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Food for today, hope for tomorrow

Mar del Plata, Argentina :: Crew work alongside a pastor who has plans to improve children's futures.




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How Murray Sinclair changed Canada

An intimate look at the lessons and legacy of Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and how he changed Canada.



  • Radio/Front Burner

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Legacy of Indigenous soldiers now being preserved in northwestern Alberta

A researcher in Grande Prairie, Alta., has undertaken a project to ensure past Indigenous soldiers and veterans are recognized for their sacrifices in both world wars.



  • News/Canada/Edmonton

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Nina Turner on 2024 Race, Gaza, AIPAC & How Democratic Party Lost Its Way with the Working Class

Former Ohio state Senator Nina Turner discusses the 2024 elections.




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Democracy Now! 2024-10-30 Wednesday

Headlines for October 30, 2024; Report from Pennsylvania: Marc Lamont Hill on Harris’s Closing Speech & Dangers of a Trump Victory; Imara Jones: Transphobia Is “Key Pillar” of Trump’s Push for a “Patriarchal Fascist Regime”




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Democracy Now! 2024-10-31 Thursday

Headlines for October 31, 2024; “Genocide as Colonial Erasure”: U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese on Israel’s “Intent to Destroy” Gaza; Bishop William Barber Endorses Harris, Says Faith Leaders Must Oppose Trump’s Hate; “The Racism of MAGA Is as American as Apple Pie”: Nina Turner on Trump & 2024 Election




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Democracy Now! 2024-11-01 Friday

Headlines for November 01, 2024; Will Abortion Rights Decide 2024 Election? Amy Littlefield on Trump’s Misogyny & 10 Ballot Measures; Report from Wisconsin: John Nichols on Harris’s Madison Roots & Key Senate/House Races Nationwide; “Little Secret”? Elie Mystal on Trump’s Likely Plan to Steal Election with GOP House Speaker Johnson




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Democracy Now! 2024-11-04 Monday

Headlines for November 04, 2024; “You’re Being Lied To”: Pennsylvania County Elections Chair Debunks Claims of Voter Fraud; Former FEC Counsel Speaks Out on Big Money, Citizens United & Elon Musk’s Illegal Moves to Help Trump; Save the Children in Gaza: Israel Bombs Polio Vax Site, Bans UNRWA in Attacks on Humanitarian Aid; Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud on Refusing Meeting with Trump, Not Endorsing Harris




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Democracy Now! 2024-11-05 Tuesday

Headlines for November 05, 2024; Juan González: Sitting Out This Election Would Be a Mistake, Just as It Was in 1968; 2020 Redux? Army of MAGA Election Officials Prepare to Challenge Results If Trump Loses; Trump Tried to Steal the Vote in Georgia in 2020. Now Election Deniers Run Georgia’s Election System; Ari Berman on Racist Roots of Electoral College & How Ballot Measures Can Help Preserve Democracy; “The Misinformation Web”: Maria Hinojosa on the Pro-Trump Propaganda Targeting Latinos in 2024




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Democracy Now! 2024-11-06 Wednesday

Headlines for November 06, 2024; “The Confederacy Won”: Why Donald Trump’s Reelection Is a Win for White Supremacy, Xenophobia & Hate; “This Is a Collapse of the Democratic Party”: Ralph Nader on Roots of Trump’s Win Over Harris; “A Devastating Result”: John Nichols on GOP Taking White House and the Senate; Linda Sarsour: Harris’s Embrace of Pro-Israel Policies at Odds with Democratic Base; Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: Democrats Demobilized Their Base. A Movement Is Now Needed to Oppose Trump; Rami Khouri: U.S. Voters Are Sick of Foreign Wars. Can Trump Strike a Grand Bargain in Middle East?; 7 States Vote to Protect Abortion Rights in Busy Year for Ballot Initiatives




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Democracy Now! 2024-11-07 Thursday

Headlines for November 07, 2024; Democrats Abandoned the Working Class: Robin D.G. Kelley on Trump’s Win & Need for Class Solidarity; Fatima Bhutto: Kamala Harris’s Support for Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Is a Betrayal of True Feminism; “Communities Were Destroyed”: Mass Deportations of 1930s & ’50s Show Harm of Trump Plan, If Implemented




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Democracy Now! 2024-11-08 Friday

Headlines for November 08, 2024; Democrats Deserted Working Poor: Bishop William Barber on Healthcare, Living Wages, Voting Rights; “Open Celebration of the Oligarchy”: Both Dems & GOP Sucked Up to Billionaires in 2024 Election; End the Arms: Humanitarian Chief Jan Egeland Urges U.S. to Stop Arming Israel Before Trump Takes Office




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Democracy Now! 2024-11-11 Monday

