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Two more listeners make the case for their favourite vacation spots, hoping to win a place on The Currentâs list of great Canadian travel destinations. Richard Smith shares what he loves about Lake Laberge in Yukon, and Sharon McKenzie celebrates the vibrant cultural life of Stratford, Ont. You can see the full shortlist and vote for your favourite on cbc.ca/thecurrent.
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This federal election has had its fair share of surprises, from whoâs pulled ahead to how engaged Canadians have been. Matt Galloway discusses what weâve learned on the campaign trail â and whether tightening polls suggest more surprises in store â with the CBCâs Rosemary Barton, Toronto Starâs Ryan Tumilty and the Globe and Mail's Stephanie Levitz.
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U.S. President Donald Trump is making good on his pledge to conduct the "largest mass deportation in history,â sweeping up both undocumented migrants and people with work permits and legal protections. We discuss the master database that DOGE is building to track and surveil immigrants, and hear what itâs like to live under that shadow.
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When Sonja Krawesky found a pair of bright and beautiful sculptures in a bargain bin at a Hamilton, Ont. store, she knew there had to be a story behind them. Her quest to find out where they came from led to a new friend â and a lesson about the kindness of strangers.
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The small Alaskan town of Skagway usually welcomes plenty of visitors from neighbouring Yukon, but this year Canadians arenât coming because of tensions with the U.S. The CBCâs Julia Pagel went to Skagway, where people say that the financial hit to tourism is bad, but what really hurts is watching years of friendship break down before their eyes.
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Three leaders from Canadaâs North share whatâs on their minds in the closing days of the election campaign, from sovereignty to the cost of living to climate change.
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The trial of five former world junior hockey players accused of sexual assault has begun in London, Ont., with the Crown telling jurors that the case will centre on what constitutes consent â and what does not. Matt Galloway talks to The Globe and Mailâs Robyn Doolittle, who is at the trial; and Landon Kenney, an educator who teaches hockey players about consent.
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Meta and Google have been hit with landmark antitrust trials recently, centred on allegations of operating illegal monopolies. The CBCâs Nora Young breaks down what this might mean for the power of major tech companies, and the people who use their platforms every day.
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Nova Scotia musician Joel Plaskett got a special surprise for his 50th birthday, a cover album of his own songs â secretly recorded by his friends and some of the biggest names in Canadian music, including Sloan and Arkells. Plaskett talks to Matt Galloway in Halifax about the album, Songs from the Gang, and why it was so fascinating to hear what other people hear in his music.
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Four more listeners make the case for their favourite vacation spots, hoping to win a place on The Currentâs list of great Canadian travel destinations. Sandra Trask says that Cape Breton Island, N.S., is a place for everyone and every season; Lana Gauthier explains why her family fell in love with Basin Head Provincial Park, P.E.I.; Lisa Proulx shares whatâs so special about Gros Morne National Park, N.L.; and Annette Barclay says you just have to visit Kouchibouguac National Park, N.B. You can see the full shortlist and vote for your favourite on cbc.ca/thecurrent.
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Matt Galloway travels to Halifax to hear whatâs on votersâ minds, in the final stop of The Currentâs election road show Crossroads: Coast to Coast with Canadian Voters.
First up, the sea is both a livelihood and a way of life in Nova Scotia, flowing into how many people will vote. Galloway talks to a fisherman fed up with how his industry is being treated by the federal government, a restaurant owner serving up haddock with a side of national pride and a seaweed exporter worried about U.S. President Donald Trumpâs threatened tariffs.
Then, housing costs have soared in Halifax since the pandemic, leaving people like Michelle McClung feeling squeezed. Her adult children canât afford to move out, including one son living in a campervan out front. She wants less talk of Trump, and more work to solve the housing crisis and bring down the cost of living.
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The first wins and losses of next weekâs federal election will be announced in Atlantic Canada, where the political landscape has shifted dramatically in recent months. Matt Galloway heads to Halifax to talk to CBC reporters Silas Brown, Peter Cowan and Taryn Grant about what voters want, as part of Crossroads: Coast to Coast with Canadian Voters.
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Pope Francis worked to be close to people right up to the final day of his life, says Jesuit priest and journalist Father Sam Sawyer. We look at how that focus on human dignity has shaped his papacy, from speaking out for refugees and the marginalized, to his apology for the conduct of some members of the Catholic Church in Canada's residential school system.
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The bones of a massive blue whale will soon hang at Dalhousie University. Veterinarian Chris Harvey-Clark tells us what it took to salvage the whale that washed up outside Halifax, and what we still don't understand about the largest mammal on earth.
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Ashley Casciato from Innisfil, Ont., says sheâs struggling to make ends meet, yet still sees herself as middle class â and sheâs not alone. With the federal election just a week away, many Canadians are feeling the pressure of a rising cost of living thatâs putting homeownership and the traditional middle-class lifestyle increasingly out of reach. We explore how the definition of âmiddle classâ is changing and what party leaders should do to make life more affordable.
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Pope Francis, leader of the Catholic Church since 2013, has died at the age of 88. Widely regarded as a progressive reformer, he sought to modernize the church and steer it away from rigid doctrine â making it more inclusive to the needs of the marginalized. Guest host Dave Seglins spoke to CBCâs Megan Williams and Christopher White of the National Catholic Reporter about the legacy Francis leaves behind â including his historic apology for Canadaâs residential school system.
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With election day fast approaching and advance polls opening today, the race for leadership has reached a critical moment. Matt Galloway talks to CBCâs Rosemary Barton, the Toronto Starâs Ryan Tumilty and the Globe and Mailâs Stephanie Levitz â and unpacks how Liberal Mark Carney, Conservative Pierre Poilievre, the NDP's Jagmeet Singh and the Blocâs Yves-François Blanchet fared in the campaignâs only English-language debate on Thursday night.
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Journalist Chris Hayes says âattention capitalismâ demands we pay heed to everything at once, from social media doomscrolling to the relentless pace of the 24-hour news cycle. In a conversation from March, the MSNBC host spoke with Matt Galloway about his new book, The Sirenâs Call, which explores what living under constant information overload means for our lives and politics â and explains why he thinks U.S. President Donald Trumpâs attention-grabbing antics are âa kind of feral instinct.â
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Al Martin has lived with obesity since his teens. He says new guidelines for treating childhood obesity will offer new tools to help kids, but some approaches â like weight loss surgery â shouldnât be taken lightly. Matt Galloway discusses the stigma around weight with Martin, an advocate with Obesity Matters, and Dr. Stasia Hadjiyannakis, one of the guidelinesâ authors.
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Everyone has certain words they struggle to spell, whether itâs stumbling on silent letters in words like âdoubt,â or words like âfuchsia,â that just look very different from how they sound. In his new book Enough is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Eezier to Spell, Gabe Henry looks at how spelling reformers have long tried â and failed â to simplify English spelling.
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