Roberto Wakerell-Cruz
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz is a Montreal-based journalist writer and podcast host. He is the main host of This Week In Canada a comedy and opinion news show.
Sick, elderly woman takes on Trudeau government’s impaired driving laws
She had her car impounded, her licence revoked, and failed an appeal, despite having a doctor note saying she couldn’t blow hard enough to pass the test.
Philippines President threatens war against Canada over “garbage”
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to declare war against Canada. The reason? Trash economy.
Don’t come to Brazil: how the Dead Kennedys pissed off every Brazilian
Right-wing politics have always been the target of The Dead Kennedy’s message. Unfortunately for the band, someone at the DK camp decided to stick their nose where it didn’t belong.
Remembering the victims of the Toronto Van Attack, one year later
On this day we’d like to send our thoughts and prayers to the families of the victims.
Conservative Party ad shows how much Trudeau lies
The Conservative Party of Canada has released a new advertisement against Justin Trudeau. The new advertisement appropriately paints Trudeau as a hypocrit and as dishonest, using his own words against him while comparing what Trudeau says to reality.
A Toronto Star columnist stabbed a raccoon, and it didn’t go well
When I was a young lad, my grandfather told me, “don’t go stabbing raccoons. Especially if you are a columnist for the Toronto Star.” I never knew what that meant, until today.
Canadian government looking to hire magical wizards (seriously)
The government job advertisement reads in part: “Are you a Gryffindor (brave, loyal, courageous and adventurous), a Ravenclaw (wise, creative, clever and knowledgeable), a Hufflepuff (hard working, dedicated, fair, patient) or a Slytherin (resourceful, ambitious, determined and crave leadership)?”
Did SNC-Lavalin sponsor an ad to smear Jody Wilson-Raybould?
According to a tweet by Conservative MP Michelle Rempel, SNC-Lavalin has sponsored an ad that besmirches to name of Jody Wilson-Raybould.
Measles makes Canadian comeback
In Canada, there have been 39 cases of measles in 2019 alone. These cases have been reported by Quebec, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Ontario, and Alberta.
Immigrant families are thriving financially, but there’s a catch
StatCan has come out with a new report that finds “established” immigrant families are doing slightly better than Canadian-born households are, beating out generational Canadian households by nearly 10%.
Doug Ford’s beer plan looks unlikely thanks to Kathleen Wynne
Doug Ford’s corner store beer promise could create hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties.
Former ISIS mechanic claimed refugee status in Canada since 2015
Arriving into Canada claiming refugee status, the man, whose name has not been made public, made numerous trips to Syria to work on military-style vehicles for ISIS, and also supervised and led other ISIS mechanics.
Library Journal suggests libraries are too white
“Libraries filled with mostly white collections indicates that we don’t care about what POC [People of Colour] think, we don’t care to hear from POC themselves, we don’t consider POC to be scholars, we don’t think POC are as valuable, knowledgeable, or as important as white people.”
Quebec politician jokes that religious symbol bans are to blame for church fires
She continued to say that if she was the Premier, she would “have firefighters sleep at the basilica of Notre-Dame Street” in Montreal.
Well known skier dies in Pemberton, B.C accident
Family members confirm that the thrillseeker unfortunately perished while filming a movie in the Pemberton, B.C. area.