Thunder Bay

By CANADALAND

Society & Culture

What's Thunder Bay about?

The highest homicide rate in the country. A mayor and his wife charged with extortion. A police chief put on trial for obstruction of justice. Nine tragic deaths of Indigenous teenagers. Why does it all happen here? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Thunder Bay episodes:

04.16.2024
Audacious fraudsters and Indigenous identity theft - introducing Canadaland’s latest show
Thunder Bay host Ryan McMahon pops in to tell you about a new podcast you’re going to want to know about – launching right here on May 14th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
03.06.2024
Introducing COMMONS: Work
Labour has undergone a seismic shift over the past decade. The rise of gig work and temp agencies have made employment more precarious than ever. In the interest of profits, companies are turning more and more towards temporary foreign workers and...
11.20.2023
Post-Mortem, Part 2
Ryan McMahon and Jon Thompson team up with Cherise Seucharan for the conclusion to Post Mortem, a two-episode dive into the connection between the police, the coroners, and the canary in a coal mine for death investigations across the province. Host:...
11.13.2023
Post-Mortem, Part 1
For over five years, Canadaland has been investigating Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specifically, we have been trying to figure out why there were so many unanswered questions around the deaths of Indigenous people in this one Ontario town. We have looked...
10.05.2023
The End of Canadaland
Support us now! Click here: canadaland.com/join The first episode of Canadaland was published ten years ago today. If we were to announce this is the last episode of Canadaland, no one would be surprised. Journalism in Canada is in a fight for its...
12.15.2020
Return to Thunder Bay - Criminally Responsible
The verdict arrives in the trial that everyone’s talking about. Can there be justice? As Thunder Bay grapples with the truth about itself, people are still dying. Kids are still dying. So where do we go from here? Support us here: canadaland.com/join. This...
11.30.2020
Return to Thunder Bay - It Happens Because You're Indigenous
When a system is broken, you can work outside of it to create something new, or you can try to change it from within. But what happens when you need the system? Support us here: canadaland.com/join. This episode is brought to you by Missing...
11.16.2020
Return to Thunder Bay - A Post-Truth Town
It’s infamous as the homicide and hate crime capital of Canada. And now, Thunder Bay has been officially diagnosed as racist. But so what? Does knowing this mean that anything will change? Welcome to Canada's first post-truth town. Support us...
10.19.2020
Trailer: Return to Thunder Bay
New stories from Thunder Bay. Coming November, 2020. Original artwork by Blake Angeconeb and Michah Dowbak. Support us at canadaland.com/join. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11.26.2018
Chapter 5 - Burners
What if Thunder Bay isn't broken? What if it's working just as it's supposed to? Support us here: canadaland.com/join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11.12.2018
Chapter 4 - The Ruthless Game
Agnew Johnston was a lawyer who represented the state against criminals. But he was a criminal himself, paying underage girls for sex. His defence? Everybody in Thunder Bay is doing it, so why are you picking on me? The story...
10.29.2018
Chapter 3 - Deathly Low Priority
Nine teenagers died. There is evidence of foul play. There are suspects. There are motives. There have even been confessions. But nobody has ever been charged. In a town with no consequences, it will happen again. Support us here: canadaland.com/join. Hosted...
10.22.2018
Chapter 2 - Clowns
A dark, grainy, cellphone video leads to criminal charges against the mayor, his wife, the chief of police, and a multimillionaire lawyer turned convicted sex offender, whose wife disappeared years ago. Support us here: canadaland.com/join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
10.22.2018
Chapter 1 - There Is A Town In North Ontario
Locals call it Murder Bay. It might be the most dangerous city for Indigenous youth in the world. But to others, it's their white nirvana. Host Ryan McMahon wants to know - not who killed all those kids, but what...
10.12.2018
Trailer
The highest homicide and hate crime rates in the country. A mayor charged with extortion. A police chief who faced trial for obstruction of justice. Nine tragic deaths of Indigenous high schoolers. Why does it all happen here? Thunder...