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China is still the worldâs biggest greenhouse gas emitter, but is now also leading the way in clean energy. Where does that leave Canada and other western nations in the renewables race, particularly in light of U.S. President Donald Trumpâs promise to âdrill baby, drillâ?
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Have you ever thought of training your cat, just like you would your dog? Did you say no⊠or are you laughing in disbelief? A cat behavior specialist says you can, and explains what we are getting wrong about cats â especially about the ones with behavioural issues.
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âBuild baby, buildâ is how Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged to tackle Canadaâs housing crisis, but his new housing minister says that wonât mean reducing house prices. Matt Galloway asks housing experts to unpack the new Liberal governmentâs strategy, and unpick the âGordian Knotâ of whether Canada can create affordable housing without prices dropping?
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Rachel Phan was three years old when her parents opened a restaurant in Kingsville, Ont., a venture that quickly ate up most of their time and energy. In a conversation from last month, the Chinese-Canadian author discusses her new memoir, Restaurant Kid, and why she felt like the restaurant had stolen her parents away from her.
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Wildfire season hasnât officially started, but Manitoba has already declared a state of emergency after a deadly blaze in Lac du Bonnet. Guest host Mark Kelley breaks down the fire forecast and top-of-mind questions with Ed Struzik, author of The Future of Fire, and climatologist emeritus David Phillips.
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Whereâs the best place to visit in Canada? For weeks, listeners have been voting for the vacation spots they love across this big, beautiful country to build The Currentâs travel bucket list. Rick Mercer joined Matt Galloway earlier this month to reveal the top 10. Did your favourite place make the list?
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Canadian tourists were once regular shoppers at Ali Haytonâs grocery store in Washington state, but these days sheâs more likely to get ânasty emailsâ from Canadians angry about U.S. tariffs. Guest host Mark Kelley talks to business owners about the sharp drop in Canadians travelling to the U.S., and the impact on border communities who rely on tourism dollars to survive.
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After 35 years behind bars for murdering their parents, Erik and Lyle Menendez will now have a chance at parole. Investigative journalist Robert Rand has covered this story since the 1989 murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez, even uncovering new evidence along the way.
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Halle Berry had an emergency outfit change at the Cannes Film Festival this week, after organizers implemented a new dress code that bans nudity and âvoluminous outfits,â especially those with large trains. Fashion critic Katharine Zarrella says the new rules are hypocritical: demanding women cover up on the red carpet, while celebrating and commercializing nudity on screen.
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Sean (Diddy) Combs is facing life in prison over sex trafficking and racketeering charges, related to elaborate sex parties called "freak-offsâ that were allegedly laced with violence and abuse. Combs, also known as Puff Daddy, has pleaded not guilty. Reuters journalist Jack Queen takes us inside the New York courtroom, where Combsâ ex-girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassandra âCassieâ Ventura, delivered graphic testimony about her relationship with the hip hop mogul.
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A Mennonite community at the centre of Ontarioâs measles outbreak, one woman says she trusts remedies made from dandelions and strawberries more than modern medicine. The Currentâs James Chaarani went there to speak with community members, and found a deep distrust of vaccines and the medicine system.
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U.S. President Donald Trump surprised the world by pledging to lift crippling sanctions on Syria this week. We dig into what this means for rebuilding the country after the fall of Assad, both for Syrians who have grown up in the brutality of the civil war, and those who fled and are longing to return home.
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We all know that making friends as an adult is difficult. Everyoneâs busy with their families and careers, while time online and remote work is leaving some people increasingly isolated. We meet some young adults finding creative new ways to meet potential new friends in the real world, from dinner with perfect strangers to making conversation at a run club.
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Prime Minister Mark Carneyâs cabinet has two dozen new faces, but Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the presence of some Trudeau-era ministers looks like âmore of the same.â Can Carney reassure Canadians that heâs bringing the change they voted for? Matt Galloway takes the political pulse with the CBCâs Rosemary Barton and Kathleen Petty and the Globe and Mail's Stephanie Levitz.
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If youâve tried to write an email or opened a blank document recently, some kind of AI assistant has likely offered to polish your words â or even write whole sentences for you. Some advocates argue that generative AI could open up a new frontier in writing, but others warn itâs dulling our creativity and critical thinking for the sake of efficiency.
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Alex Hutchinson knows all about the thrill of discovery, having ventured deep into the wilderness of far-flung places like Tasmania. In his new book, The Explorer's Gene, the journalist argues that weâre hardwired with that desire to embrace uncertainty and the unknown â and looks at what happens if we stop.
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"Do you agree that the province shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province of Canada?" Thatâs the ballot question proposed by the Alberta Prosperity Project, a group pushing for a referendum on Alberta leaving Canada by the end of the year. We look at support for independence in the province â and why the APP says theyâre confident that Premier Danielle Smith will eventually join their cause.
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Mixed martial arts can count some big-name politicians among its millions of fans, with Donald Trump and Pierre Poilievre attending recent Ultimate Fighting Championship bouts. We dig into the sportâs intersection with politics, and the corners of the sport that seem to be embracing the manosphere, toxic masculinity and, in some cases, far-right figures.
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Some schools are offering so-called adulting 101 courses, teaching Gen Zers basic skills like cooking, cleaning or changing a tire. Some social scientists call it âdelayed adulthood,â the phenomenon of younger people lacking life skills that past generations took for granted.
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Ed Yong has âbirder derangement syndrome,â a condition thatâs entirely made up but may be familiar to other birding enthusiasts. In a conversation from last spring, the science writer tells Matt Galloway how the joy of birding saved him from pandemic burnout and radically changed how he interacts with nature.
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