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Fight to return Ukrainian children abducted by Russia Oct 29, 2024

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Ukraine says more than 19,000 children have been taken into Russia since the war began — and most have not returned. Guest host Susan Ormiston talks to Mykola Kuleba, Ukraine’s former children’s ombudsman, who is urging the international community to help bring those children home.

Is turbulence ‘all but guaranteed’ in Canadian politics? Oct 29, 2024

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New Brunswick chose change, the Saskatchewan Party won a fifth straight majority, and the B.C. result was so close it took days to decide. Our national affairs panel looks at what these provincial results might mean for the next federal election — and whether “turbulence is all but guaranteed.”

Timothy Snyder on avoiding the trap of ‘negative freedom’ Oct 28, 2024

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Historian Timothy Snyder says thinking about freedom as “me against the system” is actually a trap that stops people from being truly free. The best-selling author of On Tyranny spoke with Matt Galloway at the Vancouver Writers Fest about his new book On Freedom, and why he’s now “100 per cent convinced” that there will be violence around the looming U.S. election.

How Tanya Talaga found her family’s lost Indigenous history Oct 28, 2024

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When journalist Tanya Talaga's great uncle requested government documents about his mother, he was told she didn't exist. In her book The Knowing, Talaga digs into how her family’s Indigenous identity was erased, and what that tells us about Canadian history.

The couple in their 90s throwing weekly kitchen parties Oct 25, 2024

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Pauline Nickerson says it would be a miserable world without music. She and her husband Arnold, both in their 90s, host weekly kitchen parties in Nova Scotia, bringing music and joy to a faithful crowd of seniors who never miss a week.

What hockey gave Leafs legend Mats Sundin Oct 25, 2024

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Mats Sundin captained the Toronto Maple Leafs for 11 seasons, and still has more career goals, overtime goals, and points than any other Leafs player. He reflects on his NHL career — and the importance of family at every twist and turn — in his new memoir Home and Away.

Bob Woodward on war and the American presidency Oct 25, 2024

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Journalist Bob Woodward's new book, War, takes us inside the White House to explore how the presidencies of Joe Biden and Donald Trump tackled global conflicts, from Ukraine to the Middle East to the fight for the American presidency itself.

Frank Stronach responds to sexual assault allegations Oct 25, 2024

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Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach is facing allegations of sexual assault from 13 women, spanning decades. The Fifth Estate’s Mark Kelley spoke to some of those women, and put the allegations to Stronach in exclusive one-on-one interviews.

What this election might mean for abortion in the U.S. Oct 24, 2024

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Abortion is top of mind for many U.S. voters following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. We talk to women in Michigan about what the issue means to them, and what this election means for health care and reproductive rights across the whole country.

Take a tour of Detroit’s historic Blue Bird Inn Oct 24, 2024

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The Blue Bird Inn on Detroit’s west side was the birthplace of bebop jazz and a hub for the city’s working-class Black community. Michelle Jahra McKinney gives us a tour of the venue, which closed 20 years ago but is now being revitalized as a music venue and archive.

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