Podcast
The Big Story
Episodes — page 50
- Cats: Cuddly fluff balls or world's worst invasive species?
A study published in December offered science's most complete look at what domestic cats around the globe hunt and consume. The short answer? Absolutely everything, with no regard…
- Are we hurting our kids by protecting them too much?
Recently, in an effort to keep children from hurting themselves, the City of Toronto banned tobogganing at 45 parks it deemed too risky for kids. This is the latest example, but it…
- The Panama Canal is running dry, sending global shipping into chaos (again)
It hasn't been an easy few years for global shipping—to say the least. From the pandemic to multiple conflicts, to accidents and disasters, getting products from point A to point B…
- All eyes on London as NHL players expected to surrender to police
The names aren't official yet, but a look at a roster and a little research will tell you that the four remaining players who have yet to surrender to police to face charges in a 2…
- Is Florida coming for Canada's cheap drugs?
The state recently asked the US FDA for approval to purchase Canadian pharmaceuticals wholesale, and the US regulator said, "sure." And why not? As many Americans who live near the…
- Rent an Apartment?! In This Economy?!
Rachael feels trapped in her Toronto rental because she can't afford to move. She has no plans of ever owning a home and wants to know what, if any, rental protections exist to cur…
- How Sunrise Records became the last music chain standing
Most of the large record chains of the heyday of physical music are gone now. If the chains haven't vanished entirely, most of their stores have, and the last few are disappearing…
- Is the Bank of Canada courting disaster for many Canadians?
Experts predict the Bank of Canada will begin to lower interest rates later this year—just not Wednesday when it held the rate flat. But as inflation has slowed in many areas, it's…
- How hard is it to right a wrongful conviction in Canada?
You would expect that advances in forensics and genetic technology would lead to fewer and fewer wrongful convictions. The truth is that we have no idea how many people are in pris…
- Canada is capping student visas. Why now? And will it help?
Over the past several years, the number of international students Canada admits has exploded—to more than one million in 2023. While these students have struggled to find housing a…
- The legal fight for the future of artificial intelligence
The New York Times is suing the creator of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence bot the Times alleges was trained on millions of its copyrighted articles. It's not the only such law…
- A Wedding?! In This Economy?!
This year, Erica is getting married! Together, with her fiancé, they set a budget of $50,000, however, she's a few months away from the big day and the actual cost is closer to $75…
- Why this women's hockey league is truly different
There have been previous attempts to launch a professional league for the best women skaters in the world—the stars we've all watched at the Olympics, who have had to work second a…
- Why Canada's infrastructure planning phase never ends
In 2021, then-Infrastructure minister Catherine McKenna announced a process to assess all of Canada's existing infrastructure in order to better use $180 billion to fix, modernize…
- A strange truck and an ambitious target: EVs in 2024
It's shaping up to be a very strange year for electric vehicles. The market leader by a mile has just launched a much-ridiculed truck. Despite growing market penetration, analysts…
- Will Saskatchewan's fight with Ottawa end in handcuffs?
Starting this month, Saskatchewan has stopped collecting a carbon levy on home heating. This is, of course, against the carbon tax legislation passed by the federal Liberal governm…
- Canada's Dry: "We’re in a new game here"
Winter on the prairies is not usually a time to worry about drought, and fire. At least, it wasn't. But large swaths of the country, from BC through Ontario, are currently seeing a…
- Pay Back CERB...or Go Bankrupt?! In This Economy?!
Kara is being asked to pay back all the money she received from the Canada Emergency Response Benefit back in 2020. But she’s making less now than she was before the pandemic and a…
- Why are Canada's passenger trains so slow?
If you compare us to peer countries, it's an embarrassment. Other nations have high-speed rail corridors shuttling thousands of people across distances between cities at speeds of…
- A "miraculous" landing raises systemic airline safety questions
None of the 177 passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight was seriously hurt, despite a panel blowing out of the middle of the aircraft at 16,000 feet shortly after takeoff. The emer…
