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How magic mushrooms help the dying Sep 11, 2024

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Janis Hughes suffered from debilitating anxiety after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis — and what helped her through it was a trip on magic mushrooms. We hear why patients and advocates are calling on the government to ease access to psychedelic drugs like psilocybin for palliative care patients.

How Jasper is rebuilding from the ashes Sep 10, 2024

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Brian Cornforth is sifting through the ashes in Jasper, hoping to find his mother’s wedding rings in the wreckage of her house. The CBC’s Allison Dempster met Cornforth in the fire-ravaged town, where people who have lost everything are taking the first steps on the road to recovery.

Bringing home Haida Gwaii’s treasures Sep 10, 2024

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A museum on Haida Gwaii is bringing home Indigenous artifacts held by collectors around the world — reclaimed treasures that are helping to revive ancient Haida traditions.

Tired? Anxious? You might have an iron deficiency Sep 10, 2024

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Many people living with an iron deficiency don’t even realize it’s the reason they’re struggling with fatigue, anxiety and a lack of concentration. Ontario is changing guidelines on recognizing iron deficiencies — and experts say the move will change lives.

U.S. could cut its own hostage deal with Hamas: negotiator Sep 10, 2024

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Long-time hostage negotiator Mickey Bergman says the U.S. could now bypass Israel and make its own deal to free the American hostages held by Hamas. He talks to Matt Galloway about what such a deal might look like, and how Israel might respond.

Haida Gwaii’s future, Haida Gwaii’s past Sep 09, 2024

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Generations of Indigenous people have fought to protect the land and culture of Haida Gwaii, and this year the Haida Nation has reclaimed stewardship of that land in a historic agreement. Matt Galloway went there to hear what this means for the archipelago’s future — from uncertainty over property rights to hopes that colonization will be a “a blip” in Haida Gwaii’s history.

The benefits of being idle Sep 09, 2024

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In her new book Going to Seed, Kate J. Neville reflects on the value of being idle, and the importance of escaping the busyness that builds up around family, work and social demands.

Canada and China are in a tariff tit for tat Sep 06, 2024

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Ottawa slapped big tariffs on Chinese-made EVs last month, and now Beijing has announced an anti-dumping probe of Canadian canola. Guest host Rebecca Zandbergen looks at what this all means for Canadian producers — and the country’s already fraught relationship with China.

How soccer star Atiba Hutchinson chased his beautiful dream Sep 06, 2024

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Atiba Hutchinson grew up playing soccer on a patchy field behind his school in Brampton, Ont. — a long way from captaining the Canadian men’s team at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Hutchinson shares the highs and lows of that journey in his new memoir, The Beautiful Dream.

The NDP tore up the Liberal deal. Why now? Sep 06, 2024

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The NDP has ripped up its supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals, raising questions of whether an election may be imminent. Parliamentary reporters Stephanie Levitz and Ryan Tumilty unpack what prompted the surprise decision, and what happens next.

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