Canadian headlines, followed to the source.
10/3: Canada Covered turns major Canadian news stories into direct, reporter-led conversations. Episodes move from a plain recap into the political pressure, legal detail, institutional failure, or human cost behind the headline.
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10/3: Canada Covered is a Canadian current-affairs interview show with a reporter’s sense of where the pressure is. Its episodes usually begin with a clear recap, then move quickly into the unresolved questions behind the news. Why has 24 Sussex Drive sat unused for years? What happens when Alberta tries to set its own limits around medical assistance in dying? Can Pierre Poilievre’s appearance with Joe Rogan change how voters see him, or does it create new political risk? The show works through those questions in conversation rather than monologue. Dave Breakenridge keeps the structure tight, while guests bring the reporting, context, and complications. The range is broad but recognizably Canadian: federal politics, provincial policy, courts, investigations, public institutions, and the uneasy places where law and public trust meet. Some episodes are straight political analysis. Others are heavier, including reporting on migrant farm worker exploitation, food safety inspections, abuse and hazing allegations in junior hockey, and alleged foreign intimidation of Iranian Canadians. The tone is plainspoken. It avoids theatrical outrage, but it does not sand down serious material. A typical conversation restates the timeline, names the decision-makers, and asks what has been avoided, hidden, delayed, or left for someone else to fix. That makes the show useful for listeners who want more than a headline but do not want a lecture. It also gives Postmedia and National Post reporters room to explain how a story came together, especially when investigations involve public records, court proceedings, universities, or collaborative newsrooms. The pacing is brisk, and the host’s follow-ups tend to sharpen the practical implication of a claim. What stands out is the attention to accountability. 10/3 keeps returning to the same hard question: who had the power to act, and what happened when they did not?
Made for: For listeners who follow Canadian politics, courts, policy, and investigative reporting and want the context behind national headlines. It fits people who prefer direct interviews over panel noise.
What sets it apart: The show pairs concise host framing with long, reporter-led explanations, so complex Canadian stories keep their detail without losing momentum. Its strongest episodes connect political optics, institutional choices, and real-world harm in one conversation.
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.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Focused interviews turn consequential Canadian stories into clear accounts of the laws, institutions, and political choices shaping what happens next.
Dave Breckenridge builds each edition around a direct interview on one consequential Canadian story. His questions establish the essential facts, then move toward the institutional or political machinery underneath them, giving the conversation the shape of a focused news…
From Alberta's MAID bill to a murder charge: bring your 'but how would that work?' questions.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A vacant prime minister's residence reveals the political cost of delaying an expensive repair.
A vacant official residence turns into a revealing test of political nerve in this review of 24 Sussex Drive. Dave Breckenridge and National Post reporter Simon Tuck follow how the home set aside for Canada's prime minister has gone unused by Mark Carney and, before him, Justin…
A clear look at MAID's federal framework and Alberta's new restrictions.
Canada's MAID debate gets a clear, steady treatment here, with Dave Breckenridge and National Post politics reporter Raheem Mohamed laying out the federal framework before turning to Alberta's new restrictions and why they were brought in.
Poilievre's Rogan stop is really about the math of Canadian politics.
Canada Covered uses Pierre Poilievre's Joe Rogan appearance as a lens on the harder question of whether it changes anything back home. The episode connects that stop to the state of Conservative politics: strong support in Calgary, stalled national polling, and the chance that…
A former Vice staffer's alleged role comes into focus through legal strategy, delay, pandemic disruption, and appeal.
10/3 returns to the drug-smuggling case linked to a former Vice Canada journalist, then widens the frame to Ali Lalji, another former Vice staffer described as an alleged deputy.
Tom Blackwell traces how Iranian state pressure can follow critics into Canada through family, media, and digital intimidation.
10-3: Canada Covered follows how pressure from the Iranian state can reach Canada through outspoken critics of Tehran and the families still within its reach.
A Canadian murder case raises hard questions about proof, regulation, and where legal responsibility begins.
Dave Breckenridge and Toronto Sun columnist Joe Warmington treat the Kenneth Law case as both a criminal proceeding and a test of moral responsibility.
A clear look at why Canadian prime ministers can outlast their political momentum.
The episode looks at why Canadian prime ministers can linger after their political momentum has faded. Dave Breckenridge and National Post columnist Tristan Hopper use Justin Trudeau's weak polling as a way into a larger pattern: leaders in Canada often stay until voters force…
Alberta politics, argued in real time.
The day in Canadian politics, in half an hour.
Host Dave Breakenridge discusses the case of Kenneth Law, an Ontario man charged with 14 counts of second-degree murder for allegedly selling sodium nitrite online, linked to 117 deaths across 40 countries.
National Post columnist Tristan Hopper joins host Dave Breakenridge to analyze why Canadian prime ministers, unlike their counterparts in the UK or Australia, rarely face internal party revolts and often stay in power long after their popularity declines.
This episode discusses the upcoming April 8 total solar eclipse in North America, including where it will be visible in Canada and the excitement surrounding the event.
This episode examines the widespread issue of homeless encampments across Canadian cities, exploring causes, government responses, and potential solutions from other countries.
David Eby called a B.C.
Simon Tuck tells Dave Breckenridge that 24 Sussex Drive, a 35-room and 12,000-square-foot property near Parliament Hill, has not housed Justin Trudeau or Mark Carney because of its condition.
Dave Breckenridge opens with MAID as one of the most controversial issues in Canada and why Alberta has moved to add restrictions.
Pierre Poilievre's recent appearance on Joe Rogan gets treated as a signal.
This episode features an interview with investigative journalist Rick Westhead about his book detailing sexual abuse, hazing, and systemic problems in Canadian junior hockey.
This episode investigates how Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker program can lead to exploitation and abuse of migrant farm workers, featuring an interview with Robert Cribb of the Investigative Journalism Bureau.
This episode discusses an investigation into food safety violations in Alberta restaurants, gaps in the inspection system, and potential reforms.
10/3 revisits the international drug-smuggling ring led by a former Vice Canada journalist, this time with Ali Lalji in focus.
Canada cut diplomatic ties with Iran in 2012 under Stephen Harper over Syria, nuclear ambitions, Hamas, Hezbollah, and Israel.
This episode discusses the NDP's decision to end its supply and confidence agreement with the Liberal government, exploring the implications for Canadian politics and a potential early election.
This episode discusses the RCMP's review of the 2022 mass stabbing attack in Saskatchewan, exploring the findings, recommendations, and whether it provides closure for the affected communities.