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How a lost Beatles tape led to meeting Paul McCartney

Rob Frith assumed the old reel-to-reel Beatles tape sitting in his Vancouver record store was just a bootleg. It stayed behind the counter for years …

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Mandy Rennehan on her Order of Canada

Mandy Rennehan started her construction company Freshco as a teenager in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. At the time, she couldn't imagine it would grow into …

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Country star Terri Clark's biggest honour yet

She's a member of the Grand Ole Opry and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, but for Terri Clark, being inducted into the Order of Canada is extra speci…

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1.4 million work permits expire in 2026. What’s next?

We speak with 25-year-old Abhishek Parmar, who has his work permit expiring in March, and is working hard to ensure he can stay in Canada. We also sp…

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Why is non-alcoholic wine so bad?

While it's easy to find a hops-forward IPA or a crisp lager that fools even the best beer connoisseur… de-alcoholized wines leave something to be des…

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Climbing Canada’s melting glaciers

New research has found the amount of glacier ice lost in western Canada just in 2025 was 30 gigatonnes. That loss of ice isn’t just changing what the…

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How GEEZER magazine is reclaiming aging

We speak to Laura LeBleu, the founding editor of GEEZER. It is a print-only magazine focused on the Gen X aging experience. LeBleu reflects on reachi…

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Quebec Premier François Legault resigns. What happens now?

Provincial politics in Quebec have been in turmoil for months. Now the premier Francois Legault has announced that he is resigning, as soon as his pa…

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Margaret MacMillan on the shifting international order

Canadian historian Margaret MacMillan talks about what’s at stake when power rules. As the US intervenes in foreign states, and starts alienating lon…

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What's next for Iran?

Amid reports of a bloody crackdown on protests in Iran, the White House says many options are on the table -- from air strikes to diplomacy. An Irani…

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