Headlines for November 11, 2024; “Hate Has No Place Here”: Black Americans Slam Racist Texts Promoting Slavery After Trump’s Election; “A Campaign of Genocide”: Noura Erakat Speaks to Ta-Nehisi Coates About Israel’s War on Gaza; “Complete Charade”: Qatar Withdraws from Ceasefire Talks, Middle East Prepares for Trump Presidency; Mouin Rabbani on What Really Happened in Amsterdam Between Israeli Soccer Fans & Local Residents




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Democracy Now! 2024-11-12 Tuesday

Headlines for November 12, 2024; “Hatemonger”: Stephen Miller to Hold Key Post as Trump Pushes Mass Detention & Deportation; As Private Prison Stocks Soar, Immigrant Rights Activists Vow to Fight Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans; “American Coup: Wilmington 1898”: PBS Film Examines Massacre When Racists Overthrew Multiracial Gov’t




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Province earmarks $2.5M for cellphone towers, but no one has signed on to use them

P.E.I.'s capital budget has allocated $2.5 million to build up to five provincially owned cellphone towers, but so far no telecommunications companies have committed to using them.



  • News/Canada/PEI

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Small P.E.I. town of Kensington launches campaign against gender-based violence

The Town of Kensington, P.E.I., has committed to implementing a new campaign to end gender-based violence.



  • News/Canada/PEI

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New Charlottetown crosswalk design honours fallen soldiers

The City of Charlottetown is honouring veterans with three freshly painted crosswalks near the cenotaph where Remembrance Day ceremonies will be held on Monday.



  • News/Canada/PEI

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P.E.I. woodlot owners urged to grow their biodiversity by branching out into different varieties

The P.E.I. Woodlot Owners Association is encouraging its members to boost the biodiversity of their woods with different varieties of trees and shrubs. As CBC's Nancy Russell reports, the goal is to provide habitat for endangered species and protect the forests from future disasters like post-tropical storm Fiona.




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Hundreds gather in Charlottetown to honour and respect P.E.I.'s veterans

In the pouring rain in downtown Charlottetown, hundreds gathered to pay their respects to veterans and remember the fallen.




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Faith, hope and love echo throughout Remembrance Day service in Charlottetown

On a cold, wet and grey November morning, Islanders gathered with umbrellas in hand around the cenotaph in downtown Charlottetown.



  • News/Canada/PEI

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B.C. man charged with fentanyl offences after Charlottetown search

A 22-year-old man from British Columbia has been charged on P.E.I. after hundreds of grams of fentanyl and cocaine were seized in Charlottetown on Saturday night.



  • News/Canada/PEI

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Is a Charlottetown business group's call to remove rent controls 'ridiculous' or necessary?

Some business owners in Charlottetown have made suggestions for increasing the city’s housing supply, but not everyone is happy with their recommendations when it comes to rental properties.



  • News/Canada/PEI

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New housing minister Myers stands firm on Charlottetown Outreach Centre: 'It's not moving'

Steven Myers, who has been Prince Edward Island's housing minister for just over a month, says the Community Outreach Centre will remain at its current location on Charlottetown's Park Street whether city councillors like it or not.



  • News/Canada/PEI

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'Paradigm shift' for northern Ontario legion that's now also a home for veterans

This will be the first Remembrance Day celebrated at the new Royal Canadian Legion in Sault Ste. Marie. Branch 25 recently opened a new complex in the northern Ontario city, complete with a 108-unit apartment tower.



  • News/Canada/Sudbury

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Ontario is supposed to be fully accessible by Jan. 1, but advocates say it's 'nowhere close'

In the new year, Ontario is supposed to be fully accessible for disabled people, but advocates say the province is ‘nowhere near’ meeting standards it created 20 years ago.



  • News/Canada/Sudbury

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Snow in short supply in Winnipeg despite the city's Winterpeg nickname

The last time a snowfall was recorded at the Winnipeg airport was on April 19, making it 206 days without any snow. Normally, Winnipeggers would see the first snowfall in October.



  • News/Canada/Manitoba

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Is Hamilton city hall transparent? The mayor's task force wants to know

The city said in a news release on Thursday that the Mayor’s Task Force on Transparency, Access and Accountability — which is in charge of reviewing community concerns about openness at the city — is looking for your feedback.



  • News/Canada/Hamilton

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MPs Green and Kwan lead NDP calls on feds to allow open work permits for temporary workers

NDP MPs Jenny Kwan and Matthew Green say the government needs to allow all temporary workers access to open work permits in an effort to stop them from being in abusive work environments.



  • News/Canada/Hamilton

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Workers owed $60M in unpaid wages Ontario failed to collect since 2017

Workers in Ontario are owed tens of millions of dollars in unpaid wages that the provincial government has yet to collect from employers, according to internal government records obtained by CBC Toronto.



  • News/Canada/Toronto

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Brantford, Ont., trustees spent $50K on flights, hotels, gourmet meal for Italy art-buying trip, receipts show

Chair Rick Petrella and trustees Dan Dignard, Bill Chopp and Mark Watson of the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board were to Italy between July 8 and 15 to buy $100,000 in custom artwork for two new high schools. It's among trips by Ontario school boards that have come under scrutiny for the way public money is spent.



