The Current

North Atlantic right whales are one of the most endangered mammals on the planet, and many of them spend their time off the coast of the Maritimes or in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Delphine Durette-Morin, an assistant scientist with the Canadian Whale Institute, tells us how she’s using sound recordings of the whales to better protect the species.

The Mass Casualty Commission’s report calls for sweeping reform to the RCMP, and says intimate partner violence needs to be treated as a public health emergency in Canada. We hear from Michael MacDonald, chair of the Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission; and Dennis Daley, assistant commissioner and commanding officer for the Nova Scotia RCMP.

Ahead of the Mass Casualty Commission’s final report on the 2020 mass shooting, we talk to CBC journalist Angela McIvor, who has been covering the story for three years.

Children’s author Sheree Fitch and retired journalist Gilles Plante built their dream home to grow old together in River John, N.S. But in the years that followed, Plante was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The couple tell us how they’re coping, and why they’re determined to find joy every day.

The Mass Casualty Commission will publish its final report Thursday, after an inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting that left 22 people dead in Nova Scotia. We visit Portapique, N.S., where a new community hall is under construction; and Matt Galloway speaks with grief specialist Serena Lewis, about the long-term supports that the community might need.

When Grace Tompkins crocheted a Maud Lewis painting onto a sweater, she didn't expect it to go viral on social media, or to get a message from one of the famed painter's living relatives. She tells us about the sweater people went crazy for — and why it’s not for sale.

Novelist Ami McKay recently discovered a century-old seal press at an antique market — bringing to life a tale of mobsters, rum running and tragedy.

The Current comes to you from Nova Scotia this morning, where the cost of rent is driving people out of their homes. We hear from people experiencing homelessness — and those trying to help. Also, Matt Galloway speaks with Susan Leblanc, the NDP MLA for Dartmouth North.

In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee is facing increased pressure to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. We talk to Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych; retired Canadian Olympian Perdita Felicien; and David Wallechinsky, a historian and executive board member of the International Society of Olympic Historians.

Matt Galloway talks to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland about Tuesday’s federal budget, and looks at the fine detail with Tonda MacCharles, parliamentary reporter for the Toronto Star; and Nojoud Al Mallees, economics reporter for Canadian Press.

An endovascular thrombectomy has proven to be an effective treatment for stroke patients. In some cases, they’ve allowed patients to walk out of the hospital mere days after being admitted in life-threatening conditions. Matt Galloway talks to Marleen Conacher, who was treated using EVT for a stroke in 2021; and discusses calls to make the procedure more widely available with stroke physician Dr. Michael Hill.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a pause on judicial reform after widespread protests. We talk to Washington Post reporter Steve Hendrix; Ronen Bergman, a Tel Aviv-based staff writer for The New York Times Magazine; and Michael Koplow, chief policy officer of the Israel Policy Forum, an NGO based in Washington.

The animal tranquillizer Xylazine is showing up in illicit street drugs, putting drug users’ lives at even greater risk. We discuss the rise of ‘tranq dope’ with Dayn Kent, co-ordinator of the consumption and treatment service at the Regent Park Community Health Centre; and Dr. Aamir Bharmal, medical director of the Public Health Response Division at the BC Centre for Disease Control.

Canada and the U.S. agreed to close the border at Roxham Road in Quebec, where more than 40,000 people crossed to claim asylum here last year. We talk to Frances Ravensbergen with Bridges Not Borders, a volunteer group that supports people who cross at Roxham Road; Mireille Paquet, Concordia University Research Chair on the Politics of Immigration; and John Manley, a former deputy prime minister.

Common diagnostic health tests have long been interpreted differently for Black patients — a practice called "race correction," which has systematically denied access to timely and sometimes life-saving care. Matt Galloway talks to LLana James, co-chair of the Canada-US Coalition to End Race Correction in Healthcare; and Dr. Nav Persaud, the Canada Research Chair in Health Justice at St. Michael's Hospital in Unity Health Toronto.

Australia's constitution has never acknowledged its Indigenous people as the country's original inhabitants, but a referendum to change that could give Indigenous people a bigger say in the country's parliament and laws. We talk to Sana Nakata, a Torres Strait Islander and principal research fellow at James Cook University’s Indigenous Education and Research Centre.

