Podcast Episodes

The flying objects being shot down over North America

In the span of nine days, we’ve seen the takedown of four flying objects over North America by U.S. fighter jets. It has both Canada and the U.S. on …

3 years, 1 month ago

Everything you need to know about fusion energy

Fusion – the act of deriving energy by smashing atoms together – has long been the stuff of science fiction. But thanks to a recent scientific breakt…

3 years, 1 month ago

An impossible offer for Canadian children detained in Syria

The federal government has offered to bring some Canadian children being held in detention camps in Syria to Canada – but their mothers can’t come wi…

3 years, 1 month ago

Is $200 billion enough to fix health care?

Ottawa announced Tuesday a proposed $46.2-billion injection in new federal health care funding for the provinces and territories.

For years, there hav…

3 years, 1 month ago

China’s long reach into Canada’s battery minerals industry

Canada is facing increasing calls to grow its critical mineral industry as the world pivots toward its net-zero goals and batteries are becoming incr…

3 years, 1 month ago

A Canadian sniper on the battle for Bakhmut, Ukraine

A Canadian sniper, whose codename is Teflon, was set up in an apartment building in the destroyed city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, shooting waves of Russian…

3 years, 1 month ago

Why investors are flocking to the daycare business

The federal government’s $30-billion pledge to bring daycare costs down to $10/day and to create 250,000 new spaces by 2026 isn’t only attracting fam…

3 years, 1 month ago

The McKinsey controversy explained

On Wednesday, Dominic Barton appeared before a parliamentary committee looking into the rise in outsourcing contracts awarded to McKinsey & Company, …

3 years, 1 month ago

B.C. decriminalizes some drug possession

As of this week, possession of 2.5 grams of some drugs in B.C. is decriminalized. The B.C. government says it is trying to reduce the number of peopl…

3 years, 1 month ago

Edmonton spiritual leader charged with sexual assault

John de Ruiter, a spiritual leader known for his piercing stare and who calls himself the ‘embodiment of truth’ was arrested and charged with four co…

3 years, 1 month ago