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...
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20 of 185 episodesThe 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...
The man who says he can halt ALS
Being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – or ALS – is a death sentence. There are about 3,000 ALS patients in Canada at any one t...
Raked over the coals: Mixing politics & music
Country star Corb Lund spent decades building a musical career without wading into politics. But when a longstanding coal policy was reverse...
Cuba is in crisis, is Canada doing enough?
Eddy Garcia never thought his family would leave their homeland. But after months of no work, school closures, and skyrocketing food prices,...
The growing risk of tornadoes in Canada
It was a late summer evening when James Blacksmith was travelling along a prairie highway. The Manitoba man saw nothing out of the ordinary,...
Why is a B.C. land claim such a big deal?
People in B.C. were caught by surprise when, in August 2025, a Supreme Court declared Aboriginal title on some privately held land, not far...
Why did it feel like King Kong shook this plane?
It’s the summer of 2019, and a flight bound for Australia has just experienced some extreme turbulence. One passenger thought the plane was...
Brain disease mimics mental disorder, woman almost dies
When Dr. Jadah Johnson first met Nora Scott, she thought she was going to die. The woman from High River, Alberta was a patient at the psych...
Is Cohousing the life hack you're looking for?
Rachel Collishaw is looking for a better way to live. She wants more connection, strong community, and support as she ages. She found a grou...
Stop Killing Us: Iranian Canadians speak out
Leila Afshari’s brother went missing in January when he joined protestors filling the streets of Iran. They were calling for regime change b...
How to Stop a Rat Boom
As rat populations spike across North America, scientists search for new ways to curb the critters. It’s a pressing task, as scientists warn...