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The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Summary: CBC Radio's The Current is a meeting place of perspectives with a fresh take on issues that affect Canadians today.
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The unprecedented disdain among Republican voters for their own candidate Donald Trump could potentially cleave the party. Can a divided Republican party still stand? And did last night's final U.S. presidential debate hurt or help the Republican party?
In a world of haves and have-mores, those without a home can be found in wealthy Western cities and in the rapidly urbanized spaces of developing countries. The UN's special rapporteur on housing argues housing is not a commodity, it's a human right.
It's been a year since Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party rode a red wave to power in Ottawa. The prime minister was elected on a promise of change. The Current asks the prime minister how much change we've really seen, and what he's planning on next.
In 2002, a mountain bike accident left Luke Anderson in a wheelchair. From then on, Anderson made it his life's mission to provide barrier-free access to businesses all throughout Canada. Here is his story as part of our series, Moments of Disruption.
From the first anniversary of the election that gave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a majority, to housing as a human right not just a commodity, to why jihadist groups look at the migrant crisis as a major money-making opportunity... This is The Current.
Journalist Loretta Napoleoni's new book Merchants of Men is about human trafficking, kidnapping, and selling women for sex. For Jihadi groups including ISIS and al-Qaeda, those sources of human misery are sources of tremendous revenues.
Born in the grey zone. Micro-preemies are babies born so premature, they're on the edge of viability. Modern medicine means these babies can increasingly be saved. But with the advances, come thorny new questions about where life truly begins.
From the significance of retaking Mosul — the jewel in the crown of ISIS, to the quest to find new homes for hundreds of parrots after a B.C. sanctuary shuts down, to the story of Juniper — a micro-preemie baby... This is The Current.
What happens when a sanctuary for parrots closes? Today's documentary brings us into the heart of the mass re-homing of hundreds of birds from B.C.'s World Parrot Refuge and delves into the complex relationship these birds have with people.
Considered the jewel in the crown of ISIS, the retaking of Mosul holds strategic significance as the campaign to liberate Iraq's second-largest city is underway. But author Fawaz Gerges warns it's likely ISIS will lash out after the epic battle.
The Current devotes the program to a public forum on the issues surrounding missing, murdered Indigenous women along the Highway of Tears. With the launch of a public inquiry, families, community leaders and residents of Prince George search for justice.
Community leaders involved in the issue of murdered and missing Indigenous women hope the national inquiry will have an impact prompting the changes desperately needed to move forward. Many question if the necessary action will really happen.
Highway 16 got the name Highway of Tears more than a decade ago as women of all ages began to disappear. The Current comes to you from Prince George, B.C. to begin our public forums series on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
Ramona Wilson was 16 years old when she disappeared in 1994. Her murder remains unsolved. As a public inquiry looks into murdered, missing Indigenous women, families continue to search for answers about MMIW on the Highway of Tears and hope for justice.
If they were in school and suffering from ADHD, they'd likely be diagnosed and treated. But prisoners — youths and adults — usually go without. And some say that fixing that could go a long way to reducing recidivism.