Liberals push through bills as Parliament wraps
It was a busy end to the season in the House of Commons. CBC Chief Political Correspondent Rosemary Barton is here to talk about what happen...
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Alleged gun-for-hire network behind consulate, synagogue shootings
Toronto police announced this week that nearly 30 recent shootings across the Greater Toronto Area are linked by a multi-layered gun-for-hir...
How Andrew Tate made abuse a business
Andrew Tate – the controversial British-American influencer, and self-described misogynist – has millions of followers around the world. He...
Inside Ukraine’s kill zone
Reporter Francis Farrell of the Kyiv Independent recently took a harrowing journey alongside a group of Ukrainian soldiers into what they de...
A changed Iran emerges from war
This week, after more than a hundred days of fighting, the United States and Iran have reached a preliminary agreement to end the war, set t...
For Albertan separatists, is Quebec a model or a warning?
A common refrain among those who support Albertan separatism is that they would like a deal similar to what Quebec earned through its decade...
Bill Gates’ Epstein connections
For decades Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates built a public persona as an unrelenting, tech visionary – and later as a global health and clim...
Ottawa threatens big tech with kids’ social media ban
Canada has introduced new legislation that puts big tech social platforms on notice: change your platforms to make them safer for kids, or c...
The world’s game: politics and the World Cup
Even before a game has been played, this year’s World Cup has been the source of controversy. Officials and staff from countries like Iraq,...
A who’s who in Alberta’s separatist fight
As Alberta hurtles towards a referendum on whether or not to hold a separation referendum, we wanted to take a look at how the campaigns on...
The backlash against AIPAC
For decades, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, better known as AIPAC, has been one of the most powerful lobbying organizations i...
Weekend Listen: Hunting the Suicide Salesman
Following the critically acclaimed series Hunting Warhead, Season 2: Hunting the Suicide Salesman follows host Daemon Fairless as he takes u...
Minister defends Canada’s new AI strategy
Canada has released its long-awaited national artificial intelligence strategy. It comes as a significant portion of the country feels uneas...
Can Canada avoid a deepening recession?
Canada has entered a “technical recession,” leading to fingerpointing in the House of Commons and Donald Trump renewing his calls to make Ca...
Wab Kinew takes on separatism and big-tech
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is planting his federalist flag, wading into the Alberta separatism debate and making the case for a major new na...
How the UFC became a stage for Trump
At Donald Trump’s election victory event in 2024, he was flanked on stage by a collection of family, senior staff, and Ultimate Fighting Cha...
Does a ‘peace deal’ fuel Middle Eastern war?
Negotiations for an end to the war in Iran took a baffling turn last Monday when U.S. President Donlad Trump declared via social media that...
Weekend Listen: Artificial Intimacy
What happens when a human becomes intimately enmeshed with a chatbot? From people who’ve married their bots or who grieve their loved ones w...
Politics! Surveillance backlash, separatism drama
CBC parliamentary reporters Aaron Wherry and Catharine Tunney are back to talk about the big political stories of the week including: Prime...
Trump and the politics of corruption
There’s an old adage from the days of the Watergate scandal: “follow the money.” And in Donald Trump’s second term as President of the Unite...