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- Air Canada strike looms in a year of transport "chaos"
The deadline for the airline to reach agreement with its pilots is still a week away. But already flyers are scrambling for alternatives and Air Canada is planning to start cancell…
- Why are overdose deaths declining in Alberta?
New data shows that opioid overdose deaths in the province from January-May fell from 788 in 2023 to 431 this year, a 55 percent decline. There are a number of factors that could e…
- How British Columbia's polls flipped and BC United imploded
BC's Conservative party is on the verge of what would be a stunning win in this fall's provincial election. And one party's stunning gains, it turns out, is another party's utter d…
- Breaking down a third straight interest rate cut
Welcome to a preview of the fall season of In This Economy?! We're giving you a sneak peak of a test episode today, to get your feedback. As part of our new season, in addition to…
- How two astronauts ended up stranded in space
It was supposed to be an eight-day mission. It will be at least eight months. When two astronauts took Boeing's Starliner to the International Space Station in June, they were prep…
- The Liberal-NDP deal is over. Is an election next?
The supply and confidence agreement between the Liberals and NDP lasted nearly two and a half years—but now it's over. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh announced Wednesday his party would…
- Why is Alberta turning public hospitals over to a Catholic provider?
The news broke last week, sort of. It turned out that last month Alberta Premier Danielle Smith had told a United Conservative Party town hall in August that the government had tra…
- Oh, you thought Canada's labour market was good?! Sorry.
For a solid couple of years, as the economy recovered from the pandemic, the narrative when discussing labour in this country was that the market was "tight" or there was a "labour…
- Listener Feedback: Fixing Canada, Hormones and Safe Supply
It's a long weekend, and that means its time to reach back into the bag and pull out some of our favourite listener feedback from the last few weeks. A sincere thanks to all of yo…
- How to ruggedize your life and prepare for ... whatever comes next
This weekend, we're revisiting an episode from two years ago that we felt framed the discussion around climate change, and human adaptation to it, in a really unique and fascinatin…
- Will Canada's EV tariffs on China actually work?
It depends what your definition of work is... but in announcing a 100% tariff on all electric vehicle's produced in China, Canada is following in America's footsteps. But we're a m…
- When your community becomes a toxic waste dump...
It's expensive to follow complex disposal protocols for construction waste that can often contain toxins. It's a lot less expensive to find someone willing or desperate enough to s…
- How health officials solved a deadly year-long listeria outbreak
When public health finally figured out in June what was causing a listeria outbreak that has killed three and sickened more than a dozen others, it did so by finally cracking what…
- When a DIY approach to safe supply ends in arrests
Safe supply programs across the country that aim to provide alternatives to street drugs are under scrutiny right now. But today's story isn't an official safe supply program... it…
- Cracking the mystery of long covid
We've learned an awful lot about Covid-19 since the virus first hit us—but there are some things that we're still trying to solve. One of them, perhaps the most mysterious, is the…
- What happened in Kitsault, BC, Canada's most perfect Ghost Town?
Today, we're revisiting a fun one from 2 years ago about one of the most unique ghost towns in North America. ----------------------------------------------------- Kitsault was a…
- What's behind the rise of 'hormone imbalance'?
Are you tired? In pain? Gaining weight? Experiencing any unusual symptoms? Welcome to what seems to be this summer's newest TikTok diagnosis from the wellness industry. On the surf…
- Should you really be scared of Mpox?
The WHO has declared an outbreak of the virus in Africa a "global health emergency"—but what does that designation actually mean? That doesn't mean we shouldn't take the disease se…
- Can Kamala Harris ride her momentum to a November win?
This week, the biggest names in US Democratic politics are united in Chicago for one purpose: To give Kamala Harris the momentum she needs to defeat Donald Trump. Thus far, her cam…
- Are Canada's migrant workers experiencing ‘contemporary forms of slavery'?
A UN envoy said last week that the temporary foreign worker program was a breeding ground for just those conditions. And that's amid a rapid recent expansion of the program, which…
