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862 episodes transcribedAs the prime minister unveils Ottawa's second list of “nation-building” projects, he continues to signal the direction he wants Canada to take when it...
Children's author Robert Munsch is donating his personal archive to his hometown library because he doesn't want it stored in some dusty room. He want...
The host of Fareed Zakaria GPS has a theory about the MAGA movement — it was probably inevitable. In his book Age of Revolutions, he argues that the k...
Hannah Alper spent much of her teenage and young adult life sharing her location with her friends. But as the years went on, she began to feel it cros...
After the loss of two MPs, we speak to conservative strategists about Pierre Poilievre's leadership style, and if he should change it. Regan Watts, Er...
Lyse Doucet, Canadian journalist and the BBC's Chief International Correspondent, takes us inside the Intercontinental Hotel in her new book: The Fine...
House Democrats released emails from the convicted sex offender, shining a new light onto the relationship he had with President Donald Trump. The BBC...
Experts are warning the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain could mean a difficult influenza season at home, with flu cases now on the rise in Ca...
Alexandra Samuel spent the better part of a year taking often helpful advice and direction from an artificial Intelligence bot who she named Viv. Alex...
Got bad phone habits? We know being on our phones too much isn’t good for us, especially for kids. Yet we all keep scrolling and scrolling and scrolli...
Lester Harper was a farmer from Pouce Coupe, British Columbia, who found himself on the frontlines of the First World War, in France. Now a new book t...
Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs joins Matt Galloway as the G7 foreign ministers meeting gets underway in Ontario's Niagara region. She defends Ca...
Fighting with your kids over packing a lunch, or worrying about scraping together lunch money could be a thing of the past. The Canadian government ha...
Susan Orlean is the best selling author of seven books including The Orchid Thief and The Library Book, and has been a staff writer at The New Yorker...
Sudan's paramilitary force has agreed to a ceasefire brokered by the U.S. that could bring some relief to the country that's been gripped by conflict...
In Vancouver's Lower Mainland, a dealer known only as "Jay" sold drugs to teens, making drop-offs right next to their high schools and homes, offering...
Budget 2025 promises generational investments but the housing measures are less than the Liberals promised in the election. We speak to the federal Ho...
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s latest federal budget includes a proposal to explore Canada's participation in Europe’s biggest song competition: Eurovis...
12 points to kill a Russian soldier, 40 points to blow up a Russian tank — These are some of the points rankings in a new incentive program for Ukrain...
Writing has shaped Margaret Atwood’s life, from childhood poems about rhyming cats to watching The Handmaid’s Tale become “an approaching reality” in...
