Alan Jones VICE
The Struggle and Hustle of Trying to Sell a Documentary at Toronto's Hoc Docs Festival
Hot Docs is one of the most prestigious documentary film festivals in the world, which means that it's also a marketplace with millions of dollars at stake.
Even Super Serious Documentaries Deserve an Afterparty
We went to some fun afterparties for some very serious movies at Hot Docs.
Nation's Most Prestigious Weed Editor Didn't Get to Where He Is by Being a Giant Pothead
We nerded out about pot with the Denver Post's weed editor.
How a ‘Futuristic’ Garbage Disposal Turned Into a Smoke-Belching Waste Crisis for Ontario’s Six Nations
An inventor sold them on the dream of a "zero-emission" solution to their waste problems. Now he's MIA.
Students in Quebec Are Planning One of the Largest Strikes in Canadian History
There have been rumors of more mass protests in Quebec every year since 2012's "maple spring," but it might actually happen this time around.
Someone Dug a Mysterious 33-Foot Tunnel Under Toronto
"The evidence says that we do not understand why it was built or who built it," a police official said at a press conference.
Countering Jihadist Propaganda Is Harder Than It Seems
The Canadian government has launched a new program to stop young people from being radicalized, but its success is far from certain.
An Oral History of 'Street Cents': The Best Kids' Show in Canadian TV History
Street Cents spent 17 years on the air, but those early, weird years endeared the show to Canadian youth. Several of the show's architects and principal characters share what it was like at the time.
This Guy Wrote an Epic Poem about Justin Trudeau
We spoke to the "Poet, Novelist, Biographer, Academic, Educator, Critic, Freelance Journalist/ Interpretor/ Translator, & Human Rights Activist" who wrote a 1,215 epic poem about Justin Trudeau.