Last spring, Ontario Premier Doug Ford promised to move "heaven and earth" to prevent more long-term care residents from dying of COVID-19. But today, more than one-third of the province's long-term care homes are in an outbreak. More than 960

Free Britney?

2 Nov 13th, 2020 23m 49s

This week, Britney Spears lost a legal battle to remove her father as her conservator — a court-ordered agreement that has put him and a lawyer in charge of her finances and daily life since 2008. Her conservatorship has spawned #FreeBritney, a

When big money buys up homes to rent

Jun 17th, 2021 21m 27s

A real estate developer in Toronto is planning to spend a billion dollars buying Canadian houses and turning them into rentals. Today, former UN special rapporteur on housing Leilani Farha on what she’s seen when big money gets into residential

Lawrence Wright takes on The Plague Year

1 Jun 8th, 2021 26m 5s

Today, Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Lawrence Wright joins us to talk about The Plague Year, his new account of the biggest failures and successes of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inside a slaughterhouse COVID-19 outbreak

May 4th, 2021 38m 29s

Today, an inside look at a COVID-19 outbreak that tore through an Alberta slaughterhouse, as seen through the eyes of the plant’s employees — and what their stories reveal about the situation facing essential workers across Canada.

Rare COVID-19 vaccine blood clots explained

Apr 30th, 2021 19m 27s

With the news that a woman in Quebec died of a rare blood clot after receiving the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, some people may feel concerned about the vaccine. Epidemiologist Maria Sundaram unpacks what you need to know about these ex

The fight against Big Pharma's grip on vaccines

Apr 27th, 2021 20m 50s

Led by South Africa and India, more than 100 mostly developing countries are calling on the World Trade Organization to temporarily waive vaccine makers’ intellectual property protections. Today, science writer Stephen Buranyi on why he believe

Universal child care: Is it for real this time?

Apr 22nd, 2021 27m 57s

Advocates have been calling for a national child care program for decades. Governments have even gotten close to enacting it a few times. Is this finally the moment the idea becomes reality? We’re joined by Martha Friendly, executive director o

Intensive care on the brink

Apr 14th, 2021 22m 38s

Dr. Shelly Dev and Dr. Alex Wong, two physicians in two different provinces, describe the desperate situation unfolding inside Canada's hospitals where a record number of COVID-19 patients are being admitted into intensive care.

'Suddenly, this is all he'd want to talk about'

1 Jan 27th, 2021 29m 11s

One woman’s story of how two of her loved ones got sucked into conspiracy theories — and how she fought to bring them back from the brink.

‘The Storm’ never came, and QAnon believers are shook

1 Jan 25th, 2021 25m 10s

QAnon believers are in turmoil. For years the baseless, wide-ranging conspiracy theory has gained steam, making serious inroads in Canada after exploding in the United States.QAnon believers think a blood-thirsty, child-trafficking cabal is ru

The year the pandemic changed the world

1 Dec 31st, 2020 26m 16s

It’s been one year since Chinese officials in Wuhan confirmed they were treating dozens of cases of a mysterious pneumonia. Since then, we’ve watched the world transform as this new novel coronavirus accelerated into the COVID-19 pandemic, kill

Arson, violence and a decades-old fishing feud

1 Oct 19th, 2020 24m 46s

Opposition to the launch of a Mi’kmaw lobster fishery in Nova Scotia last month has grown increasingly violent. Over the past week, two facilities storing Mi’kmaw catches were targeted and vandalized by several hundred non-Indigenous commercial

Her mother survived the first wave in long-term care. Then the second wave came

Oct 6th, 2020 27m 30s

Iona Guindon felt lucky that her mother Perriette's long-term care home in Ottawa was spared in the first wave of the pandemic. But an outbreak that began on Aug. 30 exposed Iona to horrifying scenes inside the home, and left her wondering why

An enormous open-pit mine and the future of the Alberta oilsands

1 Jan 29th, 2020 21m 27s

Right now, there’s a proposal for a massive oilsands project awaiting approval from Justin Trudeau’s cabinet. The Teck Frontier mine is thought to be one of the largest oilsands mines ever proposed in Alberta. It’s projected to bring in billion

From rallies to re-election: Trump’s path to victory

1 Nov 7th, 2019 25m 4s

He’s a president under pressure. He’s facing impeachment, fending off lawsuits, and his approval rating is consistently below 50 per cent. But Donald Trump is also presiding over a strong economy, and a low unemployment rate. Today on Front Bur

Defence minister criticized over sexual misconduct ‘inaction’

Jun 23rd, 2021 19m 39s

Canada’s military ombudsman Gregory Lick criticizes leaders’ ‘inaction’ on sexual misconduct crisis and demands true independent civilian oversight.

Delta variant: What you need to know

Jun 14th, 2021 20m 9s

As much of Canada begins easing pandemic restrictions, we look into the delta variant. It’s a COVID-19 strain that’s concerning experts and emerging all over the country, from a hospital in Calgary, hotspots in Ontario and a mine in Nunavut. Gl

A wild housing market: what’s the solution?

Jun 11th, 2021 22m 45s

As Canada’s housing prices continue to rise we take a closer look at the political and economic tools that could be used to help cool it down with the help of Bloomberg News reporter, Ari Altstedter.

Death-bed COVID denial in southern Manitoba

Jun 7th, 2021 32m 44s

A doctor and a mayor describe COVID-19 denial and anti-vaccine attitudes they’re seeing up close in their small southern Manitoba communities.

Joyce Echaquan’s final days: A fuller picture

Jun 2nd, 2021 26m 17s

Last year, a video of Atikamekw woman Joyce Echaquan being taunted by nursing staff in a Quebec hospital, shortly before she died, sparked global outrage. Now, a dramatic coroner’s inquest is shedding more light on what happened — and why gener

Anti-Asian racism in Vancouver’s Chinatown

May 31st, 2021 30m 19s

In the last year, there has been a tremendous uptick in reports of anti-Asian hate crimes across North America. In Vancouver, police in February reported a 717 per cent increase in anti-Asian hate crimes over the past year. Today on Front Burne

A 'hijacking' in Belarus, a dissident arrested

May 26th, 2021 21m 27s

After the shocking interception of a commercial flight to arrest a dissident journalist, CBC’s Moscow correspondent explains Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko’s escalating crackdown on opposition.

Pandemic burnout is real

Apr 5th, 2021 21m 57s

Today on Front Burner, Anne Helen Petersen explains the forces behind burnout and why more and more Canadians are struggling with it one year into a global pandemic that has altered the way many of us work and live.

How, exactly did COVID-19 begin?

Mar 31st, 2021 24m 2s

The release of a WHO report on the origins of COVID-19 is drawing both international curiosity and concern over China’s transparency. Nature senior reporter Amy Maxmen explains the investigation’s findings as well as criticisms over its access