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The politics of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show Feb 06, 2026

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Coming off his Album of the Year win at the Grammys, where he made a statement denouncing ICE, Bad Bunny will take the stage at the Super Bowl half time show. What message will his performance send, and why the NFL has gone against the White House to support him.

Why Canadian ice cream is a hit in Mexico Feb 06, 2026

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Scrap chocolate and vanilla: mango, coconut, and pistachio are the hot new Canadian ice cream flavours… in Mexico, that is. Ice cream is one of many Canadian products making its way to Mexican shelves right now. We talk with Pierre Morin, the owner of Quebec ice cream manufacturing company Top Glacier, about why Mexico is hungry for Canadian products right now, how Canadian businesses are thinking about Mexico and the U.S. as trading partners, and what you should do if you want to get your product into the Mexican market.

How a four-month-old bird flew non-stop for 11 days Feb 06, 2026

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A young bar-tailed godwit code-named B6 flew for more than 13,000 kilometres from Alaska to Tasmania in 2022. That's the longest known sustained flight by a bird. Avian expert and author Bruce Beehler says we don't entirely understand how it did it — and that should humble us.

Several Toronto police officers linked to organized crime Feb 06, 2026

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Toronto Star Crime Reporter, Jennifer Pagliaro on an investigation by York Regional Police connecting several Toronto police officers to organized crime, including a conspiracy to commit murder, shootings, extortion, robbery, drug trafficking and firearms offences.

Canadian Olympic greats on the power of the Games Feb 06, 2026

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Clara Hughes. Hayley Wickenheiser. Beckie Scott. Legends of Team Canada with 13 Olympic medals between them. So what do they watch for when Team Canada competes — and what goes through their minds when they see more Canadian athletes climb onto the podium? Olympians on why we should lean into the Olympics.

Are you a target of algorithmic pricing? Feb 05, 2026

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We know that companies are gathering data on us as we go about our lives online, but that information might also be used to create a personalized price for something you’re looking at buying. We hear from Jim Balsellie, the co-founder of the Council of Canadian Innovators and the Digital Governance Council, on how algorithmic pricing works and what guardrails need to be put in place.

The last US-Russia nuclear treaty just expired Feb 05, 2026

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The last remaining US-Russia nuclear treaty that put limits on nuclear arsenals, the New START, expires today. Experts warn that without a new treaty, it raises the risk of a nuclear arms race in an increasingly volatile world, We speak with Thomas Countryman, Board Chair of the Arms Control Association, and a former U.S. diplomat who served as undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, and Matt Korda, the Associate Director for the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, who's tracking nuclear arsenals and trends.

P.K. Subban on the Canada/US heated hockey rivalry Feb 05, 2026

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Canadian hockey legend PK Subban is one of the executive producers of a new CBC special, Rivals: the Four-Nations Face-Off -- chronicling that epic hockey tournament, last year. He talks about the fights, the booing, and why Canadian fans criticized people like Wayne Gretzky, and Subban himself, during that heated political and cultural moment.

Are you feeling the pinch of the singles 'tax'? Feb 05, 2026

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There’s no getting around it - life is more expensive as a single person than it is when you’re in a couple. With singles in Canada now making up almost 40% of the population, The Current producer Cece Armstrong looked into the so-called singles 'tax' and how it’s hitting people’s wallets and life choices.

Dry January? What's that gonna do for you? Feb 04, 2026

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Many of us participate in Dry January — and go right back to drinking during the other eleven months of the year. Sure, Dry January can be a great jumping off point, but long-term health benefits aren't going to come with quitting the booze for one month. We speak to Catharine Fairbairn, a psychologist who runs an alcohol research lab, about what people should be doing if they really want to change their drinking habits. And we ask Dan Malleck, a medical historian specializing in alcohol and prohibition: Why do people drink, anyways? And is it really that bad for you?

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