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922 episodes transcribedU.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China to meet President Xi Jinping this week is full of jeopardy. From tense talks over trade and tariffs, the...
Once relegated to paperback stands in grocery stores, the business of romance novels is hot right now – especially in Canada. In a moment when book sa...
This month, the World Health Organization linked a hantavirus outbreak to a cruise ship in the south Atlantic. Since the outbreak, three people have d...
From trade wars to the war in Iran, there has been a lot of geopolitical tension in the world. This can sometimes cause jitters on the stock market, b...
Canada has seen a decline in deaths related to drug overdose the past two years. But the reality at the local level is a little more complicated. In s...
The war in Iran has radically changed the way that oil and gas moves around the globe. Since the war began, North American energy exports – such as pe...
Saudi Arabia has spent a decade pouring billions into investments to modernize their finance, entertainment, sports, technology and tourism industries...
This week marked an important milestone in the separatist campaign in Alberta. After months of getting people to sign their petitions to trigger a ref...
Canada has spent the last year shoring up defence spending. Now a new multilateral financial institution, the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, i...
A big issue hangs over university students and professors, and that’s artificial intelligence. There are some rules and guidelines, but professors are...
Food affordability remains a priority for many Canadians. This week, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government unveiled the spring economic update. It i...
Once scammers successfully steal someone’s money, they need a place to stash it. So they are buying verified Canadian bank accounts in order to launde...
The Liberals’ spring economic update lays out $54-billion in new spending over six years, including $6-billion towards boosting employment in the trad...
Only 10 HIV patients worldwide are known to have achieved the milestone of being in prolonged remission. Soon, a Toronto patient will be part of the h...
It began with a whistle-blower alleging government interference in Alberta Health Services’ contracting process and its connections to a medical suppl...
Globe columnist Andrew Coyne interviews former U.S. ambassador and national security adviser John Bolton at The Globe and Mail’s INTERSECT/26 forum of...
The Alberta government is drawing controversy over electoral politics. They’re being accused of gerrymandering – the practice of redrawing voting dist...
Robotics and drones are now leading the charge in modern warfare, reshaping battlefields in Ukraine and on the Strait of Hormuz. The Canadian military...
The big sell is on. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has promised to raise $500-billion dollars of private investment over the next five years...
Last week, Ontario introduced new legislation proposing sweeping changes to education in the province – from how school boards are managed, to having...
