Front Burner

Today on Front Burner, CBC’s Susan Ormiston returns to Quebec's Roxham Road, where about 50,000 migrants have crossed irregularly into Canada from the U.S. to seek asylum in the last two years.

Today on Front Burner, Dr. Jen Gunter on her battle against misinformation in the thriving wellness industry, from juice cleanses to coffee enemas.

Today on Front Burner, as part of our federal election profile series, the CBC’s Hannah Thibedeau on the life and political career of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.

Today on Front Burner, Power and Politics host Vassy Kapelos and national business correspondent Peter Armstrong on the affordability promises that are dominating this election.

On Tuesday, U.S. Democrats triggered an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump. Today on Front Burner, CBC’s senior Washington editor Lyndsay Duncombe explains what might happen next.

The Globe and Mail's health reporter, Andre Picard, on what we know, and what we don’t, about vaping and health after one Canadian was put on life-support, and eight Americans died from vaping-related illnesses.

As millions of climate strikers participate in protests across the world, a conversation with writer Naomi Klein about this moment in climate activism.

Today on Front Burner, what we know so far about the alleged RCMP spy, including his reported contacts with a shadowy encryption company based in B.C. that was used by drug traffickers.

Today on Front Burner, we talk to the National Observer’s Fatima Syed and Dr. Ritika Goel about Justin Trudeau’s blackface scandal, and why for so many Canadians of colour, it’s a familiar sort of racism.

A photograph of Justin Trudeau in brownface was published by Time on Wednesday night. Vassy Kapelos, host of Power & Politics, on the news and potential fallout.

Today on Front Burner, an intimate look at mental health struggles among workers in Alberta’s oilpatch with the co-producer of a new documentary on the subject, Digging in the Dirt.

Today on Front Burner, our weekly election panel breaks down a series of controversial candidates and we explain some of the latest party promises with help from CBC’s Vassy Kapelos and Katie Simpson.

In Please Explain, voters come on Front Burner to ask their biggest questions about the election. First up: Marieke Walsh from the Globe and Mail explains the party platforms on climate change, and how the carbon tax is doing for Canada.

Today on Front Burner, CBC’s Moscow Correspondent Chris Brown takes us through Vladimir Putin’s decades-long grip on power, and whether or not a popular protest movement and falling approval numbers could signal change for Russia's political future.

Today on Front Burner, Slate’s book critic Laura Miller discusses The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s much-hyped sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale.

The federal election campaign is set to kick off today, and so does our weekly election panel. Today on Front Burner, Power and Politics host Vassy Kapelos and CBC’s polling analyst, Éric Grenier.

Today on Front Burner, as the Green Party looks to capitalize on pre-election momentum, Canadian Press reporter Mia Rabson takes us on a deep dive into the life and career of longtime leader Elizabeth May.

Today on Front Burner, a conversation about Bianca Andreescu, the first Canadian to win a singles Grand Slam title after beating Serena Williams at the U.S. Open on Saturday.

As the Bahamas takes stock of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Dorian, two very different portraits of recovery: Houston, Texas and the Caribbean island of Dominica, each rocked by hurricanes in 2017.

Today on Front Burner, a conversation with Timothy Ray Brown, a.k.a. the “Berlin patient,” the first person cured of HIV.

Today on Front Burner, journalist Neil Shea on the fight between Canada, the U.S., Russia, Denmark and others to control the Arctic.

Today on Front Burner, CBC’s Power & Politics host Vassy Kapelos gets us up to speed on the biggest pre-election stories of the week.