Show overview
10/3: Canada Covered has been publishing since 2018, and across the 8 years since has built a catalogue of 603 episodes, alongside 3 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 200 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 17 min and 22 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 13 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2019, with 109 episodes published. Published by Postmedia.
From the publisher
10/3 brings you the biggest stories in Canada told by Postmedia's national network of award-winning journalists. Hosted by Dave Breakenridge, 10/3 updates twice a week.
Latest Episodes
View all 603 episodesThe Wild West of Canada's fertility industry
Canada's World Cup moment: A look at Alphonso Davies' impact
Why one small Alberta town matters to Canada’s energy future
What happens when a supervised consumption site closes?
Expo 86 at 40: How Vancouver changed forever
What’s next for Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives
The Republic of Alberta? Inside the independence movement
Will a deal between Mark Carney and Danielle Smith lead to a new oil pipeline?
Could Alberta actually separate? Breaking down the movement and the politics
24 Sussex: The house no prime minister wants
MAID debate: Alberta pushes back as Canada grapples with assisted dying
MAID remains one of Canada’s most controversial issues. As Alberta introduces new restrictions, Rahim Mohamed joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss why—and what it means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pierre Poilievre’s U.S. Tour and the Rogan effect: Can it move the needle?
Pierre Poilievre has had a mixed year—strong party support but slipping poll numbers as Liberals gain ground. After a U.S. trip and a high-profile appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, Stephanie Taylor discusses whether it boosts his appeal to Canadian voters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How a culture of silence thrived in Canadian hockey
In this special episode of 10/3, National Post's Robert Cribb sits down with award-winning journalist Rick Westhead to discuss his bestselling and deeply unsettling book, We Breed Lions. A book where Rick looks into systemic sexual abuse, toxic masculinity, and institutional failures within Canadian junior hockey — and examines how a culture built on loyalty and silence allowed harm to persist for decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How some migrant farm workers wind up exploited under the Temporary Foreign Worker program
Canada’s agriculture industry employs tens of thousands of temporary foreign workers to help pick the produce that winds up on your plate. While many see this as a lifeline, a way to earn money to send to families back home, there are concerns the system is set up to exploit, and in some cases, abuse them. Robert Cribb, founder and director of the Investigative Journalism Bureau, joins host Dave Breakenridge to discuss the conditions under which these migrants work, and how the system designed to help bring them here for employment may actually be setting them up for harm. Further reading: 'This is the new slavery': Migrant farm workers underpaid, abused and injured Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Food safety fail: The hidden risks in Alberta restaurants
Do you really know how safe your restaurant meal is? MacEwan University Associate Professor Steve Lillebuen joins Dave Breakenridge to uncover what an investigation found in Edmonton kitchens and what needs to change in food safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What we know about the alleged ‘deputy’ in the cocaine ring led by a former Vice editor
A Vice Canada scandal resurfaces — new details about a former staffer accused of helping run an international cocaine ring. Adrian Humphreys joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss the “deputy” at the centre of the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canada's fentanyl crisis now claiming the lives of babies and toddlers
Opioid poisonings have killed tens of thousands across Canada, the vast majority of them adults. But, in a heartbreaking group of cases, babies and toddlers have fallen victim to fentanyl or its more toxic cousin carfentanil. Sharon Kirkey joins the show to discuss how many young children have died from opioid overdoses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Under watch: Iran’s reach into Canada
The Iranian government is viewed by Canada and others as a human rights violator and sponsor of terrorism. Many in Canada’s Iranian diaspora oppose the regime, but some fear spying and intimidation. Reporter Tom Blackwell joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss these concerns and the federal government's response. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The rise of involuntary addiction treatment in B.C.
Canada’s drug crisis has some policy makers looking away from measures such as harm reduction and toward expansion of treatment beds. And along with that has come discussion of measures to compel addicts into treatment. Vancouver Sun reporter Lori Culbert joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss how involuntary treatment works, the legal questions around the practice, and the stories of some patients who have been forced into treatment. Background reading: Does involuntary care work? Three B.C. residents share their personal stories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Can Carney deliver? Liberals' ambitious fall session begins
MPs returned to Ottawa this week for what’s expected to be a busy legislative session, as Mark Carney’s Liberals look to make headway on its lofty agenda. But with big ideas can come issues around execution, politics, and how to pay for it all. National Post politics writer Simon Tuck joins me to discuss Carney’s priorities for the fall, how the government hopes to implement some of its agenda, and whether there could be any surprises. Read more: From a big deficit budget to cracks in the coalition: The next 100 days for Mark Carney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices