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Covert calls for help – a hotline for migrant workers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
COVID-19 outbreaks have ripped through farms in Canada, particularly in southern Ontario, taking a grim toll on migrant workers. Three have already died. Desperate for help, workers have been cal...
ListenHow a failed terrorism case derailed one Canadian's life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2007, Hassan Diab was an unassuming sociology lecturer at Carleton University, when he was suddenly told French authorities were investigating him for committing a terrorist act in Paris in 1980...
ListenCOVID Alert: Canada’s incoming contact-tracing app from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants you to download an app. It’s called “COVID Alert” and it is a new voluntary contact-tracing app that will be available for download in just a few weeks. The app ...
ListenWhat’s the big deal about Beyond Meat? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Beyond Meat, the popular meat substitute, can be found in at A&W, Tim Hortons, and most grocery stores these days. The company’s stock is at an all-time high. Today on Front Burner, writer Michael ...
ListenConservatives face off in leadership debate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Thursday night, Conservative leadership hopefuls faced off in the only English language debate of the campaign. Candidates went toe-to-toe on issues like expanding the party’s base, climate, rac...
ListenFear, isolation and a cross-Canada manhunt from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, the CBC’s Jason Proctor tells why the ongoing manhunt for two B.C. murder suspects has left many residents of Canada’s north feeling vulnerable and afraid.
ListenQuibi: Why the $2?billion video app is failing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the midst of a pandemic, two veteran executives launched Quibi — a video-streaming app intended for watching on the go. With nearly $2 billion in cash invested and a huge roster of A-list celebr...
ListenThe key takeaways of Robert Mueller’s marathon testimony from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, the CBC’s Paul Hunter on Robert Mueller’s very reluctant testimony on Capitol Hill, and why both sides of the aisle are claiming victory.
ListenThe ‘other’ public health crisis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There’s another public health crisis killing Canadians in record numbers. In May, 170 people died from illicit drug overdoses in British Columbia. It's the worst death toll in the province’s histor...
ListenWhy do illegal weed dispensaries still exist? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's been nine months since marijuana was legalized in Canada, and illegal dispensaries are not only prevalent across the country — but in many cases, thriving. Today on Front Burner, CBC investiga...
ListenA riddle, a treasure hunt, and a mystery that may never end from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ten years ago, an eccentric Santa Fe art dealer named Forrest Fenn says he hid a treasure chest somewhere in the American Rocky Mountains – and then he wrote a poem with clues to tell people how to...
ListenThe perpetual Marvel machine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Marvel Studios has announced plans for the latest phase of the Marvel cinematic universe, setting the world of deep superhero fandom abuzz. On Front Burner, we speak to Eli Glasner, CBC's national ...
ListenProtesting and police in the age of surveillance from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We are living in a time of ubiquitous recording. There are cameras are everywhere; capturing the last moments of George Floyd’s life; recording the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks by Atlanta Poli...
ListenA portrait of the mysterious Kim Jong-un from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“He’s such a puzzle...and we don’t have all the answers.” As the world continues to try and figure out the puzzle that is North Korea, guest host Chris Berube talks to Anna Fifield, the Washington ...
Listen'Cops' gets cancelled from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After more than 1000 episodes, the reality television show COPS has officially been cancelled. For thirty years, COPS has broadcast police officers chasing down suspects and arresting them as enter...
ListenDonald Trump, and the debate over the term “racist” from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
At a rally on Wednesday night, supporters of Donald Trump broke out in a chorus of "send her back!" chants, targeted toward Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born congresswoman from Minnesota. The chant came j...
ListenBon Appetit, race and food culture from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bon Appetit editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport resigned on Monday over accusations of brownface. It involved a 2004 photo of Rapoport and his wife dressing up as Puerto Ricans. But according to more tha...
ListenFaceApp: Fact, fiction and fears from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's the AI-assisted photo editing app that has entertained millions of users around the world. Open FaceApp on your smartphone, upload of a photo of yourself, and you — like Drake, the Jonas Broth...
ListenWhat ‘defunding the police’ means for Indigenous people from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Last Thursday, a 26-year-old Indigenous woman was killed by a New Brunswick police officer. Chantel Moore was shot five times during what was meant to be a wellness check. Her death is one of sever...
ListenThe battle for green voters begins from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With three months to go before the federal election, two parties on the left are trying to plant their flag as the party of environmentalists. The NDP recently introduced its "Canadian New Deal" wh...
ListenDefunding police: what it means and how it could work from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On the weekend, a majority of the Minneapolis city council declared their intention to disband the city's police force. The move comes in response to the killing of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin — ...
ListenCanadian teacher home after ‘nightmare in Indonesia’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Neil Bantleman was teaching at a school in Jakarta, Indonesia when he and seven others were accused of sex crimes against students. He maintained his innocence despite being convicted in an Indones...
ListenWork-from-home goes ‘pandemic’ to ‘permanent’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Twitter says its staff can work from home as long as they want. The head of Shopify says “office centricity is over.” OpenText is shuttering half of its offices, reducing its workforce and shifting...
ListenWhat did Canadian peacekeepers accomplish in Mali? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“Organized crime, smuggling, drug trafficking, human trafficking, terrorism - you can sort of name it, and Mali is afflicted by it.” Swept up in part by Islamist extremism, the U.N’s peacekeeping m...
ListenBlack Canadians reflect on this week’s unrest from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From the aggressive tactics of police at demonstrations in the United States, to the increasing demand to recognize systemic racism against Black communities and deal with police violence, to the o...
ListenThe World Cup champions tackle equal pay from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After their record-setting fourth World Cup win, the U.S. women's soccer team has found themselves at the centre of an ongoing debate about pay equity in sport. The team has been followed by a chor...
ListenState-sponsored hackers target vaccine research from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
While scientists worldwide are trying to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, reports show an uptick in state-sponsored medical hacking. Countries like China and Iran appear to be actively hacking vacci...
Listen‘Conversion therapy’ survivor shares his story from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2014, Belleville, Ont. native Matt Ashcroft decided to attend a conversion therapy camp in the U.S. He says his father was homphobic and he wanted to mend their relationship. Now he’s a fierce a...
ListenTrump’s response in an unprecedented time from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Demonstrations across the US protesting the death of George Floyd are coinciding with a global pandemic and an economic crisis. And it’s a moment when many Americans are calling on the president fo...
ListenA conversation with Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Democracy versus dictatorship” in Venezuela. Why Canada should not release Meng Wanzhou. These are just some of the topics we cover in a feature interview with Chryst...
ListenDeRay Mckesson on how to stop race-based police violence from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Despite making up only 13 per cent of the population, black Americans represent about a quarter of all people killed by police. Today on Front Burner, we speak to civil rights activist DeRay Mckess...
ListenFrom memes to TV ads, how political third parties get their message out from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
You may not have heard of political third parties like Engage Canada or Canada Proud, but you’ve likely already encountered their messaging through a traditional television ad, a Facebook meme, or ...
ListenPolice crack down on protests against racism and police violence from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This weekend, in at least 75 U.S. cities, demonstrators marched against racism and police violence in the wake of the video showing the last moments of George Floyd's life, with a Minneapolis polic...
ListenA reporter’s long, failed fight to keep his work on ISIS from the RCMP from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For the last four years, Vice reporter Ben Makuch has been fighting to keep communications he had with a suspected ISIS fighter from the RCMP. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court of Cana...
ListenBONUS: First ever charge against ‘incel’ terrorism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For the first time, police are treating an alleged incel-inspired killing as an act of terror. In February, a 17-year-old male was charged with murder and attempted murder in the broad daylight sla...
ListenA primer on the Green New Deal in the U.S. and Canada from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week a new government report outlined the most pressing threats facing Canada due to climate change. The report warned of infrastructure failures, flooding and storm surges on the coasts, and ...
ListenHong Kong’s uncertain future from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
China’s ceremonial parliament, the National People’s Congress, endorsed a national security law for Hong Kong on Thursday. Many residents are concerned that the law will undermine civil liberties a...
ListenDumpster diving, forged signatures, and alleged immigration fraud from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CBC News has learned about an alleged massive immigration scheme involving illicit job offers, hundreds of Chinese nationals, and dozens of business people in Saskatchewan. The story follows an inv...
ListenTow truck wars: Police allege fraud, arson and murder from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
York Regional Police announced an enormous bust taking down alleged organized crime rings in Southern Ontario’s tow truck industry this week. Police say that for the last three years, rival compani...
ListenWhat the Taylor Swift controversy tells us about who really profits from recording artists' work from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This weekend, pop superstar Taylor Swift penned a distraught Tumblr post in which she took the news of a business deal very, very personally. Her former record label, Big Machine, was sold to music...
ListenMilitary exposes disturbing conditions in Ontario's pandemic-struck nursing homes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cockroaches, rotten food, improper feeding of patients. These are just a few of the disturbing details emerging from a military report into five long-term care facilities in Ontario that were hit h...
ListenWhat’s the toll of tough U.S. sanctions on Iranians? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Monday, news broke that Iran violated a key part of the 2015 nuclear agreement. This comes about a year after the U.S. unilaterally pulled out of the deal. Iran says it breached the agreement be...
ListenJoe Rogan’s appeal and $100-million deal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Love him or hate him, Joe Rogan is one of the biggest names in podcasting. Now, he’s inked a $100-million deal with Spotify that could turn the podcasting industry on its head. Nick Quah, writer o...
ListenFamilies grieve, seek justice, after Ethiopian Air plane crash from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This March, a Boeing 737 Max 8 plane crashed in Ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board. 18 of them were Canadian, and several more were permanent residents. Now, six families from Canada who los...
ListenOntario is moving in the wrong direction—why? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Saturday, images of thousands of people at a crowded park in downtown Toronto went viral, infuriating people across Ontario for the flagrant disregard of social distancing. It was a bad look for...
Listen“The place is a jail”: How kids are treated at the U.S.-Mexico border from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There has been renewed attention on the treatment of migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border over the last two weeks. First, accounts of inadequate food, water and sanitation at U.S. Customs and...
ListenFan culture and #ReleaseTheSnyderCut from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After years of fervent campaigning from fans, director Zack Snyder’s cut of the 2017 Justice League movie has been greenlit for release in 2021. Culture critics John Semley and Tina Hassannia on wh...
ListenThe fight to make handguns illegal in Canada from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, we speak to Toronto Liberal MP Adam Vaughan, who says he disagrees with his party’s stance to rule against a handgun ban. Is the fight to ban handguns in Canada over?
ListenAlberta beef, outbreaks and the flaws of industrial farming from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canadian cattle farmers are having a hard week. The beef industry was already struggling after deadly mass outbreaks of COVID-19 hit the heart of Canada’s meat processing industry in Alberta, causi...
ListenAfter thirty horses die, questions about racing’s future from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The death of 30 horses at the famed Santa Anita racetrack in California this season has sparked a public outcry over animal welfare. The facility is owned by The Stronach Group, a wealthy Canadian ...
ListenA practical guide to Canada's slow reopening from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Across Canada, the economy is slowly reopening. This week, with physical distancing measures in place, restaurants can resume dine-in services in B.C., retail shops with street entrances in Ontario...
ListenSidewalk Labs offers a futuristic vision for Toronto, but at what cost? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After 18 months of consultation, Google sister company Sidewalk Labs has released its master draft proposal to develop a portion of Toronto’s waterfront. The proposal includes everything from an af...
ListenAmazon whistleblowers on their journey from inspired to fired from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Amazon has seen an incredible demand for its products during the COVID-19 pandemic. But, it is also facing a wave of criticism over not doing enough to ensure the safety of its warehouse workers. W...
ListenWhat issues will shape the 2019 federal election? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With the House of Commons adjourned and the federal election just months away, summertime hours mean Members of Parliament and hopeful candidates will be out campaigning on the BBQ circuit. The wri...
ListenHow the 5G conspiracy makes COVID-19 fight harder from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A series of cell phone tower fires in Europe and Canada have been linked to a conspiracy theory about 5G networks and the coronavirus — a theory that’s been boosted by celebrities and politicians,...
ListenCanadian corporations dodged up to $11-billion in taxes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
According to a new report from the Canada Revenue Agency, in just one year - 2014 - Canadian corporations did not pay up to $11-billion in taxes. That amount is part of the “tax gap”. It’s the diff...
ListenIntroducing Someone Knows Something: Donald Izzett Jr. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In Someone Knows Something Season 6, Debra has been searching for her son, Donald Izzett Jr. for 25 years. The last time she spoke with him was Mother’s Day. He had called from a road trip, but sou...
ListenFacebook’s plan for a new global currency from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Facebook announced it will launch a cryptocurrency in 2020. A new global currency, available to billions of people - is something like that legal? Or a good idea? Jon Porter from The Ver...
Listen‘Big companies getting bigger’: The post-pandemic future of retail from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We're still a long way away from getting back to the pre-pandemic normal. As shutdowns drag on in some cities across North America, some business owners are starting to close up shop for good. Toda...
ListenControversial Trans Mountain pipeline approved, but will it get built? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The federal Liberal government has now approved the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline for the second time.This is a key step for the much-delayed pipeline project that’s meant to carry nearl...
ListenCOVID-19 unlocks wave of loneliness from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Loneliness posed a public health crisis for many countries years before anyone heard of COVID-19. But how does loneliness manifest at a time -- not sure that's exactly what we're trying to say; sug...
ListenWhat would it take for Canada to meet its climate targets? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Canadian government has already admitted that it probably won’t be able to meet its Paris climate targets, the international agreement Canada signed promising to significantly reduce emissions ...
ListenBryan Adams backlash sparks conversation about xenophobia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams is facing a backlash after posting a rant about the origins of the pandemic on Instagram Monday. And although Adams doesn’t name China, or Chinese people, the...
ListenYour Guide to Canada’s Edible Pot Rules from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Canadian government has introduced rules around the sale of edibles and other weed products, like topicals. Sol Israel from The Leaf News walks us through what these new regulations look like, ...
ListenPro sports begin to climb back from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This weekend marked the return of a major sporting event to North America, the first since the pandemic forced leagues into lockdown in mid-March. UFC 249 brought mixed martial arts fighters back i...
ListenBONUS: Hong Kong protests and fears of China’s long reach from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Throughout the week hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents took to the streets to protest a proposed extradition bill. Many fear it will be used to target dissidents who speak out against the...
ListenIs COVID-19 an 'extinction event' for newsrooms? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canadian newsrooms have had serious financial woes for years now. But since the coronavirus pandemic began, layoffs, cuts and closures across the country have left many teetering on the brink of su...
ListenRaptors Win! Raptors Win! Raptors Win! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For the first time in franchise history, the Toronto Raptors won the NBA Championships. They beat the Golden State Warriors Thursday night in game six of the championship, 114-110. It was a remarka...
ListenWho will be the next leader of the Conservative Party? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, previously paused by the COVID-19 outbreak, is back on. The party will select its new leader in August, by mail-in ballot. To...
