The Current

Although people had high hopes for a better new year, some fruit and wine producers in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley say they’re facing the same challenges as in 2020. And with a third wave of COVID-19 sweeping the country, new travel restrictions in B.C. and stay-at-home orders in Ontario could throw another wrench in this year’s harvest.

Canada's Road Ahead takes us on a virtual road trip across the country, to speak with Canadians about how the pandemic has changed their lives, and what they see in their future.

Today on The Current: Canada’s Road Ahead and the challenges facing B.C.’s wineries and orchards; mounting tensions at the Russia-Ukraine border; Nomadland’s Bob Wells on why he chose a life on the road.

An American journalist says the conviction of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death is a step forward for the country, but that “there’s still a lot of work to be done.”

NASA just flew a helicopter — on Mars — and controlled it from here on Earth. Montreal-born engineer Farah Alibay helped to make that happen, and says it's a testament to "what diverse teams can achieve."

Danika Jorgensen-Skakum caught COVID-19 during her pregnancy, and wants other pregnant Canadians to know what that was like. We hear her story, and discuss the increased risks in the third wave with Dr. Tali Bogler, chair of the family medicine obstetrics team at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto; and Dr. Deborah Money, professor of obstetrics, gynecology and infectious diseases at UBC.

Today on The Current: Former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd; third wave of COVID-19 posing increased risk to pregnant people; Montreal-born engineer helped NASA fly helicopter on Mars; and life is inching back to normal in Gibraltar.

Monday marked 78 years since the start of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when Jews waged a 27-day revolt against the Nazis. Montreal-born author Judy Batalion writes about the often-forgotten stories of Jewish women who fought in the uprising in her new book, The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says that "partnership and working together is the way to go" to beat the third wave of COVID-19 in Canada.

When he first tasted power in a kitchen, early in his career, renowned chef Éric Ripert realized he was reproducing a pattern of abuse that had been accepted during his own training. He set about changing that.

Today on The Current: Chrystia Freeland on the federal budget and fighting COVID-19’s third wave; chef Éric Ripert on cooking vegetables, and bringing Buddhism into the kitchen; and increasing number of Guatemala migrants heading to Mexico-U.S. border.

Today on The Current: Third wave of COVID-19 battering Ontario, and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic Leblanc on how Ottawa plans to help; what Canadians can expect from the federal budget; and the young Jewish women who fought the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto.

An Ottawa lawyer says it’s a "miscarriage of justice" that an Ontario sexual assault victim was fined for breaking a publication ban protecting her own identity. But some say the justice system needed to set an example to deter others from breaking similar bans.

Sunday is the anniversary of the mass shooting that killed 22 people in Nova Scotia, marking a year of pain, perseverance, and lingering questions for bereaved loved ones.

Canadian baseball legend Fergie Jenkins says plans for a statue of him outside Wrigley Field in Chicago are "the icing on the cake." He tells us about a career that took him from Chatham, Ont., to Chicago, his time playing for the Harlem Globetrotters, and why he wants to see another baseball franchise in Montreal.

Today on The Current: Families face difficult anniversary of Nova Scotia mass shooting; sexual assault victim fined for breaking publication ban on her own name; and Canadian baseball legend Fergie Jenkins reflects on his career.

With many parts of the country facing another surge in COVID-19 cases, the head of Toronto’s University Health Network (UHN) says vaccine efforts must be redirected to people in hot spots, where the risk of contracting the virus is higher.

Canadian Bruce Fogle chronicles his time tending to the pets of famous Britons in new book Call the Vet: My Life as a Young Vet in 1970s London.

Low COVID-19 case numbers and a high vaccination rate are starting to make life feel normal again in Dawson City, Yukon. But for locals who work in the city's tourism industry, it's vital that the rest of the world can visit again soon.

Canada's Road Ahead takes us on a virtual road trip across the country, to speak with Canadians about how the pandemic has changed their lives, and what they see in their future.

Today on The Current: Life returning to normal in Dawson City, Yukon, but its tourism industry is hoping the world catches up; killing of Daunte Wright heightens tensions around Derek Chauvin murder trial; vaccine supply issues forcing clinics to close and cancel appointments; and medical students spring into action to help St. Vincent evacuees.