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1033 episodes transcribedCaitlind Brown and Wayne Garrett don't just create public art. They involve people in its creation and invite them to interact with it. That might mea...
Hamas and Israel have agreed to some parts of the 20-point US peace plan and talks continue today in Egypt. We talk to Janice Stein, the founding dire...
When Charlie Kirk was killed, graphic videos of his death went viral. Many kids opened up their social media and saw the gruesome footage. Experts est...
The men who wrote the American constitution included its goals right there in the preamble: Establish justice. Ensure tranquility. Secure the bl...
There's a growing call for mandatory national service in Canada — asking 18- to 30-year-olds to spend a year in public health, the environment, youth...
Liron Gertsman's award winning photo was years in the making. Then he got on a plane and took a boat to get it but it earned him the title of Bird Pho...
Maddie Cholette, from Oakville, Ont. and Debbie Rafuse, from Chester, N.S, tell us how they're preparing to watch their team go for baseball glory thi...
Jane Goodall’s research into chimpanzees changed our understanding of the natural world. She died yesterday at the age of 91. So we’re bringing back o...
Marineland wanted to ship their 30 captive beluga whales to an amusement park in China — but the federal government stopped them. And with the once ic...
Comedians playing at a festival in Riyadh are being skewered by fellow comics for ignoring the country's human rights abuses. But former Canadian amba...
Farmer Paul Brooks is ringing the alarm over a surge in apple thefts on his farm in Uxbridge, Ontario. He is one of many other farmers across Ontario...
For the last three months Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been hosting “Alberta Next” town halls. On the agenda — how to get a better deal fr...
The minimum wage is going up in some provinces today — for the second time this year in some cases. What does this actually mean for poverty in Canada...
A new survey shows that younger generations are watching TV with the subtitles way more than older people. Gen Z journalist Isabel Brooks says she get...
Gen Z is reshaping debate culture. Online, millions tune in to fiery clashes over politics, identity, and health. It’s raw, awkward, sometimes uncomfo...
The Louvre is the world's biggest, most visited museum in the world - about nine million visitors a year — and it's getting a makeover. Our conv...
10 years after the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, three members of the family of the late Murray Sinclair, the chair of the commis...
Intimidation, extortion, and murder. After months of calls by political leaders, the Bishnoi Gang has been designated a terrorist organization by the...
It was a court battle that made headlines. In the early 1980's an Indigenous mother fought to get her child back from the foster family that had looke...
Perhaps when you turned 16 you were most looking forward to getting your driver's license. Talk to young people today and many have their eyes on a di...
