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Terrorism: Canadian Style Eh!

The “Freedom Convoy” in Ottawa have made international headlines and even spawned similar actions abroad. Some have called it “terrorism”. Is it really?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

What was it like to work as a spy in Canada?

Episode 127 – Movies about spies are a dime a dozen – think James Bond. But what is working in intelligence really like?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Is it time to revisit the mental illness/terrorism nexus?

Episode 126 – Research has shown that most terrorists are as ‘normal’ as you or me.  But are they?

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Perspectives

February 4, 2008: Suicide bomber hits shopping mall in Israel

On February 4, 2008 a Hamas suicide bomber struck a shopping mall in Dimona, Israel, killing one woman and wounding another nine people

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

What should Canada do with Saudi Arabia?

Episode 125 – Three years ago a Saudi ‘Tiger Team’ tried to assassinate a high-ranking former intel official now living in Canada. What should Canada do now? Borealis is rejoined by former CSIS agent Al Treddenick to discuss this.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Policing a capital city during a major demonstration

Episode 124 – As Ottawa is still dealing with an anti-vaccine mandate trucking convoy, Borealis talks to former Ottawa Chief of Police Charles Bordeleau.

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Perspectives

January 31, 2016: Nigerian terrorists carry out bombing in Chad

On January 31, 2016 two attacks by Boko Haram in Chad killed three people and wounded another 56

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January 28, 2018: Former terrorist found murdered in the Philippines

On this day in 2018, a former member of the terrorist group New People’s Army was found headless in the Philippines.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Canada-China relations in the post ‘two Michaels’ era

Episode 123 – A new book entitled ‘The Two Michaels’, is out and Borealis has a chat with one of the authors, Canadian Press journalist Mike Blanchfield.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Ian Acheson – Just how bad are terrorist inmates?

Episode 122 – Borealis talks with former UK prison governor Ian Acheson on what happens after the barred doors are closed.