ListenHow a far-right hate group operates in rural B.C. and across the country from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Far-right group Soldiers of Odin has been developing chapters across Canada and popping up at anti-immigration protests throughout the country. It’s a group that Canadian border security officials ...
ListenCargill: North America's largest single coronavirus outbreak from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
North America's largest single coronavirus outbreak started at Cargill, a meat-packing plant located in High River, Alta. Over 1,500 cases have been linked to it, with 949 employees testing positiv...
ListenThe Uninhabitable Earth: A grim portrait of the future of climate change from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author David Wallace-Wells on his matter-of-fact book, “The Uninhabitable Earth,” and what happens if we don’t slow the pace of climate change.
ListenSex assault allegation lingers after Joe Biden’s denial from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former U.S. vice-president Joe Biden is denying an allegation that he sexually assaulted a Senate staffer twenty-seven years ago. The allegation was made by Tara Reade in March. Reade was among the...
ListenIs Ontario Premier Doug Ford a problem for the federal Conservatives? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In a rare move, the Ontario legislature will take a break until October 28th, one week after the federal election. So why the extended break? Political watchers say that might have to do with Premi...
ListenIn Brief: How does COVID-19 affect kids? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As the world continues to socially distance - a few countries are easing restrictions for children. But, it’s still unclear how COVID-19 affects kids. Some doctors are raising concern over a myster...
ListenDecades of sexual abuse at one Ottawa high school from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Over the course of decades, dozens of students were sexually abused by three different teachers at one Ottawa high school. Some students spoke up and told other teachers. But it wasn't until 2016 t...
Listen'Too big to fail': COVID-19 and Canadian real estate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Could the "wealth-conjuring machine" that is Canadian real estate grind to a halt after the COVID-19 crisis exposed its worst weaknesses? That's the concern many who watch a sector that makes up a ...
ListenWill Boris Johnson be the next UK Prime Minister? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
UK Prime Minister Theresa May resigns as leader of the Conservative Party on June 7th. But she will stay on as a lame duck Prime Minister until her successor is chosen. Today on Front Burner, CBC E...
ListenThe puzzling unknowns of COVID-19 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Until about 5 months ago, no one had heard of COVID-19. And, despite the overflow of information and research since then, there is much we still don’t know about the virus itself and the disease it...
ListenThe lessons of the Central Park Five from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Netflix miniseries has rekindled interest in the case of the Central Park Five who became poster children for bias in the justice system and served decades for a crime they did not commit. Filmma...
ListenCanadian Peter Nygard, ‘pamper parties’ and rape allegations from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Peter Nygard is a fashion mogul who made his fortune selling sensible clothing to middle-aged women. He was also known for throwing so-called “pamper parties” in the Bahamas and for a raging feud w...
ListenWhy Kawhi Leonard is more than just a stoic NBA superstar from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Toronto Raptors face the Golden State Warriors for game three of the NBA Finals tonight. It's an exciting time for fans of Raptors superstar Kawhi Leonard. Today on Front Burner, freelance spor...
ListenQuebec’s high-stakes plan to re-open from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Quebec’s premier, François Legault, has announced a plan to re-open the province in May, and he says the province’s COVID-19 crisis is now under control — at least, outside long term care facilitie...
ListenIs Canada ready to combat election meddling online? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould on Canada's plan to deal with interference and disinformation ahead of the fall election.
ListenThe Last Dance and the making of Michael Jordan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
During the '90s, at the height of the Chicago Bulls' success, Michael Jordan was arguably the most famous athlete in the world. But in retirement, the basketball phenomenon has largely stayed out o...
ListenInquiry calls murders and disappearances of Indigenous women 'Canadian genocide' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, CBC's Chantelle Bellrichard and Jorge Barrera report on the findings of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and explain why the report ...
ListenLawrence Wright predicts a pandemic in “The End of October” from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When Lawrence Wright started writing a novel about a deadly influenza virus, he delved deep into researching the 1918 Spanish Flu, and more recent epidemics like SARS and MERS. Little did he know t...
ListenWill Canada's new air travel protections actually help? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This summer, Canada's new air passenger protection regulations will begin to come into effect. The regulations apply to all flights to, from and within Canada, and include specific financial entitl...
ListenIn Brief: Ontario’s reopening roadmap, herd immunity in Quebec from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As Ontario lays out its plans to reopen, Quebec Premier François Legault pushes "herd immunity" as part of the strategy to reopen his province. But that strategy was tried elsewhere and led to rapi...
ListenRobert Mueller breaks his silence from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After two years of silence, Robert Mueller delivered his first public statement since being appointed as Special Counsel. He announced his resignation from the United States Department of Justice a...
Listen13 hours, 22 killings: New details emerge in Nova Scotia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nova Scotia is still coming to terms with the mass shooting that unfolded just over a week ago, taking the lives of 22 people. The RCMP has released a more detailed timeline, including information ...
Listen'I don't know if I can do this again,' says Everest climber as death toll hits 11 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Elia Saikaly has climbed Mount Everest eight times. He's reached the top three times. But after his most recent climb, Saikaly is wondering if he can ever go back again. He was one of many climbers...
ListenWhen will this end? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Life began returning to German streets this week as the country took small steps to slowly re-open the economy. New Zealand is set to follow suit by bringing back businesses and school for young ch...
ListenWhy Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott are running for re-election as Independent MPs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott are advocating for a less partisan political system and will run as independent candidates in the next election. Co-host of CBC's The National, Rosemary Barto...
ListenICU workers on the job, in their own words from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Since January, the staff at Markham Stouffville Hospital in Ontario have cared for hundreds of COVID-positive patients.Through a series of self-recordings and interviews, CBC's Wendy Mesley was abl...
ListenWhat the Cindy Gladue case exposes about the justice system from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered a new trial for a man accused of killing Cindy Gladue. CBC's Kathleen Harris explains why the first trial raised so many questions about how Indigenous women...
ListenIn Brief: Why oil prices tumbled below $0 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
COVID-19 lockdowns have taken a major swipe at the dominance of oil…as the worth of a barrel of U.S. oil tumbled to less than nothing. That's the first time in history that the price has turned neg...
ListenWhere do abortion rights in Canada stand today? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With the United States in a renewed fight over abortion rights, it's led many to ask: where exactly do we stand in Canada? Today on Front Burner, we speak to reproductive health historian and pro-c...
ListenFamily stories lead to revelation: 31 deaths inside care home from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Tuesday, Front Burner learned that Ontario's Orchard Villa long term care home has one of the highest COVID-19 death tolls in the country — 31 residents have been killed by the virus. We spoke t...
ListenEnvironmental rollbacks and Jason Kenney's 'summer of repeal' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A new legislative session just started in Alberta, under the leadership of Premier Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party. They're looking to introduce about a dozen bills, most of which wi...
ListenNova Scotia grieves after shooting rampage from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There are still so many unanswered questions about what happened in Nova Scotia this past weekend. What we do know is that a lone gunman went on a 12-hour shooting rampage across the province. He s...
ListenCould Iran and the U.S. be headed for armed conflict? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Tuesday Iran's foreign minister accused the U.S. of playing a "very dangerous" game. He was referring to America's decision to move warships and bombers to the Persian Gulf and, more broadly, to...
ListenChina’s ‘wet markets’ explained from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Scientists are still trying to determine the origin of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but a predominant theory is that it began in a "wet market" in Wuhan, China. This has put the spotlight ...
Listen$2-billion and counting. How the federal Phoenix pay system failed from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The IBM-built Phoenix pay software was supposed to save millions of dollars a year by simplifying payroll for federal workers. Instead, it wreaked havoc on workers' T4s and pay stubs -- while the c...
ListenIntroducing Unlocking Bryson's Brain from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bryson seems like a perfectly healthy baby. But soon doctors confirm his parents’ worst fears: something is wrong with Bryson’s brain. Despite dozens of tests over nearly a decade, doctors come up ...
ListenModi, Hindu nationalism, and what's at stake with India's election from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The election in India, the world's largest in history, has just wrapped up after a month of voting. Many see it as a referendum on sitting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's last five years in power. ...
ListenCould COVID-19 survivor blood keep people safe? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As scientists worldwide scramble for COVID-19 treatments and cures, some see promise in antibody-rich plasma of survivors. In Canada and beyond survivors are donating their blood for new, fast-trac...
ListenBeef, bucks and beauty on YouTube from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An online feud between two "beauty influencers," James Charles and Tati Westbrook, has racked up tens of millions of views on YouTube this week. Maybe you've never heard of them, but plenty of peop...
ListenFlight 752 investigation paralyzed by COVID-19 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For months, the families of those who died on Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 have been searching for more answers about what led to the downing of the plane. It’s been an uphill battle...
ListenAbortion rights under attack in the U.S. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Tuesday, Alabama's state legislature voted for a measure that would outlaw almost all access to abortion. Political watchers say this is a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling th...
ListenWHO under fire as U.S. halts funding from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
U.S. President Donald Trump has put the World Health Organization in the crosshairs, announcing Tuesday the U.S. would halt funding and accusing the agency of mismanaging the coronavirus crisis by ...
ListenWhat ISIS can teach us about fighting far-right violence online from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, professor Taylor Owen helps us understand the changing nature of online extremism and what we learned from dealing with ISIS.
ListenIn brief: Global scramble for PPE is 'utter cutthroat chaos' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As desperate countries around the world compete to secure as much personal protective equipment as they can, Canada is establishing a new supply chain to bring in millions of N95 masks and other su...
ListenTwo Newfoundlanders on the province's confounding election from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With an election this week, two Newfoundlanders, CBC reporter David Cochrane and radio host Tom Power dig into the many issues facing the province, and how voter apathy has spread during the campaign.
ListenDocuments: government played catchup as COVID-19 threat mounted from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As Canada’s fight against COVID-19 continues, questions are being raised about whether the federal government acted fast enough to prevent the spread of the virus. Now, documents show Canada two st...
Listen'Racist' letters on Senator's website trigger suspension from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Last week Senator Lynn Beyak was suspended by her colleagues without pay for the remainder of this parliamentary session. Her punishment came after posting letters on her official Senate webpage th...
ListenOne doctor's view from the ER during the coronavirus pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Brian Goldman is seeing more coronavirus cases at the emergency department of the Toronto hospital in which he works. Today on Front Burner, Dr. Goldman describes a shift in the pandemic, from ...
ListenQuebec's secularism bill praised and denounced as hearings begin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, hearings were held on Quebec's secularism bill - which aims to ban public workers in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols. There were fiery exchanges: some say the bill ...
ListenA son’s extraordinary mission to care for his mother from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Concerns about deadly coronavirus outbreaks at long-term care homes are top of mind for a lot of Canadians. Today, we speak with a man who is going to incredible, and potentially life threatening, ...
ListenHow humanity put one million species at risk of extinction from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canadian co-author of the new UN report on extinction, Kai Chan, on how the loss of one species can ripple out to affect an entire ecosystem in ways that we often "don't know until it's too late"
ListenIn Brief: Testing saves lives. Why isn’t Ontario doing more? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ontario has fallen far behind when it comes to testing residents for COVID-19; Quebec and BC are testing about twice as many residents, per capita. Today on Front Burner CBC science reporter Kelly ...
ListenTaking stock of Doug Ford's spending cuts from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, CBC Queen's Park reporter Mike Crawley on the cascade of cuts in Doug Ford's Ontario and how they might be felt in the province.
ListenAfter the lockdown: Life returns to Wuhan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s a historic moment in Wuhan, China: After 76 days, the city where COVID-19 first emerged has ended its extreme lockdown, allowing people to enter and leave the city. We speak to a Wuhan residen...
ListenHow the Mark Norman trial could be "a huge political circus" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CBC defence reporter Murray Brewster on the upcoming trial of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, and why it might turn into a political circus, right before the next federal election.
ListenLessons from the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The influenza outbreak of 1918 was the deadliest pandemic in recent history, killing an estimated 50 million to 100 million people aroundthe world. And it bears some striking similarities to the CO...
ListenHuawei exec back in court as China dispute escalates from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As Huawei's Meng Whanzou returns to court, CBC Vancouver's Jason Proctor on the repercussions from her arrest in December.
ListenIn brief: Remembering John Prine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Legendary singer-songwriter John Prine has died at 73 due to complications caused by COVID-19. He was celebrated for the way he wrote about the human condition — from thoughtful reflections on hear...
ListenWho gets to compete as a woman in sports? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya, from South Africa, has lost her appeal against proposed rules from track's governing body that require some female runners to lower their naturally high testo...
ListenOverdoses and COVID-19 on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Self-isolation and physical distancing are straightforward public health orders for most Canadians, but it's a near-impossible challenge for people without adequate housing. That's clear in Vancouv...
ListenThe push for regime change in Venezuela from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner - we speak to the CBC's Evan Dyer about an attempt to oust Nicolas Maduro as well as Columbia University Professor, Jeffrey Sachs, who says the United States, and others, need...
ListenIn Brief: anti-malaria drugs vs COVID-19, hype or hope? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine - two drugs touted by U.S. President Donald Trump, who says they could be game changing treatments for COVID-19. But around the world health experts have tried to...
ListenLiberals under fire for accepting Illegal SNC Lavalin donations from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist Harvey Cashore on the revelation of SNC Lavalin employees who made illegal campaign donations worth more than $100,000 to the Liberal Party of Canada.
ListenPregnancy in a pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Questions about the impact of coronavirus on pregnancy are running through the mind of many expectant parents. But there is scant research into how COVID-19 affects pregnancy: the disease is just s...
ListenSevere flooding afflicts Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick, again from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"We can't go through this again." Thousands of people across Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick are dealing with serious floods this week. And not for the first time. Today on Front Burner, we hear ...
ListenA COVID-19 surge is coming for Ontario from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has admitted that things are not looking good for the province, saying, “right now, today, there is very little separating what we will face here in Ontario from the devas...
ListenInside Canada's alt-right forums from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reporter Shannon Carranco got access to over 150,000 chat logs from a Canadian alt-right forum. What she found is frightening.
ListenVoices from inside: COVID-19 in Canada's prisons from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For weeks, inmates, correctional officers and penal reform advocates have been sounding the alarm that Canada's prisons are sorely underprepared for the arrival of COVID-19. Canada's chief public h...
ListenThe unlikely rise of the Toronto Raptors from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Twenty four years ago the Toronto Raptors were named the newest team in basketball - and the first franchise outside of the United States. In the years that followed, the team would go from widespr...
ListenWhy ‘V’ beats ‘U’ in the post-COVID economy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
By most measures, COVID-19 has devastated the global economy. But how much worse could it get? And what can be done to help it recover? Today, CBC senior business correspondent Peter Armstrong drop...
ListenOne year after the van attack "incels" are unrepentant from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One year after the deadly van attack in Toronto, the misogynistic online community that inspired the attack remains unchanged, says reporter Zack Beauchamp who spent a year investigating incels.
ListenIn Brief: Should you wear a mask? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise around the world — and here at home. That has many wondering whether public health officials should revisit their policies on people wearing face mask...
