The Current by CBC Radio

CBC Radio's The Current is a meeting place of perspectives with a fresh take on issues that affect Canadians today.

Radio: CBLA-FM CBC Radio One Toronto

Category: News & Politics

6456
- Why restaurants might be broken and how we can fix them

Mon, 08 Aug 2022
6455
- Fixing the toxic culture of hockey in Canada

Mon, 08 Aug 2022
6454
- Two years after Beirut blast, fight for justice and stability drags on

Fri, 05 Aug 2022
6453
- U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years in Russian prison

Fri, 05 Aug 2022
6452
- The role courts can play in fighting misinformation

Fri, 05 Aug 2022
6451
- UN peacekeepers under fire over violent protests in Congo

Thu, 04 Aug 2022
6450
- Ontario hospitals in grip of a staffing crisis

Thu, 04 Aug 2022
6449
- The impact beach resorts have on the environment and local communities

Wed, 03 Aug 2022
6448
- How China might react to Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan

Wed, 03 Aug 2022
6447
- Dynamic pricing leaves consumer facing exorbitant, fluctuating costs

Tue, 02 Aug 2022
6446
- Calls for international community to act as Myanmar executes pro-democracy activists

Tue, 02 Aug 2022
6445
- Saving endangered trees and forests under threat from climate change

Mon, 01 Aug 2022
6444
- Legendary journalist Carl Bernstein on his days as a newspaper copy boy

Mon, 01 Aug 2022
6443
- Bonus | Word Warrior: Poet Dennis Saddleman’s story of surviving residential school

Sat, 30 Jul 2022
6442
- Looking back at Pope Francis’s ‘pilgrimage of penance’

Fri, 29 Jul 2022
6441
- A deep dive into the salmon farming industry

Fri, 29 Jul 2022
6440
- Climate protesters resort to stronger tactics to get the world’s attention

Thu, 28 Jul 2022
6439
- Dr. Anthony Fauci on the lessons learned from COVID-19, HIV/AIDS and monkeypox

Thu, 28 Jul 2022
6438
- How a Saskatchewan group pooled government rebates to buy and protect 600 hectares of grasslands

Wed, 27 Jul 2022
6437
- Pope’s ‘pilgrimage of penance’ continues across Canada

Wed, 27 Jul 2022
6436
- Langley, B.C. shootings highlight broader violence faced by homeless community, say advocates

Tue, 26 Jul 2022
6435
- Reaction to the papal apology

Tue, 26 Jul 2022
6434
- Pope Francis has arrived in Canada. What happens next?

Mon, 25 Jul 2022
6433
- U.S. abortion restrictions creating uncertainty around miscarriage care

Mon, 25 Jul 2022
6432
- Canadian author Lawrence Hill on tackling big social issues for young readers

Mon, 25 Jul 2022
6431
- Hockey Canada comes under fire after for its handling of alleged sexual assault

Fri, 22 Jul 2022
6430
- What happens when the technology behind a ‘bionic eye’ becomes obsolete?

Fri, 22 Jul 2022
6429
- The Spix Macaw has been brought back from extinction

Fri, 22 Jul 2022
6428
- The insect apocalypse and what it means for life on Earth

Thu, 21 Jul 2022
6427
- Preparations for the Pope’s visit, and the expectations among Indigenous communities

Thu, 21 Jul 2022
6426
- Survivors fight for justice over devastating 2015 Brazil dam collapse

Thu, 21 Jul 2022
6425
- Ending the escalating violence and instability in Haiti

Wed, 20 Jul 2022
6424
- Phil Fontaine, former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, looks ahead to the Pope’s visit to Canada

Wed, 20 Jul 2022
6423
- How a small Newfoundland town is keeping its fishing industry alive

Tue, 19 Jul 2022
6422
- Europe struggling to cope with scorching temperatures

Tue, 19 Jul 2022
6421
- Canadians living with roommates later in life, census shows

Mon, 18 Jul 2022
6420
- Calls to criminalize forced sterilization in Canada

Mon, 18 Jul 2022
6419
- The cost of living crisis is fueling social unrest around the world

Fri, 15 Jul 2022
6418
- COVID-19 vaccine approved for children under five

Fri, 15 Jul 2022
6417
- Ripudaman Singh Malik shot to death in B.C.

Fri, 15 Jul 2022
6416
- The Kill List investigates the death of activist and refugee Karima Baloch

Thu, 14 Jul 2022
6415
- Unlocking the secrets of the cosmos with the James Webb telescope

Thu, 14 Jul 2022
6414
- The right kind of hope can help solve the world’s problems, says author Thomas Homer-Dixon

Wed, 13 Jul 2022
6413
- Ukraine cries foul as Canada returns Russian gas turbine

Wed, 13 Jul 2022
6412
- Calls for better conditions at ‘inhumane’ Newfoundland prison

Tue, 12 Jul 2022
6411
- Investigation into Rogers outage might not be public, says Minister François-Philippe Champagne

Tue, 12 Jul 2022
6410
- The Current Introduces: The Kill List

Mon, 11 Jul 2022
6409
- Japan reeling after assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe

Mon, 11 Jul 2022
6408
- Thousands of protesters storm Sri Lanka’s presidential palace

Mon, 11 Jul 2022
6407
- Emergency departments deal with historically long wait times

Fri, 08 Jul 2022

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