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The Current
Three stories to expand your worldview, delivered daily. Matt Galloway cuts through a sea of choice to bring you stories that transcend the news cycle. Conversations with big thinkers, household names, and people living the news. An antidote to algorithms that cater to what you already know — and a...
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The ABCs of the Canada-Alberta MOU
It’s been just over four months since Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a memorandum of understanding giving Albert...
Baseball brings in the robots
Are the days of yelling at the umpire gone? Major league baseball is using new technology to check if a strike is really a strike called ABS, the Auto...
Wanna Bet? Prediction markets are coming to Canada.
Imagine a world where you can bet on everything from when the war in Iran will end to how many tweets Elon Musk will post in a week. That world exists...
22 Minutes’ Mary Walsh on life’s highs and lows
Most Canadians know comedian Mary Walsh from her iconic characters on the CBC TV show, This Hour has 22 Minutes.But the story of Mary Walsh's life goe...
No joy: when music falls flat for people
They're not tone-deaf. They don't have the blues. Music just falls flat for them. Host Matt Galloway speaks with Bill Weiss, who is among a small perc...
Is This War About to Get Bigger?
Talk of negotiations is everywhere but so are signs of escalation, in the U.S., Israel and Iran war. Inside Iran, people are trapped between fear of w...
NDP’s new leader, Avi Lewis, lays out the road ahead
Newly elected federal NDP leader Avi Lewis lays out the steep climb ahead for the federal NDP and the new vision endorsed by party members this weeken...
Will the Blue Jays make it back to the World Series?
Baseball is back! After a shorter-than-usual off-season, the Blue Jays return to the Rogers Centre, kicking off the MLB season. So what does the team...
What's the path forward for the federal NDP?
After facing their worst-ever election result less than a year ago, the federal NDP are electing a new leader at their party convention in Winnipeg th...
Canadian efforts to help the crisis in Cuba
Cuba is still recovering from a major blackout this past week as it continues to grapple with severe fuel shortages, rolling blackouts, and dwindling...
Why Canada wants to launch its own satellites
Brig.-Gen. Christopher Horner, commander of 3 Canadian Space Division, explains why Canada is interested in cementing the ability to launch its own sa...
A "generational” deal for WNBA players
We’re just over a month away from the 30th season of the WNBA and there are going to be some big changes in the league this year. Players signed a his...
Are baby boomers addicted to their phones?
Millennials were the first generation to grow up with the internet. Now, some are looking at their parents and questioning how much time they are spen...
Iranian playwright Ava Alavi on her fears for her country
Playwright Ava Alavi moved from Iran to Canada shortly before Mahsa Amini was arrested and beaten for allegedly violating Iran's headscarf law. Amini'...
Will the Supreme Court overturn Bill 21?
The Supreme Court of Canada is hearing arguments about a Quebec law that, among other things, forbids teachers from wearing religious symbols at work....
The Future of Sport in Canada
Justice Lise Maisonneuve weighs on what needs to change in sports in Canada so that athletes can feel safe. Plus, Adam van Koeverden, the federal Secr...
How the Mounties spied on Indigenous activists
A CBC investigation reveals how RCMP spies surveilled, infiltrated and wiretapped legitimate political Indigenous organizations in the 1970s. "It just...
Lesley Chesterman on how to cook like a Montrealer
Montreal is the gourmet capital of Canada, and the cookbook author and former restaurant critic Lesley Chesterman is an evangelist for the food cultur...
What we can learn from the resilience of trees
For the past four decades, world renowned biologist Nalini Nadkarni has risked her life studying trees. In 2015, she fell from a 50-foot bigleaf maple...
A conversation with Canada's Auditor General
Canada's Auditor General Karen Hogan lays out her latest report findings, which detail lags in RCMP recruitment and gaps in sharing information around...
What may have caused the Air Canada crash at La Guardia
Two pilots died when an Air Canada Express jet crashed into a fire truck. Former air traffic controller Michael McCormick says more than one thing lik...
Women are being secretly filmed with Meta glasses
Kassy Zanjani in Vancouver found out she had been secretly recorded on a stranger's Meta smart glasses after seeing a video of herself on social media...
How war in the Middle East is upending the global economy
Stuck ships, wrong ports, and higher costs: war in the Middle East is causing headaches for worldwide supply chains. New York Times reporter Peter S....
Why are more young Canadians self-harming?
A new study shows the number of young Canadians treated for self-harm has more than doubled in the last 25 years. Montreal filmmaker Alex Anna talks a...
When it comes to sports betting, does everyone lose?
With the legalization of sports betting in Canada, and much of the United States, watching your favourite team has changed. If you don't partake, you'...
Cigarette butts help birds
New research from the University of Lodz in Poland seems to show that some birds get healthier if they use cigarette butts in their nests.
A Canadian company is helping white supremacists fundraise
CBC’s investigative program, the fifth estate--has spent months looking into two Canadian platforms and the role they play in monetizing hate--under t...
Cubans in exile want an “end to communism”
Millions of people in Cuba are still without electricity after the country’s power grid collapsed on Monday. It comes as the U.S. has an oil blockade...
Why risky play is good for kids
The Canadian Pediatric Society says "risky play" is good for kids’ mental, physical and social health — even if it might result in injury. In an inter...
E-waste is on the rise in Canada, here’s why you should care
From old cellphones and chargers to fridges and washing machines, Canadians are getting rid of more old technology than ever. We speak with two Canadi...
The power of kindness and other life lessons from a priest
Father James Martin is known around the world for giving voice to Catholics who are often excluded from their church, including those in the LGBTQ com...
Can American doctors solve BC’s healthcare woes?
Is British Colombia’s push to recruit American doctors actually easing the strain on the healthcare system, or just offering a short-term fix? We look...
The creator of Wordle on life after a hit and his new puzzle
Josh Wardle made puzzling cool with his enormously popular word guessing game Wordle. Now he has a new puzzle called Parseword that aims to make crypt...
The earlier the better: Doctors want younger screening for colon cancer
There is a growing cohort of younger Canadians being diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Now, the Canadian Cancer Society is calling for the screening...
How the US-Israel-Iran war is revealing our overdependency on fossil fuels
The war between the US, Israel, and Iran is driving up the price of oil and sending shockwaves around the world -- especially in Asia, which relies he...
SpaceX's 1 million satellite plan could change the night sky
Scientists say a proposal to launch a million satellites into Earth's orbit is short-sighted, and highlights the need for more regulations as companie...
How the World Baseball Classic brings a new level of joy to the sport
Every few years, something magic happens in baseball: an eccentric mix of top major league stars and amateurs passionately pursuing the sport get the...
An bhfuil Gaeilge agat? Why Irish ‘isn’t a dead language’
Do you speak Irish? Young people are picking up Ireland’s native language, both inside the country and here in Canada. The Current’s Padraig Moran ask...
Has Banksy’s true identity finally been revealed?
After decades of mystery, an investigation by Reuters, spanning from Ukraine to New York, may have just revealed the street artist Banksy’s identity....
Carney boosts Canada’s Arctic defense
The Prime Minister was in Norway last weekend, meeting with Nordic leaders to discuss strengthening defense capabilities in the Arctic. It came off th...