A mutating virus and the need for global herd immunity
The Brazilian city of Manaus has been dealing with a raging outbreak of COVID-19, one that has left hospitals overrun and oxygen supplies dwindling; and not for the first time. The city was hit so har...
4 Helmi 202121min
'Anti-Alberta' investigation mired in controversy
In the summer of 2019, newly elected Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said he was determined to blow the lid off of what he called a "shadowy," foreign-funded campaign to crush Alberta's oil and gas indus...
3 Helmi 202122min
Trickster cancelled after Michelle Latimer controversy
On Friday CBC announced it was ending Trickster, a well-received television show that aired both here and in the U.S. There will be no second season as previously planned. The cancellation follows scr...
2 Helmi 202117min
Why has Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rate slipped globally?
As of Sunday, Canada had fallen to 27th in the world in vaccines administered, behind the U.S., the U.K. and smaller countries like Poland and Serbia, according to data aggregated by the University of...
1 Helmi 202123min
Introducing: Evil by Design
More than 80 women from around the world have accused the fast-fashion mogul Peter Nygard of rape, sexual assault, and human trafficking in incidents across four decades and at least four countries. H...
30 Tammi 202147min
The GameStop stock saga, explained
Shares of the video game retailer GameStop soared by 1,000 per cent in less than two weeks, thanks in part to a popular subreddit called r/WallStreetBets. This, at the expense of several Wall Street i...
29 Tammi 202128min
The alleged Canadian drug lord who upended the meth trade
Following a massive international investigation led by Australia, an alleged meth kingpin was arrested by Dutch authorities at an Amsterdam airport. Chinese-Canadian Tse Chi Lop is accused of running ...
28 Tammi 202118min
'Suddenly, this is all he'd want to talk about'
One woman’s story of how two of her loved ones got sucked into conspiracy theories — and how she fought to bring them back from the brink.
27 Tammi 202129min
