On a recent episode of #IBWTE, we chat with journalist Brett Popplewell about his recent cover story for @thewalrus.ca. Full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIzu... And please subscribe to our YouTube channel!
On the latest episode of #IBWTE, journalist and soccer expert @shireenahmed.bsky.social is our guest to discuss the corruption and political interference at the 2026 FIFA #WorldCup. Check out the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R87B... And if you like what you hear, please subscribe!
On #IBWTE, host @caradrianh.bsky.social talks with journalist Brett Popplewell about his recent @thewalrus.ca cover story on Greenland. How are people responding to Trump’s threats to annex their country, and what does it mean for Canada? Full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIzu...
Last week, we were thrilled to host our first-ever in-person fundraiser for In Bed with the Elephant. Thank you to everyone who made it out. We're so grateful for your support. If you're not already, be sure to subscribe to us on YouTube to never miss an episode: youtube.com/@ricochet_me...
On the next episode of #IBWTE, we sit down with sports journalist & prof @shireenahmed.bsky.social to discuss politics, and censorship, at the #WorldCup. "There's a tendency by some people to want to separate sports and politics." Subscribe to never miss an episode: youtube.com/@ricochet_me...
Can new NDP leader @avilewis.ca build back the base? On #IBWTE, Avi Lewis recently sat down with host @caradrianh.bsky.social to discuss how the party of worker rights and social justice plans to get Canadians excited about a new political idea. Full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDsF...
On #IBWTE: @avilewis.ca said he sees an opportunity for the NDP to win material changes for Canadians and even contest for power. “The radical political imagination to dare to believe that things ought to be better, in a society where so much wealth is being extracted” Episode: tinyurl.com/zsfepsz3
Brandi Morin is on assignment on Vancouver Island, near Fairy Creek, as forest defenders ramp up their opposition to clear cutting. Story to come. Wilderness Committee mapping estimates ~84 hectares of old-growth forests are targeted for logging behind these gates, equivalent to 117 soccer fields.
On the most recent episode of In Bed with the Elephant, @avilewis.ca tells host @caradrianh.bsky.social about his plan to reorganize and re-energize the @ndp.ca to power. Full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDsF... And if you like what you hear, please subscribe to our #YouTube channel.
LIVE NOW: AMA with the journalist banned by the Thunder Bay police in retaliation for award-winning reporting that sent at least one cop to jail. Got Qs about Thunder Bay, its police, its problems with systemic racism, missing people, anything else? We’ve got As. www.reddit.com/r/RicochetMe...
Were John A Macdonald’s policies towards #Indigenous peoples genocidal? On In Bed with the Elephant, historian @jdmstewart.bsky.social tells @caradrianh.bsky.social that Macdonald’s legacy should be judged on more than "just one issue." Full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvlb... #IBWTE
On this week's In Bed with the Elephant, new NDP leader @avilewis.ca is sits down with @caradrianh.bsky.social to discuss the challenges ahead — how to reenergize and reorganize the party to power. Full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDsF... And if you like what you hear, please subscribe!
On our podcast In Bed with the Elephant, author @jdmstewart.bsky.social tells host @caradrianh.bsky.social about the Canadian prime minister who only served for five years in a minority Parliament, but accomplished far more than most. Full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvlb... #IBWTE
Congratulations to @dreahouston.bsky.social for winning Editorial Achievement of the Year at today’s Digital Publishing Awards! This award confirms what everyone who has ever worked with Andrea already knows, her editorial vision and unrelenting spirit make her a shining light in our industry ⭐️
Congratulations to @jonthompson.bsky.social on his big win at today’s Digital Publishing Awards in the Best News Coverage (Community/local) category! Jon won for his body of work. A beat covering an area larger than most European countries, and featuring stories no one else is telling. ❤️
Atlantic investigative journalist Justin Brake has arrived in St. John’s after an eight hour, two day trip. This afternoon he’ll be sitting down for an interview with Newfoundland and Labrador finance minister Craig Pardy. Got questions for the minister? Drop them below!
New Atlantic investigative journalist @justinbrake.bsky.social is driving eight hours across Newfoundland today so he can interview finance minister Craig Pardy tomorrow in St. John’s. Do you have questions you’d like him to ask, or subjects you’d like him to cover? Drop them here!
Your weekend listen: On the latest episode of our podcast, journalist Andrew Cohen joins @caradrianh.bsky.social to discuss one year of Mark Carney. “The world has changed and human rights don’t mean as much… we should do what it takes to preserve our prosperity and our standard of living.”
📣 We’re honoured to have received four nominations today for Digital Publishing Awards — including best podcast, investigative journalism, local reporting and editorial achievement of the year. Congratulations to Jon Thompson, Brandi Morin, Zahra Kozema and Andrea Houston! 🥂
Thank you to our founding sponsor Perfect Books for supporting In Bed with the Elephant. Our partnership shows how indie bookstores and journalism orgs like us work together to keep Canadian public discourse alive! Celebrate by supporting ur local bookstore + listening to IBWTE: shorturl.at/ZsVCi
On the latest episode of In Bed with the Elephant, host @caradrianh.bsky.social gets reaction to Avi Lewis’ NDP leadership race win with @nolore.bsky.social, judreb.bsky.social & Matt Foder. Listen wherever you listen to podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p... @avilewis.ca #IBWTE #cdnpoli
The latest from @jonthompson.bsky.social, 'Doug Ford floods the school zone', Check out the latest on Doug Ford's attack on education in Ontario, from cutting OSAP to threatening to eliminate elected public school boards: open.substack.com/pub/ricochet...
ICYMI: On this week's episode of IBWTE, @caradrianh.bsky.social sits down w/ journalist Justin Brake to examine the case from The Narwhal and photojournalist Amber Bracken against the RCMP, which could decide the future of #pressfreedom in Canada. LISTEN: ricochetmedia.substack.com/p/this-week-...
On the latest episode of In Bed with the Elephant, host @caradrianh.bsky.social interviews writer @jeetheer.bsky.social to discuss Donald Trump’s impact on Canada and the rest of the world. Listen wherever you get podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... And check out our new #IBWTE graphics!
On the latest episode of IBWTE, @caradrianh.bsky.social sits down with @marshalederman.bsky.social, award-winning columnist at @theglobeandmail.com. Lederman talks about how she's struggled to navigate the post Oct 7th world. Listen wherever you get podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/n...
On IBWTE, host @caradrianh.bsky.social interviews journalist Amir Ahmadi Arian to discuss the horrors in #Iran. "There's the psychological devastation that will follow this massacre. I don't know how they deal with that when the Internet comes back on" Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOQT...
For the season two premiere of In Bed with the Elephant, host @caradrianh.bsky.social sits down with @elizabethemay.bsky.social to discuss her more than 50-year fight for the #climate. Listen wherever you get podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e... @canadiangreens.bsky.social #cdnpoli #IBWTE
Our staff Indigenous reporter @brandimorin.bsky.social criss-crossed the continent in 2025 to bring you stories of frontline Indigenous resistance. This year, she put the focus on Canadian mining operations in #Ecuador: ricochet.media/series/canad... #Ricochet2025