KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 202 - 2026/02/20 - Ginger Ale, Oshawa Generals, Flooding Winnipeg Police, School Bus Bump

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.

In this episode your hosts discuss;

  • the Oshawa Generals’ fans STINK

  • Ottawa Hospital PULLS Ginger Ale

  • Two trouble makers best the Winnipeg Police

  • School bus hits a bump in Orillia

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The Tumbler Ridge, BC Shooting

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On February 10, 2026, Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia became the site of one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canadian history when 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar killed their mother and half-brother at home, then went to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School where they murdered five children and an educational assistant before taking their own life.

In this episode of The Canadian Gothic, we walk through the timeline of the attacks, the history of family at the heart of this story, and the many unanswered questions surrounding warning signs, access to weapons, and mental-health support in remote Canadian communities.

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 201 - 2026/02/13 - Taco Bell Files, Largest Pizza, Newfoundlander clears name, Man Vs. Moose

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.

In this episode your hosts discuss;

  • The Newfoundland Taco Bell Files

  • The largest deliverable pizza

  • A Newfoundlander clearing their name

  • The man who fought a moose and won

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan - Part 16: Daniel Martell Arrested, Malehya's side speaks

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We continue coverage of the disappearance of 6-year-old Lilly and 4-year-old Jack Sullivan, who were reported missing from their rural Nova Scotia home on the morning of Friday, May 2, 2025.

In this episode, we discuss the surprise arrest of Daniel Martell (on charges said to be unrelated to the children’s disappearance), and we hear from some of Malehya’s closest friends.

Links:

Part 1 - three days later (Recorded May 5)

Part 2 - One Week Missing

Part 3 - Two Weeks Missing

Bonus Discussion with True North True Crime

Part 4 - Three Weeks Missing

Part 5 - Four Weeks Missing

Part 6 - Six Weeks Missing

Part 7: Seven Weeks Missing

Part 8: Ten Weeks Missing

Part 9: Thirteen Weeks Missing

Part 10: Sixteen Weeks Missing

Part 11: Four Months Missing

Part 12: Five Months Missing

Part 13: New Witness Reports, a rogue family member, and a puzzling phone call

Episode 14: Six Months Missing

Episode 15: Eight Months Missing

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 200 - 2026/02/06 - Juice, Dirty Oil, Cocaine Dog, and a Bus Driver CRASH OUT

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.

In this episode your hosts discuss;

  • The end of frozen juice concentrate in Canada

  • The ‘Dirty Oil’ Scam

  • Vancouver dog eats cocaine

  • An Ottawa bus drivers CRASH OUT

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BAD NEWS CANADA - Pilot Episode / Feb 2026 - The Vernon, BC Horse Assault, Skye Atoa, Shabaz Ahmed

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In BAD NEWS CANADA Jordan and Jack Luna unpack the WORST Canadian news story of the past month.

In this episode your hosts discuss;

  • the bestiality case involving a horse near Vernon, BC

  • Skye Atoa’s 30 minutes of freedom (Lethbridge, AB)

  • the woman who survived, and killed, Shahbaz Ahmed (Calgary, AB)

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 199 - 2026/01/30 - Weird Court cases, a Sketchy Real Estate Agent, and a Fart assault

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.

In this episode your hosts discuss;

  • Taco Bell’s continued Newfoundland invasion

  • Taking the bus to court in Montreal

  • Sketchy real estate agents in Saskatchewan

  • the Miramichi assault on cops with fart case

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan - Part 15: Eight Months Missing, Abuse Allegations, Less Redactions/Same Questions

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We continue coverage of the disappearance of 6-year-old Lilly and 4-year-old Jack Sullivan, who were reported missing from their rural Nova Scotia home on the morning of Friday, May 2, 2025.

In this episode, we unpack the latest round of RCMP investigation information released by the courts, we review recent comments made by RCMP leadership, and we hear Daniel Martell respond to Malehya’s allegations that he has been physically abusive.

Links:

Part 1 - three days later (Recorded May 5)

Part 2 - One Week Missing

Part 3 - Two Weeks Missing

Bonus Discussion with True North True Crime

Part 4 - Three Weeks Missing

Part 5 - Four Weeks Missing

Part 6 - Six Weeks Missing

Part 7: Seven Weeks Missing

Part 8: Ten Weeks Missing

Part 9: Thirteen Weeks Missing

Part 10: Sixteen Weeks Missing

Part 11: Four Months Missing

Part 12: Five Months Missing

Part 13: New Witness Reports, a rogue family member, and a puzzling phone call

Episode 14:

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 198 - 2026/01/23 - More Taco Bell, Demolished house, horse hair cutting mystery

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.

In this episode your hosts discuss;

  • Taco Bell’s continued Newfoundland invasion

  • the fastest crappiest car in BC

  • Newfoundland’s Stinky Rotten Mess

  • Ooops… I demolished your house!!!

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The 1973 Kenora Bank Robbery Explosion

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On May 10, 1973, a stranger walked into a bank on Main Street in Kenora, Ontario, carrying guns, duffle bags, and a homemade bomb that was armed to a switch he clenched between his teeth. For more than an hour the standoff dragged on inside the bank as a growing crowd of onlookers crowded the street outside it’s doors.

At 4:12 p.m., a single rifle shot ended the robbery in an explosion that shattered windows, scattered money through the air, and erased the man at the center of it all.

More than fifty years later, his identity and his motives remain unknown.

In this episode of The Canadian Gothic, I’m joined by Jack Luna, host of the Dark Topic podcast, to examine the Kenora Bank Robbery Explosion.

