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1033 episodes transcribedExperts 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Budget 2025 promises generational investments but the housing measures are less than the Liberals promised in the election. We speak to the federal Ho...
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...
Writing has shaped Margaret Atwood’s life, from childhood poems about rhyming cats to watching The Handmaid’s Tale become “an approaching reality” in...
What happens if you cross ChatGPT with a Roomba vacuum? Turns out it spins into a comedic doom spiral and then rhymes to the lyrics to musicals. Resea...
Zohran Mamdani is mayor-elect of New York City. But this win reflects only one part of a wider Democratic Party civil war. New York Magazine writer Si...
Tempers flared in a jam-packed meeting in Richmond, BC last week. Mayor Malcolm Brodie held a public information session to answer questions about the...
Women use exclamation marks way more than men — and worry a lot more about it too! That's according to a new research paper co-authored by Cherly Waks...
As Prime Minister Mark Carney unveils his much anticipated federal budget, the rising cost of food is top of mind for many Canadians. We'll hear from...
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear the challenge to Donald Trump's use of emergency tariffs. But Canadians probably shouldn't hold their breath...
Longtime Nashville Predator Jordin Tootoo is the subject of a new documentary, Tootoo. The film highlights his life in the North, his struggle wi...
Doctors are calling a new law passed by the Quebec government draconian and anti-democratic. The bill, which changes how doctors in the province will...
He may be known as ‘the little guy from Shawinigan’, but Jean Chrétien’s impact on his hometown has been anything but small. And at 91, the former pri...
