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The Current is a meeting place of perspectives with a fresh take on issues that affect Canadians today.

Mon Nov 03 19:00:00 EST 2008

The editorials in newspapers across the U.S.have come out overwhelmingly in favour of Barak Obama for president. Have they... more

Fri Oct 31 20:00:00 EDT 2008

New York City -- the place we broadcasted from this morning -- is uniquely vulnerable to the American economic crisis tha... more

Thu Oct 30 20:00:00 EDT 2008

The mechanics of casting and counting a ballot have loomed large over U.S. elections. Lists of voter rolls are routinely p... more

Wed Oct 29 20:00:00 EDT 2008

And just about everyone's who's not old enough to remember the Great Depression is nervously pondering whether we're enter... more

Tue Oct 28 20:00:00 EDT 2008

At a time of economic turmoil, it seems apt that the former Liberal prime minister has just published his memoirs. His boo... more

Mon Oct 27 20:00:00 EDT 2008

The experts all seem to agree that we are in the midst of dark times and can expect them to grow darker still. Hearing the... more

Fri Oct 24 20:00:00 EDT 2008

How would Washington be different if Obama is elected? That's the question we explored in this portion of The Current. more

Thu Oct 23 20:00:00 EDT 2008

It's been nearly 19 years since Marc Lepine walked into the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, sat down on a bench for a cou... more

Wed Oct 22 20:00:00 EDT 2008

Ahmad Abou-Elmaati, Abdullah Almalki and Muayyed Nureddin are three Canadian men who were all separately imprisoned and to... more

Tue Oct 21 20:00:00 EDT 2008

Johnson Aziga is facing two counts of first degree murder in a courtroom in Hamilton, Ontario this week. And in a first fo... more