Some NHL teams and players have refused to participate in events tied to LGBTQ representation and Pride, prompting questions about the league's commitment to inclusion. We talk to David Palumbo, a board member of the You Can Play Project.

A new Nature Of Things documentary looks at the science of friendship — in both humans and animals — and the role it plays in our mental and physical health. We talk to filmmaker Judith Pyke; and Beverley Fehr, a social psychologist at the University of Winnipeg.

U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Ottawa is expected to include talks around modernizing NORAD, the U.S.-Canada aerospace defence organization. There are calls for northern communities to be part of any redevelopment and see tangible benefits from any new infrastructure. Matt Galloway talks to Andrea Charron, director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg; and Clint Davis, CEO of Nunasi, an Inuit-owned development corporation with headquarters in Iqaluit.

The drug kingpin Pablo Escobar smuggled four hippos into his compound in Colombia, but they escaped into the wild after he was killed. Their population has now ballooned to around 140, leaving authorities grappling with a very big invasive species. We hear more from Luke Taylor, a freelance journalist in Bogotá, Colombia; and Gina Paola Serna, a veterinarian who has been helping track and sterilize the animals.

Millions of people in the Indian state of Punjab have had their mobile internet shut off by the government, as police search for Sikh separatist leader Amritpal Singh. Reuters India reporter Krishn Kaushik tells us more.

Junaid Khan is one of a growing number of non-Indigenous people in Canada learning Indigenous languages. Duncan McCue brings us Khan’s story in his documentary about the recent swell of interest in Indigenous languages in Canada.

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives in Canada Thursday to discuss cross-border trade, instability in Haiti, the war in Ukraine and allegations of Chinese election interference. Matt Galloway talks to Tonda MacCharles, senior reporter in the Toronto Star's Ottawa bureau; and Amanda Coletta, the Canada correspondent for the Washington Post.

Uganda’s parliament has passed anti-gay laws that include making it illegal to identify as gay or transgender. The laws carry penalties such as lengthy jail time or even a death sentence. We hear from human rights advocates and a member of the country’s LGBTQ community.

When U.S. President Joe Biden visits Canada this week, he’s expected to urge Ottawa to lead an international intervention effort in Haiti, where criminal gangs control more than half of the country and a cholera outbreak is worsening. We talk to Louis-Henri Mars, director of the Haitian peacebuilding organization, Lakou Lapè; Renata Segura, deputy director for Latin America and the Caribbean with the International Crisis Group; and Tom Lawson, a former chief of the defence staff with the Canadian Armed Forces.

In her new book Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock, author and artist Jenny Odell explores society’s relationship with time, how we measure it, and whether nature can give us a different way to appreciate the passing moments.

Six months after 11 people were killed in a stabbing attack in James Smith Cree Nation, the community in Saskatchewan is still figuring out how to keep itself safe. A new security patrol has been set up to deal with violence, but it’s unarmed, with no formal training or official authority. CBC reporter Olivia Stefanovich spent time there; she tells Matt Galloway what she’s heard about the First Nation’s search for safety.

A new UN report has issued a “final warning” that the Earth will hit a critical threshold for global warming in the next decade. Canadian climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe discusses what needs to happen now and whether the world is likely to respond.

One person died and six others remain missing after a fire last week, in a Montreal building that housed several Airbnb units. Matt Galloway discusses calls for a closer look at short-term rentals in the city with CBC reporter Sarah Leavitt; and David Wachsmuth, an associate professor at McGill University and the Canada Research Chair in Urban Governance.

A new podcast called Humans of the House offers a rare look at the people behind the politics in Ottawa, from how they entered public life to why they ultimately left. We talk to podcast host Sabreena Delhon, executive director of The Samara Centre for Democracy; Romeo Saganash, a former NDP MP and Cree lawyer; and Scott Brison, a former Progressive Conservative, then Liberal MP, and now vice-chair with BMO Wealth Management.

China's President Xi Jinping visits Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss peace with Ukraine this week. Observers say this is the latest effort by Beijing to become a global power broker — at the expense of the United States. We talk to Bessma Momani, a professor of political science at the University of Waterloo; and Ava Shen, an expert on Chinese foreign policy with the Eurasia Group.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and many people hunkered down at home, author Peggy Orenstein decided to embark on a more ambitious project: shearing sheep and making a sweater. She talks with us about that experience and her new book, Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater.

