Wet’suwet’en: Why B.C. is a battleground for Indigenous land rights
It’s been a week of nationwide protests, blockades and arrests over the Coastal GasLink pipeline, a section of which would pass through traditional Wet’suwet’en territory in northwestern British Colum...
14 Feb 202021min
Guantanamo Bay, torture and the long road to a 9/11 trial
It's been almost 20 years since four jets were hijacked mid-air and crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York, the Pentagon in D.C., and a field near Shanksville, Penn., killi...
13 Feb 202019min
Trudeau’s UN charm offensive in Africa
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off an eight-day charm offensive in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this past weekend, attending a meeting of the African Union. Now, he’s Dakar, Senegal. And it’s all part ...
12 Feb 202020min
Wet'suwet'en RCMP standoff sparks national protests
The bitter fight over the construction of a natural gas pipeline in Northern B.C. continues to escalate. Over the last several days, the RCMP has moved in to enforce an injunction order to allow Coast...
11 Feb 202024min
Are taxpayer handouts over for Bombardier?
Today, the Canadian company Bombardier is more than $9 billion US in debt. Over the years, it has received billions in taxpayer bailouts. But after some big failures, layoffs and criticism over execut...
10 Feb 202024min
Front Burner Presents Uncover: Satanic Panic
Throughout the 1980s, Satanic cults were widely believed to be terrorizing and torturing children. There were hundreds of false allegations and countless lives torn apart — but never any real proof. U...
8 Feb 202037min
Canadian government emails defend herbicide linked to cancer by U.S. court
A CBC report has uncovered a series of internal government emails showing Canadian officials defending the use of glyphosate, frequently sold under the brand name Roundup. It's a herbicide that was a...
7 Feb 202021min
A controversial police probe into fatal BC train derailment
It’s been a year since a runaway train derailed near Field, B.C., killing the three crew members on board: Dylan Paradis, Andy Dockrell and Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer. But questions remain about what ...
6 Feb 202022min
