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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.

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Join journalist Jeremy Appel (The Orchard) and Ricochet’s editors on r/RicochetMedia next Wednesday, August 19th at 7PM ET for an AMA dive deep into his latest piece, ‘Dumpster fire’: Postmedia’s decade of pushing Canada’s politics to the right. 

Jeremy’s piece breaks down how Postmedia, Canada’s largest newspaper chain, has amplified conservative grievance politics — creating fertile ground for MAGA-style ideas, Alberta separation, and an increasingly polarized landscape in Canadian news. 

Ask your questions about his reporting, Alberta politics, Canada’s news landscape, and more!

NEW FROM JON THOMPSON

First it was wildfires. Then a sewage leak. For Neskantaga First Nation, summer is a series of costly hotel rooms.

NEW FROM TARA MAHONEY

When the public broadcaster reports on wildfires, heat, and extreme weather without connecting the dots to fossil fuels, it leaves Canadians without the context they need to understand the crisis unfolding around them.

As of 2026, the Pentagon has instituted a policy that largely excludes trans people from military service. Several US states have passed laws preventing trans girls and women from participating in women’s and girls’ sports, and restricted or ended gender affirming care, making it difficult for trans people to change their sex designation on official documents like driver’s licenses. In Canada there have also been restriction on trans rights at the provincial level in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Tune into this week’s episode of In Bed with the Elephant to hear host Adrian Harewood sits down with Tre'vell Anderson, an American journalist, critic and podcaster, to discuss how despite their relatively small numbers, members of the trans community have become political lightning rods, targets of campaigns to restrict and even oust them from public spaces and institutions.