The Colorado River system provides critical drinking and irrigation supply for seven U.S. states — but water levels on the river have dropped in recent years. CBC News’ Susan Ormiston has been travelling along the river for the past week. She tells us more.

It’s been 20 years since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. It was done on the promise of freedom, but the country is still mired in political violence and corruption two decades later. Matt Galloway speaks with Louisa Loveluck, the Washington Post's Baghdad bureau chief. He also discusses the impact the war had on Iraqis, with Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, an Iraqi journalist and author of the new book, A Stranger in Your Own City; and Nadje Al-Ali, the director of the Center for Middle East Studies at Brown University and author of What Kind of Liberation?: Women and the Occupation of Iraq.

Many international medical students left Ukraine when Russia invaded, but they’re now being told to return for their final exam. We hear from a student who feels it’s not safe to return to a war zone; and Kostyantyn Rybachuk, who’s with the department of Ukraine's Ministry of Health, which oversees the exam.

Two U.S. banks collapsed in less than a week, while in Europe, Credit Suisse teetered on the brink of failure before Switzerland's central bank stepped in with a loan. Are there implications for Canada’s banking sector? Matt Galloway talks to Eric Reguly, European bureau chief for The Globe and Mail; and Kenneth Rogoff, a professor of economics at Harvard University and former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund.

Public libraries have seen an increase in violent incidents, with some installing metal detectors and security personnel. We discuss the balance of providing a public, yet safe, space for patrons and staff with three librarians: Paul Burry, director of the Prince George Public Library in B.C.; Pam Ryan, director of service, development and innovation at the Toronto Public Library; and Pilar Martinez, CEO of the Edmonton Public Library and the chair of the Canadian Urban Libraries Council’s safety and security working group.

A judge in Texas is considering whether to overturn federal regulatory approval of Mifepristone, a commonly used abortion pill. New York Times health and science writer Pam Belluck tells us more.

Garbage is piling up in Paris as sanitation workers strike over government plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Matt Galloway talks to Ben Barnier, a senior correspondent with France Télévisions; and Elena Bassoli, a health economist at the Paris School of Economics.

A conservative Catholic organization in the U.S. has spent millions on data from dating and hook-up apps, and used that data to track and publicly out gay priests. We talk to Michelle Boorstein, a religion reporter for the Washington Post; and discuss how your data could be harvested and used with Teresa Scassa, a professor and the Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy at the University of Ottawa.

Renowned Canadian architect Phyllis Lambert has always been a passionate advocate for design that puts people first. She talks to Matt Galloway about how to build better cities, being engaged well into her 90s, and her new photography book Observation Is a Constant That Underlies All Approaches.

Cyclone Freddy has claimed hundreds of lives in Malawi, a country already dealing with a cholera outbreak. We talk to Felix Washon, working with the Malawi Red Cross Society in the country’s second largest city, Blantyre.

Two people died and nine others were injured when a pickup truck ran into pedestrians in Amqui, Que., on Monday. We hear more from CBC Quebec reporter Émilie Warren.

Off the coast of Iceland, an adult female orca was spotted with a baby pilot whale — likely not more than a month old. The unusual scenario has surprised experts; we hear why from Elizabeth Zwamborn, a PhD candidate at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

Researchers have mapped the brain of a fruit fly. It’s a scientific first that could help us understand our own brains in the future. Marta Zlatic, a neuroscientist who worked on the mapping, tells us more.

After a recent U.K. trial of a four-day work week, over 90 per cent of the participating companies decided to stick to the 32-hour week. We talk to John Trougakos, an advisor at the Work Time Reduction Center of Excellence; and Amanda Watson, a lecturer specializing in labour and capitalism at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C.

The federal government has pledged $75.9 million to address the backlog of passenger complaints related to lost luggage and delayed or cancelled flights. Guest host Mark Kelley discusses how to address the root problems with Christine Waugh, who has filed three small court claims against WestJet; Tom Oommen, director general of the analysis and outreach branch of the Canadian Transportation Agency; and John Gradek, an aviation management professor at McGill University and a former Air Canada executive.

Parents who overshare pictures and videos of their kids online are sometimes accused of “sharenting” — using cute or embarrassing moments to boost views, likes and sometimes income. But there are growing concerns about the impact on children’s privacy. We talk to Sarah Adams, who runs Mom.Uncharted, a TikTok account about the dangers of “sharenting”; Alana Kayfetz, a content creator and founder of Mom Halo, a network of millennial moms in Canada; and Leah Plunkett, author of Sharenthood: Why We Should Think Before We Talk about Our Kids Online.

