10/3: Canada Covered

Jamie Boulachanis, a murderer who recently transitioned to a woman is demanding a Montreal judge grant her request to move to a women's penitentiary.

Correctional Service Canada opposes the move and says Boulachanis poses a serious risk of escaping and is a threat to public safety if she gets out.

Guest host Monique Beaudin is joined by Montreal Gazette crime reporter Paul Cherry.

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What was once expected to be a political battle royale involving the superstars of Canada's conservative movement, has turned into a mano-a-mano matchup between two Harper-era ministers.

Peter MacKay and Erin O'Toole have emerged as the early front-runners in the race to replace Andrew Scheer, who is stepping down as leader after a disappointing showing in last fall's election.

Dave and John Ivison talk about how the race is shaping up now that big names have dropped out, what challenges MacKay and O'Toole could face, and whether new faces could emerge.

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An outbreak of coronavirus in China has ramped up fears that we're facing a crisis similar to the SARS outbreak.

Cases of this virus have numbered in the thousands this year, but so far there have been just three in Canada.

Today, Dave talks with National Post health reporter Sharon Kirkey about how the outbreak started, why this virus has people worried and how Canadian officials have responded.

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Gangs in B.C.'s Lower Mainland are turning to rap music to taunt their rivals online over bloody acts of violence.   Today Vancouver Sun journalist Kim Bolan speaks to with guest host Dharm Makwana about her investigation.

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A recent Abacus Data survey found near the top of a list of negative associations with the Conservative party is "racist."

Author Jamil Jivani explains why his party needs to tackle its "racism problem."

In a column for the National Post Jivani argued that Conservative leadership candidates should be reflecting on how and why the party has a racism stigma, but they haven’t been. 

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Six-year-old Ljubica Topic was snatched in May 1971 as she played outside her Windsor home. Police discovered her lifeless remains — face and body covered in blood — early the next morning.

It is a case that left a cloud over the southern Ontario city for decades.

Nearly 50 years later, police say they have solved the case.

Dave is joined by by Windsor Star reporter Trevor Wilhelm.

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After 36 years a convicted child killer is out on bail, awaiting a new trial. 

Tallio, then 17, pleaded guilty in 1983 to the second-degree murder of a child, but has maintained his innocence ever since. The University of B.C.’s Innocence Project began working on Tallio’s case more than 10 years ago, and his lawyers, now supported by the Legal Services Society, filed a notice of appeal in 2016. His appeal is expected to be heard later this year.

Guest host Dharm Makwana is joined by Vancouver Sun reporter Dan Fumano.

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After former Canadian reservist Patrick Matthews was revealed to be an alleged recruiter for American neo-Nazi group The Base he disappeared.

The mystery of what happened to Matthews was solved Thursday when U.S. officials announced that he had been arrested along with two other purported members of The Base, accused of building a homemade machine gun and stockpiling ammunition.

Dave is joined by National Post reporter Tom Blackwell.

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The race to replace Andrew Scheer as the next Conservative leader officially kicked off Monday, and the contenders will have to come up with $300,000 to get their name on the final ballot.

Entry requirements and other rules for the race were announced over the weekend and as expected, the party is raising the threshold from 2017 to try to keep the field smaller than the 13 candidates who were on that race’s final ballot.

Dave is joined by National Post politics reporter Brian Platt.

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A day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a plane that crashed and killed 176 people, including 63 Canadians, was likely shot down by a missile, Iran is denying that theory.

Dave is joined from Ottawa by National Post reporter Ryan Tumilty who explains why investigating the crash will be especially challenging, given the lack of any diplomatic relationship between Canada and Iran.

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