ListenUnderstanding the Sri Lankan attacks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ever since Sri Lanka was hit by eight coordinated bomb blasts, there have been questions about who could be behind an act of terrorism that targeted churches and hotels and left more than 320 peopl...
ListenMaking rent during a pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For many Canadians, rent is due on the first of the month. But nearly half of the households in this country have lost work due to the pandemic, and emergency government benefits are not yet in peo...
ListenHow mistrust and fear make fighting Ebola more difficult from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 800 people, and infected hundreds more. The crisis has worsened due to a local mistrust of the government and aid workers....
ListenIn Brief: Breaking down Canada’s COVID-19 numbers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Early data is starting to give an indication of how Canada is doing in its fight against the spread of COVID-19. How deadly is the virus in Canada? How is the virus spreading across the country now...
ListenWill P.E.I. be the first province to go Green? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Across Canada, there's never been a Green Party government federally or provincially. But on Tuesday, that could all change when people on Prince Edward Island cast their ballots. If the polls are ...
ListenGovernment overreach during the pandemic crisis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Governments around the world are making extraordinary moves to get COVID-19 under control -- including the curtailing of individual freedoms. In most countries, people are willing to go along with ...
ListenWhy the Mueller report doesn't exonerate Trump for obstruction from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Mueller Report identified a series of episodes involving Trump that the special counsel considered potential obstructions of justice. But Robert Mueller chose to not charge Trump with a crime. ...
ListenHow to deal with COVID-19 anxiety from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Thanks to COVID-19, most of us are isolated, glued to the news and worried about how every little choice we make could spread the virus or get us sick. And while the threat of COVID-19 is very real...
ListenHow Notre-Dame Cathedral survived centuries of war and change from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Monday, as Parisians and tourists watched in horror, a fire ravaged Notre-Dame Cathedral, destroying much of the historic church and its famous spire. Despite worries that the church will never ...
ListenInside the COVID-19 'mayhem' at B.C.'s Lynn Valley Care Centre from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The majority of B.C's 14 deaths related to COVID-19 have been from one place: the Lynn Valley Care Centre. As of Wednesday, 42 residents and 21 health care workers have tested positive for the illn...
ListenWho is Jason Kenney, Alberta's next premier? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jason Kenney will be Alberta's next premier after leading the United Conservative Party to a majority government in the province.Today on Front Burner, CBC Calgary's Allison Dempster breaks down la...
ListenTrump pushes the economy while experts warn of COVID-19 deaths from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he "would love to have the country opened up, and just raring to go, by Easter," which is two and a half weeks from now. But many public health experts ...
ListenSex assault reforms held up by senate "old boys," says former Tory leader from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, former Conservative leader Rona Ambrose on why she thinks her bill on judges sexual assault training must pass, and soon.
ListenIn Brief: Who qualifies for the COVID-19 aid package? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Parliament has approved a $107-billion aid package to help Canadians struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the prime minister has said people will be able to access those benefits within 10 ...
ListenWinter is ending: Game of Thrones' impact on pop culture from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
HBO's Game of Thrones has just launched its eighth and final season. Since 2011, it has shaped everything from the way that television is broadcast to conversations about gender, politics, and powe...
ListenCOVID-19’s other frontline workers: grocery store staff from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Even as most businesses in Canada have shut their doors, grocery stores remain open. And workers in those stores – who are often in low-wage positions – are worried about their own safety as COVID-...
ListenOscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney on the Julian Assange arrest from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Thursday, Julian Assange was arrested and taken out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Oscar winner Alex Gibney made a film about Assange in 2013, and talks to us about the Wikileaks founder's...
ListenCOVID-19, Hong Kong, and a warning from the future from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the global fight against the spread of COVID-19, Hong Kong has been recognized for its success keeping the number of cases low despite its proximity to China. Today on Front Burner, Shibani Maht...
ListenThe long fight over a "secular" Quebec from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yet another Quebec government is proposing a bill designed to affirm the province's religious neutrality. The Coalition Avenir Quebec's Bill 21 seeks to ban public workers in positions of authority...
ListenOn careless social distancing Prime Minister says "enough is enough" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The prime minister is firing off a warning today to Canadians who are not abiding by social distancing measures. He said “enough is enough” and asked people to “go home and stay home.” On tonight’...
ListenNXIVM's Allison Mack pleads guilty to role in alleged sex cult from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Monday, NXIVM member and former Smallville actress Allison Mack pleaded guilty in a New York court to racketeering charges for her role in a cult-like group called NXIVM. Mack is one of several ...
ListenA few moments of joy during the pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Things are not great. But people still are. And some good is happening. For example: competitive marble racing has gone viral because of the void left by professional sports. Artists are live strea...
ListenFormer Facebook insider's wake-up call to the "catastrophe" of big tech from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Canadian government is considering regulating social media giants like Facebook. This comes after the release of a report by Canadians electronic spy agency, showing how Canadians are vulnerabl...
ListenCoronavirus: mortality, beds and respirators from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As deaths and confirmed cases rise the number of ‘Acute-care’ beds and ventilators in Canada is causing concern. On this episode of Front Burner we zero in on Canadian deaths and discuss whether ho...
ListenThe political longevity of Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu is put to the test from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Benjamin Netanyahu has been the Prime Minister of Israel for ten years. If he is re-elected and stays on in the job through the summer, he'll be longest serving Prime Minister in the country's hist...
ListenLaid off? Gig gone? Closed? Government says COVID-19 help is on the way from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
COVID-19 has sent an economic shockwave through this country with countless livelihoods impact in the short term, and maybe permanently. To help, the federal government announced an $82-billion aid...
ListenA controversy over race, rap and country music from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For weeks, the song "Old Town Road" by rapper Lil Nas X had been climbing the country music charts. After Billboard disqualified the hit saying it wasn't "country" enough, there's been a big conver...
ListenWho gets the COVID-19 test, and why from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Public health bodies like the World Health Organization tell us that widespread testing for COVID-19 is key to fighting the pandemic. But we’re also hearing that some provinces are planning to tigh...
ListenFrustration, hypocrisy and the SNC scandal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was protested by dozens of young women with political aspirations who were visiting the House of Commons. This came just hours after expelling Jody Wilso...
ListenCoronavirus: The race to find a vaccine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With no clear end in sight, the urgent race for a vaccine is on across the world. This week, hopes for a vaccine grew as some biotech players are seemingly making progress. But, some experts cautio...
ListenHow do anti-carbon tax provinces plan to fight climate change? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week a new federal carbon tax on fossil fuels came into effect in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick. These are all provinces that took a hard pass at creating their own version...
ListenWhen social distancing is a matter of life and death from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Government and public health officials are urging Canadians to practice social distancing. But what, exactly, does that mean? We speak to a man with cerebral palsy who says that for him, social d...
ListenThe story behind unsolved murders in Toronto's gay village from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this season of Uncover: The Village, reporter Justin Ling reveals the history of unsolved murder and missing persons cases in Toronto's gay village.
ListenPeter Mansbridge on COVID-19, 9/11 and the 2008 market crash from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s been an overwhelming few days of developments around the COVID-19 pandemic. As cases tick upwards, and more drastic measures are taken to curb the outbreak - CBC’s former chief correspondent P...
ListenA secretly-recorded phone call, and the growing SNC-Lavalin scandal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CBC Power and Politics host Vassy Kapelos breaks down the secretly-recorded phone call between former Attorney-General Jody Wilson-Raybould and former Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick - as the S...
ListenCoronavirus: Canada closing border to most non-citizens from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canada is barring entry to all travellers who are not citizens, permanent residents or Americans, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today. Will the prime minister’s new measures have a meanin...
ListenWhite supremacist and homophobic posts force UCP candidates out from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Since the writ dropped in Alberta, two candidates have resigned from the United Conservative Party over Islamaphobic, white supremacist, homophobic and transphobic messages on social media. This is...
ListenPro-labour, pro-union Conservatives? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In recent public and media appearances, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has talked up the need to fight inequality through labour rights, and lamented the decline of unionization in the private se...
ListenBefore the storm: Is Canada ready for COVID-19? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From U.S President Donald Trump suspending most travel from Europe, to major sports leagues suspending their seasons — efforts to slow down the COVID-19 pandemic are ramping up. Infectious disease ...
ListenThe woman who hid Edward Snowden from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When Edward Snowden showed up at her door, Vanessa Rodel had no idea who he was. Then she saw his face of the front page of the newspaper. Rodel and her daughter have just arrived in Canada as priv...
ListenUpdate show: New vaccine, election conspiracy, fisheries fight from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, we’re bringing you updates on three stories we’ve been following: the latest vaccine news, a new twist in the Mi’kmaq lobster dispute, and a Canadian company embroiled in a m...
ListenMH17 jet attack murder trial begins — suspects still at large from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A trial has begun in Amsterdam for the murder of the 298 people killed in 2014 in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash over Ukraine. But the four men charged are still at large, and although Rus...
ListenWhy Disney Absorbed Fox, Apple Wants to Make TV from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After the merger of Disney and Fox, one movie studio controls almost 40% of the box office. The merger puts Disney in a position to compete with big tech companies like Netflix and Apple in the str...
ListenLessons learned, forgotten from the 1st wave from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The second wave of the coronavirus is battering much of the country right now. Over the weekend, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec all had record-breaking new case numbers. As som...
ListenCoronavirus: WHO says COVID-19 is a pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What does it mean that WHO is now calling COVID-19 a pandemic? And what’s behind the idea of “flattening the curve”? Plus, Prime Minister Trudeau has announced measures to fight the outbreak, inclu...
ListenHe survived a massacre and became living evidence from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 1982 a brutal massacre in a small farming community during the Guatemalan civil war left over 160 men, women and children dead. Over thirty years later, one of the men responsible for the horrif...
ListenThe trial of Alek Minassian from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It was one of the most harrowing attacks in recent Canadian history. Alek Minassian plowed into pedestrians on a busy section of Yonge Street in Toronto with a rented van, killing 10 and wounding 1...
ListenConservative kingmaker picks his candidate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The temperature of the federal Conservative leadership race has just been cranked up by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. Kenney stepped out of Alberta’s legislature to give an unambiguous endorsement ...
ListenMueller: no collusion, no obstruction, no exoneration from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A summary of Robert Mueller's investigation into possible collusion with Russia during the 2016 election is out. CBC Washington correspondent Keith Boag breaks down what we know so far, and the imp...
ListenFree Britney? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Britney Spears lost a legal battle to remove her father as her conservator — a court-ordered agreement that has put him and a lawyer in charge of her finances and daily life since 2008. ...
ListenCOVID-19 comes for the stock market from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It was a historically bad day for global markets. The twin factors of COVID-19 and a collapse in the price of oil led to widespread panic and one of the worst days in the stock market in years, wit...
ListenHow far right influencers thrive on YouTube from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Christchurch mosque shooter formed his radical views online. Today, an examination of how far right communities spread their toxic messages on the Internet and how they use YouTube to do it.
ListenFake wolves and real military propaganda in Canada from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For some time now, Ottawa Citizen journalist David Pugliese has been digging into the so-called ‘weaponization’ of the Canadian military’s public affairs branch. He’s recently obtained documents su...
ListenA radical program to address the domestic violence crisis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In Canada, domestic violence has reached crisis levels. But in Saint Paul, Minnesota, a radical domestic abuse intervention project is showing the way forward, and how to save countless lives. Kati...
ListenCould pharmacare in Canada be a reality? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week's federal budget laid some initial groundwork for the possibility of a national pharmacare plan in Canada. But with a contentious election year ahead, there are still plenty of questions ...
ListenEverything you need to know about Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, as COVID-19 cases continue to climb across the country, there is a glimmer of hope for returning to normal life: a vaccine. Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech say that results ...
ListenU.S. scrambles to contain COVID-19, and it's a problem for everyone from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have reached double digits. As efforts to contain the coronavirus in the U.S. continue, certain factors make it even more difficult. First, there's a shortage of test ki...
ListenWho will take on Trump in 2020? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CBC Washington reporter Lyndsay Duncombe guides us through the growing list of Democratic presidential candidates vying to run in 2020.
ListenThe long road ahead for US President-elect Joe Biden from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joe Biden is now U.S. president-elect. But Donald Trump is still in the White House. And there are no signs of a co-operative transition on the horizon. Today, longtime CBC Washington corresponden...
ListenBaby business Part 2: The parents from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What happens when your fragile parenthood dream is not in your control? In the second part of our series on surrogacy in Canada, we look at how the surrogacy industry affects parents. The costs can...
ListenInside Alberta's 'House of Cards' scandal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rachel Notley is expected to declare the date of the provincial election any day now. And within a matter of weeks, voters will cast their ballots to pick the next provincial government of Alberta....
ListenI’ll take “Icons” for 400, Alex from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For 36 years, Alex Trebek hosted the trivia show ‘Jeopardy!’ with gravitas and wit. On Sunday morning, Trebek died of pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years old. Today, we discuss Trebek’s legacy and ...
ListenBaby business Part 1: The surrogates from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As infertility rates go up in Canada, desperate couples are turning to surrogacy. But a new investigation reveals that because there are few federal regulations on the surrogacy system, the process...
ListenThe aftermath of the Christchurch mosque shootings and the rise of far-right extremism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mass shootings at two mosques on Friday evening in Christchurch, New Zealand, were felt around the globe. We hear from Adrienne Arsenault, who is in Christchurch. And from Stephanie Carvin, a forme...
ListenPolice in Canada are using controversial facial recognition software from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
That photo you posted to Instagram? It might be a part of Clearview AI’s massive database of some 3 billion images, all scraped from the internet. The facial recognition app has experts worried abo...
ListenBrexit is still a mess from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A few months ago we did an episode on Brexit. We talked about how the whole Brexit process has been a mess. Well, it's still a mess. This week there were three votes in the UK parliament. First, MP...
ListenBiden versus Sanders II: Setting up Super Tuesday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders got off to a strong start in the early primaries and caucuses, but former vice-president Joe Biden is right behind him in the race for the Democratic presidential nomina...
ListenWhy your cell phone bill is so high and what can be done about it from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canada has some of the most expensive cell phone plans in the developed world. It has to do, in part, with access to the country's wireless spectrum. As another round of wireless spectrum gets auct...
ListenIntroducing The Dose with Dr. Brian Goldman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Dose is a new weekly podcast that answers everyday health questions like: What vaccines do adults need? Does your Fitbit actually make you fitter? Or, should I bother taking vitamins? Dr. Brian...
ListenIs the Boeing 737 Max 8 safe? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A growing list of countries have grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 following a crash that killed 157 people, including 18 Canadians. Not even six months ago the same type of airplane plunged into the J...
Listen'The precipice of a pandemic' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From Iran to Italy to South Korea — there are new epicentres for the coronavirus. On Thursday, World Health Organization officials stressed the need for governments to have national preparedness pl...
ListenInside Canada's Crypto Mystery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reporter Alex Posadzki on how the death of a Canadian cryptocurrency entrepreneur has caused the disappearance of about $180-million in digital currency.
