COMMONS

Bill Wilson and Chris Kopp were two of the first Canadian soldiers deployed to Afghanistan.One night in April 2002, they were at a training exercise at Tarnak Farms, Osama Bin Lade...

In the days after 9/11, Canada joined in the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. Right away, it became painfully obvious that we didn't understand the country, its people, or i...

The War in Afghanistan was Canada's longest war. More than 40,000 Canadian troops served. And countless Canadian civilians went to work in the country. But after twenty years, bill...

Narcolords in league with the government. Hundreds of millions of dollars that vanish into thin air. Arrogant decision-making that leads to the deaths of Canadians and Afghans alik...

In 2007, the small Guatemalan village of Lote Ocho, Spanish for Lot 8, was burned to the ground by military, police and security for a Canadian-owned mine. Eleven women claim they ...

 Papua New Guinea is a part of the world that few Canadians ever think about. But for the people of Porgera, their lives have been shaped by the decisions of Canadian companie...

Support us at www.commonspodcast.com Attawapiskat has become famous across Canada and around the world. Not for the natural beauty that surrounds it, or for the Cree culture o...

Support us at www.commonspodcast.com  A monster has been haunting the North.Giant Mine may be a big reason why Yellowknife exists. But for seven decades, it's been a uniq...

Support us at www.commonspodcast.comTwenty-six men were working underground when an explosion tore through the Westray Mine in Nova Scotia. Their friends and colleagues went into t...

Support us at commonspodcast.comA tiny Canadian mining company discovers the largest gold deposit in human history. But when the company's chief geologist falls out of a helicopter...

Support us here: http://commonspodcast.com/For a century, Canada was one of the world's leading exporters of asbestos, most of it mined from the small town of Asbestos, Quebec. But...

When gold was discovered in the Yukon, 100,000 people desperately tried to make it to a small patch of land in one of the most remote environments on the continent. Few made it all...