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As It Happens
News that’s not afraid of fun. Meet people at the centre of the day’s most hard-hitting, hilarious and heartbreaking stories — powerful leaders, proud eccentrics and ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. And plenty of puns too. Hosted by Nil Köksal and Chris Howden, find out why As It Happ...
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Are India and Pakistan moving back to the brink?
Two separate explosions shake the capitals of India and Pakistan in as many days. An expert helps us make sense of what those bombings could mean for...
What happened with Canada and measles?
Canada loses its gold star for measles elimination. A doctor in Alberta tells us how that happened, and what has to happen now to keep one of the worl...
Norway bets big on Brazil's $125B deforestation fund
As Brazil unveils a much-anticipated fund to preserve tropical rainforests around the world, Norway’s environment minister tells us why his county has...
The company that took Trump’s tariffs to the Supreme Court
An educational toy company takes its case against the U.S. President's tariffs all the way to the Supreme Court.
In Chicago, ICE a...
How Zohran Mamdani inspired young New Yorkers
In a historic victory, New Yorkers elect Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor -- thanks, in part, to a surge of young voters. One 24-year-old tells us w...
Mark Carney’s budget shakes up Canadian politics
The Liberals brag that their brand-new budget is big and bold. Opposition leaders have have some less-positive adjectives to describe it. And now a Co...
Making sense of “sacrifice” and “investment” in the budget
Before tomorrow's federal budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canadians are going to have to make some "sacrifices" -- which is not what anyone wh...
Can China be part of the answer to Canada’s trade woes?
Amid a messy breakup with the U-S, Canada looks elsewhere -- and our guest says today's meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese Preside...
Did Trump just start a new era of nuclear proliferation?
The world is stunned, and arms control experts are up in arms, over U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments about potentially testing nuclear weapons f...
Paul Wells on the Reagan ad, Doug Ford and the fallout
After U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra’s unleashes an expletive-lace rant about Doug Ford’s anti-tariff ad, Ontario premier's says his trade en...
Hurricane Melissa bears down. Is Jamaica ready?
We'll reach a government minister who is among those trying to make sure people have what they need to make it through the chaos.
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How Jamaica is preparing for Hurricane Melissa
A Jamaican living in the path of what could be the worst hurricane in the country's history says he is preparing as best he can -- and thinking a lot...
How much damage did Ford’s anti-tariff ad do?
A former Canadian ambassador to the US weighs in on what's really going on with Ontario's anti-tariff ad, former president Ronald Reagan's own words a...
Gambling and mob ties in basketball’s latest crisis
Just as the NBA begins its new season, federal officials announce dozens of arrests in a sweeping gambling investigation that includes allegations of...
A record Canadian crypto fine raises questions
Canada's financial-crimes watchdog levies its heaviest fines ever against a crypto currency exchange -- but a journalist tells us that, knowing what h...
What it’s like inside the very long line into Canada
Ottawa is giving new and shockingly long wait time estimates for immigration applications to be processed -- and to those waiting, it feels like Canad...
The Amazon outage hints at a much bigger vulnerability
When Amazon's cloud service crashed, it disrupted everything from social media sites and games to businesses and Blue Jays tickets. A cybersecurity ex...
Novelist John Irving on why he won’t tour the U.S.
Bestselling author John Irving is about to publish a sequel to one of his biggest books. But he won't be promoting it in one of his biggest markets --...
After 43 years in jail, he was exonerated. Then ICE came.
The family of a man convicted of a murder he didn't commit was shocked when ICE detained him again -- before he was even allowed to leave the prison w...
Stellantis announces it's moving Jeep production to the U.S.
The mayor of Brampton says it's just more proof that Ottawa has to get tough in U.S. trade negotiations.
Israel has released hund...
Veteran Pentagon reporter gives up his press pass
An unlikely collection of news organizations from across the political spectrum say new limits on their access to the Pentagon are a bridge too far. A...
Hamas hands over all living Israeli hostages
Celebrations broke out in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square today as twenty hostages held captive for more than two years were finally set free. Our guest de...
The pie that fueled an iconic Blue Jays World Series win
As the Toronto Blue Jays' playoff journey continues, the owners of the bakeshop "Wanda's Pie in the Sky" reminisce about ins-pie-ring Joe Carter's Wor...
Two views of a tentative peace agreement
A non-fighting chance. After Hamas and Israel raise hopes for a lasting peace deal, we'll speak with an Israeli survivor of the October 7th attack --...
After yet another resignation, what’s next for France?
The French government is in chaos yet again after the country's latest Prime Minister resigns abruptly. Even veteran political experts aren't sure wha...
Another round in the Oval Office for Trump and Carney
It sure seemed like today's high-stakes meeting between the Prime Minister and the U.S. President went well -- but we'll ask an international trade co...
Trump, Oregon and a high stakes showdown
Oregon's Secretary of State tells us nobody there of any political stripe wants the president to send in the National Guard -- so the state is doing e...
Hamas (partially) accepts Trump’s peace plan. What now?
Hamas responds to the U.S. President's peace proposal -- and says it agrees to some aspects of it, including the release of all Israeli hostages.
Interfaith support after a deadly attack in Manchester
A deadly attack at a Manchester synagogue shakes the Jewish community – and our guest, an Anglican bishop who lives nearby. He tells us how he plans t...
Remembering Jane Goodall
We remember Jane Goodall, who spent her life working to protect the home of the chimpanzees she helped the world fall in love with.
When the internet goes dark in Afghanistan
The Taliban imposes an Internet blackout on Afghanistan -- a move one Afghan women's rights activist says is as horrifying as when the regime returned...
Special Episode: Brittany Penner
On the 5th annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Nil Köksal speaks with the author about her memoir 'Children Like Us.' As the child of a M...
Trump’s Gaza peace plan is a turning point, but to where?
The U.S. President names himself the head of an international transitional body he's calling the Board of Peace -- as he presents his latest ceasefire...
The James Comey indictment and another line crossed
Former FBI director James Comey is indicted for allegedly lying to Congress. Our guest says when it comes to political interference by the Trump admin...
Are Toronto’s lucrative speed cameras a “cash grab”?
After several acts of vandalism, Ontario’s Premier says he plans to ban speed cameras. A Toronto city councillor who got a ticket in her own ward says...
A glimmer of hope for an “untreatable” disease
The results of a new gene therapy for Huntington’s Disease are so promising that, when he saw them, one researcher tells us he thought he was dreaming...
Will leaked audio derail a Liberal gun control program?
Canada's Public Safety Minister casts doubts on the gun buyback program he's promoting today -- so we'll ask Gary Anandasangaree whether Canadians sho...
Palestinian statehood at the United Nations
A politician in the West Bank welcomes Canada's recognition of Palestinian statehood -- but tells us the long-awaited move on its own won't change the...
The business interests behind Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension
If you're wondering why ABC agreed to silence "Jimmy Kimmel Live", a look at some potentially lucrative pending business deals may provide an answer. ...
Is Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension the beginning of a new era?
After Jimmy Kimmel is yanked off the air, an Obama-era chairman of the Federal Communications Commission says it's clear that his former agency -- and...