The collapse of California-based Silicon Valley Bank has sent companies scrambling in the U.S. and Canada. Guest host Mark Kelley talks to Anya Klimbovskaia, co-founder of Toronto-based startup Diversio, which had deposits at Silicon Valley Bank; and Claire Brownell, a digital currencies reporter for The Logic.

Collagen is getting celebrity endorsements as a hair and skincare product — but the billion-dollar industry has been linked to deforestation in the Amazon, and the large-scale slaughter of donkeys and other livestock in Africa. We talk to Andrew Wasley, food and agriculture reporter for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism; Sian Edwards, campaigns manager at The Donkey Sanctuary in the U.K.; and Michael White, a pharmacist and distinguished professor at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy.

A new CBC podcast explores the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, and the man at its centre: Sam Bankman-Fried. We talk to Jacob Silverman, host of The Naked Emperor.

Syphilis infections are surging across Canada, including cases of babies born with congenital syphilis. We talk to Dr. Darrell Tan, an infectious disease specialist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto; and Caroline Cameron, a professor in the department of biochemistry and microbiology at the University of Victoria in B.C.

It was a big night at the Oscars for several Canadian stars, but most of the films they were involved with were actually American. We discuss the challenges facing the Canadian film industry with Sami Khan, whose documentary short St. Louis Superman was nominated for an Oscar in 2020.

In a stretched health-care system, some Canadians are turning to private clinics that charge fees for virtual appointments. Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the clinics are at odds with Canada’s pledges on universal health care, but advocates say they ensure timely access for patients. Guest host Mark Kelley talks to Dr. Brett Belchetz, co-founder and CEO of Maple, which offers telephone and online visits; and André Picard, a health reporter and columnist with The Globe and Mail.

The federal government is considering expansions to medical assistance in dying, which could include advanced consent, and access for those diagnosed with mental illness. In this special podcast, Matt Galloway talks to Dr. Catherine Ferrier and Dr. Sonu Gaind, physicians who have concerns about the changes that might be coming; and Graeme Bayliss, who lives with clinical depression, and has been calling for the expansion of MAID for years.

Three years after the World Health Organization declared a global COVID-19 pandemic, some Canadians are still living under the shadow of long COVID. Matt Galloway talks to Janine Hopkins, who is living with the condition in Thunder Bay, Ont.; and Dr. Kieran Quinn, a clinician scientist at Sinai Health System and co-lead of the Long COVID Web, a national research network.

P.E.I. resident Ann Thurlow used pandemic lockdown time to create a recipe book all about cabbage. It’s a project that’s brought her community together, and got a surprise shoutout in The New York Times.

Some historians are already studying what happened in the pandemic to help us understand how it will end — and prepare for the next one. We talk to Dr. Jacalyn Duffin is a professor emerita of the history of medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., and the author of COVID-19: A History; and Erica Charters, a professor of the history of medicine at the University of Oxford, and the lead of the multidisciplinary project How Epidemics End.

The CEOs of Canada's top grocery chains appeared on Parliament Hill yesterday. They denied allegations that they’re profiteering from high inflation. We talk to Calgary-based economist Todd Hirsch about why inflation may be slowing, but grocery bills are still high.

Major League Baseball is adding a clock that counts down how long a pitcher can stand at the mound. Sports historian Fred Frommer explains what the new rules will mean to the grand old game.

One million Rohingya refugees live in a camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. After a reduction in food rations and a recent fire, the refugees say the world has forgotten them. We talk to Cox’s Bazar resident Enam Uddin, an 18-year-old who fled his home in Myanmar six years ago; and Domenico Scalpelli, the country director for the World Food Programme in Bangladesh.

Ottawa has put a one-year delay on plans to expand medical assistance in dying to those with mental illness. Matt Galloway talks to Graeme Bayliss, who lives with clinical depression and has been calling for the expansion of MAID for years.

A group of physicians, lawyers and ethicists have published a letter in opposition to recommendations to expand access to medical assistance in dying. Matt Galloway talks to two people who signed it: Dr. Sonu Gaind, chief of psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto; and Dr. Catherine Ferrier, who works in the division of geriatrics at Montreal General Hospital.

