When a woman receives a text message from a wrong number, she strikes up an unlikely friendship with a man who says he’s a construction contractor. They develop a close relationship over five years – until a single, offhand remark gives her pause.

Is this man really who he says he is?

Her search for the truth reveals something far more disturbing than she ever expected - and she realizes she isn’t the only one. It triggers a reckoning inside the local police department along with serious questions about privacy, consent, police accountability and whether the justice system is equipped to recognize the harm these women experienced.

For this special episode, Kristi Lee sits down with award‑winning investigative journalist Jana G. Pruden of The Globe and Mail to unpack the harrowing story behind the latest season of her acclaimed podcast: In Her Defence: Breach of Trust.

Special thanks to Jana G. Pruden and producer Kasia Mychajlowycz from The Globe and Mail

Listen to the full story now.

Subscribe to In Her Defence on your favourite podcast app or platform: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts.

When a woman receives a text message from a wrong number, she strikes up an unlikely friendship with a man who says he’s a construction contractor. They develop a close relationship over five years – until a single, offhand remark gives her pause. Is this man really who he says he is?

Her search for the truth reveals something far more disturbing than she ever expected - and she realizes she isn’t the only one. It triggers a reckoning inside the local police department along with serious questions about privacy, consent, police accountability and whether the justice system is equipped to recognize the harm these women experienced.

For this special episode, Kristi Lee sits down with award‑winning investigative journalist Jana G. Pruden to unpack the harrowing story behind the latest season of her acclaimed narrative podcast: In Her Defence: Breach of Trust.

LISTEN to the full story now

Find In Her Defence on your favourite podcast app or platform: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts.

READ Jana Pruden's reporting for The Globe and Mail

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The man behind the wrong number

Special thanks to Jana G. Pruden and producer Kasia Mychajlowycz from The Globe and Mail

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Most Albertans don't want the province to separate from Canada, according to the polls. So how did a once-fringe movement gain enough momentum to put independence on the ballot (sort of)?

With just ten days to go until the Alberta referendum, join award-winning independent journalists Danielle Paradis and Tim Querengesser as they travel across the province, meeting ordinary Albertans and finding out what they think about the prospect of separating from Canada.

Who are the separatists? What do they actually want? And what happens to the rest of Canada if they get it?

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We're proud to present the first episode of this five-part investigative series Separation Anxiety: The Alberta Referendum, completely AD-FREE.

Thanks to Canadian True Crime listeners like you, we've been able to help fund this independent investigation by two Alberta journalists. At a time when local newsrooms are shrinking, grassroots, on-the-ground reporting is more important than ever, especially when an issue that seems provincial could have consequences for the entire country.

In this Episode 1: Among the Separatists, you'll hear from people waving flags on a freeway overpass in Edmonton, at an Alberta Day celebration in Mirror, AB and in a Baptist church in Calgary.

Episodes 2 and 3 are also available now.

Find Separation Anxiety: The Alberta Referendum on your favourite podcast player.

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Produced with the support of Canadian True Crime.

*Additional sources re introduction:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-separatism-canada-united-states-republican/

https://thewalrus.ca/is-it-treason-to-ask-america-to-help-break-up-canada/

https://globalnews.ca/news/12088176/alberta-separatism-republicans-report?

https://globalnews.ca/news/12087080/alberta-first-nations-referendum/

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