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- Inside 60 nights of protests in Portland
For more than 60 nights, protesters have gone out on the streets of Portland, Ore. to fight anti-Black racism and police violence. It seemed like things were calming down, but then…
- 2020 on track to be Canada’s worst year for police killings
D'Andre Campbell. Ejaz Choudry. Chantel Moore. Those are just some of the names of people killed by police in Canada this year. Until now, there hasn't been a national database to…
- ‘Tenet’ postponement spells trouble for Hollywood blockbusters
Film buffs were still holding out hope that Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated movie “Tenet” could salvage what is left of the summer movie season. But when it was indefinitely…
- The race for a COVID-19 vaccine, explained
There's new hope this week in the quest for a COVID-19 vaccine. Trials for two vaccines, one at Oxford University and another being worked on here in Canada, are showing some promi…
- B.C. admits harm in multimillion-dollar settlement for victims of disgraced social workerExplicit
While Robert Riley Saunders worked as a social worker in British Columbia, he was supposed to provide care and guardianship to some of the province’s most vulnerable foster childre…
- The return of MLB: No spitting, fans or games in Canada
After a four-month suspension due to COVID-19, Major League Baseball returns for a condensed 60-game season on Thursday. The old ball game, however, is going to look a bit differen…
- 30 years later a Mohawk filmmaker reflects on the Oka crisisExplicit
It’s been 30 years since an explosion of violence and the death of a Quebec provincial police officer on an early July morning marked the beginning of the Oka Crisis. That summer,…
- The enduring magic of iconic astrologer Walter Mercado
Puerto Rican TV personality Walter Mercado wasn’t just one of the world’s most famous astrologers — for his millions of viewers, he was a spiritual guide, motivational speaker, and…
- Why B.C.'s former health officer wants to produce legal heroin
British Columbia's former provincial health officer, Dr. Perry Kendall, has been a harm-reduction advocate for decades. Now, he's planning to launch a company to produce a domestic…
- ‘Above the Law’ chronicles police violence in CalgaryExplicit
In the last few weeks on this show, we've talked about a number of police forces under scrutiny across the country. But there’s a city we haven’t talked about, one that frequently…
- As Bolsonaro downplays COVID-19, Brazil nears 2 million cases
Brazil is nearing two million confirmed cases of COVID-19. The country is second to only the United States in its number of cases and deaths and, recently, Brazil's leader himself…
- Trudeau’s WE Charity controversy deepens, and deficit 101
This is not your average quiet July in Ottawa. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is embroiled in a new ethics investigation, and now there are revelations about members of his family r…
- The push for Canada’s green recovery
Canada’s Finance Minister, Bill Morneau, has just released a dramatic projection of the country’s deficit this year: $343 billion, largely due to pandemic-related support programs.…
- Pro-democracy leader Nathan Law flees Hong Kong over ‘politics of fear’
The broad and ambiguous offences under China's new national security law have Hong Kongers censoring themselves, fearing a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Pro-democracy prot…
- Families demand answers, six months after Flight PS752 downing
Today marks exactly six months since Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down by two Iranian missiles near Tehran. The devastating tragedy killed 176 people, inclu…
- Justin Trudeau, WE Charity and a third ethics investigation
Federal Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion is investigating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the Liberal government's decision to task WE Charity with admini…
- Can an ad boycott fix Facebook’s hate speech problem?
Over 800 companies, including Microsoft, Lululemon, Pfizer and Canada’s five biggest banks are pulling their ads from Facebook this month. They’re just a few of the companies respo…
- The politics of a dramatic COVID-19 surge in the U.S.
Today on Front Burner, CBC Washington correspondent Paul Hunter walks us through how the U.S. got to this point, President Donald Trump's role in it, and how even a mask has become…
- Maria Ressa on her conviction, press freedom and Duterte
On June 15, Maria Ressa, along with a former colleague of her news organization, Rappler, were convicted of ‘cyber libel’ in the Philippines. This, along with seven other charges,…
- Canada’s top court just sided with Uber drivers. What now?
Canada’s Supreme Court has sided with a former Ubereats driver in his quest to pursue a class action lawsuit against Uber. At the heart of that lawsuit lies a long-standing questio…
