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....
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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 195 episodesNeighbours 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...
A dead horse at the end of the driveway
When Loretta Zaluski found the skeleton of a dead horse near her home she was a little scared, and worried. But she wasn’t as confused as so...
How it feels to get caught in an avalanche
Backcountry skier Hannah Hughes realized she couldn’t fight the wall of snow when it hit her. She survived but the experience has her rethin...
The game, the wager, and the cost for young men
Online sports betting and casino games in Canada generated $12.5 billion in revenue last year. But more than half that money ends up offshor...
A birth without doctors
Sarah Essiambre was determined to give birth to her third baby at home. But, she said doctors told her she’d never have a vaginal birth afte...
Why some Albertans want to ditch Canada
For five months, people pushing for Alberta separatism have been travelling the province gathering signatures. Now it’s up to the province a...
Ibogaine: Controversial psychedelic drug some say offers freedom from addiction
Some people struggling with opioid addiction are turning to a powerful psychedelic called ibogaine. The drug is derived from the bark of an...
Swipe left, right or delete?
Have you ever sat staring at your screen wondering – swipe left or right? If so, you’re in the company of millions of people who use online...