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Dr. Alika Lafontaine on overcoming anger and outrage May 15, 2026

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In an increasingly polarized world, Dr. Lafontaine says the best time to work through our outrage was yesterday. A close second, however, is right now. His new book, "The Outrage Cure," is about what happens when we let unresolved anger metastasize — and how we can best confront it. If you've had a falling out with someone you love that you're struggling to make sense of, this conversation is for you.

Judge quashes Alberta separation petition May 14, 2026

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An Alberta judge struck down a separatist petition after several First Nations challenged it in court. The petition would have put the question of succession to a referendum. Host of the CBC podcast West of Centre and the radio show Alberta at Noon, Kathleen Petty on what could come next for Alberta and why Danielle Smith has taken issue with the decision.

A Canadian team is taking home the Walter Cup! May 14, 2026

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The Montreal Victoire and The Ottawa Charge will be competing for the PWHL championship. It is the first time two Canadians teams will face off in the finals and a significant moment for women’s hockey in Canada. Former hockey player and two-time Olympic Champion with Team Canada, Cassie Campbell-Pascall on why the country is embracing women’s hockey and what it took to get here.

Boys falling behind in Canadian schools May 14, 2026

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A new report out of Quebec is raising the alarm about a boy “crisis” in schools. Matt Galloway speaks with a mom of a six year old boy, elementary school teacher Jason Ashmore, and University of Montreal professor Catherine Haeck on what’s going on in classrooms and what the long-term consequences could be.

The early "voice notes" that give us a window into the past May 14, 2026

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Princeton professor Thomas Levin has collected the world's only collection of 'voice letters' -- small records that could be recorded on-the-spot in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, and then sent through the mail to friends and loved ones. From passionate love notes, to messages home from soldiers, to tourist diaries from world travellers...these notes allowed many people to record their voices for the first time ever. Levin explains how he searches through online auctions and flea markets to uncover these ghostly voices from the past, and what we can learn from them.

A horseback journey the length of the Americas May 13, 2026

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30 year-old Olivia Cazes, from the small town of Armagh, Quebec, started her 26,000 journey from the southern tip of Argentina, to Alaska. She is traveling along the Pan-American highway with her four horses; Caciqué. Bonsaï, Milo and Bigoté. Olivia shares her experience so far, traveling from the "Fin del Mundo", the southern tip of South America, to Buenos Aires.

How worried should you be about hantavirus? May 13, 2026

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Dr Kamran Khan was warning clients in December 2025 that the epidemiology of hantavirus was changing. It was showing up in places it had never been seen before, and fatality rates were higher too. Khan's company, Blue Dot, tracks and analyzes infectious disease data from around the world. Plus, Steven Taylor, professor of psychiatry at the University of British Columbia about how COVID and other public health emergencies are influencing how people are reacting to hantavirus.

Unpacking the hype around peptides May 13, 2026

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Health influencers are selling peptides as a cure-all for everything from building muscle to losing weight and even boosting your libido. While Health Canada warns consumers they pose serious risks, in the U.S., government regulators are talking about loosening restrictions. Jonathan Jarry with McGill's Office for Science and Society on the potential risks and why they've become so popular in spite of a lack of evidence-based research.

President Trump goes to China May 13, 2026

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Canada will be watching the U.S.-China summit closely, as it re-thinks and re-works its relationship with the two largest economies in the face of rising inflation and energy costs, the ongoing war in Iran and imperceptibility out of the Whitehouse. Phelim Kine is a Washington-based China correspondent for Politico on what could come from the summit and why more countries are happy to do business with China.

Unemployment is up: who is hiring, firing and how to find work May 12, 2026

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Canadian unemployment has reached a six month high, 18,000 jobs were lost in April alone.

A look at the realities of trying to find work in the face of economic uncertainty, upcoming CUSMA negotiations, and the war in Iran.

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