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Back to SearchChina's boom changed the world. Now, it faces a slump
As Canada deals with high inflation and a housing shortage, the world’s second-largest economy is grappling with a nearly opposite reality. China has been booming for over 40 years as Beijing investe…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Pierre Poilievre’s tightrope walk at the Conservative convention
Conservatives from across the country will gather this week in Quebec City for their party convention. There are some heated issues on the agenda; like a policy pushing the party to oppose gender-aff…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Front Burner Introduces: CBC Marketplace | Our five-year fight to stop scam calls
As Canada’s top consumer watchdog, CBC Marketplace looks out for your health, your safety and your money. Hosts Asha Tomlinson and David Common bring you inside eight action-packed investigations, un…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Over 100 deaths, lethal substances, and a global investigation
This week – Ontario police charged Kenneth Law, of Mississauga, with 12 counts of counselling and aiding suicide. That’s on top of the two counts he was charged with when he was first arrested in May…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
ChatGPT in university: useful tool or cheating hack?
The ChatGPT hype cycle has died down a bit lately. There are fewer breathless headlines about generative AI’s potential and its risks. But in a recent American survey – one in five post-secondary stu…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
As fires burn, N.W.T.’s premier calls out Ottawa
As wildfires burn in the Northwest Territories, premier Caroline Cochrane called out Ottawa for failing to respond to decades-long requests to address basic infrastructure gaps. And as the residents …
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
International students in Canada face discrimination, exploitation
Since new Housing Minister Sean Fraser said Canada “ought to consider” a cap on international students last week, the impact of the program on the housing market has dominated the affordability debat…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
What Prigozhin’s death means for Putin
Russian officials said on Sunday that genetic tests had confirmed that Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash last week. Just two months ago, Prigozhin led an armed rebellio…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
The fight for better sunscreen, from AOC to skincare influencers
Sharing your skincare routine, whether it’s on DermTok or Instagram, is a hugely popular trend on social media. These days, there is one product that you’ll hear talked about religiously: sunscreen. …
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
How Meta’s news ban is affecting Canadians
On Monday, as people were still reeling from the devastation of the wildfires in B.C. and in the Northwest Territories, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lashed out at Meta, the parent company of Faceboo…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago