Coronavirus: WHO says COVID-19 is a pandemic
What does it mean that WHO is now calling COVID-19 a pandemic? And what’s behind the idea of “flattening the curve”? Plus, Prime Minister Trudeau has announced measures to fight the outbreak, includin...
11 Mars 202017min
COVID-19 comes for the stock market
It was a historically bad day for global markets. The twin factors of COVID-19 and a collapse in the price of oil led to widespread panic and one of the worst days in the stock market in years, with c...
10 Mars 202019min
A radical program to address the domestic violence crisis
In Canada, domestic violence has reached crisis levels. But in Saint Paul, Minnesota, a radical domestic abuse intervention project is showing the way forward, and how to save countless lives. Katie N...
9 Mars 202021min
U.S. scrambles to contain COVID-19, and it's a problem for everyone
COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have reached double digits. As efforts to contain the coronavirus in the U.S. continue, certain factors make it even more difficult. First, there's a shortage of test kits....
6 Mars 202020min
Baby business Part 2: The parents
What happens when your fragile parenthood dream is not in your control? In the second part of our series on surrogacy in Canada, we look at how the surrogacy industry affects parents. The costs can re...
5 Mars 202024min
Baby business Part 1: The surrogates
As infertility rates go up in Canada, desperate couples are turning to surrogacy. But a new investigation reveals that because there are few federal regulations on the surrogacy system, the process is...
4 Mars 202024min
Police in Canada are using controversial facial recognition software
That photo you posted to Instagram? It might be a part of Clearview AI’s massive database of some 3 billion images, all scraped from the internet. The facial recognition app has experts worried about ...
3 Mars 202023min
Biden versus Sanders II: Setting up Super Tuesday
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders got off to a strong start in the early primaries and caucuses, but former vice-president Joe Biden is right behind him in the race for the Democratic presidential nominatio...
2 Mars 202025min
