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604 episodes transcribedRecent polls show a stark generational divide this election, with the majority of young voters angry about the cost of living, while seniors are more...
We asked for your favourite Canadian vacation spots for The Current’s travel bucket list — and you certainly delivered, with more than 2,000 submissio...
Promises and policies will matter in this election — but in the face of threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, could a strongman persona be more im...
Jason Stanley, a Yale University professor who studies fascism, is moving to Canada after seeing too many signs from his own work in the American poli...
Claire Cameron has been obsessed with bears since hearing about a bear attack while she was working in Ontario’s Algonquin Park as a teenager. But whe...
Burnout is a very real challenge faced by caregivers for aging folks. That’s why educators are finding innovative ways to help caregivers better under...
A delegation of U.S. officials including Vice-President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance will visit Greenland tomorrow amid American threats to annex...
Rocky Dhillon remembers being terrified while on the psychedelic drug ibogaine — but when the trip ended, he had no cravings for the drugs or alcohol...
Local industries are looking for a leader who will support their business interests. We hear from truckers hauling goods back and forth across the bor...
We pay a visit to Burnaby South — Jagmeet Singh’s riding — as the NDP falls to a distant third in the polls. Galloway hears from the former NDP member...
U.S. President Donald Trump is looming large over the Canadian election. We hear from three voters — one who intends to vote Liberal, one NDP and one...
The former CEO for Surrey’s Board of Trade says her city doesn’t get the shine or the investment that it deserves. With its booming population, the bu...
News that China had executed four Canadian nationals emerged last week, just as the country imposed tariffs on a range of Canadian products. Given tha...
Lots of men who take finasteride for hair loss notice results and no ill effects — but an investigation by Radio-Canada’s Enquête heard from dozens of...
When Phillip Winter found out he had a genetic variant that can cause sudden cardiac events and death, he felt like a “dead man walking.” But new rese...
The federal election campaign is officially off to the races — and each of the leaders are positioning themselves as the candidate who can bring chang...
U.S. officials are making it harder for Canadians to access the iconic Haskell Free Library that straddles the border between Quebec and Vermont, a sh...
NASA’s new SPHEREx telescope launched earlier this month is set to collect data on more than 450 million galaxies, and some 100 million stars in the M...
Trinity was only 14 years old when she stumbled into the chat room where she would be groomed and abused for three years by online extremists. The gro...
A new study suggests that babies as young as a year old can store memories. One of the study’s authors explains why humans don’t remember being a baby...