New galaxies discovered using the James Webb telescope are raising questions about how a galaxy is formed. We talk to Erica Nelson, an astrophysicist with the University of Colorado and part of the team that discovered these new galaxies.

Margaret Atwood’s new book, Old Babes in the Wood, is a collection of short stories that may be her most personal work yet. Galloway spoke with her about those old babes, grief and loss, censorship, and whether she thinks artificial intelligence could ever replicate her writing.

Some scientists believe the key to living longer and aging better lies in a phenomenon called cell senescence, also known as “zombie cells.” We discuss that research with Daniel Durocher, a senior investigator at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Sinai Health in Toronto.

Hundreds of schoolgirls have been poisoned in their classrooms in Iran, but it’s unclear who the culprits behind the attacks are. We talk to Azadeh Pourzand, a human rights researcher and writer.

The prime minister has announced multiple investigations and the appointment of an independent special rapporteur to look into claims that China interfered in Canadian elections. Matt Galloway talks to Globe and Mail's Ottawa bureau chief Robert Fife.

Lowering carbon emissions remains a key part of fighting climate change, but scientists are exploring other options. The United Nations Environment Program is calling for more research into solar geoengineering to reflect some of the sun's light away from the Earth. We talk to Daniel Schrag, director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment; Andrea Hinwood, an environmental scientist with the UN Environment Programme; and Tero Mustonen, an adjunct professor in the University of Eastern Finland’s department of geographical and historical studies.

A new treaty to protect oceans and conserve marine life has been agreed upon at the United Nations. We talk to Jeremy Raguain, the climate change and ocean adviser for Seychelles Permanent Mission to the United Nations; and Susanna Fuller, vice-president of operations and projects for the environmental group Oceans North.

We hear your responses to last week’s conversation with Sandra Demontigny, a 43-year-old living with early onset Alzheimer’s who is fighting for advanced consent for medical assistance in dying.

A new project takes recordings from the Arctic and Antarctic — whales, cracking ice and everything in between — and turns them over to musicians. We talk to Stuart Fowkes, a sound artist who curates a global database of sounds called Cities and Memory; and Geraint Rhys Whittaker, an artist-researcher at the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.

Matt Galloway talks to Alex Pourbaix, CEO of Cenovus Energy, about carbon capture technology and his company’s efforts to get to net zero.

A dozen people in British Columbia have died from avalanches this year. We speak with Ken Wylie, who was caught in a deadly snowslide 20 years ago, about what it’s like to be buried in snow, and why he thinks we need to rethink our tolerance for risk.

Sandra Demontigny is 43 years old, and has early onset Alzheimer’s. She watched her father and grandmother suffer with the same disease, and wants to one day access medical assistance in dying. But to do that, she needs a change in the law, to allow advanced consent for people with forms of neurocognitive impairment.

Ontario trauma surgeon Dr. Anas Al-Kassem travelled to Syria after last month’s devastating earthquakes. He tells Matt Galloway what he saw and what Canada can do to help the survivors.

Postpartum brain fog is familiar for many mothers — sometimes dismissively called “mommy brain.” New research suggests it's actually a time when women's brains are rewiring themselves to learn new skills, multi-task and even have better memory later in life. We talk to Clare McCormack, an assistant professor in child and adolescent psychiatry at New York University's Grossman School of Medicine; and Liisa Galea, the Treliving Family Chair in Women's Mental Health and senior scientist at CAMH.

The push to electrify our vehicles is driving a scramble for cobalt, which is almost exclusively mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We talk to Siddharth Kara, author of Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers our Lives.

Our national affairs panel discusses allegations of Chinese government interference in Canadian elections. Matt Galloway talks to Catherine Cullen, host of CBC Radio’s The House; Emilie Nicolas, a columnist with Le Devoir; and Joanna Chiu, a reporter with the Toronto Star and author of China Unbound: A New World Disorder.

With his new book, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind, Canadian psychologist Paul Bloom probes the difference between the brain and the mind, the mystery of consciousness, and whether artificial intelligence will ever match human thought.

Investigative reporter Hannah Dreier takes us inside a shocking New York Times exposé into migrant children arriving unaccompanied in the U.S. and getting exploited for cheap labour.

The European Space Agency wants the moon to have its own time zone. We talk to Nisha Gaind, the European bureau chief for the journal Nature.

