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Gambling with the future of Ontario horse racing

The Ontario government has decided to end a funding arrangement that pumped millions of dollars into the industry through slot machines at the province's racetracks.... Read More »

Canadian veterans privacy violation

Another former Canadian soldier joins the list of veterans who say their personal medical records were inappropriately accessed by government officials. The Current's Howard Goldenthal... Read More »

New potash mines in Saskatchewan communities

The mining companies have descended on Saskatchewan. A proliferation of Potash mines is generating Billions and some small prairie communities see new opportunity while others... Read More »

The Trouble with Renting - Marketplace

Renters in Canada often have to live in subpar and unhealthy conditions because the rental market is so tight and big landlords are more focused... Read More »

Has Shaken Baby Syndrome been overblown?

During the 1980s and 90s, researchers and pediatricians have been telling people about the damage caused by shaking an infant. But according to a new... Read More »

Terence McKenna shares stories from a Syrian refugee camp in Turkey

CBC journalist Terence McKenna is just back from a visit to the Syrian refugee camps in Turkey. He heard from average citizens, business owners and... Read More »

Mind Reading Technology

What if the government or anyone else could read your mind? Wait for it .. the potential is fast approaching. We are moving from the... Read More »

Coupon Deal Websites

Some of you may get them in your email inbox ... daily deals on local goods and services. Groupon-style websites and the group discount coupons... Read More »

Dirty Election Tricks

On the day of last week's federal election, voters all over the country received mysterious phone calls sowing confusion about where and how they could vote.... Read More »

If These Walls Could Talk: Westminster Abbey

For thousands of years, British royalty have been married and buried at Westminster Abbey which means there will be an awful lot of very...

If These Walls Could Talk (cont'd) & Letters

We continue our Westminster Abbey tour and hear about a 19th century British scientist of the same stature as Sir Isaac Newton. Also we read...

Citizenship & War Crimes

Alleged Serbian war criminal Branko Rogan takes the stand at a citizenship hearing in Vancouver, which raises questions about the best way for Canada to... Read More »

Party Strategies in Quebec

We look at how the election campaign is playing out in Quebec as compared to the rest of the country. The CBC's Nancy Wood identifies... Read More »

Your Brain on Politics

The CBC's Neil Morrison brings us a story called Your Brain on Politics. We like to think we make voting decisions based on logical, rational... Read More »

Canadian Soldiers & Mental Health

The CBC's Nancy Wood brings us the results of her investigation into the psychological problems Canadian soldiers are experiencing when they return from Afghanistan and... Read More »

Hiroshima: David Gutnick

The CBC's David Gutnick brings us a report from Hiroshima Japan, about how the crisis at the country's Fukushima nuclear plant is affecting Japan's already fraught... Read More »

Second Hand Clothing

Ghana is banning imports of secondhand underwear, towels, handkerchiefs and mattresses. Critics say this ban hurts local people who cannot afford to buy these items... Read More »

Car Insurance & Diminished Value

Tom Harrington from CBC Television's Marketplace joins us with some revelations into what your car insurance does not cover.Tom Harrington's story Crash and Burned will... Read More »

Common Ground Cafe

Our colleagues at the CBC in Thunder Bay, Ontario have embarked on an ambitious experiment to see if they can bridge the divide between aboriginal... Read More »

Modern Marriage

For the first time, there are more un-married people in Canada than married people. We look at an ever-evolving institution. And we meet some couples... Read More »

Cat-Bird War

There are about a hundred million cats roaming free across North America. Collectively, they kill about a billion birds a year. And now a lot... Read More »

Strip-Searches

December 13, 2010You've probably seen the footage ... a woman in Ottawa being kicked and pushed around by police before being strip-searched. That footage has... Read More »

Growing Up in a Tent City

Pt 2: Growing Up in a Tent City - CBC correspondent David Gutnick returns to a devastated neighbourhood he first visited in the days...

The New Homes of Haiti

Pt 3: The New Homes of Haiti - We take a look at some of the ambitious housing plans from Canada and around the...

