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- How did a popular Calgary teacher get away with abuse over decades?
You've heard parts of this story in every report of a teacher preying on a vulnerable student. What makes this case different is the sheer scale of the abuse. Nearly twenty years,…
- How Canada makes vaccines ... that never get developed
Trials will begin in Uganda this week for three vaccines that could combat the Ebola outbreak—and one of those vaccines was created here in Canada. But it was created years ago, an…
- More than eleven billion crabs just ... vanished. What happened?
For the first time ever, snow crab season has been cancelled. A survey of the population revealed thousands of tons of crabs, more than eleven billion animals estimates had said we…
- Are the Liberals really coming to take people's guns? If they are, do they know it?
Bill C-21 would change Canada's approach to gun control. A little bit. But an amendment to Bill C-21 would radically alter it, and it seems that the party pushing the legislation m…
- How 'genetic genealogy' is cracking Canadian cold cases
Has anyone in your family ever gotten away with murder? Are you sure? Because a new investigative DNA technique allows police to search a database for DNA linked to samples obtaine…
- What do we know after a year of legal sports betting in Canada?
Yes, sports betting has technically been around for a long time in this country. But it's only been a little more than a year since single-game sports betting arrived to change the…
- Is Iran's Revolutionary Guard considered a 'terrorist entity' in Canada?
Last week, a judge in Ontario ruled that Iran's Revolutionary Guard was in fact a "terrorist entity". This is a move that politicians on all sides have advocated for, as well as hu…
- Do you know how your credit card rewards work?
Canadians are using credit cards to pay for purchases more than ever before.Why wouldn't they? Cash has been on the decline and rewards programs are better than ever. But small bus…
- The missing $500,000 that broke apart a rural community
Anytime any government misplaces taxpayer money, it's a bad thing—whether that's wasteful spending, overpaying, mismanaging the budget or losing track in a spreadsheet. But when th…
- What will be the lasting legacy of the Emergencies Act Inquiry?
There has been no shortage of political mudslinging regarding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's testimony at the Emergencies Act Inquiry last week—but perhaps the most important thin…
- Do we need a new understanding of death? Or an old one?
It's the "Death Dilemma". When someone we love is at the end of their life, unresponsive in the ICU, our natural instinct when doctors ask us is to tell them to "do everything" to…
- What happens when a key government agency just ... doesn't?
Right now, Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board is barely functional. The backlog of eviction challenges, both legal and illegal, is miles long, and currently the board is focused o…
- What is Bill C-11 and what will it do?
Depending on who you ask it will either help Canadian creators level the online playing field, or wreck their business model. The bill is intended to apply Canadian Content rules t…
- Inside the strange new world of police PR efforts
It goes without saying that police services often have their own version of events—which are often revealed in press releases or in conversation with reporters. But with public opi…
- Why are all the kids sick right now? And can the system handle it?
Surgeries for children are being cancelled at paediatric hospitals as staff race to care for a huge surge in kids arriving in the ER, or needing ICU space. This fall it seems like…
- For Canada the World Cup should be beautiful. But this one is ugly.
It's only Team Canada's second time ever in FIFA's crown jewel tournament. They will be looking for their first goal. Making it to Qatar for the World Cup is the culmination of yea…
- Is a recession coming, and how bad will it get?
There's still some debate over a possible recession in Canada, but less and less of it every day. If Canada's economy does slide, however, what will be the root causes? What are po…
- Narwhal week, Episode 5: A first-hand view of rising tensions on Wet’suwet’en territory
This is the fifth episode in a weeklong collaboration between The Big Story and The Narwhal, an award-winning non-profit publication that provides in-depth coverage of climate issu…
- Narwhal Week, Episode 4: The key to saving the world’s biodiversity
This is the fourth episode in a weeklong collaboration between The Big Story and The Narwhal, an award-winning non-profit publication that provides in-depth coverage of climate iss…
- Narwhal Week, Episode 3: Can Canada learn to live underwater?
This is the third episode in a weeklong collaboration between The Big Story and The Narwhal, an award-winning non-profit publication that provides in-depth coverage of climate issu…
