One company’s dominance over rental housing in Canada’s North
In Yellowknife and Iqaluit, as much as 80% of private, multi-unit rental housing is owned by one company: Northview Canadian High Yield Residential Fund. Today, why some tenants say that’s a big probl...
23 Aug 202120min
What to do about climate anxiety
From record-breaking heat waves to droughts and floods — people are acutely experiencing climate change this summer. Many are struggling with ‘climate anxiety’ as a result. Stanford Planetary Health F...
20 Aug 202123min
‘Not again’: Haitians cope with another earthquake
An earthquake, overflowing hospitals and critical supply shortages have Haitians remembering the fallout from past disasters. Two guests from the community reflect on what’s happened, and what recover...
19 Aug 202124min
Fear, frustration after police shoot Black man in Repentigny, Que.
In the wake of the fatal police shooting of Jean René Junior Olivier, CBC Montreal reporter Antoni Nerestant offers a closer look at the strained relations between police and Black residents in Repent...
18 Aug 202124min
'Leaving them behind is a betrayal'
As civilians try to flee a Taliban-held Afghanistan, Canadian veteran Ryerson Maybee reflects on our country’s historic role there, and what our government’s responsibilities should be to the Afghans ...
17 Aug 202123min
It’s official: A federal election is upon us
A federal election has been called for Sept. 20, less than two years after the last one. Today, Aaron Wherry of CBC's Parliament Hill bureau on why now.
16 Aug 202121min
DaBaby, Lil Nas X and homophobia in hip hop
DaBaby’s recent homophobic rant at a major music festival has set off a conversation about anti-gay sentiment and toxic masculinity in hip hop. Today, two rappers reflect on the controversy around DaB...
13 Aug 202120min
A ‘completely unjustified’ verdict
Canadian Michael Spavor, who’s been detained in China since 2018, has been given an 11-year prison sentence by a Chinese court. Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau called the verdict “completely unj...
12 Aug 202120min
