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Canada’s massive military buildup: Part 2

Fri Jul 03 2026

The Canadian defence industry can’t grow the way Prime Minister Mark Carney is proposing by just selling domestically. That’s why another aim of the Defence Industrial Strategy is to grow Canadian defence...

Canada’s massive military buildup: Part 1

Thu Jul 02 2026

Mark Carney ran for office promising to spend a whole lot more on the Canadian military. Since being elected, he’s poured billions of dollars into defence, and plans to roughly triple Canada’s defence...

How extreme heat is changing Europe

Wed Jul 01 2026

This week, temperatures across much of Europe reached above 40 C. In parts of Spain and Portugal, it was hotter than the Sahara Desert.Governments are telling citizens to stay indoors. Schools have closed....

Why are prediction markets coming to Canada?

Tue Jun 30 2026

Investment company Wealthsimple is partnering with Kalshi to launch Wealthsimple Predict. It’s an app that’ll allow Canadians to place bets on things like Bank of Canada interest rates, job numbers and long...

What’s fuelling residential school denialism?

Mon Jun 29 2026

A warning: this episode discusses the trauma and harms surrounding Canada's residential school history. Please listen with care. So much of what we know about Canada's residential schools has been...

Solving the Nord Stream attack mystery

Fri Jun 26 2026

In the fall of 2022, Danish authorities scrambled fighter jets to investigate a strange disturbance in the Baltic Sea. What they found was extraordinary.An enormous geyser had opened up on the water’s...

Incel violence and the Montreal shooting

Thu Jun 25 2026

On Monday morning, a 25-year-old man opened fire in Montreal, leading to a shootout that left three people dead.A few hours later, police found a manifesto written by the shooter. It contained a laundry list...

Inside Iran as peace talks continue

Wed Jun 24 2026

Margaret Evans is CBC’s Senior International Correspondent. She just returned from a week-long reporting trip in Tehran, speaking to Iranians on the ground about the impact of the war and the preliminary...

Is the U.K. ungovernable?

Tue Jun 23 2026

After a weekend of speculation, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer appeared on the steps of 10 Downing Street on Monday and announced that he would be stepping down. He’s now the sixth British Prime...

Liberals push through bills as Parliament wraps

Mon Jun 22 2026

It was a busy end to the season in the House of Commons. CBC Chief Political Correspondent Rosemary Barton is here to talk about what happened, what it tells us about Carney’s majority government, and what we...

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