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December 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In the summer, we partnered with Pivot in #Quebec to tell you about the #Montreal predatory landlords turning poverty into profit.

@zacharykamel.bsky.social has done incredible reporting for us on the #housingcrisis in Canada:

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Evicted and erased: How Montreal’s predatory landlords are turning poverty into profit
A Mexican immigrant now living in a tent is just one casualty of a growing eviction-for-profit scheme. A new investigation reveals how landlords exploit vulnerable tenants, weaponize housing laws, and...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Then, @jonthompson.bsky.social was one of the first on the story looking at the ramifications of Canada’s push for critical minerals mining in Northern Ontario.

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In the rush for Canada’s critical minerals, Indigenous rights and sovereignty are being ignored
Investigate the tensions between mining interests and Indigenous sovereignty in Canada’s critical minerals rush.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Remember our investigation into Airbnb?

In 2023, we assembled a team of investigative reporters to break down the role of short-term rentals, namely corporations like Airbnb, in today's housing crisis. This year, we covered Montreal’s ban on Airbnb:

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Montreal bans Airbnb — partially
Montreal bans AirBnB partially and will only allow short-term rentals in the summer.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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December 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We also took a moment to look back on more than a decade of Ricochet’s journalism:

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A decade of Ricochet: Looking back on 10 years of fearless public-interest journalism
A youthful dream of doing journalism better celebrates a decade of speaking truth to power
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December 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
When Trump threatened to make Canada the 51st state, @brandimorin.bsky.social got comment from First Nation leadership.

They said "over our dead bodies."

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Canada, the 51st state? ‘Over our dead bodies,’ say Indigenous leaders
First Nations aren’t taking Trump’s comments lightly, and say they have both international law and economic leverage on their side.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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When Trump announced to the world that tariffs were on the way, our Northern Ontario correspondent Jon Thompson spoke to First Nations, who said: ‘There is no border for us’ - ricochet.media/indigenous/t...
‘There is no border for us’: Trump tariffs represent an existential threat to northern Ontario First Nations
For Indigenous communities, the proposed tariffs may also represent an opportunity — thanks to a treaty signed before the war of 1812
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December 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM