From interviewing ISIS members to being on the ground during a political assassination in Russia, or sitting in a trench in Ukraine, Ben brings unprecedented access to many of the world’s most dangerous regions. Previously with the Canadian Press’s Parliamentary Bureau, Makuch was in contact with several terror suspects who travelled to Iraq and Syria […]
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Angela Sterritt
Angela Sterritt is an award-winning investigative journalist, TV, radio, and podcast host, and national bestselling author. She is from the Wilp Wiik’aax (we-GAK) of the Gitanmaax (GIT-in-max) community within the Gitxsan (GICK-san) Nation on her dad’s side and from Bell Island, Newfoundland on her maternal side. Sterritt worked as a journalist at Canada’s national broadcaster […]
André Picard
André Picard is one of Canada’s top health & public policy observers and commentators. He has been a part of The Globe and Mail team since 1987, where he is a health reporter and columnist. He is also the author of five bestselling books. Picard is an eight-time nominee for the National Newspaper Awards, Canada’s […]
Althia Raj
Althia Raj is an Ottawa-based political journalist and a member of the CBC’s “At Issue” panel. She previously served as The Huffington Post Canada’s senior editorial manager and its Ottawa bureau chief from the news site’s inception in Canada in 2011 until its closure in March 2021. At HuffPost, Althia set up the Ottawa bureau […]
Peter Mansbridge
Described as the calm, reassuring, informative voice of Canada, Peter Mansbridge has become one of the most respected journalists in the country and is praised as ‘setting the platinum standard.’ Mansbridge is best known as the award-winning anchor of CBC’s flagship news program, The National, and for his 30-year tenure as chief correspondent of CBC […]