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This is the abbreviated version of Checkup's call-in where we ask whether a career in the trades, or a university degree is the way to go in...

The deadline to collect signatures has passed for the Stay Free Alberta petition. The leaders of the separatist movement say they have the s...

The federal government says it will hire 100-thousand tradespeople to help build it's promised infrastructure projects. Canadians are twice...

It was ten years ago this week that a wildfire started raging southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta. It would lead the largest wildfire evacua...

This is the abbreviated version of Checkup's call-in on sports betting ads. Former Canadian Olympian Bruce Kidd wants sports betting ads ban...

Hockey and basketball playoff season is in full swing...and so are the sports betting ads. One-third of Canadians aged 18 to 29 gamble onlin...

The Trump administration rekindled the cross-border crosstalk with Canada this week, as this summer's trade deadline looms. An economist and...

Just as trade talks resume between Canada and the US, ICYMI features highlights from Checkup's 2018 show from Madison, Wisconsin. Canadians...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford tabled legislation requiring high school teachers to factor attendance into final grades. Should students lose mar...

As Canadians debate how to deal with students missing school today, back in 2005 Checkup was taking the country's temperature on whether sec...

Global EV sales are also rebounding with rising oil prices. Our AMA expert answers caller questions about EVs, hybrids and everything in bet...

This isn't the first time that future of Canada's passenger rail system has been the centre of public debate. On August 17, 1980, Cross Coun...

Canada elected a minority parliament - but five floor crossers have brought Prime Minister Mark Carney just 1 seat away from a majority gove...

A high speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City is on the table, promising jobs and billions in economic impact — but also raising...

The federal NDP is pitching public, non-profit grocery stores. They say it's to bring prices down. City governments in New York and Toronto...

We're approaching a big moment for the Artemis II mission, as the crew prepares for their flyby around the moon. It’s not a landing, but it’...

Stephen Lewis passed away early on March 31st, 2026. He appeared on Cross Country Checkup multiple times throughout his career as a politici...

Cross Country Spotlight - highlights from Checkup on Sunday. For the first time in more than 50 years, humans will swing around the moon and...

Cross Country Spotlight - highlights from Checkup on Sunday. A month into the US–Israel war in Iran, civilian deaths rise, tensions spread a...

Avi Lewis was elected as the new leader of the federal NDP party, earlier on March 29, 2026. We are revisiting another memorable moment for...
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