CBC Radio: The Best of The Current

CBC Radio: The Best of The Current

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

Fri Mar 05 00:00:00 PST 2010

References to gay rights were removed from a draft version of a citizenship study guide that was revamped last fall. Gay r... more

Fri Mar 05 00:00:00 PST 2010

The anthem that is supposed to unite us has sparked a debate about patriotism, patriarchy and whether someone needs to re-... more

Fri Mar 05 00:00:00 PST 2010

Across Latin America and the Caribbean, women are enjoying unprecedented political success. But while observers see lesson... more

Thu Mar 04 00:00:00 PST 2010

Stephen Harper said his reason for proroguing Parliament was because they needed to re-calibrate. After nine weeks off, MP... more

Thu Mar 04 00:00:00 PST 2010

Last Saturday's earthquake in Chile released about 500 times as much energy as the one that hit Haiti last month. But the ... more

Thu Mar 04 00:00:00 PST 2010

It's mail day. And we find out what you had to say about defining national moments, journalists as patriots and the separa... more

Wed Mar 03 00:00:00 PST 2010

As Parliament gets set to resume, The Current looks at what's at stake in the next session. We talk to Liberal MP Derek Le... more

Wed Mar 03 00:00:00 PST 2010

Politicians tell stories. No surprise there. But it turns out that constructing a compelling narrative might be a crucial ... more

Wed Mar 03 00:00:00 PST 2010

In British Columbia and Ontario, people with Hepatitis C can only get government-funded treatment if their Hep C is bad en... more

Tue Mar 02 00:00:00 PST 2010

Canada's gold-medal victory in men's hockey is being hailed as a defining moment for the country that goes well beyond spo... more

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