Podcast Episodes

More Canadians opting to leave ERs after long wait times

How long is too long to wait? For some Canadians, long waits in emergency rooms are driving them to leave — causing more return visits, and additional strain on an already burdened healthcare system.…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

A custody battle that became a landmark case: Racine v Woods

It was a court battle that made headlines. In the early 1980's an Indigenous mother fought to get her child back from the foster family that had looked after her from the time she was an infant. Her …

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Canada's women's rugby team is ready to shock the world

Coming off a shocking upset of New Zealand in last week's semifinals, Canada's women's rugby team gets set to take on England in the Finals tomorrow. Shireen Ahmed, a senior contributor with CBC Spor…

Published on 3 months ago

The Bulwark comes north to commiserate with Canadians

It can be dizzying for Canadians to look south at American politics these days. Tim Miller, host of the Bulwark's podcast, joins us to talk about how Americans see the relationship with Canada, what …

Published on 3 months ago

Why don't Canadian kids get enough exercise?

Research shows moving your body has major physical and mental health benefits. But despite WHO guidelines for kids to get 60 minutes of active play each day — only 39% of Canadian children are meetin…

Published on 3 months ago

How these 76 and 105 year-old women became "soul friends"

Merilyn Simonds and Beth Robinson are two friends from Kingston, Ontario, who decided during the Covid pandemic to make it a priority to get together, once a week, for a walk. 

Since then they've face…

Published on 3 months ago

"Lentil King" wants Canadian businesses to think bigger

Murad al-Katib started his pulse crop business in his basement. Now it's worth $3B a year and in 120 countries. At a time when many Canadian businesses are trying to diversify their markets, and get …

Published on 3 months ago

What’s your “time personality”?

We all know people who are always late. Maybe you're one of them. The tardy gets a bad rap. But they aren't all self-centred, says University of Texas time expert Dawna Ballard. Some of them may be t…

Published on 3 months ago

Why Chris Hayes isn't a "doomer" about U.S. democracy

It can be hard to make sense of the barrage of news coming out of the United States these days. The murder of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk has ignited a fraught conversation about free spee…

Published on 3 months ago

How is Nova Scotia revolutionizing their sepsis approach

In the last year, Nova Scotia Health implemented a sepsis action improvement plan in six health care facilities throughout the province. It's worked so well, now, they're rolling it out province wide…

Published on 3 months ago