
Mystery at Canada’s highest security virus lab
Questions still surround why two scientists were marched out of a Winnipeg lab in 2019, and why they’re being investigated by the RCMP. But the story has links to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and ...
16 Jun 202122min

Stories from the Kamloops Indian Residential School
From drownings to suicides in broad daylight, a new CBC investigation reveals a horrific picture of what life was like at the Kamloops Indian Residential school. Today on Front Burner, the stories of ...
15 Jun 202123min

Delta variant: What you need to know
As much of Canada begins easing pandemic restrictions, we look into the delta variant. It’s a COVID-19 strain that’s concerning experts and emerging all over the country, from a hospital in Calgary, h...
14 Jun 202120min

A wild housing market: what’s the solution?
As Canada’s housing prices continue to rise we take a closer look at the political and economic tools that could be used to help cool it down with the help of Bloomberg News reporter, Ari Altstedter.
11 Jun 202122min

Why won’t the Pope apologize for residential schools?
The calls for Pope Francis to fully apologize for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential schools, including the one in Kamloops, B.C., where what are believed to be the unmarked burial sit...
10 Jun 202121min

Grief, fear after the killing of a Muslim family in London, Ont.
In the wake of the hateful attack that left four Muslim family members dead and a young boy in hospital: voices from the grief-filled London, Ont., Muslim community.
9 Jun 202128min

Lawrence Wright takes on The Plague Year
Today, Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Lawrence Wright joins us to talk about The Plague Year, his new account of the biggest failures and successes of the COVID-19 pandemic.
8 Jun 202126min

Death-bed COVID denial in southern Manitoba
A doctor and a mayor describe COVID-19 denial and anti-vaccine attitudes they’re seeing up close in their small southern Manitoba communities.
7 Jun 202132min




















