Ethan Cox
Editor

An editor and co-founder with Ricochet, Ethan is currently studying police misconduct in Canada as a 2021 Michener-Deacon Fellow. His writing has appeared in many national and international outlets, and he has won three national awards for investigative journalism. Ethan is also a television pundit in Montreal and a board member with For the Refugees.

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A ‘strong voice for inclusion’: Anglos help deliver landslide by-election win for QS
Ethan Cox
March 14, 2023
Capital Daily staff refused to promote the boss’ company. Then they got fired
Ethan Cox
February 10, 2023
Story, over: Billionaire blows up thriving local news outlet
Ethan Cox
February 2, 2023
B.C. NDP’s disqualification of Appadurai was about threat to Eby, not rules
Ethan Cox
October 20, 2022
Socialists on the rise, far-right surging as Quebec election heats up
Ethan Cox
September 22, 2022
Trudeau, Horgan governments do nothing as RCMP arrest journalists
Ethan Cox
November 23, 2021
INVESTIGATION: RCMP misled public about pepper spray incident at Fairy Creek
November 1, 2021
‘Unlawful’ RCMP actions at Fairy Creek harm court’s reputation, says judge who quashed injunction
Ethan Cox
September 29, 2021
Victory! Media coalition wins court fight with RCMP
Ethan Cox
July 20, 2021
‘No harvesting is happening in Fairy Creek’? B.C. minister's statement fails fact-check
Ethan Cox
June 4, 2021
B.C. government avoids questions about RCMP conduct at Fairy Creek
Ethan Cox
June 1, 2021
2 weeks on the front lines: The battle for old-growth in B.C.
May 29, 2021
RCMP backtracks on excluding journalists from logging protest site facing police raid
Ethan Cox
May 18, 2021
‘A page out of Harper’s playbook’: Liberals set to break strike at Port of Montreal
Ethan Cox
April 28, 2021
‘Hardly a fringe position’: Jewish and Palestinian NDP members lead convention push for Palestine resolution
Ethan Cox
April 10, 2021
Police intervention highlights broken system for responding to mental health crises
Ethan Cox
March 25, 2021
A violent cop, a cowardly mayor and the tragedy of policing in Canada
Ethan Cox
March 2, 2021
Barrie police, mayor won’t identify cop who beat skateboarder
Ethan Cox
February 9, 2021
Anatomy of an expulsion: 48 hours in the life of the Green Party
Ethan Cox
September 25, 2020
‘They’re going to lose the youth vote’: Greens expel ecosocialist candidate on eve of leadership contest
Ethan Cox
September 23, 2020
Working from home? The shitweasels want to cut your pay
Ethan Cox
June 24, 2020
RCMP shoot, kill Mi’kmaq man in New Brunswick
Ethan Cox
June 13, 2020
Premier Trump? Legault accuses journalist of harassment for tagging him on Twitter
Ethan Cox
June 8, 2020
Toronto Star sold to private equity investors: What it means for Canadian media
Ethan Cox
May 27, 2020
Canada’s top billionaires are getting richer thanks to COVID-19 — and donating a pittance
Ethan Cox
May 25, 2020
Huge majority of Canadians want governments to spend whatever it takes, and tax the rich, to pay for coronavirus response
Ethan Cox
May 22, 2020
Government must crack down on horses committing CERB fraud, says head of Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Ethan Cox
May 14, 2020
Landmark agreement recognizes Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and sparks protests from band councils
May 12, 2020
Trading our lives for their profits: The plan to sacrifice low-wage workers
Ethan Cox
May 7, 2020
Postmedia’s John Ivison, the worst person on the internet
Ethan Cox
April 28, 2020
‘It’s not over’: Tentative agreement with Wet’suwet’en Nation may be a milestone, but it doesn’t resolve pipeline fight
March 1, 2020
RCMP arrest three hereditary chiefs at Gitxsan rail blockade
February 25, 2020
Police raid Mohawk of Tyendinaga encampment
Ethan Cox
February 24, 2020
Coastal GasLink environmental assessment report rejected, construction could be delayed
Ethan Cox
February 21, 2020
Complaints commission told RCMP broad exclusion zones ‘impermissible’ a year ago
February 20, 2020
The army can’t stop the Wet’suwet’en solidarity movement
Ethan Cox
February 19, 2020
Wet’suwet’en bahlat reaffirms Coastal GasLink and RCMP must go
February 16, 2020
B.C. ‘shutdown’: Public service braces for protests
February 13, 2020
RCMP raid Unist’ot’en Healing Centre, arrest matriarchs
February 10, 2020
Ricochet journalist detained for eight hours while covering RCMP raid
February 8, 2020
Press freedom in Wet’suwet’en territory: RCMP back down
Ethan Cox
February 7, 2020
RCMP threatens to arrest journalist for doing his job during police raid in northern B.C.
