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Moms and short people need not apply: Miss France pageant sued over eligibility rules

If you want to be crowned the epitome of "beauty and elegance" in France, you have to be unmarried, childless, at least 5-foot-5 and no older than 24. That's why a French feminist organization is suing the pageant’s production company for what it says are discriminatory hiring practices.

As It Happens October 20

Writers retell Shakespeare's Tempest to explore colonialism and power

As part of our series on contemporary novels inspired by Shakespeare plays, and produced in collaboration with the Stratford Festival, IDEAS explores what The Tempest has to say to us today about colonialism, reparations and forgiveness.

Ideas October 19

Something's rotten in the state of the internet, and archivists are worried

How do we preserve 'the record' when web pages get taken down, reassigned, or simply disappear?

Spark October 15

Dune director Denis Villeneuve on adapting Frank Herbert's notoriously unfilmable sci-fi epic

It takes an experienced director like Denis Villeneuve to tackle a project like Dune. The Canadian filmmaker joined Q’s Tom Power to explain why he was eager to helm a big-screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal novel, despite its shaky cinematic past.

Narwhals leave infrared 'fluke-prints' in the ocean that can be seen with aerial cameras

Quirks & Quarks October 15

Canadian culture and literature to be celebrated at 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair

Books October 19

Why are COVID cases spiking in the U.K., but dwindling in Japan?

As It Happens October 21

Nobody is safe from kidnappings in Haiti, says reporter

The Current October 19

How Iqaluit's water crisis is connected to climate change

Front Burner October 20

Why a museum is carefully preserving a 95-year-old sandwich

As It Happens October 21

Under the CGI? Scientists use virtual reality to get people to care more about oceans

The Current October 19

From Manhattan to Moscow to The Lincoln Highway: Amor Towles takes readers on an all-American road trip

Writers & Company October 15

Contemplating the emotional side of spaceflight

Quirks & Quarks October 15

PWYW — What do people pay when they decide the price?

Cost of Living October 17

Polish volunteers head into the forest to help refugees stranded along Belarus border

As It Happens October 18

Inside the colourful world of goalie-mask art

Day 6 October 15

Tension and trauma for refugees in Greece

Front Burner October 19

Our entire solar system may exist inside a giant magnetic tunnel, says astrophysicist

As It Happens October 19

Katherine Ashenburg's novel Her Turn looks at lies, forgiveness and starting over

The Next Chapter October 15

Unruly beasts and how to police them: Author examines the world of animal crime

The Current October 18

Ask Me Anything

What the reopening of the U.S. border means for travellers

Cross Country Checkup October 17

Dancing bees reveal that U.K. cities offer more accessible food than the countryside

Quirks & Quarks October 15

How the Mighty Ducks, Inspector Gadget tie into the search for crypto billions

Front Burner October 18

When I married a widower, I made space for his late wife's legacy

The Doc Project October 15

'That was hell for us': Former Canadian Forces contractor on his flight from Afghanistan, debate over aid

Christian Paas-Lang

The House October 16

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