The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights)

We haven't seen cigarette ads on tv for decades. Now the E-cigarette is out there and on the air. It doesn't burn tobacco, it lasts as long as two packs, it doesn't smell. Proponents say the Electronic Cigarette can help smokers quit. Opponents say the va

It was 25 years ago today that the Supreme Court of Canada handed down the landmark ruling that decriminalized abortion and set a precedent for other medical social issues confronting us today. The Morgentaler decision, as it is known, resulted in what is

It is called Cryopreservation - the process of freezing the dead to bring them back to life in a future full of cures. Two weeks ago, a 23 year old with brain cancer died in the U.S. after raising money online to be preserved, setting off a debate not jus

The ideas of the Idle No More protests may nor may not catch on, but some of the music it's inspired is already part of a new aboriginal songbook. With Idle No More protesters calling for a Global Day of Action on Monday to mark the return of the House of

Chief Theresa Spence of the Attawapiskat First Nation ended her 44-day hunger strike yesterday with a plea. For indigenous people to unite and keep pressing the Crown to honour Aboriginal and treaty rights. At about the same time, Shawn Atleo was making t

Why are Aboriginal women in Thunder Bay equipping themselves with hand-held safety devices, and why are some Aboriginal parents in that Northern Ontario city choosing not to send their children to school? Some say it's because Idle No More is inflaming lo

If you've heard of Münchausen syndrome where someone goes to great length to fake an illness to get attention, you'll understand Münchausen By Internet, essentially feigned sickness in cyberspace. Today, we hear from the doctor documenting the cases and

We're off to one of the highest mountain towns in Europe where for several days you can find more millionaires in one place than anywhere else in the world, not to mention a gaggle of Nobel laureates, a posse of presidents and prime ministers - past and p

From pipelines to blood lines, we're following up on stories on everything from Keystone XL to the genetic predisposition to be bullied. Plus letters on proper names and family support lifelines when we go through your email, postings tweets and tape with

General Stanley McChrystal had already run afoul of the Obama White House publicly questioning the counter-terrorism mission in Afghanistan, even before the Rolling Stone article that quoted him and his aides making unflattering remarks about the Vice Pre

A decade ago, the insurance industry's biggest payouts to homeowners were for fire or theft. But for the past five years or so, damage payouts related to heavy rain and high winds are more common, just one very concrete example of the consequences of risi

When someone is murdered, provincial programs offer payments worth thousands-of-dollars to grieving children, spouses, parents or siblings. But if the murder victim has a criminal connection, those same relatives are ruled ineligible. Should they be? Some

While some Canadians might be shocked to hear that at least one Canadian citizen was involved in last week's terrorist attack on a gas plant in Algeria, experts are not surprised. They say the region is becoming a recruitment ground for Islamist extremist

It was indeed historic but the day the judges of the US Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade was also the day the opponents who lost that case began fighting anew. And now 40 years on, the wins on the abortion issue in legislatures and state courtrooms lean

Shakespeare famously wrote "What's In a Name?" but he was writing about Romeo and Juliet lightyears before children named Moon Unit, Diva Muffin and ESPN - like the channel were frolicking forth. We know those kids weren't Icelandic because Iceland has ru