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As It Happens
News that’s not afraid of fun. Meet people at the centre of the day’s most hard-hitting, hilarious and heartbreaking stories — powerful leaders, proud eccentrics and ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. And plenty of puns too. Hosted by Nil Köksal and Chris Howden, find out why As It Happ...
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How CNN’s Ted Turner changed the media landscape forever
In the latest controversy for OpenAI, Canada's privacy commissioner says the company broke the law by training ChatGPT on "vast amounts" of users' per...
New Governor General a ‘hero’ to her former law clerk
Canada's next Governor General will be former Supreme Court justice and war crimes prosecutor Louise Arbour. One of her former clerks tells us this ap...
Why so many Americans are calling New Brunswick’s archivist
Ottawa's new law restoring citizenship to so called "Lost Canadians" — is prompting a flood of calls from Americans looking to get proof of their Cana...
Special Episode: "My Father and Qaddafi"
When Jihan Kikhia was six, her father went to Cairo for a human rights conference. He never came back. Jihan and her mother sit down with Nil Köksal i...
Special Episode: "Saigon Story"
Nil Köksal speaks with director Kim Nguyen about his new documentary "Saigon Story: Two Shootings in the Forest Kingdom." In it, he pulls back the cur...
Is this a new vision for climate action?
In the midst of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, France's envoy for climate explains how his country's timely plan to ditch oil, coal and gas com...
Blue Jays’ Davis Schneider on mission to stop opioid deaths
Three million Albertans discover the personal info they entrusted to provincial elections officials has wound up in the hands of a separatist group an...
He’s taking on OpenAI for the Tumbler Ridge families
The families of the victims of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge are suing OpenAI for not alerting authorities to the shooter's troubling use of its...
Conservative Finance Critic Jasraj Hallan
The Liberal government is painting a rosy picture of Canada's financial situation — but we'll ask the Conservative finance critic for his assessment o...
This economist sees a big problem with Carney’s latest idea
An economist casts a skeptical eye on the federal government's new sovereign wealth fund — and critics who are calling it a "debt fund" may have a poi...
Special Episode: "Code of Misconduct"
Nil Köksal speaks with Rick Westhead about the documentary "Code of Misconduct" which follows his reporting that led to the trial — and eventual acqui...
Does Major League Baseball make sense for Vancouver?
Vancouver’s mayor makes the pitch for a Major League Baseball team in his city -- and responds to critics who say the idea will remain in the Field of...
Steven Guilbeault on Alberta, Ottawa and the climate stakes
The former climate change minister says the impending energy deal between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will either bo...
Afghans who helped Americans could face “certain death”
Hundreds of Afghans risked their lives to help U.S. Forces fight the Taliban. Now, they're being told the U.S. may send them back to Afghanistan...or...
What’s behind the “slopaganda” pushing Alberta separatism?
Researchers have identified YouTube accounts starring people purporting to be Albertans, making the case for separation. But it turns out those conten...
He negotiated a nuclear deal with Iran. Trump tore it up.
The seizure of an Iranian ship by the U.S. military throws the next round of peace talks into question. And Rob Malley, lead negotiator for the 2015 n...
The human toll of a labour dispute in Nova Scotia
With long-term care workers in Nova Scotia on strike, a woman whose father is in one of those facilities says the province needs to understand how cru...
A rare win for fans in the battle over ticket prices
A frustrated ticket-buyer who testified at the Live Nation antitrust trial says she was genuinely shocked that a jury found the company does have a ha...
The conflict many feel the rest of the world is ignoring
As Sudan enters its fourth year of civil war, a Sudanese Canadian tells us what her family had to endure to escape and what the world is losing by ign...
What the Liberals’ new majority means for Canadians
Mark Carney secures his majority government. And Liberal Party caucus chair James Maloney tells anyone concerned about floor-crossers that growing div...
Why Trump’s latest move in Iran could backfire, again
A former U.S. diplomat tells us Donald Trump is making yet another catastrophic miscalculation by blocking access to Iran's ports -- and that it could...
What’s next for Pierre Poilievre?
A former advisor to Stephen Harper's government concedes things are not going great for the Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre -- but he says MPs ne...
Is this the right path to a majority government?
A fourth Conservative MP defected to the Liberal government yesterday -- and another recent floor crosser tells us there are still more Tories who may...
A fragile ceasefire takes hold, but not for Lebanon
Lebanon awoke to news of a ceasefire, and a surge of optimism -- which was shattered by deadly Israeli strikes. An aid worker in Beirut describes the...
Will a last minute reprieve in Iran lead to lasting peace?
Donald Trump has agreed to suspend promised attacks on civilian infrastructure in Iran for two weeks. A former State Department official tells us what...
An astronaut on the importance of getting back to the moon
The members of the Artemis II mission will get an extremely rare glimpse of the dark side of the moon. A retired astronaut says that even watching thi...
Is this the next escalation in the war in Iran?
After a U.S. fighter jet goes down in Iran, American forces launch a search-and-rescue mission. A defence expert and retired colonel tells us about th...
A former U.S. ambassador to NATO on American going it alone
As the UK hosts an emergency meeting on the Strait of Hormuz, one country is notably absent. A former ambassador says the U.S. is snubbing internation...
His great-grandfather’s legacy at the U.S. Supreme Court
A century ago, Wong Kim Ark took his fight for birthright citizenship in the U.S. all the way to the Supreme Court; today, his great-grandson was at t...
What Stephen Lewis meant to activism in Africa
Stephen Lewis tackled global issues such as poverty, AIDS and children in armed conflict. An African activist remembers her friend’s "fiery" passion f...
Two takes on the NDP’s new leader
Avi Lewis marks his first full day at the helm of the NDP. A longtime strategist tells us why he thinks this puts the party back on a path to power......
Which path will the NDP choose?
After a crushing defeat in last year's elections, the NDP are about to choose a new leader; a party strategist tells us each of the apparent front-run...
Is the tide turning against social media giants in court?
A U.S. jury finds Meta and YouTube designed their products to be addictive. I'll speak with a woman whose daughter died by suicide -- in part, she say...
A former Lebanese politician on his country’s predicament
Israel announces plans to occupy part of Southern Lebanon, and Hezbollah vows to continue fighting “without limits.” A former Lebanese minister tells...
The system she knew was “unsafe” all along
A new report issues dozens of recommendations to repair Canada’s sports system after concluding abuse is rampant; our guest says this is just official...
What an air traffic controller sees in the LaGuardia crash
After two pilots are killed at LaGuardia, a longtime air traffic controller tries to answer the question we're all asking: how was a fire truck cleare...
How Iranians around the world are marking their new year
Iranians at home and abroad grapple with how to celebrate Nowruz at a time when joy and optimism feel out of step with the bleak realities of war.
What gas field attacks mean for the Iran war — and the world
After Israel strikes the biggest gas field in the world, and Iran retaliates by hitting Qatar’s main gas complex, a reporter in Doha tells us the war...
Life inside a Beirut neighbourhood on edge
A woman in Lebanon’s capital tells us she and her family are ready to flee at a moment's notice now that their home is on the edge of an evacuation zo...
‘Not our war.’ Germany responds to Trump’s call for allies
The European Parliament's top lawmaker on Iran tells us why the EU won't be sending warships to the Strait of Hormuz.
One of the...