An enormous open-pit mine and the future of the Alberta oilsands
Right now, there’s a proposal for a massive oilsands project awaiting approval from Justin Trudeau’s cabinet. The Teck Frontier mine is thought to be one of the largest oilsands mines ever proposed in...
29 Jan 202021min
Contending with all of Kobe Bryant's legacy
NBA legend Kobe Bryant died on Sunday in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, California, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people. The 41-year-old 18-time NBA all-star won five...
28 Jan 202024min
How to fight a viral disease outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak has come to Canada. A man in his 50s who’d recently been to Wuhan, China is Canada’s first “presumptive case,” and is being treated in a Toronto hospital. Today, on Front Burn...
27 Jan 202022min
An inside look at white supremacist group The Base
Last week, former reservist Patrik Mathews was arrested by the FBI on firearms-related charges. Front Burner first covered his story last summer, when he was being investigated by law enforcement for ...
24 Jan 202017min
Putting the brakes on facial recognition technology
A leaked draft memo revealed recently the European Union is considering a temporary ban on the use of facial recognition technology in public spaces. And in the last few days, Google's CEO and the edi...
23 Jan 202024min
As Wuhan virus spreads, fears about pandemic readiness
A new virus spreading out of China has caught the attention of infectious disease experts around the world. That's because it bears some strong similarities to SARS, the respiratory disease that kille...
22 Jan 202023min
Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou extradition fight begins
Meng Wanzhou’s extradition hearing finally kicked off this week. It’s been just over a year since the Huawei chief financial officer was arrested on fraud charges. The arrest ignited a massive diploma...
21 Jan 202021min
Miracles and money: A look inside televangelist Benny Hinn’s ministry
For decades, televangelist Benny Hinn has travelled the world, reportedly performed miracles on stage and raked in cash. In that time, CBC’s Bob McKeown has done several investigations into the contro...
20 Jan 202022min
