The Beaverton Weekly Report

Mar 05 2025 37 ep. 47 mins 88

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Every week Beaverton editor-in-chief Luke Gordon Field assembles an all-star Panel of comedians to talk, mock and riff their way through the news of the week. Then he puts their knowledge of the news to the test in a very important quiz where the stakes couldn't be lower. The Beaverton Weekly Report is a hilarious look at what's going on in the world around us. It's just like watching CNN, only funnier and with fewer erectile dysfunction ads.

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Mar 05 2025 1 mins

Welcome (back) to The Beaverton Weekly Report, a satirical panel show where Beaverton editor-in-chief Luke Gordon Field assembes Canada's funniest comedians to riff on the news of the week. From the silly to the serious, the tragic to the tumultuous, we'll be there to make fun of it all. But don't worry. We don't want to be too much of a bummer, so we promise to talk about New Brun

November 28, 2018: Doug Ford demands Green Party apologize for letting Oshawa GM Plant close

Nov 28 2018 51 mins

Luke and the Panel (Andrew Ivimey, Jon Blair, Todd Van Allen) talk about people getting screwed over! Specifically the people of Oshawa getting screwed over by GM (1:00), Paul Manafort maybe getting screwed over by Julian Assange by way of Robert Mueller (18:30) and refugees/human rights/Mexican sovereignty getting screwed over by the Trump admin (32:00).

November 21, 2018: St. Michael's principal promises to restore school to acceptable levels of toxic masculinity

Nov 21 2018 63 mins

Luke and the Panel (Callum Wratten, Dave Barclay and Ryan Dillon) figure out what is wrong with the NDP, the Conservatives and Canada's private school system! They also discuss the Ontario PC's war on trans people and the french community, and of course the latest in Trumpworld. Then the approximately 10 minute long quiz finds the best way to win a darts competition.

November 8, 2018: The Beaverton will pay whatever it takes to not see Tony Clement's dick

Nov 08 2018 60 mins

Luke and the Panel (Michael Balazo, Kristy LaPointe and Ian MacIntyre) try not to get overwhelmed by how much news there is. They start by recapping the midterm elections and CNN's coverage (1:45), then move on to Trump firing everyone's favourite racist elf in Jeff Sessions (32:00) and Tony Clement's Unsexy Sexy Scandal (39:30). Then the Approximately Ten Minute Long Quiz discover

October 31, 2018: New CBC article ranks top 5 murderous dictatorships that can help grow your RSP

Oct 31 2018 57 mins

Luke and the Panel (Dave Atkinson, Aaron Hagey-MacKay and Andrew Ivimey) refuse to let the news get them down. They talk Trump’s influence over the mail bomber (2:30) and the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter (11:30), plus his attempt to use an executive order to eliminate the 14th amendment (17:00) while one of his fans plotted to bring down the Mueller investigations (22:30). They a

October 24, 2018: Analysts not sure rebate cheques and keeping humanity alive will convince Canadians to support carbon tax

Oct 24 2018 52 mins

Luke and the Panel (Alex Huntley, Alice Moran, Diana McCallum) talk elections! The Canadian municipal elections went mostly as expected with Tory being re-elected (1:30), but also contained some highs: goodbye Mammoliti and @norm and some lows: Patrick Brown is mayor of Brampton, a Nazi finished third in Toronto?! (6:00). Meanwhile at Queen's Park Doug Ford is freezing the minimum

October 17, 2018: Local man willing to do anything that doesn't affect his daily life to stop climate change

Oct 17 2018 60 mins

Luke and the Panel (Rebecca Reeds, Craig Fay and Andrew Ivimey) ask the important question: you ever listen to a podcast ON WEED? They talk the media hype over weed legalization (2:00), the vastly different rules/regulations governing legal weed in different provinces and cities (7:30) and shed a tear for the plight of the local weed dealers we all grew up with (12:00). They also c

October 10, 2018: Doug Ford ends opposition to Carbon Tax after reading all 2,500 pages of UN Climate Change Report

Oct 10 2018 47 mins

Luke and the Panel (Nour Hadidi, Courtney Gilmour and Ryan Dillon) talk about how we're all going to die! They break down why the most recent UN Climate Change Report is a warning that can't be ignored (2:00), but will be (12:00). They also discuss why the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh did not prevent his assent to the Supreme Court (18:30) and wonder whether a

October 3, 2018: Conservatives: 'If we had re-negotiated NAFTA we would have capitulated immediately but also gotten Canada everything we wanted'

Oct 03 2018 60 mins

Luke and the Panel (Jocelyn Geddie, Dave Barclay, Jen MacIntyre) make jokes about complicated international trade agreements! They break down why 'USMCA' is a terrible acronym (1:30), the Conservatives suddenly pretending they wanted to play hardball with Donald Trump (9:30) and marvel at how the left have become the champions of free trade (15:30). Then they discuss the CAQ's shoc

September 26, 2018: Justin Trudeau campaigns for Security Council seat by wearing traditional United Nations outfit

Sep 26 2018 59 mins

Luke and the Panel (Miguel Rivas, Alessandra Vite and Callum Wratten) are excited to talk about the news and do fun Australian accents. They do a deep dive into the Brett Kavanaugh scandal, recapping the twitter storm when Ronan Farrow dropped the story of the second accuser (3:30), the insanity of the "I'm a virgin" defence (11:00), how Republicans are turning this into a conspira