Dec 1/10 - Pt 2: Breakfast Cereal

You might have grown up on breakfast cereal. But there's a good chance that your kids won't. We look at what the declining cereal market... Read More »

Nov 17/10 - Pt 2: Albania's BESA

The story of a deeply-rooted Albanian value system and how it led a mainly Muslim society to take huge risks in order to save Jews... Read More »

Nov 15/10 - Pt 3: Gays in The Military

Gays and lesbians have been permitted to serve openly in the Canadian military for nearly 20 years. But back then, being gay was enough to... Read More »

Nov 09/10 - Pt 3: Nepal's Maoist Rebels

The uneasy co-existence of a Maoist rebel army and the national army leaves Nepal and its neighbours on edge. Listen to Part Three: (Pop-up)... Read More »

Nov 05/10 - Pt 3: Soviet Afghan War Veteran

Meet a Canadian with a unique perspective on Canada's combat mission in Afghanistan. That's because he spent 16 months fighting there in 1987 as a... Read More »

June 11, 2010

Pt 1: World Cup Economy - The 2010 World Cup kicks off this morning in South Africa. Our World Cup correspondent, David Gutnick, contrasts South... Read More »

December 30, 2009

Pt 1: Growing Interest in Yemen - President Barack Obama served notice that the U.S. would target terror more vigorously, with Yemen in its crosshairs.... Read More »

December 23, 2009

Pt 1: Shalit Negotiations- It has been three-and-a-half years since Israeli Corporal Gilad Shalit was taken hostage by Palestinian militants. And this morning, a deal... Read More »

December 18, 2009

Pt 1: Afghan Detainees - We started this segment with a clip of Laurie Hawn, the Parliamentary Secretary to Canada's Minister of Defence. He made... Read More »

December 17, 2009

Pt 1: Cape Breton RCMP Investigation- On December 2nd, 2008, the RCMP got a 911 call from Wagmatcook First Nation in Cape Breton. The caller... Read More »

December 15, 2009

Pt 1: Humiliating Canada - We started this segment with a clip of Prime Minister Harper's Press Secretary, Dimitri Soudas, and environmental activist Stephen Guilbeault,... Read More »

December 14, 2009

Pt 1: Mayors in Copenhagen Panel - Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Copenhagen on the weekend as part of a... Read More »

December 11, 2009

Pt 1: Misleading Parliament - We started the segment with a clip from Canadian diplomat Richard Colvin. His testimony kicked off what's turned out to... Read More »

December 10, 2009

Pt 1: Alberta Climate Change - Renner - Rob Renner may be the bravest man in Copenhagen next week. After all, he's Alberta's environment minister.... Read More »

December 09, 2009

Pt 1: CIHR and Pfizer - We started this segment with Doctor Bernard Prigent. He's the Vice President and Medical Director of Pfizer Canada, the... Read More »

December 04, 2009

Pt 1: Doctors with Criminal Records - On July 3rd, 1995, George Korol drove to his mother-in-law's place in California and threw a flaming container... Read More »

December 02, 2009

Pt 1: Afghan Strategy - After three months of waiting, U.S. President Barack Obama is moving ahead with an ambitious new strategy in Afghanistan. His... Read More »

November 27, 2009

Pt 1: Facilitated Communication - Rom Houben was 20-years-old when a car crash put him in what doctors thought was a coma. That was in... Read More »

November 11, 2009

Pt 1: Northern Rescues - We started this segment with a clip of Captain Michael Young, the Deputy Officer in Charge of the Joint Rescue... Read More »

October 30, 2009

Pt 1: Ethiopia - It's been 25 years since the images of starving, emaciated Ethiopians shocked the world and prompted an outpouring of food aid.... Read More »

October 29, 2009

Pt 1: H1N1 and Bacteria - Across the country, people are lining up to get the H1N1 flu vaccine. But it turns out, the virus... Read More »

October 27, 2009

Pt 1: Kidnapped Publisher - Many journalists have to put their lives on the line for their work. But until Friday night, Jagdish Grewal didn't... Read More »

October 26, 2009

Pt 1: General Rick Hillier - General Rick Hillier calls it one of the more idiotic decisions ever made by the Canadian forces. In the... Read More »

October 23, 2009

Pt 1: WCB Frustration - We started this segment with a clip from Brent Mcgillis who is an injured ironworker living in Edmonton. Pt 2:... Read More »

October 22, 2009

Pt 1: Hostage Taking - We started this segment with a clip from who we now know is Patrick Clayton. After a tense ten hours... Read More »

October 21, 2009

Pt 1: Nortel Pensions - Cecilia Lovas and John Tyson will be on Parliament Hill this afternoon with other former Nortel employees who are angry... Read More »