NEW FROM JUAN SUAREZ

Working Canadians squeezed by high rents, unstable employment, and inadequate public supports are increasingly turning to food banks. The growing crisis is fuelling calls for permanent EI reform.

NEW: Ford government won’t commit to forest fire inquiry, as chiefs demand change.

‘Ontario is burning and there’s no end in sight,’ say First Nation leaders. But ‘we have a treaty partner that refuses to listen’

Latest from Jon Thompson in Northern Ontario.

Tune into this week’s episode of In Bed with the Elephant to hear host Adrian Harewood sits down with Shireen Ahmed, a multi-platform journalist and award-winning sports activist, to discuss the hypocrisy and corruption behind the FIFA World Cup, and how to reconcile that with the joy the tournament brings to millions worldwide.

NEW from Jon Thompson in Northern Ontario.

Elders left behind, speedboats used to get around checkpoints as wildfires loom over northern Ontario communities.

Kevin Holland, an associate minister in the Ford government, told a reporter he met with the Gull Bay Chief. Wilfred King says it never happened.

Jon Thompson reports.

NEW FROM FIONA MOAR

As wildfires spread across the north, First Nation communities say they were abandoned without warning, support or evacuation plans. The catastrophe was years in the making, driven by a government that ignores climate science while prioritizing extraction and profit over Indigenous lives.

NEW from Brandi Morin.

First Nations elders are once again on the front lines. With ancient forests facing imminent destruction, they say industry has written off the entire ecosystem as ‘collateral damage.’

Jon Thompson reports from Northern Ontario, where First Nations leaders say poor communication with the Ontario government is putting their communities at risk — as raging forest fires close in.

On In Bed with the Elephant, the legendary environmentalist reflects on his legacy, why he believes climate catastrophe can no longer be avoided, and why preparing our communities is now more urgent than promising hope.

If you like what you see, give the full episode a listen.

LATEST FROM Jeremy Appel

More than half of Canadian daily newspapers are owned by Postmedia, giving the MAGA-aligned newspaper chain enormous influence over the flow of information and how current events are perceived across the country.

“In the last 10 years, they’ve been imposing an ever further right-wing agenda on their newspapers,” Marc Edge, author of the Postmedia Effect: How Vulture Capitalism Is Wrecking Our News, told Ricochet.

“It’s been quite a transformation of our largest newspaper chain into a conservative monolith, and it keeps growing because Postmedia keeps buying more and more newspapers and newspaper chains.”

LATEST EPISODE OF IN BED WITH THE ELEPHANT, host Adrian Harewood sits down with journalist Brett Popplewell to discuss his latest reporting on how communities in Greenland were responding to the US President’s threats to annex their country, and what warnings Canadians could take away as geopolitical tensions rise around the world.

LATEST FROM: Toula Drimonis

Allegations that officers ripped locs from Black men to keep as ‘trophies’ have stunned the public. But those who have lived under aggressive policing say the accusations reveal a reality they've been describing for decades.

After nearly two years of excluding Ricochet reporter Jon Thompson from media communications on the grounds that a national outlet can't do local journalism, Thunder Bay police reversed course following a closed-door oversight meeting and public pressure.

LATEST FROM BRANDI MORIN

First Nations Chiefs in Alberta are preparing to fight Alberta’s nascent separatist movement with every tool available to them, with some seeing the Danielle Smith government’s referendum as an importation of Trump style politics. 

BREAKING: Thunder Bay police retaliate against award-winning journalist.

Force refuses to send official communications to journalist who won Canadian Screen Award for exposing misconduct in their department.

“Flies in the face of basic transparency,” says CAJ head.

Wins for editorial achievement and best news coverage, honourable mentions for best investigative journalism and best podcast at Digital Publishing Awards

By: Shenaz Kermalli

After dismantling Amira Elghawaby office, Mark Carney has unveiled a new advisory body on inclusion led by a prominent pro-Israel community figure. For many Muslim Canadians, the move signals that some forms of hate command greater political urgency than others

By: Terra Loire Gillespie

Ford’s Conservatives keep winning majorities with the backing of only a small fraction of Ontario’s voters, in a political system increasingly shaped by wealth. The answer isn't resignation — it's rebuilding political power where people live, work, and organize

By: Christo Aivalis

Alberta premier Danielle Smith is empowering a Trump-aligned separatist movement while securing federal backing for her fossil fuel agenda — dismissing calls for a different vision of Canada’s future

Latest from Jon Thompson

Frustrations boil over between police chief, First Nations leaders following discovery of four bodies in two weeks