Episode Links:

the Dead Man (Dark Topic Podcast Episode) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5vi0tKj0o93GOFGmBaIl8c

Joe Ralko’s the Devil’s Gap - https://a.co/d/0rxCjmD

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 197 - 2026/01/16 - WestJet's fat shamers, Taco Bell in NL, and the WORST 911 calls of 2025

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.

In this episode your hosts discuss;

  • Taco Bell’s continued Newfoundland invasion

  • Being fat-shamed by WestJet

  • The WORST 911 calls of 2025

  • Two kids in court over a dinosaur

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 196 - 2026/01/09 - Taco Bell Takeover, Dead Crows, Jesus, Trademark Nonsense

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.

In this episode your hosts discuss;

  • Taco Bell’s NEWFOUNDLAND Take Over

  • Dead Crows in Chatham-Kent

  • The Disappearance of Baby Jesus (Peterborough, ON)

  • Sex, Drugs, and a Trademark Dispute

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan (Nova Scotian Children Missing Since May 2, 2025)

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In the quiet rural community of Lansdowne Station, Nova Scotia, six-year-old Lilly Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack were reported missing on the morning of May 2, 2025. Their home bordered dense forest, steep terrain, and mystery. What began as a frantic local search quickly grew into one of the most intensive missing persons investigations in Nova Scotia’s recent history.

In this multi-part series we follow the unfolding story of the Sullivan children—from the first hours of their disappearance through the RCMP’s evolving response, the emotional toll on the community, and the haunting questions that remain unanswered.

Part 1 - 4 Days Missing

Part 2 - One Week Missing

Part 3 - Two Weeks Missing

Bonus - Case Discussion with True North True Crime

Part 4 - Three Weeks Missing

Part 5 - Four Weeks Missing

Part 6: Six Weeks Missing

Part 7: Seven Week’s Missing

Part 8: Ten Weeks Missing

Part 9: Thirteen Weeks Missing

Part 10: Sixteen Weeks Missing

Part 11: Four Months Missing

Part 12: Five Months Missing

Part 13: New Witnesses, a Rouge Family Member, and a Puzzling Phone Call

Part 14: Six Months Missing, a Civilian Search, and a Discussion with Belynda Gray

Part 15: Eight Months Missing, Abuse Allegations, Less Redations / Same Questions

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Encounters With Creeps - Volume 31 (with Lindsey Hirtreiter Updates)

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In Encounters with CREEPS, Canadian Gothic listeners are invited to share their unsettling experiences with the many CREEPS lurking in everyday life.

In this episode, Jordan and Madelayne unpack the 31st volume of your Encounters with CREEPS.

This time we’ve got CREEPs at HMV in Ottawa, a CREEP who leaves CREEPy souvenirs at Bluenotes in Fredericton, a generic Newfoundland CREEP, and we catch up on the disturbing story of the alleged Surrey baby toucher Lindsey Hirtreiter.

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Encounters with Creeps series archive: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/encounters-with-creeps

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 195 - 2026/01/02 - Canada's WEIRDEST stories of 2025

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.

In this New Year special, your hosts discuss their favorite Keep Canada Weird stories of 2025.

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2025 Wrap up Discussion (with True North True Crime)

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In this episode, Jordan and Madelayne Klein are joined by Graeme and Kait of the True North True Crime Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about their experience in 2025.

Together, they reflect on the trends they notice noticed across the true crime space, the cases that had a special impact on them, and the stories that sparked the strongest reactions from our listeners.

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 194 - 2025/12/26 - slappy Santa, Santa the thief, Snowbanks, gift cards

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.

In this episode your hosts discuss;

  • a slappy mall Santa

  • Santa and his thieving elves

  • snowbank safety in Quebec

  • gift cards are pointless

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UFOs Above Canada - News and Witness Reports - December 2025

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In UFOs Above Canada, we are joined by Canadian UFO researcher Chris Rutkowski for a wide-ranging conversation about UFO news, history, and eye witness reports.

In this episode we break down two major Canadian UFO news stories, including the announcement of an upcoming auction featuring a sizable and historically significant UFO document collection, and a strange August UFO event that was witnessed by people across large parts of eastern Canada.

We also turn our attention to several listener-contributed UFO sightings from across the country. From puzzling lights to a bizarre burnt circle in the grass, Chris offers his expert insight while we explore what might be behind these reports and why they continue to capture the public imagination.

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 193 - 2025/12/19 - a time machine, Jellycats, North Bay tire slashings, Scarborough Grinch Gang

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.

In this episode your hosts discuss;

  • a time machine being sold in Edmonton

  • the great Jellycat heist

  • the North Bay tire slashings

  • the Scarborough Grinch Gang

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the Hockey Canada Scandal (the 2018 Canadian World Junior Team)

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In June 2018, following a Hockey Canada gala in London, Ontario, a young woman alleged she was sexually assaulted by members of Canada’s gold medal winning World Junior hockey team. The case was investigated and closed without charges, and the public remained unaware for years.

That changed in 2022, when a civil lawsuit and quiet settlement from the sport’s regulating body Hockey Canada exposed the allegations. The fallout triggered parliamentary hearings, sponsor withdrawals, leadership resignations, and a reopened criminal investigation that culminated in a high profile trial against five of the men involved, all now NHL players.

In this episode, I’m joined by Kristi Lee, host of Canadian True Crime, to walk through the full timeline of the Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal and examine what it reveals about accountability, power, and trust in Canadian sport.

Links:

Canadian True Crime’s 5 part series - https://www.canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes/191

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