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Liberal Leader Mark Carney will be sworn in as prime minister later today, with political observers suggesting he could call a federal election as early as next week. Our politics panel unpacks what that campaign might look like — and whether it will come down to who Canadians think is capable of standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Sonya Cywink was found murdered in London, Ont. in 1994, but her killer was never found. The Anishinaabe woman’s sister Meggie has spent decades seeking answers, and growing increasingly frustrated with police. Now, Meggie’s relentless quest for justice has uncovered new details, with the help of The Fifth Estate and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Connie Walker.
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Donald Trump’s return to the White House has strained his country’s alliances with Canada and the EU, while drawing Russia closer. As G7 foreign ministers meet in Quebec, guest host Mark Kelley talks to Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas about navigating this shifting world order.
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It’s been five years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, completely upending life as we knew it. We reconnect with some of the people we spoke to in those early days of lockdown, to ask where they are now and how the pandemic changed their lives.
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Donald Trump’s administration wants to create a new era of “energy dominance” in the U.S., by ramping up energy production to bring cheap power to more Americans. What will this mean for Canada's oil and gas sector? CBC business reporter Kyle Bakx went to CERAWeek, the “Super Bowl” of energy conferences, to find out what the industry is thinking.
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Tuberculosis is entirely curable and yet also the deadliest infectious disease in the world. That paradox has fascinated John Green, the popular YouTuber and author of The Fault in Our Stars, ever since he met a boy called Henry at a TB hospital in Sierra Leone. Green's new book, Everything is Tuberculosis, tells Henry’s story and asks why this disease still kills more people every year than homicide, war, and malaria combined.
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Iowa farmer Joshua Manske says the trade war could be “really, really, really harmful” for him and the other farmers who helped U.S. President Donald Trump win his second term. Matt Galloway talks to Americans about the impact of tariffs and counter-tariffs on their businesses — and what they’d like to say to Trump.
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Four Indigenous men were convicted of a 1973 Winnipeg murder following forced confessions and a trial later described by a judge as “infected” by racism. Three of those men have since been exonerated — after years behind bars — but Russell Woodhouse died in 2011 before he saw his name cleared. Now, his family are pushing for his posthumous exoneration.
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Do you silently judge someone who says “less” when they mean “fewer”? Do you have very strong feelings about the Oxford comma? You may want a word with Ellen Jovin. For years, the author of Rebel with a Clause has been setting up a folding table on the street to talk to people about grammar — which she says can actually bring us together in divisive times.
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The Trump administration’s dramatic cuts to USAID sparked worldwide alarm among humanitarian workers, leaving other organizations struggling to fill the gap. Matt Galloway talks to Avril Benoit, CEO of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières in the U.S.
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With simmering U.S.-Canada tensions around tariffs, some Canadians are rethinking where they want to spend their travel dollars — and looking to some of the great places this country has to offer. The Current is putting together a travel bucket list and we want your suggestions! Go to cbc.ca/thecurrent to help us celebrate this big, beautiful country.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has slashed and frozen funding to the National Institutes of Health, stalling research on ailments from cancer to dementia and possible new drugs to treat them. We look at the impact on research in Canada, and hear why some say this is an opportunity to attract talent to laboratories here.
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Many people want to stay in their own homes as they get older, but things like stairs and slippery bathtubs can lead to falls and injury. As part of our ongoing series on getting older, we look at what kind of improvements and modifications can keep seniors safe — and in their homes longer.
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Mark Carney won the race to become Liberal Party leader by a landslide, and will likely replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister in the coming days. We talk to partisan strategists and commentators about what lies ahead for both Carney and Canadians, from Trump’s tariffs to an imminent election.
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Best-selling Canadian author Louise Penny has cancelled all upcoming appearances in the U.S., posting online that she doesn't feel she can visit the country amid “the ongoing threat of an unprovoked trade war against Canada by the U.S. president.” She talks to Matt Galloway about her decision.
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An iceberg weighing nearly a trillion tonnes, named A23a, appears to have run aground off the shore of an island in the South Atlantic. A scientist warns that it could pose a significant risk to local wildlife — but also presents an opportunity to study these rare, giant slabs of ice.
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Today’s teenagers have grown up with smartphones, but some have turned away from these devices’ constant demand for attention. Matt Galloway talks to three 18 year olds who have either unplugged from social media or forgone smartphones completely.
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The legendary music producer Bob Ezrin has renounced his U.S. citizenship and moved home to Canada, saying he doesn’t recognize America anymore. Matt Galloway talks to Ezrin about his decision; and to Peter Wall, who is organizing an “Elbows Up, Canada” rally to bring Canadians together in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and threats of annexation.
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Everyone’s getting older, but not everyone wants to think or talk about it. In a new series, The Current looks at aging well and the hard choices facing older adults and their loved ones. We start with a conversation many people have been avoiding: how to talk to our aging parents about getting older.
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It’s been five years since people banged pots and pans to support health-care workers battling the pandemic — but today many nurses say they’re still struggling in an overwhelmed system. Matt Galloway talks to two front-line nurses about the burnout, violence and staff shortages that are driving some out of the profession entirely.
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