Say Yes
In 2014, Shams Erfan was pulled off a bus by members of the Taliban who accused him of being a traitor. A bystander intervened, saving his life, but Shams knew he was no longer safe in Afghanistan. Th...
22 Mar 202426min
Mission 300: how farming and hockey helped a former Canadian soldier on a rescue mission
When Russia invaded Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy put out a call to foreigners with combat experience to come and help. Paul Hughes, a former marksman and paratrooper with Princess Patricia's...
15 Mar 202420min
24 Sussex: the past and uncertain future of the Prime Minister’s “rodent infested death trap”
24 Sussex Drive. That Ottawa address has been the official residence for the prime minister since the 1950s, but Canada’s current one doesn’t live there because the house is in disrepair. Workers have...
8 Mar 202429min
Separated: how an immigration system pushed to its limits is keeping refugee families apart
It’s been 12 years since Widlene has seen her son. She had to leave the little boy in Haiti with family after she was targeted by gang members. The plan was to get out, find somewhere safe, make a hom...
1 Mar 202427min
A Canadian Sommelier in Paris
You might associate sommeliers (wine experts) with fancy restaurants and snooty attitudes, but Canada’s Best Sommelier is as likely to be found traipsing the backwoods in steel toed boots and a cowboy...
23 Feb 202426min
Protecting the Great Bear
The Great Bear Rainforest on BC’s coast is a spectacular place. Rugged mountains and old growth forests stretch all the way to Alaska. It was here that nearly a decade ago a group of coastal First Nat...
16 Feb 202427min
Sasha's Message
Not long after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, Sasha Skochilenko walked into a grocery store in St. Petersburg, Russia. She reached into the pocket of her puffy winter coat, and pulled out a sheet of ...
9 Feb 202428min
The Forgotten Children
For years, thousands of kids with roots in Canada, the U.K., the U.S. and beyond lived under the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate. Some were taken there by their parents. Others were born there. Bu...
2 Feb 202427min