February 6, 2020
RCMP detain and remove journalists during ongoing raid on Wet’suwet’en territory
February 6, 2020
RCMP denies restricting air traffic into Wet’suwet’en territory, but local companies say otherwise
January 26, 2020
Unist’ot’en: No sign of RCMP tactical units in Burns Lake
January 18, 2020
Racist PPC emails were forged: IT experts
Ethan Cox
June 1, 2019
Federal politics
Are Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott going Green?
Ethan Cox
May 25, 2019
The politics of inequality
POLL: Over two-thirds of Canadians back a wealth tax
Ethan Cox
May 2, 2019
Extremism
Soldier who appeared on white nationalist podcast reinstated by Canadian Forces
March 14, 2019
Conservative politics
CPC won’t say if operators of a white supremacist web store are party members
Ethan Cox
December 11, 2018
CUPW strike
Liberal offices occupied by postal workers
Ethan Cox
November 23, 2018
The alt-right
Kenney’s UCP won’t say if party expelled extremists
Ethan Cox
November 20, 2018
The alt-right
Canadian Forces suspend soldiers behind white supremacist web store
November 9, 2018
White supremacy
Rhodesia nostalgia ‘screams out extreme hatred,’ say Zimbabweans
November 8, 2018
The alt-right
Jason Kenney expels former senior campaign operative from party
October 31, 2018
The alt-right
Canadian Forces investigating soldiers behind white supremacist company
October 29, 2018
Quebec votes 2018
Québec solidaire are now Quebec’s third party
Ethan Cox
October 2, 2018
Quebec votes 2018
Is this the end of the Parti Québécois?
Ethan Cox
September 30, 2018
Kinder Morgan
La Cour d’appel fédérale annule le décret autorisant l’expansion du pipeline de Kinder Morgan
Ethan Cox
August 31, 2018
Pipeline politics
Liberals could get out of leaky Kinder Morgan deal for $10M — but they won’t
Ethan Cox
August 30, 2018
Kinder Morgan Pipeline
BREAKING: Kinder Morgan approval struck down by federal appeals court
Ethan Cox
August 30, 2018
White supremacy
Cops posing with Faith Goldy ‘did nothing wrong’: Toronto police
Ethan Cox
August 28, 2018
Ontario election
Only Liberal voters can stop Ford now
Ethan Cox
June 6, 2018
KINDER MORGAN
Kinder Morgan : le Waterloo de Trudeau
Ethan Cox
May 31, 2018
Welcome to the petrostate
Kinder Morgan will be Trudeau’s Waterloo
Ethan Cox
May 29, 2018
rise of the far right
Why Canada’s white supremacists want Doug Ford to win
May 24, 2018
Unpacking the News
Kinder Morgan: Nation-builder or white elephant?