ListenA radical disability advocate's fall from grace from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, a shocking report from L’Arche revealed Jean Vanier sexually abused at least six women. Less than a year ago, longtime Globe and Mail reporter Ian Brown wrote the obituary of Vanier. Bro...
ListenFive lingering questions about the SNC-Lavalin scandal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We've heard from the key players in the SNC-Lavalin scandal. There's former Attorney-General Jody Wilson-Raybould, who said she was subjected to inappropriate pressure by the Prime Minister's offic...
ListenDebating Canada's energy and climate future from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The shelving of the Teck Resources Frontier project — an oilsands mine twice the size of Vancouver — has many arguing over the right balance between climate action and resource development. Today o...
ListenDespite reported 'cure', the fight against HIV continues from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, a major milestone in HIV/AIDS research made headlines worldwide. A man known as the "London Patient" has seemingly been "cured" after receiving a bone marrow transplant from a donor with...
ListenWeinstein conviction: a watershed moment for #MeToo? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A New York City jury has found Harvey Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and of third-degree rape. Today, Megan Garber of The Atlantic joins Front Burner to unpack the co...
Listen'Nothing happened here beyond the normal operations of government.' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In his much anticipated testimony Gerald Butts, the Prime Minister's former principal secretary, laid out a counter-narrative to the allegations of political interference in the SNC-Lavalin case.
ListenThe fight over public/private healthcare in Canada from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A challenge to Canada’s public healthcare system resumes Tuesday in BC’s Supreme Court. Dr. Brian Day -- who runs two private healthcare clinics in Vancouver -- says Canadians should have the right...
ListenAccused of espionage, how a Canadian couple survived Chinese detention from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Monday, Chinese authorities accused two Canadians who have been detained since December of being spies. This news comes as Canada proceeds with a U.S. extradition request for Huawei's CFO Meng W...
Listen'No safe haven': The escalating crisis in Idlib, Syria from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in Syria's Idlib province. Nearly one million people have been displaced since a Russian-backed Syrian government offensive began in December, forcing hundre...
ListenWhat 'Leaving Neverland' means for Michael Jackson's legacy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"It's something we'll have to grapple with in an ongoing way," says Slate music critic Carl Wilson about the challenge of coming to terms with the sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson i...
ListenAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos' $10B climate pledge from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said this week he will donate $10 billion to fight climate change — working with others "both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting thedevastating impact o...
ListenThe secret network that helped Rahaf Mohammed escape from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reporter Nahlah Ayed discovered a private group chat where women are helping each other flee repressive regimes
ListenRail blockades cause political impasse for Trudeau from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking Canadians to show "resolve" as he seeks an end to the rail blockades locking up trains in Canada. Hundreds of millions of dollars in goods are sitting idle ...
ListenHow tensions grew between India and Pakistan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The relationship between India and Pakistan has historically been troubled, but this week, tensions escalated with both countries launching airstrikes against one another. "There's of course the la...
ListenFormer Catholic priest alleges superiors covered up his sex crimes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2015, former Catholic priest Paul-André Harvey pled guilty to 39 counts of sexual assault and gross indecency against young girls. Before he died in 2018, he did something that sent shockwaves t...
Listen'They did not stop.' Jody Wilson-Raybould details alleged political pressure from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Wednesday, Jody Wilson-Raybould told the Justice Committee she had been pressured by the PMO to get a deferred prosecution agreement for SNC Lavalin. "I experienced a consistent and sustained ef...
Listen2 lives shattered by airline tragedies, a conversation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hamed Esmaeilion lost his wife and daughter in the downing of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 in Iran. Renée Sarojini Saklikar lost her aunt and uncle in the bombing of Air India Flig...
ListenWhy R. Kelly's Charges Were a Long Time Coming from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After years of allegations, singer R. Kelly faces ten charges of aggravated sexual assault. Music critic Lindsay Zoladz talks about the case, and why #metoo moved more slowly in the music industry.
ListenWet’suwet’en: Why B.C. is a battleground for Indigenous land rights from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s been a week of nationwide protests, blockades and arrests over the Coastal GasLink pipeline, a section of which would pass through traditional Wet’suwet’en territory in northwestern British Co...
ListenJagmeet Singh wins divisive race in B.C. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has won a seat in the riding of Burnaby-South. It's just one of three byelections that took place across the country. The CBC's Briar Stewart and Hannah Thibedeau break dow...
ListenGuantanamo Bay, torture and the long road to a 9/11 trial from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's been almost 20 years since four jets were hijacked mid-air and crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York, the Pentagon in D.C., and a field near Shanksville, Penn., ki...
ListenShould Tech Companies Pay Us For Our Data? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Our behaviour online creates a lot of data that's useful for tech companies - what we buy, what videos we watch on YouTube, what movies we see on Netflix. Author Glen Weyl says if tech companies ma...
ListenTrudeau’s UN charm offensive in Africa from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off an eight-day charm offensive in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this past weekend, attending a meeting of the African Union. Now, he’s Dakar, Senegal. And it’s all pa...
ListenWhy residential school survivors want an apology from the Pope from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An unprecedented summit on the sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church is taking place at the Vatican. For many victims, it's a chance to seek justice. That includes Evelyn Korkmaz, a residen...
ListenWet'suwet'en RCMP standoff sparks national protests from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The bitter fight over the construction of a natural gas pipeline in Northern B.C. continues to escalate. Over the last several days, the RCMP has moved in to enforce an injunction order to allow Co...
ListenExplaining the Vancouver Measles Outbreak from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With eight confirmed cases, Vancouver is facing Canada's worst measles outbreak in years. Dr. Natasha Crowcroft on why the infectious disease is having a worldwide comeback.
ListenAre taxpayer handouts over for Bombardier? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today, the Canadian company Bombardier is more than $9 billion US in debt. Over the years, it has received billions in taxpayer bailouts. But after some big failures, layoffs and criticism over exe...
ListenWhat does United We Roll stand for? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Tuesday a convoy of trucks arrived in Ottawa. The rolling protest is driven by Canadians who want pipelines, hate carbon taxes and are calling for more help for the Alberta economy. But there is...
ListenFront Burner Presents Uncover: Satanic Panic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Throughout the 1980s, Satanic cults were widely believed to be terrorizing and torturing children. There were hundreds of false allegations and countless lives torn apart — but never any real proof...
ListenTrudeau's right-hand man resigns amid SNC-Lavalin scandal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Monday afternoon one of the most powerful men in Ottawa resigned. Following allegations of political interference in a court case involving engineering giant SNC-Lavalin, Gerald Butts stepped as...
ListenCanadian government emails defend herbicide linked to cancer by U.S. court from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A CBC report has uncovered a series of internal government emails showing Canadian officials defending the use of glyphosate, frequently sold under the brand name Roundup. It's a herbicide that wa...
ListenShould Canadian ISIS fighters be allowed to return home? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two Canadian women have surrendered to US-backed forces after spending years in ISIS-controlled territory. Journalist Michelle Shephard made a documentary about a similar case last year. She says r...
ListenA controversial police probe into fatal BC train derailment from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s been a year since a runaway train derailed near Field, B.C., killing the three crew members on board: Dylan Paradis, Andy Dockrell and Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer. But questions remain about wh...
ListenTwitter trolls target Canadian pipeline, immigration debates from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CBC/Radio-Canada journalists crunch the data on more than 9-million troll tweets and reveal foreign campaigns to influence Canadians' opinions. Retweets focused on issues like pipelines and immigra...
ListenOne family’s fight to get airlifted out of Wuhan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When Megan Millward and her husband Lie Zhang left their home in Montreal to visit family near Wuhan for Lunar New Year, they had no idea they would be putting their small family, and two young chi...
ListenAn essential timeline of the Mueller investigation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The talk around Washington these days, is that the Mueller investigation is winding down. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry into whether there was collusion between Donald Trump's presidenti...
ListenA call to govern media giants like Netflix, Amazon Prime from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A new federal report proposes sweeping changes to Canada’s broadcasting and telecommunications sector. The recommendations range from bringing online media platforms like Yahoo and Facebook under t...
ListenA widening scandal and SNC-Lavalin's history of alleged corruption from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With Jody Wilson-Raybould's resignation from the Liberal cabinet, the scandal involving SNC-Lavalin and the Liberal government continues to grow. CBC investigative reporter Dave Seglins guides us t...
ListenIn the race to lead the Democrats, Iowa caucuses can make or break campaigns from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Months of Democratic strategizing and in-fighting culminates on Monday in the first caucus of the party’s 2020 leadership race. Historically, the Iowa caucuses are the first hint of which candidate...
ListenWho is Venezuela's rival president? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Juan Guaidó is touring Venezuela this week, meeting with journalists and citizens. But while Canada acknowledges Guaidó as the official president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro says the job is still ...
Listen'There was no plan': The long road to Brexit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tonight, at 11 p.m. local time, it finally happens: Brexit. It's been almost four years since Britain launched a referendum on whether to leave the European Union. To remember the highs and lows of...
ListenCatching up on the SNC-Lavalin Liberal scandal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ottawa is reeling after a story broke late last week alleging that the Prime Minister's Office pressured former Attorney General and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the prosec...
ListenThe fight over witness testimony at Trump’s impeachment trial from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As early as Friday the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on whether or not witness testimony will be allowed at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. It could be a real game changer, especially in light ...
ListenThe aftermath of the Quebec mosque shooting from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I can't even venture to guess how long it'll take for people to feel safe again." CBC reporter Catou MacKinnon covered the shooting at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City on January 29, 201...
ListenAn enormous open-pit mine and the future of the Alberta oilsands from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Right now, there’s a proposal for a massive oilsands project awaiting approval from Justin Trudeau’s cabinet. The Teck Frontier mine is thought to be one of the largest oilsands mines ever proposed...
ListenRussia, America and a new nuclear arms race from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nuclear weapons expert and Obama adviser Jon Wolfsthal on how the treaties that once prevented a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia, could be unravelling today.
ListenContending with all of Kobe Bryant's legacy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
NBA legend Kobe Bryant died on Sunday in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, California, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people. The 41-year-old 18-time NBA all-star won f...
ListenCuts and leaks in Doug Ford's Ontario from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's only Wednesday, but Ontario premier Doug Ford has already had a jam-packed week. On Monday, an unnamed civil servant was fired and the police were notified in relation to a leak from inside th...
ListenHow to fight a viral disease outbreak from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The coronavirus outbreak has come to Canada. A man in his 50s who’d recently been to Wuhan, China is Canada’s first “presumptive case,” and is being treated in a Toronto hospital. Today, on Front B...
ListenHow a Canadian watchdog turned the tables on an undercover operative from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In December a digital privacy watchdog began receiving mysterious emails from businessmen who didn't seem to exist. John Scott-Railton from the Citizen Lab joins us to try and understand why his gr...
ListenAn inside look at white supremacist group The Base from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Last week, former reservist Patrik Mathews was arrested by the FBI on firearms-related charges. Front Burner first covered his story last summer, when he was being investigated by law enforcement f...
ListenIs more oil on rails safe for Canada? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Oil is being put on trains and moved across Canada in increasing numbers. Today on Front Burner, Winnipeg Free Press reporter Dylan Robertson explains why a lot of people are attributing this to a ...
ListenPutting the brakes on facial recognition technology from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A leaked draft memo revealed recently the European Union is considering a temporary ban on the use of facial recognition technology in public spaces. And in the last few days, Google's CEO and the ...
ListenWhat an Omar Khadr Google search warns us about misinformation online from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, a Google search result listing Omar Khadr as a Canadian soldier gained a lot of traction online, inciting anger from many people, including Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer. CBC t...
ListenAs Wuhan virus spreads, fears about pandemic readiness from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A new virus spreading out of China has caught the attention of infectious disease experts around the world. That's because it bears some strong similarities to SARS, the respiratory disease that ki...
ListenInside the Humboldt Broncos crash sentencing hearing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, the truck driver who caused the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is facing his sentencing hearing. CBC reporter Susan Ormiston joins us from Melfort, Saskatchewan to talk about how the victims...
ListenHuawei’s Meng Wanzhou extradition fight begins from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Meng Wanzhou’s extradition hearing finally kicked off this week. It’s been just over a year since the Huawei chief financial officer was arrested on fraud charges. The arrest ignited a massive dipl...
ListenSerial killer Bruce McArthur pleads guilty from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Tuesday, Bruce McArthur pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder and we heard never-before-released details about the evidence in the case. But as we hear from freelance reporter Ju...
ListenMiracles and money: A look inside televangelist Benny Hinn’s ministry from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For decades, televangelist Benny Hinn has travelled the world, reportedly performed miracles on stage and raked in cash. In that time, CBC’s Bob McKeown has done several investigations into the con...
ListenHow Canadian reporter Daniel Dale fact-checks Trump from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale tries to fact check everything U.S President Donald Trump says. It keeps him working at all hours and his reporting has drawn attention all over the world. Dale ta...
ListenWorld’s biggest money manager sees profit potential in climate change action from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, host Jayme Poisson talks to business professor Sarah Kaplan about the decision by the world’s biggest money manager, BlackRock, to make climate change central to its investme...
ListenCanada fires off-message ambassador to China from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canada's ambassador to China, John McCallum, was forced to resign after making multiple comments that were out of step with the federal government's stance on the Canadian arrest of Chinese Huawei ...
ListenOne man’s fight for his right to die from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ron Posno knows how he wants to die: on his own terms and with help from a healthcare professional. He’s an advocate for people with dementia and a volunteer with Dying with Dignity Canada from Lon...
ListenEl Chapo's Canadian connections from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One of the world's most notorious drug lords, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is on trial in New York and a star witness just revealed a lot about Chapo's Canadian operation. The National Post's Brian F...
ListenWho wants to lead the Conservative Party of Canada? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada has officially started. There have been a lot of questions about who might run ever since Andrew Scheer quit last December. To...
ListenB.C.'s serious money laundering problem from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The toll of British Columbia's money laundering problem is climbing, with recent reports suggesting that about a billion dollars a year have been laundered through the province's casinos.This week,...
ListenFlight 752 fallout: the view from Iran from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, as anti-government protests erupt in Iran over the shooting down of Flight 752, reports are coming out that live ammunition is being used in the police crackdown. We speak to...
ListenDeciem and the death of Brandon Truaxe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brandon Truaxe, the founder of Canadian skincare company Deciem, has died after a year-long public unravelling. He built 'The Abnormal Beauty Company' into a worldwide brand through a combination o...
ListenRoyal family tested by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s ‘Megxit’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today the top members of the royal family will meet to discuss Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s future role inside the British monarchy. It’s the first time the Duke of Sussex will be in the same r...
ListenWomen accuse former RCMP doctor of sexual assault from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canada's national police force is once again at the centre of disturbing allegations. Multiple women have come forward accusing a former RCMP doctor of sexually assaulting and harassing them decade...
ListenQuestions swirl after passenger jet ‘shot down’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that intelligence now indicates that a missile likely brought down the Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran - killing 176 on board, including 63 Canad...
