10/3: Canada Covered

It's been nearly two weeks since Kevin O'Leary was involved in a fatal boating collision. Dave is Joined by Toronto Sun crime columnist Brad Hunter who gives an update on the police investigation.

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Violence in Vancouver’s underworld flared up again this summer, with the death of a prominent member of the Hells Angels.

Suminder Grewal, from Surrey’s Hardside chapter, was gunned down at a Starbucks drivethru last month, the second member of that chapter to be killed in less than a year.

Dave is joined by Vancouver Sun crime reporter Kim Bolan.

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How does a vulnerable teen wind up dying of an overdose, the victim of a bad trip that was filmed and broadcast on social media?

Carson Cremeni died in hospital in early august after falling victim to just such a scenario.

Dave is joined by National Post features writer Richard Warnica.

Background: What came first, cruel intentions or an addiction to creating content?

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Anger at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over pipelines, his carbon tax and a seeming lack of support for western issues has spurred some to start talking western separation.

Depsite current separatist parties being a non-entity, and Alberta electing staunch federalist Jason Kenney in the spring, the Idea of a “Western Exit” or Wexit is catching the attention of some.

Dave is joined by National Post reporter Tyler Dawson.

Background reading: Is a Wexit in Alberta's future?

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A debate has sprung up in Canada over the controversial practice of gay conversion therapy.

Cities and provinces have banned it, and now there is discussion over making the practice a criminal offence.

We look at why conversion therapy is seen as harmful to the LGBTQ community, what it entails, and the legal questions around a push to criminalize it.

Dave is joined by Edmonton Journal reporter Liane Faulder.

Background reading: Conversion therapy: controversy swirls as definitions and dimensions remain elusive 

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A scathing report for the federal ethics commissioner has brought  the SNC Lavalin scandal back into the news cycle.

And with a federal election looming, it could prove problematic for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

We look at what the report says, what new we have learned and what the fallout has been in Ottawa.

Dave is joined by National Post federal politics reporter Brian Platt. 

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China is currently facing scrutiny for its actions against protesters in Hong Kong, but that isn’t the only human rights crackdown raising concern.

In the northwest province of Xijiang, millions of people from a Muslim minority group known as Uyghurs have been detained in what the government calls re-education camps and some commentators call concentration camps.

Uyghur students in Canada are fearful about the fate of their families back home, and what could happen to them when they eventually have to return to their country.

We look at the treatment of Uyghurs in Xijiang province, how it is affecting students here and why they are speaking out.

Dave is joined by Ottawa Citizen reporter Jacob Hoytema.

Background reading: Uyghur students in Canada fear for their families in China — and their futures

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Should estheticians who offer services to women be allowed to refuse service to transgender women who have not yet gone through with reassignment surgery?

That’s a question before the B.C. human rights tribunal, and one which has sparked controversy across the country.

We look at how this case got started, why it is such a hot-button issue, and what the ramifications are.

Dave is joined by National Post reporter Joseph Brean.

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Canada’s image on the international stage took a big hit in 2018 with Justin Trudeau’s disastrous, much-mailgned trip to India.

But it goes deeper than that, with ambassadors and diplomats worried about how Trudeau’s approach to foreign relations damaging our place in the international community.

Dave is joined by National Post parliamentary bureau chief John Ivison.

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On July 15, a young couple, Chynna Deese from North Carolina, and Lucas Fowler from Sydney, Australia, were found dead on the Alaska Highway in northern British Columbia.

Four days later, the body of 64-year-old Leonard Dyck a lecturer at the University of British Columbia, was found 475 kilometres from the first crime scene.

Once believed to be missing persons, 19-year-old Kam McLeod and 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky, both from Port Alberni, B.C., are now fugitives on the run from RCMP. 

Guest host Trevor Robb is joined by Vancouver Sun reporter Stephanie Ip.

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