Every year, thousands of international students come to Canada to study, forking over big money in tuition fees. In his documentary The Dreams of My Father, Kiran Singh explores why many of those students don’t get what they pay for.

Sandra Demontigny is 43 years old and has early onset Alzheimer’s. She watched her father and grandmother suffer with the same disease, and wants to one day access medical assistance in dying. To do that, she has been pushing the Quebec government to allow advanced consent for people with forms of neurocognitive impairment. Matt Galloway talks to Demontigny about her fight for a good death; and also speaks with Dr. Judes Poirier, deputy director of the Centre for the Studies on the Prevention of Alzheimer’s at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Montreal.

Parts of Europe are in the midst of a winter drought, hot on the heels of last summer’s record-breaking dry weather. We discuss the impact with Andrea Toreti, co-ordinator at the European Drought Observatory.

In his new book On The Ravine, award-winning author and physician Dr. Vincent Lam uses fiction to explore different approaches to the opioid crisis. The addiction specialist joins us to discuss the concept of the safe supply of illicit drugs, and blurring the line between fact and fiction.

Thousands of asylum seekers enter Canada through Roxham Road in Quebec each year, but calls to close the unofficial border crossing are growing. Matt Galloway talks to Lovejoyce Amavi, a refugee and author who crossed at Roxham Road in 2017; Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, immigration critic for the Bloc Québécois; and Warda Shazadi Meighen, an immigration and refugee lawyer.

The federal government has banned TikTok on all of its mobile devices over privacy concerns. We talk to Vass Bednar, executive director of the master of public policy in digital society program at McMaster University; and Clothilde Goujard, a technology reporter for Politico Europe.

Big projects can mean big headaches, whether it’s a home renovation or building a new transit line. Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner talk to us about their book How Big Things Get Done, which looks at how ambitious projects can go off the rails.

The federal government is proposing an emergency order to protect the only three northern spotted owls known to be living wild in B.C.’s old-growth forests. We discuss what that means for the owls and local logging industry with Joe Foy, protected areas campaigner for the Wilderness Committee; and Nathan Cullen, B.C.'s minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship.

An initiative in Alberta is working on making hydrogen part of Canada’s strategy to reach net-zero emissions, though some experts warn the fuel has drawbacks. Matt Galloway talks to Alanna Hnatiw, chair of the Edmonton Region Hydrogen HUB; David Layzell, a research director at the Transition Accelerator; and Julia Levin, associate director of national climate at Environmental Defence.

Actor Mark Critch remembers his friend Gordon Pinsent, the Canadian actor and national treasure who died this weekend at the age of 92.

On the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Matt Galloway speaks with historian Margaret MacMillan about how this war ends and the long-term geopolitics that follow.

We hear from a woman in Lviv who is balancing the budgets. On one hand, she is working at a big accounting agency. At the same time, she is running a non-profit and collecting donations to support the war effort.

The Russia-Ukraine war has changed the lives of thousands of ordinary Ukrainians, from teachers to chefs to lawyers. Roman was a data analyst before he started tending to the wounded on the front lines. Freelance reporter and producer Sarah Lawrynuik brings us his story in her documentary, Part of our Souls.

Canada’s spy agency has evidence China interfered in the last federal election, a new report from the Globe and Mail has revealed. The House of Commons procedure and house affairs committee unanimously agreed to dig deeper into the matter. We hear more from Robert Fife, the Globe and Mail’s Ottawa Bureau Chief and part of the team behind this story; Mitch Heimpel, the director of campaigns and government relations at Enterprise Canada; and Richard Fadden, the former director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Services and a current fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

It’s been nearly a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Matt Galloway speaks with the CBC’s Margaret Evans, who is in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia to check in with residents she spoke with a year ago.

Air travel can be stressful for anyone, but for passengers with disabilities there are extra challenges. We hear about calls to make airlines more accessible with Maayan Ziv, the founder and CEO of AccessNow, whose wheelchair was damaged on a flight last year; David Lyons-Black, a travel agent with FlightCentre; and Wendy Porch, the executive director of the Centre for Independent Living in Toronto.

We hear the Russian perspective of the war from Denis Volkov, director of the Moscow-based think tank Levada Center; Inna Berezkina, a Russian anti-war activist and international advisor to Democracy Without Borders; and Ksenia, who left Russia for Canada after the invasion began.