Brazil rides the 'Donroe Doctrine's' orange wave
Right now former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is on house arrest, after being sentenced to 27 years in prison. On Sunday his son Flavi...
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Decoding the Russian plague scare
Since last week, there have been a series of alarming bits of news emerging from Siberia. It began with the mysterious death of a woman who...
Quebec separatism in the 'elbows up' era
With the election of the Parti Québécois in Quebec Monday night, it's the first time in twelve years that Canada will have a separatist gove...
Naomi Klein on Carney, trade war and 'end times'
Celebrated author Naomi Klein joins the show to talk about how Mark Carney's response to Trump's trade war echoes themes in her book The Sho...
Brexit's lessons for Alberta
Ten years ago, Britain voted 52 per cent to 48 per cent to leave the European Union. The result reshaped British politics, triggered years o...
764: the violent extremist network targeting kids online
A recent terrorism arrest in Alberta has been linked to the group 764, an extremist network that coerces children into self-harming and shar...
Who owns Canada's economy?
Prime Minister Mark Carney has been working to bring more foreign investment into Canada. At his recent Investment Summit, he told investors...
Why are residential school testimonies being destroyed?
Today is the sixth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, where the country remembers the 150,000 Indigenous kids who were taken from th...
Trump's uphill road to the midterms
In just over five weeks, Americans will head to the polls for the midterm elections and the contours of the vote are taking shape. Republica...
Disturbing new allegations about ChatGPT, Tumbler Ridge
A new investigation into the Tumbler Ridge shooter's use of ChatGPT has revealed some disturbing information. It has long been public knowle...
Is the U.S. a gerontocracy?
The United States is getting older, and so, increasingly, are the people charged with governing it. The average age of a U.S. senator is 64-...
B.C. Conservative implosion sparks snap election
On Tuesday, B.C. Premier David Eby called a snap election, two years into his term. He said the province needs to show a strong response to...
Why Russia has Europe on edge
Earlier this week, Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a record number of seats in the country's parliamentary elections. Putin is expe...
How did the Houthis become so powerful?
On Sunday it looked like the United States was about to wade back into its fight with Ansar Allah, or the Houthis, the Iran-backed group in...
Politics! Parliament’s 'consequential' agenda
Parliament returns today from summer recess, amid ongoing economic uncertainty and an unresolved trade war with the U.S. Prime Minister Mark...
Should Canada have taken the U.S. deal?
It's been almost a month now since trade talks between the U.S. and Canada collapsed and Mark Carney's government walked away from a deal. C...
The EU opens the door to Canada
At her State of the Union address yesterday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, made a historic offer: she want...
Why is Trump so focused on Haiti?
For years, hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in the United States have been protected from deportation under a program known as Tempo...
Why are AI leaders calling for a slow down?
It's been a remarkable week in the world of Artificial Intelligence. Last Tuesday, a researcher resigned from Anthropic, saying AI companies...
Risk and reward at Carney’s big investment summit
This week, some of the biggest financiers in the world will be gathering in downtown Toronto along with Prime Minister Mark Carney and the c...