ListenKaren Wang, race and Canadian politics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"If you just say 'vote for me because I'm Chinese-Canadian', it didn't work. It hasn't worked, and it won't work." Former NDP MP Olivia Chow is a seasoned politician who has strong connections to t...
ListenTragedy in Iran: Canadians mourn enormous loss of life in jet crash from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As the world sat on edge Tuesday night, fearful that increasing violence and belligerence between the U.S. and Iran could escalate into war, tragedy struck. But not the tragedy anyone was expecting...
ListenHow Yemen's cyberwar could shape future conflicts from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yemen's brutal civil war has produced the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet, with thousands dead and millions facing starvation. But there's another dimension to the conflict - the battle ove...
ListenLife inside Australia’s devastating wildfires from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Australia's eastern coast has been ravaged by wildfires that have killed at least 25 people, decimating precious ecosystems, and left an estimated 500 million animals dead. Today on Front Burner we...
ListenWet'suwet'en protests highlight Indigenous pipeline divide from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The debate over a natural gas pipeline in Wet'suwet'en territory continues this week following protests over the arrest of 14 people at a blockade in the remote B.C. community. CBC reporter Chantel...
ListenHarvey Weinstein, NDAs and living in silence from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Harvey Weinstein's criminal trial starts this week. The former movie producer faces charges of predatory sexual assault and rape, and has pleaded not guilty on all counts. Today on Front Burner, Th...
ListenThe inside story of Rahaf Mohammed's escape from Saudi Arabia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canada has granted asylum to Rahaf Mohammed, a Saudi teenager who fled to Thailand to escape alleged abuse from her family. CBC's senior correspondent Susan Ormiston shares the inside story of Moh...
ListenU.S. killing of top Iranian general stokes worries over wider conflict from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the days since the Trump administration ordered a lethal drone strike in Baghdad on Iran’s second-most powerful man, Qassem Soleimani, Iranian officials have promised “vigorous vengeance” agains...
ListenWas a Canadian's death sentence in China an act of diplomatic retribution? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Chinese court has sentenced Canadian Robert Schellenberg to death for drug smuggling. His retrial was announced a few weeks ago, amid growing tensions between Canada and China. The CBC's Asia cor...
ListenGuns, gangs and racism in a Prairie city from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Regina’s crime rate is nearly triple that of Toronto. The neighbourhood of North Central Regina is considered one of the most dangerous in the country. CBC’s Duncan McCue, along with the Fifth Esta...
ListenThree views on Maxime Bernier from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Maxime Bernier says the People's Party of Canada will be on the ballot across the country in the upcoming federal election. But for a lot of people, the new fiscally-conservative libertarian party ...
ListenQuebec begins controversial 'values' test for newcomers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Quebec Premier François Legault came to power saying he would protect the province's cultural identity by reducing its intake of immigrants. On Jan. 1, Legault fulfils part of his controversial pla...
ListenAmid desperation, Canada targets Venezuelan 'dictatorship' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As Venezuela struggles with food shortages and hyperinflation, journalists Adrienne Arsenault and Evan Dyer describe the conditions on the ground and how Canada is responding. Minister of Foreign A...
ListenA neo-Nazi connection, the U.S.-Mexico border, and beauty YouTubers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In over a year, Front Burner has covered a lot of stories. But we haven’t had time to follow up on all of them. Today, we revisit a handful, from the Canadian link to a militant neo-Nazi group call...
ListenEurope's lessons for Trump's border wall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As the debate rages in the U.S. over funding for Donald Trump's proposed wall on the country's southern border, we ask CBC correspondent Nahlah Ayed just how effective Europe's barriers have been i...
ListenK-pop's promise and peril from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This was a banner year for K-pop. South Korean pop music — known for aggressively catchy hooks, flawless choreography and highly photogenic performers — had been popular in the West for decades. Bu...
ListenHow benzos and Xanax culture propel the opioid crisis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Why have benzodiazepines like Valium and Xanax been involved in a large number of Canadian opioid overdose deaths? Zachary Siegel, a journalist and fellow at Northeastern University, breaks down be...
ListenGreta Thunberg and the rise of the youth climate movement from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
She's the teenager who skipped school — and sparked a global protest. Today, Greta Thunberg is instantly recognizable by her stern demeanour and singular message: When it comes to climate change, l...
ListenChina's plans to dominate space from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"By 2045, China wants to become the strongest space power and space technology-based power in the world," says Namrata Goswami, an expert on China's space program. One step towards that goal is the...
ListenFront Burner’s 2019 news quiz from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This December, Front Burner hosted a live show at the CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. In this second part, host Jayme Poisson was joined by CBC personalities Peter Armstrong, Elamin Abdelmahmo...
ListenUber and the perils of the gig economy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The fact that these three judges really got this power imbalance between workers and this huge behemoth multi-national corporation...was just really breath-taking." Labour law professor and gig ec...
ListenThe year in news — live! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This December, Front Burner hosted a live show at CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. In this first part, host Jayme Poisson was joined by CBC personalities Peter Armstrong, Elamin Abdelmahmoud an...
ListenJagmeet Singh is fighting for his political life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"This is his biggest political test to date. It will decide the fate of Jagmeet Singh." With a federal election looming, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is under intense pressure to win a seat in the Hous...
ListenTaking stock of Amazon's enormous ambition from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Amazon is a giant company, but in reality, it's probably far bigger and involved in far more activities than most people are aware — think cancer research and police surveillance. Today on Front Bu...
ListenWhy the US Government is Still Shut Down from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The United States government is entering the thirteenth day of a government shutdown that some predict will last for weeks. So how does this end? CBC correspondent Paul Hunter warns we are in uncha...
ListenCould suing over ‘smart guns’ curb Canadian gun violence? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In July 2018, a man went on a shooting rampage in downtown Toronto, killing two people and wounding 13 others. Now, a class-action lawsuit has been launched to sue gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson, ...
ListenCan you trust your home smart speaker? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I have a love-hate relationship with it." CBC senior technology reporter, Matthew Braga, explains how smart speakers work, why companies like Google and Amazon want you to have one in your home, a...
ListenBehind impeachment: Life in a Ukrainian war zone from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The war in Ukraine and U.S. military aid was central to this week’s impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump. That war has left roughly 13,000 people dead with many more injured and internally di...
ListenWhat's Canada's place in a chaotic world? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The power that we have comes from influence, it comes from trying to convince countries to do things," says co-host of The National, Rosemary Barton. She joins Jayme to reexamine a series of event...
ListenImpeachment, a Senate trial, and the 'dead chicken' strategy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Wednesday on the articles of impeachment. President Donald Trump is expected to become just the third U.S. president in history to be impeache...
ListenThe year in opinion from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"We must engage with people who don't agree with us," says Simi Sara host of The Simi Sara Show. She joins Buzzfeed's Elamin Abdelmahmoud and The Globe's Adrian Lee for a chat about the stories tha...
ListenCanada and the 'Afghanistan Papers' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The "Afghanistan Papers," released last week by the Washington Post, contain hundreds of interviews with high-ranking officials involved in the ongoing 18-year war in Afghanistan. The documents rev...
ListenHow Fortnite blew up in 2018 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"What Fortnite has done is break all the rules around what makes a successful video game," says Tom Power, host of CBC Radio's q. Fortnite has over 200 million registered users, and is reported to ...
ListenOne year in Chinese detention: What life is like for 2 Canadians from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It has now passed the one-year mark since two Canadians, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, were arrested and detained in China. Both were accused by Chinese authorities of charges related to spyin...
ListenThe terrible, no good year for Quebec sovereignty from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"For 40 years, sovereignty has been in elections by default because either the party in power or the party in opposition was a sovereigntist party ? that is no longer the case," says long-time Queb...
ListenAndrew Scheer out amidst private school payment controversy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrew Scheer is stepping down as leader of the federal Conservative party amidst a controversy over his use of party funds to send his kids to private school and growing criticisms over his electi...
ListenAsylum in Canada explained from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Canada doesn't have a refugee crisis. Canada has a crisis of will in terms of what we want to do," says refugee and immigration lawyer Zool Suleman about the influx of people crossing the American...
ListenTrump takes to the courts as Biden makes gains from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two days after the U.S. election, we still don’t know who the next President of the United States will be as the vote counting continues in key battleground states. Today we are joined by CBC senio...
ListenFormer hockey pros describe the sport's dark side from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has responded to a string of allegations about racism, bullying and physical abuse in the league, declaring "we will not tolerate abusive behaviour of any kind." The f...
ListenB.C. alleged terrorism case called a 'travesty of justice' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"From the justice system's point of view, you also have these bigger questions about how to conduct terrorism investigations, and investigations into these elaborate societal issues where we have f...
ListenA presidential waiting game from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election is still yet to be determined. Vote counting in crucial battleground states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin ...
ListenNew NAFTA: What you need to know from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has signed the new free trade agreement with the U.S. and Mexico. Today on Front Burner,Globe and Mail reporter Adrian Morrow explains what the new Canada-U....
ListenHow and why the "yellow vest" protests spread from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Economist correspondent Sophie Pedder says the 'yellow vest' protests in Canadian cities are different in some ways from the movement that inspired them in Paris.
ListenWhat it takes to win the White House from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Election day in the United States has finally arrived. More than 90 million people have already cast their ballots in advance — a historic high that signals just how consequential many Americans be...
ListenFall from grace: Aung San Suu Kyi defends Myanmar against genocide charge from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle for freedom and democracy in Myanmar. But now — as the current leader of her country — she's in The Hague, before the International Court...
ListenWhat does $1.6B in federal cash mean for the oil and gas sector? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"People are frustrated and they're upset and frankly, they're scared," says CBC business correspondent Peter Armstrong about workers in the oil and gas industry following months of record-low oil p...
ListenLessons from Bush v. Gore election debacle from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
By the end of election night in 2000, the new president of the United States was not clear. The crucial state of Florida was finally deemed too close to call for either George W. Bush or Al Gore. W...
ListenAmidst ‘profound political crisis,’ UK heads to the polls from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The UK election campaign is entering its final days. On Thursday, the country will head to the polls for the third time in under five years. The incumbent Tory, Boris Johnson, is promising to “get ...
ListenWho decides if you're dead? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"In the vast majority of circumstances, families and care providers in the intensive care unit are on the same page," says Dr. Brian Goldman on Taquisha McKitty's case. The 27-year old woman has be...
ListenThrone speech signals priorities, problems for minority government from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Thursday, Justin Trudeau kicked off Canada's 43rd parliamentary session with his government's speech from the throne, delivered by Gov. Gen. Julie Payette. Today, on Front Burner, Vassy Kapelos,...
ListenWill Doug Ford's friend become Ontario's top cop? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CBC Queen's Park reporter Mike Crawley says there's been pushback against the recent appointment of Ron Taverner, a friend of Ontario premier Doug Ford, to take over the provincial police force. Ma...
ListenWhat voter suppression looks like in the U.S. election from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hours-long lines, polling place closures, and voter roll purges are just a few of the ways that this upcoming U.S election is challenging voting rights in the country. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
ListenWhat an alleged 'prolific' fraudster reveals about identity theft in Canada from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, the story of an alleged “professional” identity thief who is facing over 50 fraud-related charges, and accused of stealing the identities of some 20 women by creating forged ...
ListenHow Thunder Bay police fail Indigenous people from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"When the agency that's supposed to protect you is also an agency that you fear, there is really little place for you to find shelter," says Jorge Barrera, a reporter with CBC's Indigenous Unit, in...
ListenThe downfall of NXIVM’s Keith Raniere from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Tuesday, after the painful victim impact statements of 15 people, disgraced NXIVM self-help guru Keith Raniere was sentenced to what amounts to life in prison. Today, reporter Josh Bloch tells J...
ListenWhat Canadian universities gain, and lose, by accepting Huawei funding from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Chinese tech giant Huawei is in the news again. This week is the one-year anniversary since the company's CFO, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested at a Vancouver airport, which triggered a massive diplo...
ListenWill controversial "Border Security" show get a government reboot? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CBC reporter Catharine Tunney says the reality TV show starring Canada's Border Services Agency was controversial. The show included footage of drug busts and interviews at ports of entry. It was n...
ListenBorat walks through the 2020 looking-glass from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sacha Baron Cohen's new satire, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, uses the same kind of pranks and antics as his first Borat film to tackle sexism, anti-Semitism, conspiracy theories and politics. But a ...
ListenUnited premiers could spell trouble for Trudeau from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, provincial and territorial leaders from across the country gathered in a Toronto suburb to decide on a collective agenda to present to the federal government. On Monday, the premiers cam...
ListenHow the Huawei arrest is playing out in China from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The tone here is that this is an an innocent woman. So why would you treat her like a criminal? And the idea is, if you have handcuffed someone you have presumed their guilt," says Nathan VanderKl...
ListenRenters brace for winter COVID-19 evictions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hicham Alasbachi is a Syrian refugee who lives in a one bedroom, first-floor apartment on Weston Road in North York, Ontario. He’s been there for a couple years now, but he’s not sure how much long...
ListenCanada’s rules on e-cigarettes based on ‘unproven hypothesis’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There are fewer restrictions on vaping devices in Canada than on tobacco, cannabis or even alcohol. Health Canada made e-cigarettes widely accessible based on an understanding that they could be us...
ListenRace, policing and a 'disturbing' pattern from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"If a few white people were being killed at the rate that we are being killed...we wouldn't be having this conversation today," says Desmond Cole, in response to an Ontario Human Rights commission ...
ListenTrump versus Biden: The final debate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With election day less than two weeks away, presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden debated for the second and final time on Thursday. CBC Washington correspondent Susan Ormiston discuss...
ListenUnderstanding TikTok: From viral teen videos to Chinese political censorship from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, TikTok was in the news for pulling a video critical of China's mass detention of Uighurs. Most of the popular Chinese-owned social media app's users are children and teens who share lip-...
ListenTaking the pulse of weed legalization from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"This really is the beginning of a cultural shift," says Solomon Israel, cannabis reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press. Nearly two months into cannabis legalization he breaks down the complaints - ...
ListenB.C.'s pandemic election from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This Saturday, British Columbians head to the polls in a snap provincial election. According to NDP Leader John Horgan, the intent is to maintain political stability in the next year as the provinc...
ListenLiberals fight payments ordered for First Nations children from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, the Liberal government was in a federal court, as part of its fight against an order to compensate First Nations children affected by the on-reserve child welfare system. The order is pa...
ListenSpying, industrial espionage and the arrest of Huawei's CFO from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"It's incredibly hard to overstate the significance of this arrest." CBC's economics reporter Peter Armstrong breaks down why Canada's arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou for ex...
ListenA showdown in Ottawa, and a snap election? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The prospect of a snap election has been looming over Ottawa, all because of a fight over the most unlikely of controversies: a new committee. Vassy Kapelos, host of the CBC’s Power and Politics,...
ListenSecret documents show scope of China’s mass detention of Uighurs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The systematic detention of a Muslim minority for surveillance, indoctrination and psychological modification is taking place at re-education camps in China, according to leaked official documents ...