May 2, 2018
Pipeline politics
The business case against Kinder Morgan
Ethan Cox
April 14, 2018
Pipeline politics
Kinder Morgan is playing Canada
Ethan Cox
April 12, 2018
Freedom of the Press
Newfoundland and Labrador is trying to jail a journalist for doing his job
Ethan Cox
March 13, 2018
East-West Solidarity
Quebec groups join B.C.-Alberta wine brawl
Ethan Cox
February 7, 2018
Montreal election
How Valérie Plante proved the pundits wrong
Ethan Cox
November 6, 2017
Montreal election
Non-francophones may decide Montreal’s next mayor
Ethan Cox
November 4, 2017
Just for Laughs
Is Justin Trudeau a unicorn? An interview with Mark Critch
Ethan Cox
July 26, 2017
Just For Laughs
INTERVIEW: Getting political with former SNL star Sasheer Zamata
Ethan Cox
July 10, 2017
Austerity in Quebec
Civil servants occupy Bombardier offices to protest executive bonuses
Ethan Cox
June 13, 2017
Snowden's Angels
VIDEO: Edward Snowden asks Canada to save the refugees who sheltered him
Ethan Cox
May 17, 2017
Snowden's Angels
‘Canada is our last hope:’ Refugees who sheltered Snowden appeal to Trudeau
Ethan Cox
May 15, 2017
B.C. election
Weaver’s choice in B.C.: The NDP or the abyss
Ethan Cox
May 10, 2017
French election
Is France having a Bernie Sanders moment?
Ethan Cox
April 11, 2017
Progress Summit
Poll: Canadians deeply concerned by growing inequality
Ethan Cox
April 7, 2017
Quebec politics
The Nadeau-Dubois effect: Québec solidaire up five per cent in new poll
Ethan Cox
March 18, 2017
Quebec politics
Nadeau-Dubois to run for leadership of Québec solidaire
Ethan Cox
March 9, 2017
Concordia bomb threat
Kellie Leitch and the new merchants of hate
Ethan Cox
March 2, 2017
Only in Quebec
This beer fights pipelines
Ethan Cox
March 1, 2017
Climate on campus
Laval becomes first university in Canada to divest from fossil fuels
Ethan Cox
February 15, 2017
The Trump effect
Fake news: Montreal student union copies Trump approach
Ethan Cox
February 8, 2017
The Trumplash
Sanctuary cities: Montreal and Ottawa lead emerging Canadian movement
Ethan Cox
February 7, 2017
Breeding cynicism
Liar, liar: Trudeau’s pants are on fire
Ethan Cox
February 1, 2017
Homegrown terrorism
Six dead in shooting at Quebec City mosque
Ethan Cox
January 29, 2017
Entrevue exclusive
La situation alarmante des anges gardiens d'Edward Snowden
Ethan Cox
January 9, 2017
Proportional representation
MP’s office calls police over electoral reform action
Ethan Cox
December 14, 2016
Projet leadership`
INTERVIEW: Projet Montréal leadership candidate Val Plante
Ethan Cox
December 2, 2016
Snowden's angels
Exclusive interview: Edward Snowden on 'criminal' treatment of refugees who hid him
Ethan Cox
December 1, 2016
Projet leadership
INTERVIEW: Projet Montréal leadership candidate Guillaume Lavoie
Ethan Cox
November 30, 2016
Making Muskrat right
Government, Indigenous leaders agree on changes to Muskrat Falls project
Ethan Cox
October 26, 2016
Press freedom
INTERVIEW: Journalist Justin Brake risks arrest to get the story at Muskrat Falls
Ethan Cox
October 25, 2016
Climate 101
99 arrests in Ottawa as students confront Trudeau over pipelines
Ethan Cox
October 24, 2016
Municipal politics
EXCLUSIVE: Montreal’s opposition parties in advanced merger talks
Ethan Cox
October 4, 2016
Quebec politics
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois launches consultation on Quebec’s future
Ethan Cox
September 29, 2016
Pipeline politics
Indigenous tar sands treaty could be Trudeau’s worst nightmare
Ethan Cox
September 22, 2016
Green Party politics
Elizabeth May ordered deputies not to associate with leader of Quebec Greens
Ethan Cox
September 15, 2016
Pipeline politics
NEB scraps Energy East review
Ethan Cox
September 9, 2016
Pipeline politics
Is Trudeau testing the waters for a Kinder Morgan approval?
