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The Big Story

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An in-depth look at the issues, culture and personalities shaping Canada today.

Episodes — page 81

  1. A trip inside the world of online reputation rehab

    Some people deserve to have awful Google results. But a lot more people don't, and end up with them thanks to a vendetta, a soured relationship, or a targeted harassment campaign.…

    E47220:13
  2. In Ottawa, a tale of two protests ... and a dangerous ending

    It might not look like it, but when you walk among them it becomes clear there's more than one group in Ottawa. If you want to find evidence that the protesters are peaceful, ordin…

    E47128:29
  3. Is Russia really about to invade Ukraine?

    Or is Vladimir Putin bluffing to gain the world's attention? The history of Russia-Ukraine conflict dates back decades and can only be properly understood by looking at what has co…

    E47021:35
  4. A strange correlation between alternative schools and vaccine hesitancy

    If you want to know which kids are least likely to get vaccinated, there’s a decent way to tell — they're the ones attending an alternative school. Even before covid, with traditio…

    E46925:24
  5. Inside a peaceful protest that stopped a pipeline

    Amid the current rhetoric around protests across Canada, it's worth examining what successful, peaceful protest looks like, and what we can learn from it. It took more than half a…

    E46829:30
  6. The fight for the soul of the Conservative party

    Since Stephen Harper left, the federal Conservatives are on their fifth leader in six years. Later this year they'll likely choose a sixth—and the party's eventual choice will go a…

    E46724:47
  7. Why are some grocery store shelves empty? How high will food prices go?

    Depending on where you stand, you may have blamed anything from Covid-19 to vaccine mandates, protesters to climate change, or even the federal government for the empty shelves you…

    E46624:25
  8. The incredible, feel-good story of Canada's men's soccer team

    For decades, Canada's men's soccer team was irrelevant at best, a punchline at worst. While the women's side went on to Olympic medals and World Cup runs, the Canadian men ... did…

    E46525:43
  9. Who went to Ottawa, why are they still there and what happens now?

    It was only ever barely about vaccine mandates. As thousands of Canadians took their grievances to Ottawa, some of the ugliest parts of the far-right joined them, distorting a mess…

    E46425:16
  10. What happened to Michael Dunahee?

    The four-year-old boy, who went missing in 1991, might be Canada's most famous missing person. Thirty years after he vanished from a Victoria, BC playground, a new podcast retraces…

    E46321:15
  11. Are pop culture critics living inside bubbles?

    Some critics have declared Harry Potter "over", or Lin-Manuel Miranda "cringe". In the real world, both Potter and Miranda remain enormously popular with people of all ages. Do cri…

    E46219:56
  12. Why was Tonga's volcanic eruption so powerful?

    You could hear it as far away as Alaska and the West coast. It was many, many more times powerful than an atomic bomb and the largest volcanic eruption in more than 25 years. What…

    E46124:08
  13. As Ontario nears a child care deal, can it help end the she-cession?

    Every province and territory except Ontario has made a deal with the federal government on its affordable child care plan. And with an election looming most think Doug Ford will fa…

    E46022:21
  14. Two years into a pandemic, not much has changed for migrant workers

    The first summer and fall of the pandemic, foreign migrant workers who come to pick Canada's fruits and vegetables were experiencing some of the toughest working conditions around.…

    E45923:30
  15. Is a fish fight brewing between the US and Canada?

    British Columbia has put regulations in place to protect its dwindling salmon stocks, as fewer and fewer fish are returning to spawn. But those regulations don't apply in Alaska, a…

    E45820:48
  16. Gold, greed and lies at the Cordova mine

    Investors — a lot of them — were told there was gold in the Cordova mine, and that's what they believed. But there wasn't. All that was there was a rundown office inhabited by bats…

    E45726:42
  17. Universal health care is at a crossroads in Canada

    Almost since the day the pandemic began, provincial leaders have promised more hospital and ICU capacity. They've promised hundreds of beds, thousands of beds...and two years later…

    E45629:28
  18. How an incident in PEI put hockey's changing culture on display

    If Keegan Mitchell had just kept his head down and played hockey, none of this would have happened. And we'd all be worse off for it. But when the junior player stood up for a team…

    E45518:56
  19. Why are Toronto streets still so deadly?

    Toronto's Vision Zero plan is now five years old. The city's residents are still waiting for it to work. On Boxing Day, the latest tragedy saw a car jump a downtown curb onto a bus…

    E45419:55
  20. Will the federal government finally do right by First Nations children?

    Fifteen years ago, a human rights complaint was filed against the federal government over their fundamentally unequal treatment of First Nations children in the child welfare syste…

    E45323:20
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