Beyond the dimples: A profile of Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer
He's called, "the smiling Stephen Harper," and he's known for his knack of bringing people together. But beyond his dimples, what do you really know about Andrew Scheer? Today, with the federal elect...
8 Aug 201930min
'Pick up the book and read': Canadian poets on the legacy of Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison's literary and academic career was honoured with a Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her writing explored, celebrated, questioned and critiqued the space...
7 Aug 201919min
‘A sickening déjà vu’: Two US mass shootings in one weekend stuns reporter
This past weekend saw two back-to-back mass shootings in the United States: one in El Paso, Texas, and one in Dayton, Ohio. At least thirty-one people are dead. Dozens more injured. Today on Front Bur...
6 Aug 201925min
A Crucifix, A Mystery Illness and a Refugee
In nine months, Front Burner has covered a lot of stories. But we haven’t had time to follow up on all of them. Today, we revisit a handful, including the mystery illness that befell Canadian diplomat...
5 Aug 201928min
Flying cars, an artificial moon and Saudi Arabia's $500 billion vision for the future
Saudi Arabia's "Neom" is a planned futuristic city-state in the desert. The project is said to include flying cars, gene editing, an island of robot dinosaurs, an artificial moon — and the most compre...
2 Aug 201922min
Who is the alleged Capital One hacker?
A massive data breach at Capital One has led to the arrest of a Seattle-based woman who allegedly stole the private information of more than 100 million people, including 6 million Canadians. Today on...
1 Aug 201922min
Why B.C.’s orcas are at risk, and what’s at stake
There are, at most, only 76 southern resident killer whales left in the world. Right now, there’s growing concern about the fate of J17 - the matriarch of one of the most studied orca families, J pod ...
31 Juli 201922min
How a failed terrorism case derailed one Canadian's life
In 2007, Hassan Diab was an unassuming sociology lecturer at Carleton University, when he was suddenly told French authorities were investigating him for committing a terrorist act in Paris in 1980. D...
30 Juli 201927min
