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Front Burner
Episodes — page 25
- Politics! Mark Carney’s running, tariff fight gets messy
It was another really busy week in Canadian politics. It began with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s trip to Mar-a-Lago to talk tariffs and Canadian oil with Trump and his team, a…
- What’s behind the Israel-Hamas ceasefire?
Israel and Hamas signed a deal for a ceasefire set to begin Sunday January 19th that will see the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners in Israel and the flow of h…
- Lessons from the Los Angeles wildfires
Fires continue to burn in Los Angeles as millions of people remain under an extreme fire weather alert. The Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire have already flattened entire neighbou…
- Donald Trump’s billionaire administration
Donald Trump is building the wealthiest cabinet in American history with 13 billionaires set to be part of his administration. That of course includes his vocal backer and X CEO, E…
- The Liberal leadership contenders’ uphill battle
A week after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation, a much clearer picture of the Liberal leadership race has emerged. Whoever the candidate ends up being will have the chal…
- President Joe Biden’s Final Days in office
Joe Biden will end his reign as President as not only the oldest holder of the executive office, but one of the longest tenured lawmakers in American history. As he enters his twil…
- Donald Trump threatens to annex Canada
With just under two weeks until he re-takes the Oval Office, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has outlined a mind-map of sorts to, as he says, “make Canada the 51st American state…
- Grappling with Trudeau’s political legacy
Nearly a decade ago Justin Trudeau rode a wave of hope and optimism — his so-called "sunny ways" — to the prime minister's office, leading a once-flailing Liberal party out of the…
- Trudeau resigns. What’s next for the Liberals?
After months of non-confidence votes and growing pressure, Justin Trudeau has stepped down as the leader of the Liberal Party. He’s still the Prime Minister, for now, after prorogu…
- Is Justin Trudeau about to resign?
For the last couple weeks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apparently been thinking about his future. At the same time, he faced new calls to resign: from his colleagues, the cou…
- Encore: Is high finance killing Hollywood?
What is the point of Hollywood? There are two obvious answers, right? To make good stuff that entertains people. And to make money for the big studios and the people who work for t…
- Encore: The ‘trad wives’ glamorizing life at home
For some time now, there’s been a growing trend on TikTok and Instagram of young women sharing about their daily lives as “trad wives.” “Traditional wives” forego the workplace, ex…
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Front Burner Presents Céline: Understood, Episode 4Céline Dion is having a moment. It’s not her first. And millions of fans are hoping it won’t be her last. While Céline’s international stardom seems obvious now, it was all so unli…
- Encore: How Murray Sinclair changed Canada
Murray Sinclair — an Anishinaabe lawyer, judge, senator, and, most consequentially, the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation commission — died in November at the age of 73. Sinc…
- Encore: Canada’s millennial ‘Jackpot Generation’
In the next two years, Canadian millennials will stand to inherit as much as one trillion dollars from their boomer parents. Today, we take a look at what this consolidation of fam…
- Encore: Inside controversial Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’
The Apprentice is a Donald Trump biopic that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year and got an extended standing ovation. But it quickly came under fire from its subject.…
- Front Burner Presents Céline: Understood, Episode 3
Céline Dion is having a moment. It’s not her first. And millions of fans are hoping it won’t be her last. While Céline’s international stardom seems obvious now, it was all so unli…
- Front Burner Presents Céline: Understood, Episode 2
Céline Dion is having a moment. It’s not her first. And millions of fans are hoping it won’t be her last. While Céline’s international stardom seems obvious now, it was all so unli…
- Polymarket and the rise of political betting
Got some money burning a hole in your pocket? You could go online and place a bet about whether or not Canada will become the U.S.’s 51st state before July, whether or not there wi…
- What's Trump's place in conservative history?
People talk about Donald Trump as a singular figure. A one-of-a-kind politician who's made conservative history in the U.S. But where exactly does Trump fit in conservative history…
