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Back to SearchWhat's inside Canada's largest ever protected area?
Episode 778
It was protected just about a month ago, and it's located about 100 kilometres off the coast of Vancouver Island. And as for what's in there ... well…
2 years, 10 months ago
Roxham Road, bodies near the border and the future of Canada-US migration
Episode 777
Just days after Canada's official unofficial border crossing at Roxham Road was shut down, eight bodies were recovered from the waters of the St. Law…
2 years, 10 months ago
BC decriminalized drugs. How's it been going?
Episode 776
At the end of January, British Columbia began a pilot program that decriminalized small amounts of drugs, including heroin, cocaine and opioids. It's…
2 years, 11 months ago
Will Alberta's close election be decided by policy, or scandal?
Episode 775
Tight elections don't seem to be Alberta's thing. After decades of Conservative blowouts, the NDP's unlikely 2015 win was ... also a blowout, and the…
2 years, 11 months ago
Canada's next election will be a battle of the disliked vs. the hated
Episode 774
When a leader sticks around a long time, it's natural that his popularity declines. That's how politics goes. But as Justin Trudeau heads towards a d…
2 years, 11 months ago
The case for the four-day work week
Episode 773
The five-day work week has been the standard for decades. But not forever. Once upon a time, it was a six-day week. So why can't it go from five to f…
2 years, 11 months ago
What really matters in 2023's federal budget?
Episode 772
With $432 billion in spending, it's safe to say not everything included in Tuesday's federal budget got its share of headlines. And for top-line item…
2 years, 11 months ago
Baseball in 2023: A whole new ball game
Episode 771
It's a sport well over a century old. It has historically resisted change. It has also, however, been losing relevance by the year, as it gets slower…
2 years, 11 months ago
REWIND: Stephen Brunt on how baseball is broken
Episode 770
Almost five years ago, one of the very first episodes of this podcast was about how baseball was a sport in decline. Games were too long, and too bor…
2 years, 11 months ago
Canadians were promised universal pharmacare, What happened?
Episode 769
First it was a campaign promise. Then a key plank of the Liberal-NDP supply and confidence agreement. Then it morphed into drug pricing reforms, whic…
2 years, 11 months ago