When social distancing is a matter of life and death
Government and public health officials are urging Canadians to practice social distancing. But what, exactly, does that mean? We speak to a man with cerebral palsy who says that for him, social dist...
17 Mar 202023min
Peter Mansbridge on COVID-19, 9/11 and the 2008 market crash
It’s been an overwhelming few days of developments around the COVID-19 pandemic. As cases tick upwards, and more drastic measures are taken to curb the outbreak - CBC’s former chief correspondent Pete...
16 Mar 202019min
Coronavirus: Canada closing border to most non-citizens
Canada is barring entry to all travellers who are not citizens, permanent residents or Americans, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today. Will the prime minister’s new measures have a meaningfu...
16 Mar 202012min
Before the storm: Is Canada ready for COVID-19?
From U.S President Donald Trump suspending most travel from Europe, to major sports leagues suspending their seasons — efforts to slow down the COVID-19 pandemic are ramping up. Infectious disease spe...
13 Mar 202020min
MH17 jet attack murder trial begins — suspects still at large
A trial has begun in Amsterdam for the murder of the 298 people killed in 2014 in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash over Ukraine. But the four men charged are still at large, and although Russia...
12 Mar 202020min
Conservative kingmaker picks his candidate
The temperature of the federal Conservative leadership race has just been cranked up by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. Kenney stepped out of Alberta’s legislature to give an unambiguous endorsement of ...
11 Mar 202023min
Coronavirus: WHO says COVID-19 is a pandemic
What does it mean that WHO is now calling COVID-19 a pandemic? And what’s behind the idea of “flattening the curve”? Plus, Prime Minister Trudeau has announced measures to fight the outbreak, includin...
11 Mar 202017min
COVID-19 comes for the stock market
It was a historically bad day for global markets. The twin factors of COVID-19 and a collapse in the price of oil led to widespread panic and one of the worst days in the stock market in years, with c...
10 Mar 202019min
