'The precipice of a pandemic'
From Iran to Italy to South Korea — there are new epicentres for the coronavirus. On Thursday, World Health Organization officials stressed the need for governments to have national preparedness plans...
28 Feb 202023min
A radical disability advocate's fall from grace
This week, a shocking report from L’Arche revealed Jean Vanier sexually abused at least six women. Less than a year ago, longtime Globe and Mail reporter Ian Brown wrote the obituary of Vanier. Brown ...
27 Feb 202024min
Debating Canada's energy and climate future
The shelving of the Teck Resources Frontier project — an oilsands mine twice the size of Vancouver — has many arguing over the right balance between climate action and resource development. Today on F...
26 Feb 202020min
Weinstein conviction: a watershed moment for #MeToo?
A New York City jury has found Harvey Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and of third-degree rape. Today, Megan Garber of The Atlantic joins Front Burner to unpack the court...
25 Feb 202019min
The fight over public/private healthcare in Canada
A challenge to Canada’s public healthcare system resumes Tuesday in BC’s Supreme Court. Dr. Brian Day -- who runs two private healthcare clinics in Vancouver -- says Canadians should have the right to...
24 Feb 202019min
'No safe haven': The escalating crisis in Idlib, Syria
A humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in Syria's Idlib province. Nearly one million people have been displaced since a Russian-backed Syrian government offensive began in December, forcing hundreds ...
21 Feb 202022min
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' $10B climate pledge
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said this week he will donate $10 billion to fight climate change — working with others "both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting thedevastating impact of c...
20 Feb 202022min
Rail blockades cause political impasse for Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking Canadians to show "resolve" as he seeks an end to the rail blockades locking up trains in Canada. Hundreds of millions of dollars in goods are sitting idle on ...
19 Feb 202022min
