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658 episodes transcribedICE raids in Los Angeles are tearing families apart and leaving undocumented workers living in fear. In the last few months, the city has seen multipl...
Canada will now recognize Palestinian statehood, but under certain conditions. Many in the Canadian Jewish community say this is not the right t...
Canada’s 13 Premiers, and Prime Minister Mark Carney, met in Ontario’s cottage country this week. Not to have a relaxing summer break, but to discuss...
Jula inherited 10,000 vinyl records from her dad when he died. Now, she’s listening through them to make sense of her grief — and sharing that connect...
Everyone knows about the O.J. Simpson Trial, but do you know about the Scopes Monkey Trial?’ It was a case about evolution, education, religion, and l...
If you’re 16, that means you’re old enough to drive a car and get a job — but should you also be able to cast a vote? The U.K. says yes. T...
A year after the devastating wildfires in Jasper, Alberta, the community is continuing to rebuild and making its way back into town. We speak with a b...
When Jaws came out 50 years ago, the movie instilled an epic fear of sharks to a whole generation of people, then some more — a fear that still contin...
“We’re in a lot of trouble,” says Stephen Marche, the host of the new podcast Gloves Off, and the author of the book The Next Civil War, as Canada put...
Artificial general intelligence, or AGI, refers to computers that possess consciousness, much like humans. Some tech experts argue that this is a...
When seven fishermen disappeared off Newfoundland’s coast this summer, everyone feared the worst. But as hours turned into days and hope dwindled, the...
Two young siblings, Lilly and Jack Sullivan, went missing in rural Nova Scotia in May, and the case has shaken the country. Two months later, police a...
Canada’s chief science adviser is recommending that the federal government start tracking information about bizarre sightings in the sky, whether they...
Ted Nolan started his hockey career by servicing his childhood ice rink in Garden River First Nation. Decades later, he’s being honoured by an a...
During his campaign, U.S. President Donald Trump promised supporters he would finally reveal all the information about the life and death of Jeffrey E...
Ronald Bourgeois is known for his champion-ing of Acadian culture for the past five decades. Now, the musician and producer is acknowledged for h...
Omar Omar is one of many Gazan Canadians with family in Gaza, and his family is desperately waiting to get out through Canada’s temporary resident vis...
As the wildfires burn across Canada and the smoke blurs out skylines, a group of Republican members of Congress is complaining that the suffocating ai...
Have you ever wondered what the food from Ancient Rome might have tasted like, how they created those iconic Roman hairstyles or how you can mummify a...
A new robot delivery vehicle pilot project in Toronto ignites conversations about driverless cars in Canada and where this country stands in terms of...