Ethan Cox
September 7, 2016
Labour
IWW strikes back, and wins, in fight with Montreal restaurant
Ethan Cox
September 5, 2016
Pipeline problems
NEB indefinitely suspends Energy East hearings in Montreal
Ethan Cox
August 29, 2016
Energy East
Montreal NEB hearings postponed after all hell breaks loose
Ethan Cox
August 29, 2016
Systemic racism
Ottawa mayor accuses Desmond Cole of ‘name calling’ over Abdi case
Ethan Cox
August 28, 2016
National Energy Board
Montreal mayor, PQ leader call for emergency suspension of Energy East hearings
Ethan Cox
August 25, 2016
Jumping the shark
B’nai Brith smears rabble.ca with ‘white supremacist’ label
August 24, 2016
Twitterstorm: Tarek Fatah vs. Talib Kweli on Islam and racism
Ethan Cox
August 22, 2016
Free speech and human rights
INTERVIEW: Comic Mike Ward is an asshole, but should that be illegal?
Ethan Cox
June 29, 2016
Civil liberties
Montreal bylaw restricting protests ruled unconstitutional
Ethan Cox
June 22, 2016
Leadership
The NDP needs DiNovo in the race
Ethan Cox
June 7, 2016
Quebec politics
Abrupt resignation of PQ leader Pierre-Karl Péladeau raises questions
Ethan Cox
May 2, 2016
Canada's climate plan
New coalition calls for climate plan based on science, jobs and justice
Ethan Cox
April 21, 2016
Police violence
Left and right agree: Montreal police are out of control
March 4, 2016
2015 student strike
Concordia University accused of bad faith as 2015 strike participants face expulsion
Ethan Cox
March 1, 2016
Democratic primaries
Does Sanders now have more money than Clinton?
Ethan Cox
February 11, 2016
Democratic Primary
All tied up in Iowa: Sanders vs. Clinton comes down to a coin flip
Ethan Cox
February 2, 2016
Democratic primaries
Can Bernie Sanders actually win?
Ethan Cox
January 12, 2016
Free trade and the climate
How can a pipeline company sue Obama for rejecting Keystone XL? It's called Chapter 11
January 8, 2016
The right to protest
Quebec police violated constitutional rights of protesters: judge
Ethan Cox
November 12, 2015
The politics of climate
What does the Keystone XL decision mean for Canada?
Ethan Cox
November 6, 2015
Physician-assisted suicide
Is the right to die with dignity a civil right?
Ethan Cox
October 29, 2015
Media
Andrew Coyne resigns over censored column
Ethan Cox
October 19, 2015
Media
Where in the world is Andrew Coyne?
Ethan Cox
October 18, 2015
Canada Votes 2015
Liberals' TransCanada scandal highlights hypocrisy on climate in current campaign
Ethan Cox
October 17, 2015
Temporary Foreign Workers
Bad government data invites abuse of the TFW program
Ethan Cox
October 8, 2015
Canada Votes 2015
Unifor walk back criticism of NDP for raising Saudi arms deal in debate
Ethan Cox
September 30, 2015
Canada Votes 2015
Will 2015 be the end of the Bloc Québécois?
Ethan Cox
September 19, 2015
Canada Votes 2015
Could free trade become an election issue?
Ethan Cox
September 16, 2015
Energy & Environment
Seismic blasting for oil endangers marine life: report
Ethan Cox
August 24, 2015
Media
Margaret Atwood vs. the National Post
Ethan Cox
August 22, 2015
Canada Votes 2015
Breakdown: First riding-level polls show Conservative support slipping across the country
Ethan Cox
August 21, 2015
Are Canada’s leaders climate deniers?
