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Global News investigation reveals the Canadians in Hamas
9 mins; December 20, 2025
The Bondi Beach attack a reminder of that the ISIS threat remains
12 mins; December 20, 2025
ISIS-related attack in Canada - Holiday dinner deals - Canadians not giving as much - Remembering Rob Reiner
60 hours 6 mins; December 20, 2025
US Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra on a tumultuous year and what could become of Canada/US free trade
18 mins; December 14, 2025
How optimistic is one of Canada’s top energy company CEOs about future pipelines?
18 mins; December 14, 2025
How worried should Canadians be about the new US National Security, its criticism of allies and focus on the Americas?
11 mins; December 14, 2025
Australian shooting reaction - Carney Govt. one seat from majority - Will the Olympic Hockey venue be ready for the NHL?
57 mins; December 14, 2025
I lived with a murderer. This is what he taught me about the minds of monsters and what our obsession with crime reveals about us
18 mins; December 13, 2025
Netflix’s The Stringer documentary challenges history of famous ‘Napalm Girl’ photograph
18 mins; December 13, 2025
He loved MAD Magazine as a kid, his new explores it’s whacky history
18 mins; December 13, 2025
It was 45 years ago today: Remembering John Lennon and his relationship with Canada
17 mins; December 13, 2025
BC actress Kayla Wallace on starring in Taylor Sheridan’s Landman, Billy Bob Thornton, Sam Elliot, and working with snakes
9 mins; December 13, 2025
‘Sugar, Sugar’ singer Andy Kim gathers an all-star cast for his first holiday charity concert in B.C.
10 mins; December 13, 2025
Liberals on verge of majority - Hoekstra on US/Canada relations - 50th anniversary tour for Triumph - Time's Person of the Year
50 mins; December 13, 2025
Has a culprit in the infamous Black Dahlia murder finally been identified?
17 mins; December 07, 2025
A BC doctor is speaking out about the many issues plaguing ERs
18 mins; December 07, 2025
RCMP will need to spend millions to replace Chinese-made drones, why did they buy them in the first place?
10 mins; December 07, 2025
Aussie social media ban - World Cup ticket prices - Ryan Wedding update - What Canadians googled in 2025
50 mins; December 07, 2025
Documenting the decline of local newspapers across North America
18 mins; December 06, 2025
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism's AI Era
16 mins; December 06, 2025
When did kissing begin? Why do we do it?
10 mins; December 06, 2025
Jay Ingram explores why we love our pets in new book
18 mins; December 06, 2025
Canada/USA/Mexico leaders meet - World Cup Draw - Xmas Tree Day - Food Costs in 2026 - The Ozempic Factor
51 mins; December 06, 2025
How trackers could help monarch butterflies survive and thrive
9 mins; November 30, 2025
Tiny trackers allow for revolution in how we monitor the mysterious monarch butterfly migration
10 mins; November 30, 2025
Comedian and author Mark Critch delivers an unapologetic look at what makes Canada worth fighting for
18 mins; November 30, 2025
Why is Canada’s Dental Care Plan already over budget?
10 mins; November 30, 2025
How Ryan Wedding became a drug kingpin - Why's the PM so testy? - Rise in transit violence - Trump vs. Venezuela
48 mins; November 30, 2025
He recorded at Abbey Road, toured with Black Sabbath and signed Bon Jovi, meet the musician turned music exec with a ton of great stories to tell
19 mins; November 29, 2025
Investments in Artificial Intelligence are driving US GDP growth, what happens if the bubble bursts?
19 mins; November 29, 2025
Barred from livestreaming your own kid playing hockey: Welcome to private equity's takeover of youth sports
17 mins; November 29, 2025
How professional women's hockey finally took off
17 mins; November 29, 2025
Zelensky's top adviser resigns after Ukrainian anti-corruption raid on his home
10 mins; November 29, 2025
What makes Canada worth fighting for with Mark Critch - Pipeline response in Alberta & BC - Remembering Colleen Jones
50 mins; November 29, 2025
Grammy-award winning Alex Cuba returns with his most personal album yet
17 mins; November 23, 2025
The Guess Who's Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings reunite after more than 20 years for a 2026 tour
18 mins; November 23, 2025
Ottawa science chief urges creation of national UFO office
9 mins; November 23, 2025
How the Haida found hoops and made basketball their own
9 mins; November 23, 2025
Most stolen vehicles in Canada - EV mandate stall - New energy deal for Alberta? - Bella Coola bear attack
48 mins; November 23, 2025
Melting point: What a reporter learned during many journies through a fast changing arctic
17 mins; November 22, 2025
The Biggest Failure in a Century of Sneakers: How Under Armour and Steph Curry’s union ended in disaster
17 mins; November 22, 2025
Trump ‘declassifies’ thousands of Amelia Earhart files, what did we learn?
19 mins; November 22, 2025
Cummings on Guess Who Reunion - Olympian turned drug lord - Federal NDP rebuilding - Highly skilled immigrants moving on
46 mins; November 22, 2025
Another major sports gambling scandal - Can Liberals pass the budget? - Fast Food price hike - AI song tops charts
43 mins; November 16, 2025
Why is Canada opening a consulate in Greenland?
9 mins; November 16, 2025
Feared lost forever, how one of Europe’s most famous diamonds sat in a Canadian vault for decades
17 mins; November 16, 2025
How did Canada go backwards on Measles prevention and what now?
