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- Canada’s rental crisis
Rents in Canada are skyrocketing, and tenants are struggling to keep up. One in three Canadian households rent, and yet much of the public conversation around Canada’s housing cris…
- Bonus | Nothing is Foreign: How Russia is selling the war on Ukraine
Peering inside Russia – and it’s complex web of state propaganda – presents a very different view of the war in Ukraine and who the real victims are. As nations around the world co…
- What a ban on Russian oil means for Canada
Oil prices in Canada skyrocketed this week as sanctions on Russian energy effectively shut the world’s third largest oil supplier out of the market following its invasion of Ukrain…
- How Putin is weaponizing Ukraine's far-right fringe
As he declared his war on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an odd promise to a country with a Jewish president and an annual Pride parade: He said he was doing this t…
- Some good news on COVID-19 in Canada
As pandemic restrictions continue to lift across the country, we’re joined by Zain Chagla, an infectious diseases physician at St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton, for a look at wh…
- The Ukrainians fleeing and resisting in LvivExplicit
In a flash, a view of Ukrainian civilians fleeing down a street in Irpin becomes only concrete dust. The scene captured in a video Sunday shows a mortar shell falling in the street…
- The information war in Ukraine
A new battlefield in Ukraine has opened up as each side fights to control the narrative of the ongoing war. Some experts say Ukraine and its allies are winning the information war…
- Bonus | Nothing is Foreign: Compassion, hypocrisy and racism in the Ukrainian refugee crisis
More than a million people have fled Ukraine into countries to the west, as Russian attacks continue. The refugee crisis has spurred an outpouring of international support, as neig…
- Putin’s Wars: A history in conflict (Part 2)
You can’t understand the chaos in Ukraine without understanding Vladimir Putin. The Russian president rose to power as a wartime leader, and that legacy has shaped his approach thr…
- Modern Ukraine: A history in conflict (Part 1)
Before launching his latest military attack on Ukraine last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin waged a counterfactual war on a century of the country’s history. In a nearly hou…
- Russia’s economy in the crosshairs
Since Russia invaded Ukraine last Thursday, Western powers have remained steadfast on one point: They will not engage Russia in a hot war to defend Ukraine. Instead, they are pilin…
- Epstein-linked modelling agent found dead in prison
On Feb. 19, Jean-Luc Brunel, a top French model scout and longtime associate of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead in his Paris prison cell. The 75-yea…
- Volodymyr Zelensky, from comic to wartime president of Ukraine
On Saturday morning, as war shook his country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a defiant video to his Facebook page. Standing outside, on the streets of the capital,…
- Front Burner Introduces: The Next Call - The Case of Nadia AtwiBonusExplicit
From David Ridgen, the creator of Someone Knows Something, comes the new investigative podcast The Next Call. Tackling unsolved cases through strategic phone calls. In the case of…
- The view from Ukraine as Russia invades
Early Thursday morning, Russia launched a broad-scale invasion of Ukraine, attacking the country from three sides and targeting major urban centres. Today, we hear from two people…
- The Ukraine-Russia crisis escalates
NOTE: This episode was recorded before Putin’s declaration on Wednesday evening that Russia would conduct what he called a “special military operation” in Eastern Ukraine. For mont…
- Elden Ring and an unlikely video game phenomenon
The video game phenomenon set to release Friday isn’t a U.S. military shooter, a space epic or even a carjacking simulator. FromSoftware’s Elden Ring, a fantasy game from an auteur…
- Will the political fumes of the convoy protest linger?
The streets in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa are now mostly cleared after more than three weeks of intense protest. But the debate inside Parliament carried on into Monday nig…
- Overreach at centre of Emergencies Act lawsuit
As police clashed with protesters near Parliament this weekend, a different fight was playing out inside the House of Commons: a debate over the federal government’s use of the Eme…
- Front Burner Introduces: Welcome to ParadiseBonus
Anna Maria Tremonti has been keeping her past a secret for over 40 years. As one of Canada’s most respected journalists, she has a reputation for being fearless. She’s reported fro…
