Why Grey Whales Are Dying
Grey whales on the West Coast of North America are in trouble. They’re skinny, starving and dying. Their numbers dropped from an estimated 2...
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The Doc Project
The Doc Project is a weekly CBC radio show and podcast. In our original documentaries, you will meet people, go places, learn things, feel things, and be surprised. We explore the big pictur...
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20 of 202 episodesA raging forest fire forces thousands to flee. It won't be the last.
On the evening of August 7th - a forest fire northwest of Summerland, BC spread at an alarming speed. The entire district of Summerland appe...
Competitive cycling grapples with dangerous crashes
Competitive cycling is a dangerous sport. Crashes are common. Even deadly. Just this year, at least 11 riders have died during races or trai...
Are your kids learning math the right way?
You can hear a pin drop inside a grade four class in Gimli, Manitoba. Kids racing to fill in as many math answers as they can. It’s somethin...
The toxic history haunting Canada's military
CFB Gagetown is known as the "Home of the Army" because nearly every Canadian soldier passes through for training. But some veterans say the...
How a small town finally got rid of vats of rotting fish
The stench in St. Mary’s, Newfoundland gets so bad sometimes, it can take your breath away. The culprit? More than 100 giant, leaking vats o...
A brand new season of Storylines coming your way !
Storylines brings you beyond the headlines and deep into someone else's world. And, we’re about to launch a whole new season! Where you'll m...
A piano teacher's last student
For Daniel Mergler, music was one of the true joys in life. He taught children to play piano for 50 years, and took his job very seriously....
Neighbours tried to help, she still ended up dead
When Jillian Hadley burst from her home, she was clutching her baby, and she was naked. She was screaming for help, trying to escape the gri...
Art in a time of war
It has been more than 30 years since the Siege of Sarajevo in Bosnia began. As the former Yugoslavia was falling Serb forces surrounded the...
How a plane crash changed their lives
In October of 1984, a plane crash in northern Alberta led the newscasts. The leader of the Province’s New Democratic Party – Grant Notley -...
Why a nun chose to live inside a Mexican prison
Mother Antonia lived in a prison, but she had not committed a crime. The Catholic nun chose to live inside the walls of a notorious Tijuana...
He survived the crash, but what came after was devastating
When Kevin Hollinsky and his two friends got in the car that night, they had the music turned up. They were normal teenagers, coming home fr...
Waking up in a tent camp after Haiti’s earthquake
In 2010, producer David Gutnick travelled to Haiti soon after the devastating earthquake there. Embedding with a local family, he slept on t...
How music revealed his hidden life
When Thelon Oeming first met Vern Nash, he was yelling in the street. Thelon had just moved into a new apartment in Toronto, and he decides...
How this mother and daughter survived as their ferry sank
When Trina Benedict tucked her 6 year old into the bunk on the Queen of the North ferry that evening in 2006, she had no idea what nightmare...
Storylines has made something special for you …
Starting next week we’re sharing some of the best of CBC’s audio documentary history. Shocking, funny, beautiful stories that we’re so excit...
He injects drug users for money
Alan is an entrepreneur of sorts. Ten years into a public health emergency in British Columbia, most deaths from toxic drugs are happening b...
The Canadian Epstein survivor
Sharlene Rochard was 16 when she left Ontario for the bright lights of New York City and Los Angeles to pursue a modelling career. She was b...
Who Killed the 21st Century Milkman?
The milkman model is simple. Bottles are filled, dropped off, emptied and picked up over and over again. That system got a Canadian entrepre...