  • News/Canada/Hamilton

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How to commemorate Remembrance Day in Hamilton and surrounding areas

Here’s how Hamilton and other cities in the area are marking Remembrance Day this year.



  • News/Canada/Hamilton

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Hundreds fill Hamilton's downtown Gore Park to remember Canada's war dead

Hundreds of observers marked Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of D-Day during a downtown ceremony at the Gore Park cenotaph on Monday, recalling efforts by local soldiers who gave their lives on the battlefield.



  • News/Canada/Hamilton

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Canada Soccer studying drone-spying review, says it shows past 'unacceptable culture'

Canada Soccer says an independent review has confirmed the Paris Olympics drone-spying scandal was not an isolated misstep.



  • Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Soccer

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Paris to deploy 4,000 police officers for Israel-France soccer match following violence in Amsterdam

Paris police said Sunday that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for a France-Israel soccer match to ensure security a week after violence against Israeli fans in Amsterdam.




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Volunteers aim to plant 22K trees as part of Bring Back The Maples campaign in Woolwich Township

Bring Back the Maples is a volunteer effort to increase the forest canopy along Woolwich Townships' rural roads.



  • News/Canada/Kitchener-Waterloo

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How to mark Remembrance Day in Waterloo region, Guelph and Wellington County

Remembrance Day is on Monday and there are a number of ceremonies happening around the area. As well, Monday will see government offices and some businesses close due to it being a holiday for some workers.



  • News/Canada/Kitchener-Waterloo

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For decades, a British town has honoured this Canadian soldier. His family only just found out

It took Kitchener resident Laura McBride and her family 80 years to discover what happened to her great uncle Thomas Ferguson Wilson after he died in April 1944 during a training mission.



  • News/Canada/Kitchener-Waterloo

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Santa Claus is coming to town: When and where to catch local parades

Here comes Santa Claus! There are a number of parades set to take place in November and December both during the day and in the evening. Here's a list of where you can find the big man in red.



  • News/Canada/Kitchener-Waterloo

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Tornado touched down in Fergus Sunday, research team confirms

The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University has confirmed a tornado touched down in Fergus, Ont., on Sunday night.



  • News/Canada/Kitchener-Waterloo

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Drivers urged to watch for wildlife after 5 collisions involving moose in 30-minute window: Sask. RCMP

Drivers are being warned to use caution on Saskatchewan's highways after five separate collisions involving moose were reported to RCMP in a 30-minute window on Friday evening.



  • News/Canada/Saskatoon

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A treaty from the 1700s allowed these 2 Sask. Indigenous women to enlist in the U.S. military

These two Indigenous women veterans from Saskatchewan were able to serve in the U.S. Navy and Airforce because of the Jay Treaty, a 1794 agreement that allows some First Nations people to travel freely across the Canada-U.S. border for employment, study, retirement, investing and immigration.



  • News/Canada/Saskatchewan

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'I'm a yellow pea': Veteran delighted by naming honour from Regina-based seed company

A seed company based in Regina names all new plant varieties after veterans —something a 102-year-old Second World War veteran says is "a great honour."



  • News/Canada/Saskatchewan

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Ottawa urges return to table after B.C. port dispute talks break down

One week after the lockout began at B.C.'s ports, the federal labour minister is again urging the employers and the union, back to the table.



  • News/Canada/British Columbia

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Banners put veterans front and centre in small town Ontario

A heartfelt initiative is taking root in some small towns across eastern Ontario where light and hydro poles are being adorned with banners that pay tribute to local veterans.



  • News/Canada/Ottawa

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Kirsten Moore-Towers & Michael Marinaro lead after short to start their comeback

That Figure Skating Show recaps the short program in the pairs event at Canadian Nationals, where the reigning champs are letting their presence be known.




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For the 1st time, this Windsor theatre company is offering a show with sign language interpretation

Windsor Light Music Theatre's production of A Christmas Story: The Musical will feature sign language interpreters at the Nov. 22 show to make the entertainment accessible to those who are deaf or hard of hearing.




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New fast charging stations coming for Tecumseh town hall, local library

The Town of Tecumseh will be getting six new EV charging stations, the province announced Tuesday, in a bid to "support the electrification of transportation across the province."



  • News/Canada/Windsor

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City apologizes after porn shown during Kamloops council meeting

The Interior B.C. city is reviewing its policies for public hearings following the incident.



  • News/Canada/British Columbia

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Book of poetry shows resilience of residential school survivors

Garry Gottfriedson, who attended the Kamloops Indian Residential School for five years, drew on his own experience at residential school, as well as those of his siblings and parents, for the book. He describes the process of gathering their stories as "powerful."



  • News/Canada/British Columbia

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Kamloops mayor in court over allegation he owes ex-lawyer $35K

Lawyer David McMillan alleges the mayor owes him payment for services provided between 2021 and 2024.



  • News/Canada/British Columbia