The Big Story

World News

An in-depth look at the issues, culture and personalities shaping Canada today.

Episodes

Big Headlines: A tragic end to the search for an 11-year-old Calgary boy and WestJet's flight attendants are preparing to strike

The real life implications of looksmaxxing

Big Headlines: Canada-U.S. trade talks continue in Washington and Japan gets rocked by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake

Alberta's "two-tier" challenge to public healthcare

Big Headlines: Search for missing boy in Calgary shifts in scope and the U.S. consulate in Toronto is shot at again

The debate on MAiD for mental illness

Big Headlines: Wildfires ravage France and Spain, and Canadians want to retaliate against American tariffs

Canada's wildfire inaction is costing lives

Weekend Listen: The World Cup is over. Was it worth it for our host cities?

Big Headlines: New tariffs from the U.S. go into effect, with a new justification behind them

Big Cats, New Rules: BC's crackdown on exotic pets

Big Headlines: Mark Carney and Canada’s premiers say they aren’t backing down in the trade dispute with the U.S.

Why is a Quebec town giving rights to trees?

Big Headlines: Tariff tension dominates Canada's meeting of premiers in P.E.I. and the U.S. greenlights a Saudi nuclear program

Trumps threatens tariffs on Canada - again

Big Headlines: New U.S. tariffs on Canada and more details on a deadly crash involving a CFL player

Does Ontario have an accountability issue?

Big Headlines: Inflation cools across Canada and wildfires continue to burn northern Ontario

The blurry Gordie Howe bridge 2.0 details

Weekend Listen: The Prime Minister's honeymoon continues