Google, Alphabet and the fight over a controversial 'smart city' in Toronto
CBC technology reporter Matthew Braga explains Sidewalk Toronto's plan to create a futuristic neighbourhood on waterfront property in downtown Toronto and breaks down why some say the high-tech smart ...
12 Nov 201825min
Bridging the climate change divide
British author and carbon pricing expert, George Marshall, explains the psychology of climate change communication and describes the work he's done in Canada on this front - to bridge the political di...
9 Nov 201815min
MP Tony Clement's sexting and extortion scandal
Longtime MP Tony Clement has resigned as justice critic for the official opposition and is leaving the Conservative caucus after admitting that sharing sexually explicit images and video led to an ext...
8 Nov 201813min
The U.S. midterm election explained
CBC Washington correspondent Keith Boag walks us through the United States midterm election results and what they mean.
7 Nov 201822min
'We were unwanted cargo' How Canada turned away refugees during the Holocaust
Eva Wiener describes her voyage across the Atlantic and how she feels about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's upcoming apology for Canada having turned her ship back. Also, CBC Ottawa Senior Reporter Ca...
6 Nov 201817min
Vancouver's complicated relationship with Chinese money
Bloomberg's Vancouver bureau chief Natalie Obiko Pearson helps us navigate the city's complicated relationship with Chinese money. That relationship has ties to the city's housing affordability crisis...
5 Nov 201816min
Travelling with the migrant caravan
A caravan of about 4,000 migrants is heading north through Mexico. Their journey has become heavily politicized. CBC's senior correspondent Susan Ormiston describes what she's seen during her travels ...
2 Nov 201818min
Who, in the world, wants to host the Winter Olympics?
Calgary city council nearly killed a bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. If a city wide vote cancels the bid, just two possible locations remain, Italy and Sweden. Those campaigns face opposition as...
1 Nov 201815min
