Vancouver is obsessed with real estate. But what most people don't realize, is that it's been this way from the beginning. Three stories of the swindlers, segregationists and profiteers that made Terminal City what it is. Featured in this episode: Jesse Donaldson, Jordan Stanger-Ross, Michael Abe, Stephen Learey To learn more:Land of Destiny: A History of Vancouver Real Estate by Jesse DonaldsonLandscapes of Injustice: A New Perspective on the Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians edited by Jordan Stanger-Ross“Expo 86 evictions: remembering the fair's dark side” by Rafferty Baker in CBC News Additional music from Audio NetworkThis episode is sponsored by Dispatch Coffee and Value(s) by Mark Carney Support COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Africville was one of Canada's oldest Black settlements, a proud community of more than 400 people. And then the City of Halifax decided to utterly obliterate it. There was one man who simply refused to leave. Eddie Carvery may not have been the best man for the job. But for half a century, he has never stopped fighting for his home.  Featured in this episode: Eddie Carvery, Jon Tattrie To learn more:The Hermit of Africville: The Life of Eddie Carvery by Jon TattrieRemember Africville by Shelagh MackenzieAdditional music from Audio NetworkThis episode is sponsored by Images Festival and Dispatch CoffeeSupport COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Bridle Path is one of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in Canada, home to the ultra-wealthy and the famous. But behind their locked gates, some of Canada's elite try to scheme their way into even greater wealth on the property market — not always legally.  And their ambitions have a way of becoming problems for the rest of us. Featured in this episode: Kozeta Izeti, Norma WaltonNOTE: The original version of this episode contained an additional story, which we will publish separately.Support COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stories about Canada's real estate obsession. The first episode drops on April 28, 2021.Support COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Almost a year after the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history, Nova Scotians are still in the dark about what exactly happened. A gunman, dressed in an RCMP uniform, driving an RCMP cruiser killed 22 people.In the months since, the Mounties have been short on answers. And it's left people wondering whether they have something to hide. Featured in this episode: Stephen Maher, Paul Palango, Sandra McCulloch To learn more:“13 deadly hours” from The Fifth Estate by CBC News“How the Nova Scotia shooting victims' families won a public inquiry into the tragedy,” by Stephen Maher in Maclean's“The Nova Scotia shooter case has hallmarks of an undercover operation” by Paul Palango, Stephen Maher, Shannon Gormley in Maclean's Additional music from Audio Network This episode is sponsored by Rotman, Cullen's Foods, and Hello Fresh.Support COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For three decades, much of Northern Ontario has been engaged in an unprecedented experiment in policing. It's called the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service. And the idea is simple: the old, colonial cops shouldn't be policing Indigenous territory. Instead, Indigenous people should police themselves.Featured in this episode: Kyle Edwards, Christian LeuprechtTo learn more:“Inside the impossible work of Canada's biggest Indigenous police force” by Kyle Edwards in Maclean's“Force 2.0: Fixing the Governance, Leadership, and Structure of the RCMP” by Christian Leuprecht“Memories of a fire” by Mark Blackburn in APTN NewsAdditional music from Audio NetworkThis episode is sponsored by Dispatch Coffee, Rotman, Cullen's Foods, and Manscaped. Support COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When John and Susan Pruyn came to Toronto, they were hoping to protest against the G20 and then spend some time with their daughter. Instead, they would be caught up in a whirlwind of police misconduct with few precedents in Canadian history.Featured in this episode: Jesse Rosenfeld, John Pruyn, Susan Pruyn, Sarah Pruyn.Jesse Rosenfeld is a Toronto born journalist who has covered the Middle East since 2007. Based in Ramallah, Tel Aviv, Gaza City, Cairo, Beirut, Istanbul, and Athens over the years, he has also reported from Iraq and the Balkans, contributing to The Nation Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Intercept, and Al Jazeera, among others. His work in the region is the basis of the National Film Board of Canada documentary Freelancer on the Front Lines.To learn more:“‘'I will not forget what they have done to me'” in The Toronto StarYou Should Have Stayed At Home by CBC's The Fifth Estate“Rejecting G20's consensus of the few” by Jesse Rosenfeld in The GuardianAdditional music from Audio NetworkSupport COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first of a two-part series on the G20, two mysterious strangers start volunteering with activist networks in southern Ontario. It's all part of one of the biggest undercover police operations in Canadian history. To learn more:“Unmasked: Searching for lessons in Toronto's 2010 G20 debacle” by Andrea Bennett in Maisonneuve“How police infiltrated groups planning G20 protests” by Adrian Morrow and Kim Mackrael in The Globe and Mail Additional music from Audio NetworkSupport COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Myles Gray was an unarmed man who died after seven Vancouver police officers beat him mercilessly. Half a decade after he died, not only does his family not have justice, they don't even know the names of the people who killed him. Featured in this episode: Bethany Lindsay (CBC Vancouver), Harsha Walia (B.C. Civil Liberties Association), Ronald MacDonald (Independent Investigations Office of B.C.)  To learn more:“The day Myles Gray died” by Cassidy Olivier in The Vancouver Sun“Vancouver police officers won't be charged over unarmed man's 2015 death” by Bethany Lindsay in CBC Vancouver“No charges against officers in case of Myles Gray who died during encounter with Vancouver police” by Amy Judd and Sarah MacDonald in Global NewsAdditional music from Audio NetworkSupport COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Toronto police officer shoots and kills two Black men and is accused of beating another, all within a five-year span. He's never found guilty of committing a crime. And he continues to rise through the ranks.   Featured in this episode: Bruce Livesey, Howard Morton, André Marin, Leora Shemesh  To learn more:“Above The Law” by Bruce Livesey in BuzzFeed News“Defence lawyer alleges Toronto officers diverted 7 kilos of meth into her client's car” by Betsy Powell in The Toronto Star“Shank not guilty of manslaughter” in CBC NewsAdditional music from Audio Network Support COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.