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U.S. suspect ‘encouraged and aided’ mass shooter in Canada
October 6, 2026 · 59 minThe FBI announces the arrest of a Washington State resident who allegedly spent at least six months in contact with the shooter who killed eight people in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. A young woman from Okinawa tells us why she joined protests…
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His father was kidnapped by a cartel in Mexico
October 5, 2026 · 54 minMonths after ten people employed by a Canadian mining company in Mexico were kidnapped, our guest's father remains unaccounted for. Now, he's asking the RCMP to get involved — and get his family some answers. For weeks now, high school…
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Her client survived execution months before Christa Pike
October 2, 2026 · 57 minWe hear from a lawyer whose client lived through a botched lethal injection in Tennessee just a few months before the state made another failed attempt to execute an inmate this week. Days before Quebeckers go to the polls, a political…
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A botched lethal injection reignites death penalty debate
October 1, 2026 · 60 minA reporter describes the agonizing, failed attempts to execute Tennessee inmate Christa Pike — and tells us how the state's Republican governor is responding. On social media, a Milwaukee comedian said Norm Macdonald wasn't funny; that…
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What the withdrawal of U.S. troops means for Iraq
September 30, 2026 · 45 minAmerican forces have now pulled out of their last posts in Iraq and for many in the country, it's a belated moment of celebration after what felt like an endless war. Peru's Humboldt penguins face a worsening food shortage, as a…
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Special Episode: Community, culture and 'country food'
September 30, 2026 · 26 minNil Köksal speaks with director Malaya Qaunirq Chapman about her new documentary "Nirilaurta: Let Us Eat." She takes us to kitchen tables in Taloyoak, Nunavut, where food is as much about culture as it is about sustenance. On the National…
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How student journalists broke the story of the ‘Cornell 7’
September 29, 2026 · 60 minTwo years after an alleged gang rape on Cornell University campus, prosecutors are reopening the investigation — and the new attention is largely thanks to reporting by student journalists. Former Canadian spies and security officials…
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Women’s hockey is coming to prime time
September 28, 2026 · 52 minIf you thought "Hockey Night in Canada" had hung up its skates forever, not so! It will be back on the CBC, and the Professional Women's Hockey League is getting top billing, which three-time Olympian Sami Jo Small says it’s a long time…