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- Staff Pick #4: What did the Pope's apology mean? And what comes next?
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…
- Another year gone: The biggest stories of 2022
What mattered most? What changed us? What didn't we pay enough attention to? And what will we remember about 2022 in 2025 or 2030? As the year wraps up we called some of our favour…
- Fireside Canada: Two Winter Legends of the North
Grab a hot chocolate and settle in by the fire for two tales of supernatural wonder from Canada’s frozen north: one from the Yukon Territory, one from the coast of Labrador. The fi…
- Staff Pick #3: Why don't all Canadian hospitals offer sex assault evidence kits?
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 #2: The rise and fall of Canada's cannabis industry
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…
- The decline of the Canadian Christmas tree farm
Christmas trees won't vanish in this country, but the people who farm them are facing some tough decisions in the coming years. As the climate changes, trees grown apart, in neat l…
- Staff Pick #1: How to afford groceries during a global food crisis
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…
- A mental health guide to the holidays
It's a cliche to say the holidays can be a tough time for some people, but the truth is that almost everyone will spend some time this month exhausted, worried, lonely or just gene…
- The mystery of an Ontario island's extra-long hunting season
Most Ontario rifle hunters get less than two weeks a year to bag their deer. On Griffith Island they got 11 weeks—until the provincial government recently raised it to 13. Why such…
- Homelessness in Canada is still getting worse. What would actually make a difference?
At the time of year when we should be trying to help others, those struggling with homelessness might not be feeling the love. In some Canadian cities, encampment communities have…
- How did a popular Calgary teacher get away with abuse over decades?
You've heard parts of this story in every report of a teacher preying on a vulnerable student. What makes this case different is the sheer scale of the abuse. Nearly twenty years,…
- How Canada makes vaccines ... that never get developed
Trials will begin in Uganda this week for three vaccines that could combat the Ebola outbreak—and one of those vaccines was created here in Canada. But it was created years ago, an…
- More than eleven billion crabs just ... vanished. What happened?
For the first time ever, snow crab season has been cancelled. A survey of the population revealed thousands of tons of crabs, more than eleven billion animals estimates had said we…
- Are the Liberals really coming to take people's guns? If they are, do they know it?
Bill C-21 would change Canada's approach to gun control. A little bit. But an amendment to Bill C-21 would radically alter it, and it seems that the party pushing the legislation m…
- How 'genetic genealogy' is cracking Canadian cold cases
Has anyone in your family ever gotten away with murder? Are you sure? Because a new investigative DNA technique allows police to search a database for DNA linked to samples obtaine…
- What do we know after a year of legal sports betting in Canada?
Yes, sports betting has technically been around for a long time in this country. But it's only been a little more than a year since single-game sports betting arrived to change the…
- Is Iran's Revolutionary Guard considered a 'terrorist entity' in Canada?
Last week, a judge in Ontario ruled that Iran's Revolutionary Guard was in fact a "terrorist entity". This is a move that politicians on all sides have advocated for, as well as hu…
- Do you know how your credit card rewards work?
Canadians are using credit cards to pay for purchases more than ever before.Why wouldn't they? Cash has been on the decline and rewards programs are better than ever. But small bus…
- The missing $500,000 that broke apart a rural community
Anytime any government misplaces taxpayer money, it's a bad thing—whether that's wasteful spending, overpaying, mismanaging the budget or losing track in a spreadsheet. But when th…
- What will be the lasting legacy of the Emergencies Act Inquiry?
There has been no shortage of political mudslinging regarding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's testimony at the Emergencies Act Inquiry last week—but perhaps the most important thin…