ListenWas banning 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' the right call? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"In the context of this song it seems weird to not engage a little bit with the words and the lyrics," says writer Stacy Lee Kong after broadcasters, including the CBC, pull the song 'Baby It's Col...
Listen36 years later: The truth about who murdered Christine Jessop from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After 36 years, an infamous cold case involving the rape and mutilation of a little girl has finally been solved. The horrific mystery surrounding the abduction and murder of Christine Jessop captu...
ListenHow ‘alternative’ autism therapies lure in frustrated parents from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2008, Sandra Hart wanted to get her son Christopher some extra help. He lives with autism and has limited verbal skills, and his mother was frustrated by mainstream medical treatments. Christoph...
ListenStopping the flow of Chinese fentanyl into Canada from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"If we were doing something killing thousands of Chinese, we would hear from them loud and clear," says former Canadian ambassador to China, David Mulroney. He argues that Canada needs to pressure ...
ListenArson, violence and a decades-old fishing feud from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Opposition to the launch of a Mi’kmaw lobster fishery in Nova Scotia last month has grown increasingly violent. Over the past week, two facilities storing Mi’kmaw catches were targeted and vandaliz...
ListenCéline Dion’s surprising next chapter from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Céline Dion is one of Canada’s most successful recording artists — and according to some, the country's most culturally unappreciated star. But lately, she has found herself in a strange new place:...
ListenThe political cost of carbon taxes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As COP24 tries to set rules for how the world deals with environmental issues, we look at why the Canadian government has chosen carbon pricing as a key tool in addressing climate change. CBC repor...
ListenThe problems pile up for Alberta from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, the Alberta government detailed cuts to the province’s health service, including up to 11,000 layoffs. While all of Canada’s provinces have taken an economic hit because of COVID, Albert...
ListenJason Kenney’s government to fire man investigating his leadership race from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A bill to fire Alberta's election commissioner has passed in a legislature dominated by United Conservative Party MLAs. That's while the commissioner is investigating the UCP leadership race, won b...
ListenAfter millions in gambling debts, questions remain for MP from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Nov. 22, Raj Grewal said he would resign from his seat as the Liberal MP for Brampton East for 'personal and medical reasons'. Since then, new information has come to light...including a gamblin...
ListenA fatal 12-story fall, and a no-knock police search from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Anthony Aust died last week, after falling 12 storeys during a raid by Ottawa police of his home. He was out on bail and under the supervision of his family. His mother, stepfather, and brother spo...
ListenTrudeau’s new cabinet trades sunny ways for damage control from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Wednesday, Justin Trudeau’s new cabinet was sworn in at Rideau Hall. The scene was a lot different from 2015 when Trudeau was coming in with a majority mandate and coming off a campaign based on...
ListenShould we break up Facebook? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, lawmakers all over the world sat down to grill Facebook about privacy and fake news. Canada's reps were especially harsh on the tech giant and one MP posed a tough question: Is Facebook ...
ListenWho’s the GOAT: Michael Jordan or LeBron James? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Sunday, L.A. Lakers star LeBron James took home his fourth NBA championship and his fourth finals MVP award. He also became the first player to have won a championship on three different teams. ...
ListenUnderstanding the 'Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself' meme from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A conspiracy theory about the death of millionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been turned into a meme. The phrase "Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself" is appearing in tweets, TikToks, on liv...
ListenAfter seven months trapped inside an airport, a refugee calls Canada home from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hassan Al Kontar is now safe in Canada. But for seven long months, the Syrian refugee was stuck inside the transit area of Kuala Lumpur Airport, terrified of being deported back to Syria. Today, Ha...
ListenCOVID-19 update: Explaining rapid tests and experimental treatments from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Parts of Canada are back in lockdown as cases of COVID-19 spike across the country, particularly in Ontario and Quebec. And with the cold weather setting in, it’s tough to imagine how we may be abl...
ListenThey see no future': Hong Kong pro-democracy leader from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Violent confrontations at Hong Kong’s universities are yet another escalation in almost six months of demonstrations. Today on Front Burner, we talk to the former head of the Democratic Party of Ho...
ListenIs Canada ready for Russian election meddling? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There's a lot of evidence to suggest that social media accounts tied to the Kremlin tried to meddle in the 2016 US presidential election, the Brexit vote, the last French election, and several elec...
ListenThe Central Park Five’s Yusef Salaam on life after wrongful conviction from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When Yusef Salaam was 15, he and four other teenage boys were falsely accused of raping a woman in New York's Central Park. Salaam was imprisoned for nearly seven years before he was exonerated. Hi...
ListenDon Cherry, hockey and Canadian identity from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hockey Night in Canada aired Saturday night without Don Cherry, while his firing stoked a national debate about hockey’s place in this country. Today on Front Burner, we talk to hockey fan Noha Bes...
ListenGM Oshawa closure casts new light on bailout from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Monday, General Motors announced it is pulling out of Oshawa, Ontario, where it employs more than 2,500 people. This comes years after a major Canadian bailout pulled GM back from the brink. The...
ListenWill a fix for racial bias in jury trials backfire? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2018, the public outcry around the Gerald Stanley case, where a white farmer was acquitted in the killing of Colton Boushie, a young Indigenous man, paved the way for the creation of Bill C-75. ...
ListenFrom Nixon to Trump: How public opinion shapes impeachment proceedings from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week marks the first time in 20 years that public hearings could result in the removal of a U.S. President from office. In question is a whistleblower’s complaint alleging the U.S. President ...
ListenWhat will it take to build Trans Mountain? What will it take to stop it? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reconsideration hearings for the proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline continue this week in B.C. This is the same pipeline that the federal government bought for $4.5-billion, only to ...
ListenAging Presidential candidates loom over VP debate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Last night, Vice-Presidential candidates Mike Pence and Kamala Harris faced off in their one and only debate of the 2020 campaign. The debate comes less than a week after Donald Trump was diagnosed...
ListenIs Canadian content a casualty of the 'streaming wars'? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Disney Plus is the latest streaming service on the block, with a library stretching from those classic animated movies from your childhood, to new Marvel blockbusters. It joins Apple TV, Netflix an...
ListenWill Canada act after Jamal Khashoggi's murder? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As the political fallout of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's brutal murder becomes clearer, we look into Canada's response to Saudi Arabia with help from Canadian Press reporter Andy Blatchford.
ListenNew Green Party Leader Annamie Paul's vision for Canada from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Annamie Paul, a Toronto-based human rights lawyer, was on Saturday elected leader of the Green Party of Canada — becoming the first elected Black leader of a major federal party. She takes over fro...
ListenJudges toss cases over police credibility concerns from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Over the last five years, more than 50 criminal cases have fallen apart after a judge found a police officer gave false or misleading testimony, according to a CBC News investigation. Today on Fron...
ListenExplaining Drake and Pusha T's beef from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Tuesday, rapper Pusha T had a concert in Toronto interrupted by a brawl in the audience. Fans threw beer at him and tried to jump on stage. And now, a man is in life-threatening condition after ...
ListenHer mother survived the first wave in long-term care. Then the second wave came from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Iona Guindon felt lucky that her mother Perriette's long-term care home in Ottawa was spared in the first wave of the pandemic. But an outbreak that began on Aug. 30 exposed Iona to horrifying scen...
ListenDon Cherry’s divisive legacy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Monday, Sportsnet let go of Don Cherry after the hockey broadcaster called immigrants "you people", and claimed they don't wear poppies to honour Canadian veterans. This comes after a career fil...
ListenWhy Did Canadian Diplomats Get 'Phantom Concussions' in Cuba? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nausea, debilitating headaches, loss of balance. Those are just a few of the symptoms that a group of Canadian and American diplomats became ill with last year in Cuba, even though none of them wer...
ListenDonald Trump has COVID-19. Now what? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Sunday, doctors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center briefed the media on the health of U.S. President Donald Trump. The news conference came after a whirlwind weekend where a growing...
ListenHow an Indigenous man’s murder forced a community to confront racism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kristian Ayoungman, from Siksika First Nation in Southern Alberta, was shot and killed on a rural highway in March. CBC investigative journalist Connie Walker travelled to meet with the young man’...
ListenViola Desmond's unfinished work from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The $10 Canadian bill honouring civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond goes into circulation this week. The bill is being celebrated by many across the country. But for some, including El Jones, this i...
ListenIndigenous woman records racist abuse in her dying moments from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As she lay dying, Joyce Echaquan clicked on her phone to broadcast a Facebook Live video from her hospital bed, as staff hurled racist remarks at her. You can hear Joyce call out for her husband to...
ListenIntroducing Hunting Warhead from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A new investigative series from CBC Podcasts and the Norwegian newspaper VG. Hunting Warhead follows an international team of police officers as they attempt to track down the people behind a massi...
ListenMcGill 'hazing' survivor reflects on St. Michael's sexual assault allegations from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Police are investigating alleged assaults and sexual assaults at St. Michael's College School, including one reportedly involving members of the football team holding down another student and sexua...
ListenWill Ontario’s second wave become a tsunami? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Like many places in Canada, summer felt a bit more normal in Ontario, at least by pandemic standards. But as Premier Doug Ford said earlier this week, the province is officially in the second wave ...
ListenDigital stick-ups: The evolution of ransomware from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ransomware attacks are changing. Cyber criminals are learning to target the most vulnerable systems including our municipalities, schools and hospitals. Today on Front Burner, tech journalist and f...
ListenBrexit is a mess from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Theresa May's Brexit plan is one step closer to reality. But members of the British Prime Minister's party are resigning and she could be removed from power. CBC London correspondent Nahlah Ayed ex...
ListenU.S. President refuses to condemn white supremacists, militias in debate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
While the interruptions made the debate hard to follow, it’s what U.S. President Donald Trump didn’t say that was most notable. When asked to condemn white supremacists and far-right militias, Trum...
ListenFrom rallies to re-election: Trump’s path to victory from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
He’s a president under pressure. He’s facing impeachment, fending off lawsuits, and his approval rating is consistently below 50 per cent. But Donald Trump is also presiding over a strong economy, ...
ListenInside the hunt for alleged Mexican drug lord El Chapo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
U.S. prosecutors say Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is a brutal cartel kingpin that ran the largest drug trafficking organization in the world. As his criminal trial begins in Brooklyn, former DEA agent...
ListenA Canadian said he killed for ISIS. The RCMP say it’s a hoax from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The story was chronicled in detail in the mega-hit New York Times podcast Caliphate: a young Canadian man who claimed he had travelled to Syria to join ISIS, committing executions on behalf of the ...
ListenWestern Alienation, Part Two: Climate collision from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, the final installment of a two-part series exploring the growing political anger in Alberta and Saskatchewan. This time, Maclean’s Alberta correspondent Jason Markusoff expla...
ListenWill the NHL concussion settlement change anything? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2013 a group of hockey players launched a lawsuit against the NHL alleging that the league failed to protect players from head injuries or warn them of the risk of playing. A tentative settlemen...
ListenAnti-mask conspiracy movement thriving in Quebec from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Across Quebec, a COVID-19 conspiracy movement with ties to the far right is gaining ground — even as new cases continue to skyrocket. Today, CBC Montreal digital reporter Jonathan Montpetit joins u...
ListenWestern Alienation, Part One: Now and Then from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, the first installment of a two part series exploring the growing political anger in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Part one: deja vu. Jayme Poisson and political science professor...
ListenStan Lee's legacy is as complicated as the Marvel Universe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The day after Stan Lee's death, we look at the comic book legend's impact on popular culture. And New York Magazine and Vulture staff writer Abraham Riesman explains why Stan Lee's legacy is just a...
ListenIntroducing: Brainwashed from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brainwashed investigates the CIA’s covert mind control experiments – from the Cold War and MKULTRA to the so-called War on Terror. It’s the story of how a renowned psychiatrist used his unwitting p...
ListenDeadspin and the zombification of news from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Every member of the popular sports and culture website Deadspin’s editorial staff has resigned, after the firing of the site’s interim editor-in-chief. But tensions have been rising between Deadspi...
ListenGoogle, Alphabet and the fight over a controversial 'smart city' in Toronto from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CBC technology reporter Matthew Braga explains Sidewalk Toronto's plan to create a futuristic neighbourhood on waterfront property in downtown Toronto and breaks down why some say the high-tech sma...
Listen'Breonna Taylor's killing was an institutional one' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron on Wednesday said there would be no charges against Louisville police officers for the killing of Breonna Taylor back in March. Only one of three men involv...
ListenCalifornia’s fiery future from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There are multiple wildfires burning in California right now as they did last year, and the year before. Six of the state’s ten most destructive wildfires have taken place in the last two years. An...
ListenBridging the climate change divide from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
British author and carbon pricing expert, George Marshall, explains the psychology of climate change communication and describes the work he's done in Canada on this front - to bridge the political...
ListenLiberals promise child care, one million jobs and more from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Wednesday, the Liberals laid out what they called an "ambitious plan for an unprecedented reality" in the speech from the throne, pledging to extend some COVID-19 emergency supports, boost child...
Listen'Flying coffins': Boeing CEO faces grilling over 737 Max from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two devastating crashes, five months apart, left 346 people dead. Both Ethiopian Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610 went down shortly after take off. The victims' families are still looking for ans...
ListenMP Tony Clement's sexting and extortion scandal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Longtime MP Tony Clement has resigned as justice critic for the official opposition and is leaving the Conservative caucus after admitting that sharing sexually explicit images and video led to an ...
ListenIs COVID-19 airborne? The CDC said yes, then no from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This weekend, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sparked a major controversy after updating, then removing, a warning about the airborne spread of COVID-19. Today, CBC senior healt...
ListenDoug Ford returns from political exile from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is back in the public eye and is striking a more diplomatic tone in a bid to improve his dismal approval rating. Today on Front Burner, CBC’s Ontario legislature reporter ...
ListenThe U.S. midterm election explained from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CBC Washington correspondent Keith Boag walks us through the United States midterm election results and what they mean.
ListenYear K: The Canadian economic crisis enters phase two from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Wednesday, Justin Trudeau will lay out his plan to lead Canada through this next stretch of the pandemic. It comes at a pivotal moment, as CERB and other programs helping people stay afloat are ...
ListenMoney, misinformation and Facebook’s plans for the future from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Monday, Facebook employees wrote an open letter to the company’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, protesting the decision to let politicians run false claims on the platform. Reporter Adi Robertson on ...
Listen'We were unwanted cargo' How Canada turned away refugees during the Holocaust from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eva Wiener describes her voyage across the Atlantic and how she feels about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's upcoming apology for Canada having turned her ship back. Also, CBC Ottawa Senior Reporter...
ListenSupreme Court vacancy a game changer for U.S. election from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Just six weeks before Americans vote for their next president, the death of legendary Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has left a gigantic hole on the U.S. top court. Today, CBC’s senior W...
ListenThe rise and fall of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Sunday President Donald Trump announced that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during a U.S. raid in Syria. Today on Front Burner, Joby Warrick explains the significance of Baghdadi’s death ...
