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Episode Date: May 6, 2021It was 76 years ago this week that Canadians took the surrender of Nazi forces in a key area of the Netherlands. Why that matters. And are there thin...
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1198 episodes transcribedIt was 76 years ago this week that Canadians took the surrender of Nazi forces in a key area of the Netherlands. Why that matters. And are there thin...
The numbers don't sound that big, especially compared to Alberta and Ontario, but for a part of the Atlantic bubble to be in trouble raises eyebrows....
Our regular Monday chat with one of the country's top infectious disease specialists keeps our string of blunt talk going. Dr Isaac Bogotch on the mi...
Your letters, comments and questions - on everything from vaccines to Bruce Springsteen to journalism's core values! Quite the mix.
The darknet opens up to selling vaccines, fake negative tests, vaccine passports and a lot more. But is it real or just another big scam?And when Dra...
How the right is trying to co-opt protest music for their own spin on the pandemic and how some artists are fighting back. Plus is there about to be...
A weekend of good news, bad news -- what to believe? One if you've had one vaccine dose just how protected are you? Plus Astra Zeneca falls back in...
Your comments, questions and ideas round out a very busy week.
A new study looks at. the differences between journalists and the people it serves. And then there's the issue of context in. the age of Covid. Plus...
Two stories dominate today -- the guilty verdicts in Minneapolis yesterday and what they could mean for the future. And in Canada the budget, was the...
A massive budget full of facts, figures and new policies. Did it change your life. My friend personal financial advisor Preet Banerjee gives his tak...
We are in the worst moment of the pandemic and everyone from governments to citizens has to realize that. Again this week very blunt assessment from o...
More of your best -- some great listener letters about leadership, hockey, UFO's and of course -- COVID.
New statistics are showing that there have been more UFO sightings reported in the year since the pandemic started. Why? And a feature interview wit...
Bruce Anderson has a new hobby, at least I think it's new! All that to say we go behind the strategies or lack of them being used by some political l...
Are tech firms changing their minds about employees working from home? And, how many complaints do you think the BBC has had about Prince Phillip cov...
The BBC had to open a new complaints page over its coverage of Prince Phillip's death. How times have changed. And more blunt talk about Covid in Can...
My thoughts on the life of Prince Philip as the Duke passes on.And it being Friday the best of your letters on the Weekend Special.
The cruise ships want to leave dock, should they be given that permission? Plus, airlines begin retraining laid off pilots. And The Bridge goes with...
Are the gloves coming off between the provinces and Ottawa on vaccine distribution and who is telling the truth? Bruce Anderson and I go at it on tha...