18 mins; November 16, 2025
Liberal MP Arielle Kayabaga's 'shocking' $173K spending spree
7 mins; November 16, 2025
The Strumbellas settle into a new groove with an EP and North American tour
18 mins; November 15, 2025
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 50yrs later: what really happened
18 mins; November 15, 2025
A reporter’s tale of Afghanistan’s tumultuous half century and the hotel that’s witnessed it all
34 mins; November 15, 2025
Liberal MP's blunt budget assessment - Canadian military looking to boost its reserve ranks - Hitler DNA analysis - How does Canada eliminate Measles...again
40 mins; November 15, 2025
Alan Doyle takes you on a journey through his favorite place, the province he's always called home
19 mins; November 09, 2025
Defense spending - Budget reaction - Mamdani Mania - Carney on pipelines
50 mins; November 09, 2025
Canadian classic rockers Coney Hatch on 40 years of metal and remastering their 1982 debut
18 mins; November 08, 2025
How the FBI solved the biggest stolen artifacts case in the bureau’s history
18 mins; November 08, 2025
MP Floor crossing - Budget breakdown - Shower before bed or after? - Why solitude gets a bad rap
50 mins; November 08, 2025
One of Canada’s premier investigative journalists tackles hockey’s troubled culture
26 mins; November 08, 2025
A timely warning about the past as Canada looks to reset relations with China
18 mins; November 02, 2025
Newfoundland’s Rachel Cousins teams up with A-list producer Greg Wells for a new album and new sound
9 mins; November 02, 2025
How one Canadian heartthrob found fame and failure on Tik Tok
10 mins; November 02, 2025
Blue Jays post mortem - New federal budget coming this week
39 mins; November 02, 2025
How the 1995 referendum result saw Quebec turn inward and crush separatism, is that about to change?
18 mins; November 01, 2025
Canada is at a breaking point, how do we keep it from falling apart?
18 mins; November 01, 2025
Tempe “Bones” Brennan returns in Kathy Reichs’ 24th novel Evil Bones
18 mins; November 01, 2025
Mob ties and rigged bets: Inside the NBA’s gambling scandal
18 mins; November 01, 2025
Big Blue Jays weekend - Coping with the time change - What does 6-7 mean?
47 mins; November 01, 2025
Nattie Neidhart on ups and downs of being part of wrestling royalty in her tell all memoir The Last Hart Beating
18 mins; October 26, 2025
Carney dealing with Trump's trade tantrum - Jays fans abroad - The World Laughing Champion is Canadian
31 mins; October 26, 2025
Why did a group of teenage girls kill a man in Toronto parkette? Inside the crime that shocked a city—and the courtroom drama that followed
17 mins; October 25, 2025
Railway Tycoons Shaped Canada. Don’t Let AI Barons Do the Same.
18 mins; October 25, 2025
30-years after the referendum, why has appetite for separation been so muted and is that about to change?
18 mins; October 25, 2025
The true story behind the new Bruce Springsteen biopic
18 mins; October 25, 2025
World Series back in Canada - Trump triggered - Louvre heist - East Wing demolition
41 mins; October 25, 2025
Why your brain is skilled at creating its own reality
17 mins; October 19, 2025
Why is a long promised federal agency to tackle financial crime suddenly off the table?
10 mins; October 19, 2025
Rock legends Foreigner set out on a Juke Box Hero tour of Canada
18 mins; October 19, 2025
The fall of Prince Andrew - New Expos doc - Team Canada fraying? - Canadian meth down under
58 mins; October 19, 2025
Trump’s Middle East peace plan hits an early snag in Gaza
11 mins; October 18, 2025
Vanished Beyond the Map: The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrel
18 mins; October 18, 2025
Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Paula Cole on Lilith Fair, her Canadian tour and recording with Dolly Parton
19 mins; October 18, 2025
Scam victim turned vigilante hunts con artists and shares common warning signs in a new book
18 mins; October 18, 2025
Blue Jays lose Game 5 - Prince Andrew gives up royal titles - Stellantis moves Jeep production to the U.S. - Remebering Ace Frehley
38 mins; October 18, 2025
Pipeline: BC vs Alberta
10 mins; October 07, 2025
Vancouver Man Spends 2 Days with Paul McCartney
18 mins; October 07, 2025
Does Taylor Swift's new album live up to all the hype?
9 mins; October 07, 2025
The Road Between Us - The Dramatic October 7th Hostage Rescue
18 mins; October 07, 2025
At 85, Jeffrey Archer returns with a new thriller set during the 2012 London Olympics and brings news on his final novel
17 mins; October 04, 2025
How the world’s richest men are shaping the 21st century space race
19 mins; October 04, 2025
John Candy’s children on why the time was right for an in-depth documentary about his life
19 mins; October 04, 2025
Astronaut Chris Hadfield explores murder in space in new Cold War space thriller 'Final Orbit'
18 mins; October 04, 2025
Blue Jays fever - Eugene Levy & Prince William - Starbucks struggles - Remembering Jane Goodall
51 mins; October 04, 2025
“Shocking” and “Unsustainable”: Why the interim Parliamentary Budget Officer isn’t mincing words about the federal deficit
11 mins; September 28, 2025
Catherine McKenna details abuse she endured in politics in new memoir
18 mins; September 28, 2025
How eating alone at a restaurant went from taboo to trend
9 mins; September 28, 2025
Why Michael Kovrig says dropping tariffs on China would be a mistake
10 mins; September 28, 2025
Jays playoff preview - Ticketmaster collusion? - Gun buyback debacle - Massive vet bills
46 mins; September 28, 2025
Canadian legends Sloan return with a 14th studio album and new tour
17 mins; September 27, 2025
New documentary charts soccer star Diana Matheson’s quest to bring a women’s pro league to Canada
18 mins; September 27, 2025
Tinder Swindler arrested, one of his victims speaks out
19 mins; September 27, 2025
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