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Description: Canadian terrorism offenders are being released from prison even though they still espouse extremist ideologies, according to a new investigation by Global News. Just last year, four of five terrorism offenders released last year were deemend a risk to public safety.  Host Tamara Khandaker speaks with investigative reporter Stewart Bell about why this happens and the lack of deradicalization programs in federal prisons. 

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The murder of a sex worker allegedly by a convicted killer on parole in Quebec last month has reignited calls for reform to Canada’s sex work laws. The laws came into effect in 2014 and were touted as a way to eliminate the demand for sex work altogether. But many advocates say that sex workers have faced increased violence. Today on the show, Sandra Wesley, the executive director of Stella, explains her perspective on the death of Marylene Levesque and why she’s advocating for the full decriminalization of sex work

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On Sunday, mining company Teck Resources made the shocking announcement that it was shelving a major oilsands project in northern Alberta. This was just days before the Canadian government was set to decide whether or not to approve it.  There was a lot of hope pegged to this project as it was expected to bring in thousands of jobs and boost the Alberta economy. Today, Global BC’s Keith Baldrey is back on the show to unpack what happened. Why did Teck decide to pull out, who’s actually to blame, and what does it mean for Canada’s oil and gas sector?

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On Monday, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appeared at a London courthouse to fight extradition to the United States where he faces accusations of hacking and breaches of the Espionage Act. These hearings will determine whether Assange, who published top secret communications by the U.S. government, will continue to be held in custody and where. His case is being described as pivotal moment for the future of the free press and free speech in the U.S. Today, we’re joined by Stephen Rohde, a constitutional lawyer and former chair of the Southern California branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, who explains how we got here and what’s at stake.

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Toronto has recently been deemed less affordable to live in than London or San Francisco. And as the average cost of rent in the city is expected to climb another 7 per cent this year and rental vacancy rates are the lowest they’ve been since 2002, many people are grappling with whether they can continue living here. Journalist and playwright Graham Isador joins the show to share his experience with Toronto’s rental market — having lived in 10 different apartments in 13 years — and the toll that this housing insecurity has taken on him and the city he fell in love with. 

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An estimated six million Canadians will meet the criteria for substance use disorder in their lifetime. Elliot Hudson is one of them. Guest host Jane Gerster has been following Elliot in and out of jail for the last 18 months as he tries to sober up.  

Today, what one man’s struggle with addiction reveals about the downside to society’s love for feel-good sobriety narratives.

To read more, visit Imprisoned by Addiction at GlobalNews.ca.

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The standoff between supporters of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and the RCMP has become a full-blown national crisis. The RCMP has been trying to enforce a BC Supreme Court injunction to allow workers from Coastal Gaslink to start working on a pipeline that would run through unceded Wet'suwet'en territory. Solidarity protests have popped up across the country, crippling Canada’s rail network. Amid all this, politicians and indigenous leaders have been warning that we can’t have another Oka crisis. Today, a look back at that crisis in 1990, and the lessons the Canadian government can take from it.

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Desmond Cole is a Toronto-based journalist and activist, and one of the most well known voices in Canada on anti-Black racism. In 2015, Desmond wrote a cover story for Toronto Life magazine called The Skin I’m In, about how he had been interrogated by police more than 50 times. The piece was an urgent wake-up call for people who had been ignoring the issue of racial profiling by the cops. Now, in his new book called The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power, Desmond chronicles the year 2017. Host Tamara Khandaker and Desmond sit down to talk about everything from his childhood, to what activism means, to the role that media plays in upholding systemic racism in our institutions . . . and much more.

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Astrology’s really had a resurgence in recent years, and millennials are clinging to it like no one else. They're relying on it for everything from love advice, to help making basic life choices. Today, host Tamara Khandaker speaks with ex-astrologist Felicity Carter about why astrology is on the rise again, the booming business fuelling it, and why she ultimately ended up quitting.

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Millions of people in China and around the world are under quarantine right now, as countries try to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. Hundreds of them are at military bases​ under temporary quarantine in the U.S. and Canada, while many others are voluntarily quarantining themselves. Today, we’re talking to two people about what it’s like to live under quarantine. Matthew Smith, who’s stuck on a cruise ship in Japan, and Myriam Larouche, a Canadian woman who was living under lockdown in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak. She’s now under quarantine at a military base in Trenton, Ontario.

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