ListenVancouver's complicated relationship with Chinese money from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bloomberg's Vancouver bureau chief Natalie Obiko Pearson helps us navigate the city's complicated relationship with Chinese money. That relationship has ties to the city's housing affordability cri...
ListenTackling far-right activity in the Canadian military from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The military has a problem with far-right extremism in its ranks. We've seen it rear its head before, most recently in a CBC News investigation into a Canadian Ranger unit, which found that a B.C. ...
Listen2 generations of conservatives on the Conservative Party's future from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the aftermath of the election, two generations of conservative voices on what they think is threatening the Conservative Party, and what needs to happen if they want to win majority governments.
ListenTravelling with the migrant caravan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A caravan of about 4,000 migrants is heading north through Mexico. Their journey has become heavily politicized. CBC's senior correspondent Susan Ormiston describes what she's seen during her trave...
ListenHow we created the Western wildfires in more ways than one from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
At least 36 people have died as massive fires rip through the Western United States, engulfing towns and blowing noxious smoke north to Vancouver and other parts of Canada. Today on Front Burner, w...
ListenThe view from the conflict zone in Syria from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced a permanent ceasefire on the Syrian border with Turkey. But can the peace be stable? The CBC’s Margaret Evans on her experience travelling there last week.
ListenWho, in the world, wants to host the Winter Olympics? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Calgary city council nearly killed a bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. If a city wide vote cancels the bid, just two possible locations remain, Italy and Sweden. Those campaigns face opposition...
Listen'More than just a blip': Canada’s COVID-19 cases on the rise from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Coronavirus cases are on the upswing in Canada's four most populous provinces: Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia. On Tuesday, Ontario reported 251 new confirmed cases: the fifth day in ...
ListenElection fallout: A divided Canada from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Monday’s election results reveal stark regional divides in this country, from a Conservative blue Alberta and Saskatchewan to a resurgent Bloc in Quebec. Meanwhile, the Liberals eked out their win ...
ListenHow a B.C. man's healing journey ended in two murders from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sebastian Woodroffe's life unraveled after multiple trips to Peru to take the drug ayahuasca. What prompted his killing, and that of a Peruvian shaman? Mark Kelley from CBC's The Fifth Estate went ...
ListenYear K: A Canadian guaranteed income? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Just months ago, the idea of a guaranteed basic income wasn’t on the mainstream political radar in Canada. Now, the federal Liberal Party could make it a top policy priority for their November conv...
ListenLiberals win minority government, now what? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"We're left with a more divided country than ever...it's going to be a really hard thing for the government to address." On Monday night, Canadians voted in a Liberal minority government led by Jus...
Listen'Alt-right' social network Gab's connection to an anti-Semitic massacre from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Just minutes before one of the deadliest attacks on Jews in America's history, the alleged shooter posted a message to Gab, a social media network known for attracting white nationalists and the al...
ListenWE Charity’s rise to prominence and unexpected fall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Back in 1995, a 12-year-old in Thornhill, Ontario, was so moved by a newspaper story about the death of a boy in Pakistan who fought against child labour, that he created a charity called Free the ...
ListenRaptors preview and the NBA's China problem from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It may be election day. But it’s also the eve of the Toronto Raptors season opener. So we’re putting Canadian politics aside for one day to talk to sports writer Alex Wong. The last time we spoke ...
ListenHow Canada helped save the White Helmets from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After a harrowing escape, more than a hundred Syrian war zone first responders and their families are being resettled in Canada, as refugees. Hear the CBC's Murray Brewster describe their journey ...
ListenIntroducing: Recall: How to Start a Revolution from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The 1950s & 60s saw a wave of radical movements. Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution. The Black Panthers. Quebec and Canada had the FLQ — a showdown that dissolved into crisis. By October 1970, th...
ListenWhat you need to know before election day, Part 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today, the Conservative and Green platforms are laid out in the second of our two-part series in preparation for voting day. Power & Politics host Vassy Kapelos joins host Jayme Poisson to bring to...
ListenPREVIEW: Carbon tax or shell game? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How exactly does Canada's new carbon tax work? CBC Parliamentary reporter J.P. Tasker breaks it down.
ListenMulan and China’s growing cultural reach from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Activists are calling for a boycott of the newly released Mulan remake, after revelations that it was partly filmed in Xinjiang, a province of China known, through extensive reporting, for the dete...
ListenWhat you need to know before election day (Part 1 of 2) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today, the Liberal and NDP platforms are dissected in the first of our two part series in preparation for voting day. Power and Politics host Vassy Kapelos joins host Jayme Poisson to bring togethe...
Listen“Shoot all that you see” from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Justice has not come easy for the Rohingya Muslim victims of what serveral countries call a genocide in Myanmar. But a turning point could stem from the testimony of two men claiming to be deserter...
ListenWhy the UN is going broke from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The United Nations is facing a severe shortage of cash, according to Secretary-General António Guterres. The cash flow problem is so dire that the UN is begging member states to pay their dues and ...
ListenAs B.C. overdose deaths soar, calls for fully regulated addiction treatment from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2018, a BC Coroners Service panel called for provincial regulations to ensure evidence-based care at addiction recovery facilities. The panel said this system should be developed by September 20...
ListenPlease Explain: The strategic voting edition from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With one week to go before Canadians head to the polls, words like “strategic voting” and “coalition government” are dominating the news. CBC poll analyst Éric Grenier answers listener questions ab...
ListenRace, income inequality, and back-to-school in Canada from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The back-to-school season is in full swing this week across Canada. But this year, especially in a province like Ontario where in-class learning is completely optional, returning to school looks ve...
ListenConsent, false accusation fear and #MeToo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Journalist Robyn Doolittle has a new book out called ‘Had it coming.’ It’s been two years since the first stories alleging sexual abuse by Harvey Weinstein were published, sparking an unprecedented...
ListenWhy India is lifting its lockdown as COVID-19 cases surpass 4 million from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With over 4 million COVID-19 cases, and 70,000 deaths, India is set to surpass Brazil as the second most-affected country in the world by the coronavirus. But that hasn't stopped the country from r...
ListenInside a Russian 'propaganda tour' of Syria from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Turkish military assault on Kurdish fighters is underway in northeastern Syria. It was made possible by a U.S. decision to withdraw American military personnel in that area. Today on Front Burner...
ListenN.B. doctor says he wasn't 'patient zero' in his city's outbreak from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the spring, Dr. Jean Robert Ngola was singled out as the source of a COVID-19 outbreak in the city of Campbellton, N.B. More than forty cases would later be linked to the outbreak and two people...
ListenHow Hamilton became a 'cautionary tale' for hate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hamilton, Ontario, has the most hate crime per capita in the country. Along with that, it has ongoing weekly protests at city hall by members of the yellow vest movement and far-right groups. CBC N...
ListenJacob Blake’s shooting, police violence, and Wisconsin’s history of segregation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
U.S President Donald Trump visited Kenosha, Wis., this week, following Jacob Blake’s shooting by police, and days of protests. The unrest in the city has become a flashpoint for racial tensions in ...
ListenSalman Rushdie's journey across the U.S. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The last time Salman Rushdie won the Booker Prize, it was 1981. It's been 24 years since his last nomination. After his new book, Quichotte, came out, he was pleasantly surprised to find himself ba...
ListenSchools reopen in Quebec amid rise in COVID-19 cases from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
While most Canadian students head back to school next week, classes in Quebec have already resumed. But, just a few days in, there are already COVID-19 cases being recorded in schools, and teachers...
ListenRecapping a crucial federal leaders debate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Monday night, the six major federal party leaders faced off in an English-language debate for the only time in the 2019 election campaign. And the stage was packed: There were more leaders on st...
ListenDonald Trump’s re-election strategy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“No one will be safe in Biden's America.” Donald Trump painted a calamitous picture of a Democrat-led U.S. as he accepted the Republican nomination on Thursday. Speaking for more than an hour, Tru...
ListenWhy ‘Joker’ is a polarizing film from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This weekend, a new Joker movie hit theatres, polarizing critics and audiences with a gritty take on the DC super-villain’s origin story. The film also caught the attention of intelligence and law ...
Listen“All the talent in the world”: Remembering Chadwick Boseman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Fans are grieving the loss of actor Chadwick Boseman, best known as the star of the groundbreaking blockbuster Black Panther. Boseman died on Friday, at the age of 43. According to his family, he...
ListenFace to face with Canada’s party leaders from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week — as part of the CBC series Face to Face — five undecided voters got five minutes each with federal party leaders to ask the questions that matter most to them. The National's Rosemary Ba...
ListenThe NBA players’ unprecedented protest from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Wednesday, the Milwaukee Bucks refused to come out on the court, protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. Soon after, other NBA teams followed — and so did other athletes i...
ListenThe controversial political life of Maxime Bernier from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the sixth and final Canadian leadership profile, Jayme Poisson speaks to the CBC’s Jonathan Montpetit about Maxime Bernier, the controversial head of the People’s Party of Canada.
ListenThe suspected poisoning of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Alexei Navalny is the most prominent opposition figure in Russia, an anti-corruption crusader and a frequent Kremlin critic. But right now, Navalny is comatose in a German hospital after a suspecte...
ListenLaw forces NCAA to let some athletes finally get paid from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
U.S. college sports generated at least $14 billion last year. And while coaches get paid multi-million dollar salaries, players aren't paid at all, beyond the cost of attending the university. Now,...
ListenWhy the WHO is worried about ‘vaccine nationalism’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The World Health Organization is urging the global community to join a pact by the end of this month, where wealthier countries would commit to sharing potential COVID-19 vaccines with developing c...
ListenThe refugees of Roxham Road, Canada's busiest 'irregular' border crossing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2017 an unprecedented number of people were crossing into Canada illegally from the United States at Roxham Road to claim asylum. And in just two years, about 50,000 migrants have entered Canada...
ListenWhat it’s like being a performer during a pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Over the weekend, German researchers held a concert with over 1500 music fans to study how COVID-19 could spread at big indoor events. Here in Canada, provinces are still capping numbers at indoor ...
ListenOne doctor’s fight against the ‘Wellness Industrial Complex’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Wellness is a multi-trillion-dollar industry. Vague assertions about detoxification and restoring balance can be used to sell everything from juice cleanses to coffee enemas. But obstetrician-gynec...
ListenErin O’Toole elected next Conservative Party leader from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Erin O’Toole was elected as the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada in the early morning, on the third ballot. O’Toole’s victory wraps up an unprecedented race. But despite the obstacle...
ListenThe underdog: A profile of NDP leader Jagmeet Singh from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When Jagmeet Singh became the leader of the NDP in 2017, he was the first person of colour to lead a major Canadian political party. There was a great deal of excitement around Singh, who is known ...
ListenLessons from B.C., as COVID-19 cases climb again from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
B.C. recently hit its highest daily COVID-19 case count since the start of the pandemic, but the province isn’t going back into lockdown. The CBC’s Tanya Fletcher on why that is and what lessons th...
ListenElection panel: The promises and limits of ‘affordability’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Affordability policy pledges are front and centre in the Canadian federal election campaign. We’ve seen Conservatives and Liberals promise tax cuts. The Liberals and NDP promise to lower your cellp...
ListenQAnon gains ground ahead of 2020 U.S election from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Wednesday, U.S. president Donald Trump thanked QAnon conspiracy theorists for their support. This follows his move last week to publicly back a QAnon supporter who just won a Republican primary ...
ListenDemocrats launch Trump impeachment process from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Tuesday, U.S. Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump. Today on Front Burner, CBC's senior Washington editor Lyndsay Duncombe explains what happens next and what Joe Biden...
ListenInside Canada’s race for a COVID-19 vaccine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A global race for a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is underway. More than 160 of them are in different stages of testing around the world. Canada is in this race too. A group of scientists at ...
ListenVaping sickness: what we know and what we don't from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A young man in London, Ont., was recently put on life-support with a respiratory illness that's been linked to vaping. He was the first with that diagnosis in Canada, after more than 450 Americans ...
ListenBill Morneau steps down as Canada’s Finance Minister from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After days of speculation about a deepening rift between Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Morneau resigned on Monday. CBC Power & Politics host Vassy Kapelos on why ...
ListenNaomi Klein on climate strikes, Greta and the Green New Deal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Millions of climate strikers all across the world took to the street on Sept 20th. And there’s another strike scheduled on Sept 27th, as well. Today on Front Burner, we talk to Naomi Klein, author ...
ListenGovernor-General Julie Payette engulfed in controversy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When astronaut Julie Payette was chosen to be Canada’s new Governor General in 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said she’d “...inspire generations of Canadians.” Now, there are multiple allegati...
ListenBONUS: Alleged RCMP spy case rocks intelligence services from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Late last week, a director-general with the RCMP was arrested and charged with breaching Canada’s secrets law, for allegedly preparing to share a cache of classified intelligence material with a fo...
ListenThe roots of Lebanon’s anti-government protests from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Lebanon’s prime minister announced his resignation, along with his entire cabinet. The announcement follows massive anti-government demonstrations that erupted in the wake of the explosi...
ListenTrudeau, blackface and experiencing racism in Canada from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, we talk to the National Observer’s Fatima Syed, and to doctor Ritika Goel, about Justin Trudeau’s blackface scandal, and why for so many Canadians of colour, it’s a familiar ...
ListenWhy influencers won’t stop partying during the pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canadian YouTubers Nelk, known for staging controversial pranks, recently threw a so-called “bro-test” to fight for gyms to open back up in California, a state still dealing with thousands of new c...
ListenPhoto shows Liberal leader Justin Trudeau in brownface from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A photograph of Justin Trudeau in brownface and wearing a turban at a 2001 “Arabian Nights”-themed costume party was published in TIME Wednesday night. Soon after, Trudeau apologized, saying he now...
ListenKamala Harris is Joe Biden’s V.P. pick from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Tuesday, Joe Biden named California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, making history by choosing the first woman of colour to compete on a major party's presidential ticket. Today on F...
ListenLoneliness, suicide, substance abuse: Mental health in Alberta’s oilpatch from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, an intimate look at mental health struggles amongst workers in Alberta’s oilpatch with the co-producer of a new documentary on the subject, ‘Digging in the Dirt.’
ListenA prominent Saudi activist's detention and sudden silence from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Loujain Alhathloul, a Saudi women's rights activist who studied in Canada, has been imprisoned for the past two years. And now, her family, who used to be able to talk to her regularly, hasn't hear...
ListenControversial candidates and big campaign promises from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Not even one week into the federal election campaign and the major parties are already struggling with controversial candidates. Today on Front Burner, host of Power and Politics Vassy Kapelos and ...
ListenLife under Melbourne’s stringent COVID-19 lockdown from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The city of Melbourne, Australia, is currently under some of the world's strictest pandemic lockdown measures. Residents have to be home by 8 p.m., and anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 can ex...
ListenPlease Explain: Where the major parties stand on climate change from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In Please Explain, voters come on Front Burner to ask their biggest questions about the election. First up: Marieke Walsh from the Globe and Mail explains the party platforms on climate change, and...
