How to fight a viral disease outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak has come to Canada. A man in his 50s who’d recently been to Wuhan, China is Canada’s first “presumptive case,” and is being treated in a Toronto hospital. Today, on Front Burn...
27 Jan 202022min
An inside look at white supremacist group The Base
Last week, former reservist Patrik Mathews was arrested by the FBI on firearms-related charges. Front Burner first covered his story last summer, when he was being investigated by law enforcement for ...
24 Jan 202017min
Putting the brakes on facial recognition technology
A leaked draft memo revealed recently the European Union is considering a temporary ban on the use of facial recognition technology in public spaces. And in the last few days, Google's CEO and the edi...
23 Jan 202024min
As Wuhan virus spreads, fears about pandemic readiness
A new virus spreading out of China has caught the attention of infectious disease experts around the world. That's because it bears some strong similarities to SARS, the respiratory disease that kille...
22 Jan 202023min
Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou extradition fight begins
Meng Wanzhou’s extradition hearing finally kicked off this week. It’s been just over a year since the Huawei chief financial officer was arrested on fraud charges. The arrest ignited a massive diploma...
21 Jan 202021min
Miracles and money: A look inside televangelist Benny Hinn’s ministry
For decades, televangelist Benny Hinn has travelled the world, reportedly performed miracles on stage and raked in cash. In that time, CBC’s Bob McKeown has done several investigations into the contro...
20 Jan 202022min
World’s biggest money manager sees profit potential in climate change action
Today on Front Burner, host Jayme Poisson talks to business professor Sarah Kaplan about the decision by the world’s biggest money manager, BlackRock, to make climate change central to its investment ...
17 Jan 202019min
One man’s fight for his right to die
Ron Posno knows how he wants to die: on his own terms and with help from a healthcare professional. He’s an advocate for people with dementia and a volunteer with Dying with Dignity Canada from London...
16 Jan 202028min