Ethan Cox
August 10, 2015
It’s time to stop calling climate activists hypocrites
Ethan Cox
July 31, 2015
Just For Laughs on a budget: final weekend
Ethan Cox
July 23, 2015
Comedian Wyatt Cenac has some ideas for America
Ethan Cox
July 22, 2015
NDP clarify Mulcair's comments on Energy East in French-language interview
Ethan Cox
July 16, 2015
Amazon’s Quebec users could face surprise bills
Ethan Cox
July 16, 2015
Liberals and NDP play both sides on proposed Energy East pipeline
Ethan Cox
July 9, 2015
Former Liberal cabinet minister blasts Young Liberal VP for ‘racist’ Roma tweets
Ethan Cox
July 6, 2015
VP of Liberal youth wing tweets opposition to ‘protection’ and ‘benefits’ for minority Roma in Serbia
Ethan Cox
July 4, 2015
Student sit-in targets 'insufficient' climate policies from NDP, Liberals
Ethan Cox
July 3, 2015
New HarperPAC could violate Elections Act
Ethan Cox
June 25, 2015
Harper government is ‘wholly owned subsidiary’ of fossil fuel industry: Bill McKibben
Ethan Cox
June 19, 2015
Ed Broadbent on how the NDP can win this fall
Ethan Cox
June 10, 2015
Printemps 2015
Concordia lied, engaged in ‘predatory behaviour’ during spring strike, alleges statement
Ethan Cox
May 27, 2015
Why Stephen Harper wants to debate in the dark
Ethan Cox
May 16, 2015
Federal NDP surges to lead in new poll: report
Ethan Cox
May 14, 2015
Alberta Votes 2015
What does the NDP’s stunning Alberta win mean for Stephen Harper?
Ethan Cox
May 6, 2015
Alberta Votes 2015
Can Rachel Notley’s NDP win in Alberta?
Ethan Cox
April 30, 2015
Printemps 2015
'Our criminal law system is slipping into a form of oppression': constitutional lawyer
Ethan Cox
April 26, 2015
Alberta Votes 2015
POLL: Alberta New Democrats now in majority government territory
Ethan Cox
April 24, 2015
Printemps 2015
Assault with silly string: Quebec student-striker jailed indefinitely
Ethan Cox
April 21, 2015
Printemps 2015
In Quebec’s strike, students are the real targets of intimidation
Ethan Cox
April 15, 2015
Ten questions for NDP energy critic Guy Caron about Energy East
Ethan Cox
April 12, 2015
Printemps 2015
Montreal professors stare down riot cops
Ethan Cox
April 9, 2015
Printemps 2015
The students strike back: 75,000 protest austerity in Montreal
Ethan Cox
April 3, 2015
Printemps 2015
Strike day in Montreal
Ethan Cox
April 2, 2015
Printemps 2015
EXPLAINER: Will Quebec’s student movement opt for a spring strike or a strategic fallback?
Ethan Cox
April 1, 2015
POLL: Young Canadians more progressive than their elders
Ethan Cox
March 27, 2015
Printemps 2015
Everything you need to know about Quebec’s latest student strike
Ethan Cox
March 26, 2015
Austerity kills: Liberals tumble, Quebec Solidaire gain in new poll
Ethan Cox
March 20, 2015
Canada Votes 2015
Welcome to campaign 2015: surveillance-state edition
Ethan Cox
March 18, 2015
C-51
VIDEO: Mulcair invokes War Measures Act in Montreal speech opposing Bill C-51
Ethan Cox
March 16, 2015
Montreal’s ill-defined ‘anti-radicalization’ centre may threaten civil liberties
Ethan Cox
March 11, 2015
Education
Concordia to review library for ‘inappropriate content’
Ethan Cox
March 7, 2015
Liberal heavy hitters trade the public interest for the oil interest
Ethan Cox
February 4, 2015
civil rights
UBC warns international students not to protest
Ethan Cox
November 28, 2014
Energy & Environment
Kinder Morgan is elephant in room for B.C. Federation of Labour
November 27, 2014
Pipelines
'I'm going to be the best citizen I can be'
Ethan Cox
November 23, 2014
Pipelines
Clayoquot Sound 2.0: Burnaby Mountain
Ethan Cox
November 21, 2014
Energy & Environment
On Burnaby Mountain, resistance is fierce
Ethan Cox
November 19, 2014
Interview
Greenwald on Canada, terrorism and the future of the internet
Ethan Cox
November 8, 2014
Environment
Naomi Klein: Why saving the climate means fighting capitalism
Ethan Cox
October 27, 2014
Climate March
The system is the problem
Ethan Cox
September 24, 2014
Climate March
The new faces of the climate movement
Ethan Cox
September 21, 2014