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The Big Story
Episodes — page 69
- Why it's never been harder to get away with murder
In one word: Cameras. If you live in a city, you should probably assume there's at least one camera watching you at all times, never mind the phones that are whipped out the second…
- A Canadian team used AI to make a cancer drug. Is this a game-changer?
It's a process that can take up to a decade. And individual aspects of it can take up to a year or more. Or... it can take, like, a month. The drug development process is time-cons…
- Why food banks can't solve the problem of hungry Canadians
In 2021, Statistics Canada reported 5.8 million Canadians suffered some level of food insecurity. As inflation has spiked, so have stories of hungry families needing food banks to…
- Is Ontario's public health care on a slippery slope?
Canadians are passionate about their healthcare. Even when the system is in crisis, we're proud of having universal care, and we want it to work. So when Ontario Premier Doug Ford…
- Hudson's Bay Company has a long and complicated legacy. But does it have a future?
It's probably the single brand most associated with Canada. It's also the single brand most associated with colonization, stolen land and genocide of Indigenous peoples. Yes, the H…
- Canada has big immigration goals. Will we really do the work to meet them?
Many think of Canada as a promised land for immigrants from all over the world. That's because Canada literally needs newcomers to survive. As much as we love that image, it's not…
- 'Zombie deer' are roaming the prairies. Should we be worried about this?
It's known as Chronic Wasting Disease, and it's been around for more than a decade. In recent years, however, it has spread across Canadian prairies and animals at an alarming rate…
- Eight teen girls in Toronto are facing murder charges after an alleged swarming attack. What happened?
If that headline stunned you, you're not alone. Even veteran police officials and crime reporters can't recall a case like this one, in which eight teen girls ranging in age from 1…
- Who lobbies Trudeau's cabinet the most?
Lobbying is a tricky part of politics. It can be tricky to define, tricky to identify and really, really tough to analyze at scale. That's because of how it's tracked—across severa…
- Why none of your stuff lasts anymore
Maybe it's the top you bought on Instagram or the flashy new appliance with a touchscreen. Maybe it's an Apple product that you can't repair yourself or a replacement for a product…
- You can call it 'The Kraken', and everything else you need to know about the new Covid variant
Stop us if you've heard this one before: It's more contagious, we're seeing it make up a higher percentage of cases, hospitalizations are beginning to climb, and we don't yet know…
- Will the cops or the courts stop Doug Ford's Greenbelt plan?
Since Doug Ford reneged on his promise to protect the Greenbelt in November, resistance to his proposal has been fierce. In the past week that has culminated in a court challenge a…
- Fusion power won't solve the climate crisis. But we don't need it to.
In early December, scientists announced a major breakthrough on the way to a fusion-powered world of unlimited clean energy. It received reams of media coverage and lots of hope fo…
- Who's to blame for Canada's holiday travel nightmares?
Canadians were stranded in Mexico. They were on VIA trains for 20 hours, stopped on the tracks. They were stuck in airports waiting for flights that never took off or luggage that…
- As single-use plastics vanish, how will restaurants have to adapt their takeout?
This year marks the beginning of a delayed phase-out of single-use plastics, mandated by Canada's federal government. As the rules change over the coming months, restaurants are tr…
- Will 2023 bring a federal election, and will Pierre Poilivere's big plan work?
Unlike the most recent Conservative Party of Canada leaders to attempt to win a federal election, Pierre Poilievre has a new strategy. Since he won the job last fall, he has avoide…
- Is it even possible to budget for this economy?
This is the time of year when many people try to organize their finances for the coming year—how much things will cost, how much to spend, how much to save, all of that. But after…
- Can humans hibernate their way to Mars?
One of the biggest problems facing humans attempting to travel anywhere in space that's farther than the moon is the years it will take to get there. A small ship simply can't supp…
- Staff pick #6: What happened to our attention spans?
We asked different Frequency staff members which TBS episodes resonated most with them in 2022. As we take a break from releasing new episodes over the holidays, we felt this was t…
- Staff Pick #5: The hunt for millions of counterfeit toonies
We asked different Frequency staff members which TBS episodes resonated most with them in 2022. As we take a break from releasing new episodes over the holidays, we felt this was t…