ListenHow the pandemic is shaping the future of dining from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As provinces loosen COVID-19 restrictions, more restaurants are opening back up, in some capacity, all across Canada. Today, we hear from two restaurateurs about what the shutdown meant for their o...
ListenUnderstanding Vladimir Putin’s grip on power from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, CBC’s Moscow Correspondent Chris Brown takes us through Vladimir Putin’s decades-long grip on power, and whether or not a popular protest movement and falling approval number...
ListenThe aftermath of the Beirut explosion from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The explosion near Beirut’s port on Tuesday killed 135 people and injured thousands more, according to the Lebanese health ministry. Officials say 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate was the cause. Acc...
ListenMargaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale and its much-hyped sequel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, hundreds of fans gathered in London to celebrate the launch of The Testaments, the much-anticipated sequel to Margaret Atwood's best-selling novel, The Handmaid's Tale. Similar events to...
ListenWhat Trump’s threat to ban TikTok means for its users from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
U.S. President Donald Trump put TikTok on the clock this week. On Monday, Trump said that if Microsoft, or another U.S. company doesn’t take control of the Chinese-owned TikTok by Sept. 15 - he’ll...
ListenThe paths to Canadian election victory from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The federal election campaign is set to kick off today, and so does our weekly election panel. Today on Front Burner, Power and Politics host Vassy Kapelos and CBC’s polling analyst, Éric Grenier.
ListenHomeless encampments, COVID-19, and Canada's housing crisis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Since the start of the pandemic, homeless encampments have multiplied in parks across Canada. City officials are worried about safety and sanitation, and as a result, many have tried to dismantle s...
Listen‘It's all or nothing for her’: From environmental lawyer to Green Party leader, a profile of Elizabeth May from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With the next federal election just around the corner, and environmental issues top of mind for many Canadian voters, the Green Party is riding high on a rise in support. With this momentum comes a...
ListenThe risks vs. rewards of sending kids to school from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In September, schools across the country will reopen — many for the first time since the pandemic shut them down months ago. And while provinces have released their plans to keep students and teach...
ListenBianca Andreescu Brings a Tennis Grandslam to Canada from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tennis analyst Caitlin Thompson on how Bianca Andreescu won the U.S. Open this week, becoming the first Canadian to take a singles championship.
ListenTrudeau, Kielburgers grilled in hearings on WE controversy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his chief of staff Katie Telford appeared before the House finance committee to answer questions about the government's decision to select WE Charity ...
ListenFront Burner presents: Party Lines from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jayme introduces Party Lines, a new CBC podcast and a political primer for every kind of concerned citizen. The National’s Rosemary Barton and BuzzFeed News’ Elamin Abdelmahmoud are here to take yo...
ListenAfter backlash, a public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On April 18-19, a gunman went on a shooting rampage across central Nova Scotia, killing 22 people. Since then, families of the victims have been pushing for a public inquiry. That's because there a...
ListenAfter the storm: two portraits of hurricane recovery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Hurricane Dorian delivered catastrophic damage to the Bahamas. It was a Category 5 storm when it hit the island nation, with winds of up to 295 km/hr, and Prime Minister Hubert Minnis sa...
ListenThe NHL returns, exclusively in Canada from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There are daily COVID-19 tests, no fans and no going home. For the 24 NHL teams in Toronto and Edmonton, however, the prize for spending two months in a “bubble” could be the Stanley Cup. Last ni...
ListenA conversation with the 'Berlin patient,' the first person cured of HIV from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2007, a man known as the "Berlin patient" was cured of HIV through a stem cell transplant. It was an incredible accomplishment that researchers all over the world scrutinized for years to come. ...
ListenInside 60 nights of protests in Portland from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For more than 60 nights, protesters have gone out on the streets of Portland, Ore. to fight anti-Black racism and police violence. It seemed like things were calming down, but then U.S. President D...
ListenThe fight to control the Arctic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Who owns the Arctic? There are several countries who think they have a right to the North Pole or the rich territory around it. Russia has a military presence close by, and recently fired two missi...
Listen2020 on track to be Canada’s worst year for police killings from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
D'Andre Campbell. Ejaz Choudry. Chantel Moore. Those are just some of the names of people killed by police in Canada this year. Until now, there hasn't been a national database to keep track of th...
ListenJustin Trudeau’s record vs rhetoric examined by Netflix’s ‘Patriot Act’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, with the federal election expected to be called soon, Power & Politics host Vassy Kapelos joins us to talk about Justin Trudeau’s gamble on an interview with a U.S. comedian,...
Listen‘Tenet’ postponement spells trouble for Hollywood blockbusters from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Film buffs were still holding out hope that Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated movie “Tenet” could salvage what is left of the summer movie season. But when it was indefinitely postponed this w...
ListenMeet Justice Abella, the judge called Canada's Ruth Bader Ginsburg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella was the first Jewish woman to serve on Canada’s Supreme Court, has an internationally-recognized legal legacy, and is the longest-serving judge on the...
ListenThe race for a COVID-19 vaccine, explained from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There's new hope this week in the quest for a COVID-19 vaccine. Trials for two vaccines, one at Oxford University and another being worked on here in Canada, are showing some promising results. And...
ListenCan the Bloc Québécois return from the brink? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Bloc Québécois was once a powerful federal political party, forming the official opposition in 1993 and holding around fifty seats in the House in the mid to late 2000's. But the last two elect...
ListenB.C. admits harm in multimillion-dollar settlement for victims of disgraced social worker from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
While Robert Riley Saunders worked as a social worker in British Columbia, he was supposed to provide care and guardianship to some of the province’s most vulnerable foster children. Instead, he is...
ListenWhat a landmark ruling means for the opioid crisis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $572 million US to the state of Oklahoma, in a landmark case that saw the court find the company liable for the state's opioid crisis. Johnson & John...
ListenThe return of MLB: No spitting, fans or games in Canada from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After a four-month suspension due to COVID-19, Major League Baseball returns for a condensed 60-game season on Thursday. The old ball game, however, is going to look a bit different: there’s social...
ListenHow Andrew Luck's retirement might shape the NFL's future from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Over the weekend, star NFL quarterback Andrew Luck retired at the prime age of 29, citing his many injuries as the reason. The past few years have seen revelations about the physical toll NFL playe...
Listen30 years later a Mohawk filmmaker reflects on the Oka crisis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s been 30 years since an explosion of violence and the death of a Quebec provincial police officer on an early July morning marked the beginning of the Oka Crisis. That summer, thousands of Cana...
ListenWhy is the Amazon rainforest burning? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Monday, Canada pledged $15 million to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest. That's on top of the $26.5 million the G7 pledged at the conclusion of this weekend's gathering in France. But wh...
ListenThe enduring magic of iconic astrologer Walter Mercado from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Puerto Rican TV personality Walter Mercado wasn’t just one of the world’s most famous astrologers — for his millions of viewers, he was a spiritual guide, motivational speaker, and a bedazzled fash...
ListenDepression in the first person from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Anna Mehler Paperny first tried to kill herself when she was 24 years old, just as she was finding success as a journalist. In her new memoir, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the F...
ListenWhy B.C.'s former health officer wants to produce legal heroin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
British Columbia's former provincial health officer, Dr. Perry Kendall, has been a harm-reduction advocate for decades. Now, he's planning to launch a company to produce a domestic supply of afford...
ListenWhat is the militant neo-Nazi group ‘The Base’? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An army reservist from a town near Winnipeg is being investigated by the RCMP and the Canadian Military for suspected ties to a shadowy militant neo-Nazi group called “The Base.” Today, we’ll talk ...
Listen‘Above the Law’ chronicles police violence in Calgary from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the last few weeks on this show, we've talked about a number of police forces under scrutiny across the country. But there’s a city we haven’t talked about, one that frequently has the highest n...
ListenThe 2 sides to Justin Trudeau: A pre-election profile from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Elected on a campaign of "sunny ways" and "real change," the expectations were high for Justin Trudeau when he came into power in 2015. But after a series of scandals, the public perception of Cana...
ListenAs Bolsonaro downplays COVID-19, Brazil nears 2 million cases from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brazil is nearing two million confirmed cases of COVID-19. The country is second to only the United States in its number of cases and deaths and, recently, Brazil's leader himself tested positive. ...
ListenA veteran mob reporter on organized crime in Canada today from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Last week, a gunman in a white SUV pulled up to a restaurant on a busy Toronto street in broad daylight and shot the restaurant's owner dead. Police are saying the fatal shooting was targeted. And ...
ListenTrudeau’s WE Charity controversy deepens, and deficit 101 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is not your average quiet July in Ottawa. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is embroiled in a new ethics investigation, and now there are revelations about members of his family receiving payment ...
ListenClimate change at centre of Elections Canada partisan ad controversy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Elections Canada is at the centre of a firestorm over what it classifies a partisan issue during the federal election campaign period. Today on Front Burner, Elections Canada spokesperso...
ListenThe push for Canada’s green recovery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canada’s Finance Minister, Bill Morneau, has just released a dramatic projection of the country’s deficit this year: $343 billion, largely due to pandemic-related support programs. The unprecedente...
ListenWomen's lives upended after cancer diagnosis linked to Biocell breast implants from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In Canada and around the world, women who’ve been struck with a rare form of cancer are joining class action lawsuits against the manufacturer of the Biocell textured breast implant. Today, on Fron...
ListenPro-democracy leader Nathan Law flees Hong Kong over ‘politics of fear’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The broad and ambiguous offences under China's new national security law have Hong Kongers censoring themselves, fearing a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Pro-democracy protesters are holdi...
ListenKenora, ON, closes sole homeless shelter in the midst of a drug crisis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kenora Ontario, a small city in the province’s northwest, is in the midst of a drug crisis. In an attempt to address the situation, the city has temporarily shut down the only homeless shelter in ...
ListenFamilies demand answers, six months after Flight PS752 downing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today marks exactly six months since Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down by two Iranian missiles near Tehran. The devastating tragedy killed 176 people, including 55 Canadians...
Listen“Troubling tactics” and the ethics report on Prime Minister Trudeau from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A report from the Ethics Commissioner Wednesday said Justin Trudeau and his office used “troubling tactics” in the SNC-Lavalin case. The CBC’s Vassy Kapelos breaks down what it all means, two month...
ListenJustin Trudeau, WE Charity and a third ethics investigation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Federal Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion is investigating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the Liberal government's decision to task WE Charity with administering a $900-mi...
ListenBoris Johnson's U.K. hurtles toward Brexit deadline from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As the United Kingdom hurtles towards the October 31 Brexit deadline, newly-appointed Prime Minister Boris Johnson is playing hardball with the European Union, saying the UK is leaving deal or no d...
ListenCan an ad boycott fix Facebook’s hate speech problem? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Over 800 companies, including Microsoft, Lululemon, Pfizer and Canada’s five biggest banks are pulling their ads from Facebook this month. They’re just a few of the companies responding to the Stop...
ListenA former neo-Nazi on El Paso shooting and rise of white supremacy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joining the neo-Nazi movement was a choice that Christian Piccolini says cost him his livelihood, his wife, and his sense of self. Following the mass shooting in El Paso, he speaks out about his fo...
ListenThe politics of a dramatic COVID-19 surge in the U.S. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, CBC Washington correspondent Paul Hunter walks us through how the U.S. got to this point, President Donald Trump's role in it, and how even a mask has become a political stat...
ListenJeffrey Epstein’s death: The conspiracies and the fallout from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It was already a story mired in controversy, but with the apparent suicide of accused sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein, the scandal has only deepened. Today, on Front Burner, we turn to Marc Fisher,...
ListenMaria Ressa on her conviction, press freedom and Duterte from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On June 15, Maria Ressa, along with a former colleague of her news organization, Rappler, were convicted of ‘cyber libel’ in the Philippines. This, along with seven other charges, are widely seen a...
ListenWhy the China-U.S. trade war matters from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today on Front Burner, we sit down with the CBC’s Peter Armstrong to talk about the escalating U.S.-China trade war, and how it could affect the global financial market.
ListenCanada’s top court just sided with Uber drivers. What now? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canada’s Supreme Court has sided with a former Ubereats driver in his quest to pursue a class action lawsuit against Uber. At the heart of that lawsuit lies a long-standing question: Should drivers...
ListenBeyond the dimples: A profile of Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
He's called, "the smiling Stephen Harper," and he's known for his knack of bringing people together. But beyond his dimples, what do you really know about Andrew Scheer? Today, with the federal el...
ListenIn Saskatchewan, a domestic violence prevention law hits roadblocks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Saskatchewan has just become the first Canadian province to enact Clare’s Law, which aims to help prevent domestic violence by allowing police to warn people about a partner's violent past. But it’...
Listen'Pick up the book and read': Canadian poets on the legacy of Toni Morrison from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Toni Morrison's literary and academic career was honoured with a Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her writing explored, celebrated, questioned and critiqued the sp...
ListenLawyer Julian Falconer on Dafonte Miller’s fight for justice from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2016 a violent altercation with an off-duty Toronto police officer, and the officer’s brother, cost Dafonte Miller his eye. On Friday, officer Michael Theriault was convicted of assaulting the B...
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This past weekend saw two back-to-back mass shootings in the United States: one in El Paso, Texas, and one in Dayton, Ohio. At least thirty-one people are dead. Dozens more injured. Today on Front ...
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This is Not a Drake Podcast is a new series that uses seminal moments in Drake’s career to explore the history and evolution of hip-hop, R&B, and Black culture. It’s about the rapper who’s blurred ...
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In nine months, Front Burner has covered a lot of stories. But we haven’t had time to follow up on all of them. Today, we revisit a handful, including the mystery illness that befell Canadian diplo...
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This week, the Toronto Raptors touched down in Florida. Soon, 21 other NBA teams will join them in the state, as the NBA gears up to restart the 2019-20 season in Disney World. Meanwhile, coronavir...
ListenFlying cars, an artificial moon and Saudi Arabia's $500 billion vision for the future from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Saudi Arabia's "Neom" is a planned futuristic city-state in the desert. The project is said to include flying cars, gene editing, an island of robot dinosaurs, an artificial moon — and the most com...
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In an exclusive interview with the National’s Adrienne Arsenault, Michael Kovrig’s wife is speaking out for the first time. Vina Nadjibulla says Ottawa could do more to get her husband - and Canadi...
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A massive data breach at Capital One has led to the arrest of a Seattle-based woman who allegedly stole the private information of more than 100 million people, including 6 million Canadians. Today...
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Ejaz Choudry. D’Andre Campbell. Rodney Levi. In the last few weeks, several Canadians struggling with their mental health have been shot and killed by police after authorities were called. Today on...
ListenWhy B.C.’s orcas are at risk, and what’s at stake from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There are, at most, only 76 southern resident killer whales left in the world. Right now, there’s growing concern about the fate of J17 - the matriarch of one of the most studied orca families, J p...
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How exactly does Canada's new carbon tax work? CBC Parliamentary reporter J.P. Tasker breaks it down.
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