Vice Canada Reports
Vice Canada Reports is a Canadian web and television series, produced and distributed by
The series is a two-time winner of the
Notable Documentaries
Overdose Crisis on the US-Canada Border: Steel Town Down (2018) - Tens of thousands have died of opioid overdoses across the US and Canada in 2017, with the death count surpassing the peak of the AIDS epidemic. The weight of the crisis in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario falls on a handful of people struggling to keep their fellow community members alive, similar to countless towns in North America. Steel Town Down is an intimate portrait of the only harm reduction worker in town and a family desperate to save their son from becoming another victim of the crisis.
The Anarchist Commune in the Rainforest: Poole's Land (2018) - We travels to Poole's Land, an
The Soldiers of Odin: Inside Canada's Extremist Vigilante Group (2017) (In association with Vice News) - We investigates the Soldiers of Odin and their declared commitment to preserving Canadian values. Amid rising Islamophobia and violence in Canada, reporter Ben Makuch explores the blurry line between nationalist pride and racist rhetoric.
Fentanyl: The Drug Deadlier Than Heroin (2016) - An immersive and personal feature film about the fentanyl crisis in Canada told from the perspective of a community of drug users.
How To Buy a Gun In Canada: Armed and Reasonable (2016) - No one thinks of Canada as a nation of gun nuts, but collectively, Canadians own over 10 million guns and this number keeps growing. Canada has been ranked 6th best country overall for gun owners by Guns & Ammo Magazine. There's a new type of gun owner emerging—20 years ago you needed to know someone with guns to be introduced to them, but today, young people are discovering guns online. This new generation of young gun enthusiasts is often simultaneously pro-
Probing the Existence of an Alleged Toronto Gang with Rob Ford Ties (2016) - We look into the Dixon City Bloods - an allegedly notorious gang that sprung up into Canada's consciousness during the Rob Ford crack scandal to see if the gang was a media fabrication, a violent menace, or something in between.
Toronto's Cannabis Candyland (2016) (In association with Canadian Cannabis and guest host Damian Abraham of Fucked Up) - Toronto is in the middle of a grey market, marijuana dispensary boom. Since Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was elected in 2015, weed entrepreneurs have been illegally opening up shop all over the city. Even though there's no guarantee that Trudeau's plan for legal marijuana will include storefront businesses, these operations are opening almost daily. Not only do these shops sell weed, more and more customers are coming through the doors of their local dispensary looking for marijuana edibles. While these stores insist they're providing a medical need to cannabis patients, can a weed soda or a chronic cookie really be considered medicinal? We host and medical marijuana patient Damian Abraham does the tough job of trying to figure that out.
The Dark Grey Market: Canadian Cannabis (2015) (In association with Canadian Cannabis and guest host Damian Abraham of Fucked Up) - Cannabis in Canada is still widely illegal. With a new government entering parliament in 2016, the odds of legalization, further
The Cash Crop: Canadian Cannabis (2015) (In association with Canadian Cannabis and guest host Damian Abraham of Fucked Up) - In the latest episode of our Canadian Cannabis series, we take a look at how Canada is missing out on an economic windfall by continuing down a path of restrictive marijuana policies. Fucked Up's Damian Abraham, a medical marijuana user and overall weed enthusiast, went out to Vancouver and Denver to compare the grey market of dispensaries in British Columbia (which are now in the crosshairs of the federal government) to Denver's regulated legal weed economy. He meets with weed entrepreneurs in both cities and chats with the decision makers who are trying to make pot easy to get on both sides of the border.
Canada's Waterless Communities: Shoal Lake 40 (2015) - Canada has the world's second-largest supply of fresh water, but 169
Searchers: Highway of Tears (2015) - You can't help but shudder at the sinister nickname for
The YouTube Star Who Kills Animals For Fur (2015) (In association with Vice International) - For nearly 250 years, the Canada's
star who's become the unlikely ambassador of Canada's trapping world. We visit Andrew's remote cabin in the northern wilderness to go full tilt into the Canadian trap life—trapping beavers, skinning an otter, and learning the best way to deal with two frozen 160-pound wolves infected with mange.Prohibition in Northern Canada (2015) (In association with Vice International) - Officially founded in 1999,
Why are Canadians Joining the Islamic State? (2015) (In association with Vice News) - Canadian authorities have reported that at least 130 citizens are involved extremist activities abroad, with 30 in
The New Era of Canadian Sex Work (2015) - After the Canadian Supreme Court struck down laws around sex work as being harmful to people in the trade, the federal government passed Bill C-36, which criminalizes johns who patronize sex workers. The government argues these laws are intended to protect women from human traffickers, but critics say they make the trade more dangerous for those consensually doing sex work. It's now illegal for sex workers to advertise their services, and because johns are committing a crime, they may pressure workers to rush into encounters without vetting potential clients. We sent Lowell, a pop singer and former stripper, to meet with policy makers and law enforcement officials to discuss C-36. Lowell also went down to Nevada to see how a regulated, legal sex industry functions. Finally, she met with a john to see how he feels about his behavior becoming newly illegal.
Abortion Access in the Maritimes (2015) -
Trawling Winnipeg's Rivers for the Bodies of Unsolved Murder Cases (2015) -
On Hold: Canadian Transgender Health Access (2015) -
A Family's Desperate Search for a Missing Woman Police Can't Find (2015) - Misty Faith Potts is a 38 year old Nakoda woman who disappeared in March 2015. She has an MSc in Environmental Science and taught at Yellowhead College but took a downward spiral into drugs after her brother died and her marriage unravelled. She was last seen at the store at Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation an hour outside Edmonton and may have been on her way to the city. VICE Canada Reports meets with Misty's family members who have been combing through the worst drug corners in Edmonton and the fields and forests around Alexis and Paul first nations hoping to find clues leading to Misty's whereabouts. The family hasn't heard much from police and has taken the search for Misty into their own hands. Misty is one of the more than 1200 missing or murdered indigenous women across Canada.
References
- ^ "First winners at the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards". Tribute, March 9, 2016.
- ^ "CBC web series score wins as Canadian Screen Awards celebrate all things digital". CBC News, March 10, 2017.