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Front Burner

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Front Burner is a daily news podcast that takes you deep into the stories shaping Canada and the world. Each morning, from Monday to Friday, host Jayme Poisson talks with the smartest people covering the biggest stories to help you understand what’s going on.

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  1. Taking stock of Doug Ford's spending cuts

    Today on Front Burner, CBC Queen's Park reporter Mike Crawley on the cascade of cuts in Doug Ford's Ontario and how they might be felt in the province.

    20:13
  2. How the Mark Norman trial could be "a huge political circus"

    CBC defence reporter Murray Brewster on the upcoming trial of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, and why it might turn into a political circus, right before the next federal election.

    25:17
  3. Huawei exec back in court as China dispute escalates

    As Huawei's Meng Whanzou returns to court, CBC Vancouver's Jason Proctor on the repercussions from her arrest in December.

    26:21
  4. Who gets to compete as a woman in sports?

    Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya, from South Africa, has lost her appeal against proposed rules from track's governing body that require some female runners to lower their nat…

    24:58
  5. The push for regime change in Venezuela

    Today on Front Burner - we speak to the CBC's Evan Dyer about an attempt to oust Nicolas Maduro as well as Columbia University Professor, Jeffrey Sachs, who says the United States,…

    22:43
  6. Liberals under fire for accepting Illegal SNC Lavalin donations

    Journalist Harvey Cashore on the revelation of SNC Lavalin employees who made illegal campaign donations worth more than $100,000 to the Liberal Party of Canada.

    20:43
  7. Severe flooding afflicts Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick, again

    "We can't go through this again." Thousands of people across Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick are dealing with serious floods this week. And not for the first time. Today on Front…

    20:56
  8. Inside Canada's alt-right forums

    Reporter Shannon Carranco got access to over 150,000 chat logs from a Canadian alt-right forum. What she found is frightening.

    20:44
  9. The unlikely rise of the Toronto Raptors

    Twenty four years ago the Toronto Raptors were named the newest team in basketball - and the first franchise outside of the United States. In the years that followed, the team woul…

    26:01
  10. One year after the van attack "incels" are unrepentantExplicit

    One year after the deadly van attack in Toronto, the misogynistic online community that inspired the attack remains unchanged, says reporter Zack Beauchamp who spent a year investi…

    22:08
  11. Understanding the Sri Lankan attacks

    Ever since Sri Lanka was hit by eight coordinated bomb blasts, there have been questions about who could be behind an act of terrorism that targeted churches and hotels and left mo…

    20:56
  12. How mistrust and fear make fighting Ebola more difficult

    An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 800 people, and infected hundreds more. The crisis has worsened due to a local mistrust of the government…

    17:51
  13. Will P.E.I. be the first province to go Green?

    Across Canada, there's never been a Green Party government federally or provincially. But on Tuesday, that could all change when people on Prince Edward Island cast their ballots.…

    17:29
  14. Why the Mueller report doesn't exonerate Trump for obstruction

    The Mueller Report identified a series of episodes involving Trump that the special counsel considered potential obstructions of justice. But Robert Mueller chose to not charge Tru…

    23:32
  15. How Notre-Dame Cathedral survived centuries of war and change

    On Monday, as Parisians and tourists watched in horror, a fire ravaged Notre-Dame Cathedral, destroying much of the historic church and its famous spire. Despite worries that the c…

    20:38
  16. Who is Jason Kenney, Alberta's next premier?

    Jason Kenney will be Alberta's next premier after leading the United Conservative Party to a majority government in the province.Today on Front Burner, CBC Calgary's Allison Dempst…

    32:54
  17. Sex assault reforms held up by senate "old boys," says former Tory leader

    Today on Front Burner, former Conservative leader Rona Ambrose on why she thinks her bill on judges sexual assault training must pass, and soon.

    22:30
  18. Winter is ending: Game of Thrones' impact on pop culture

    HBO's Game of Thrones has just launched its eighth and final season. Since 2011, it has shaped everything from the way that television is broadcast to conversations about gender, p…

    21:20
  19. Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney on the Julian Assange arrestExplicit

    On Thursday, Julian Assange was arrested and taken out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Oscar winner Alex Gibney made a film about Assange in 2013, and talks to us about the Wi…

    22:35
  20. The long fight over a "secular" Quebec

    Yet another Quebec government is proposing a bill designed to affirm the province's religious neutrality. The Coalition Avenir Quebec's Bill 21 seeks to ban public workers in posit…

    26:15
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