Inside the PEI oyster crisis
Two diseases are ravaging PEI's oyster industry and farmers and fishers say government help hasn't been enough. We travel to Tyne Valley and...
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CBC Radio's The Current is a meeting place of perspectives with a fresh take on issues that affect Canadians today.
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20 of 679 episodes"I'd like to rip someone's throat" Frank McKenna on the trade war
The former premier of New Brunswick and former Canadian ambassador to the US gives his take on the trade war, and Canada at this moment. He...
The Carley Fortune effect
A sexy new romance novel has been drawing a new generation of fans to Prince Edward Island, and now it's about to become a Netflix series. W...
North of North is back with Season 2!
We speak with the creators of the series North of North as they launch Season 2 after the show became an international hit. Stacey Aglok Mac...
U.S. hits back at Canada’s retaliatory tariffs
The White House responded to Canada's retaliatory counter-tariffs with a series of proclamations. We speak with two U.S.-based trade reporte...
Are your kids learning math the RIGHT way?
There have been alarm bells ringing for some time about dropping math scores in this country In her documentary, “Are your kids learning mat...
Being Canadian in the middle of a trade war
Former UN Ambassador Bob Rae and former Conservative cabinet minister Lisa Raitt reflect on what it means to be Canadian in the midst of a t...
Margaret Atwood: Canadians either ‘sorry or you’ll be sorry’
Canadian authors Margaret Atwood and Stephen Marche reflect on what it means to be Canadian during a trade war, and what we need to consider...
Saint John port is in the middle of a major comeback
The Saint John container port in New Brunswick is drawing attention from all over the world. The people there are positioning the place as o...
A new writing prize honouring Andrew Pyper
We speak with Heidi Pyper, the wife of the late bestselling author of The Demonologist and The Killing Circle, Andrew Pyper, about his lates...
Jax Irwin’s viral calls to strangers in Atlantic Canada
It seems like chatting-it-up is part of Maritime culture. People love to talk, even with strangers. So, Jax Irwin has made a delightful gig...
Canada's retaliatory tariffs kick in tomorrow - then what?
Our national affairs panel, CBC's Rosemary Barton, the Toronto Star's Ryan Tumility and Stephanie Levitz from the Globe and Mail, join us to...
Why your attention span is trash and what you can do about it
Can't concentrate? What about thinking deeply? Attention spans are shrinking rapidly. Cal Newport, a professor of computer science at George...
Why Germany's far-right AfD has surged in popularity
This Sunday Germans head to the polls. And the far-right Alternative for Germany party—or the AfD—is surging in the eastern state of Saxony-...
ER waits reach new lengths this summer
With fewer colds and flus, ER doctors used to care for fewer patients in the summer. Not anymore. Patients are waiting longer than ever. We...
Is Lake Ontario’s name the least of the Great Lakes’ problems?
Trump's executive order renaming Lake Ontario has caused a stir, but experts say the controversy is distracting from more serious threats fa...
Margaret MacMillan says we're not ready for the New World Order
These are unnerving times, sitting here at the beginning of September in 2026. The US-Iran war continues… Ukraine is heading into its fifth...
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 big...
The American push to keep the name “Lake Ontario”
“Hands Off Our Great Lakes” is the name of a new bill from Democratic Congressman, Tim Kennedy who represents Buffalo and Niagara Falls. The...
Are you feeling the pinch of the singles 'tax'?
There’s no getting around it - life is more expensive as a single person than it is when you’re in a couple. With singles in Canada now maki...