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Front Burner is a daily news podcast that takes you deep into the stories shaping Canada and the world. Each morning, from Monday to Friday, host Jayme Poisson talks with the smartest people covering the biggest stories to help you understand what’s going on.
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Politics! Carney in Alberta, Stelco showdown
Oct 16, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Alberta this week, making a final pitch for unity in the lead-up to the province's referendum on potential separation. Meanwhile, the government is threatening legal…
Is the world locked in an energy war?
Oct 15, 2026
Today we are going to spend some time trying to understand the expanding front lines of two ongoing wars, where the battlefield isn't just marked by trenches, snipers and fortifications, but also by…
The other nine referendum questions in Alberta
Oct 14, 2026
Alberta's referendum is next week and advance voting is already underway. Much of the attention has centred around the separation question. But there are actually ten questions being put to a vote…
Is AI inevitable? Jill Lepore says no
Oct 13, 2026
In late September, amid mounting warnings about the risks of AI, the CEOs of six of the world’s most powerful technology companies signed an agreement on artificial intelligence. U.S. President…
How gambling became the game
Oct 12, 2026
How did sports betting go from being illegal to being EVERYWHERE? The answer lies in the convergence of daily fantasy sports apps, a bombshell New York Times op-ed, and the potential of a…
Brazil rides the 'Donroe Doctrine's' orange wave
Oct 08, 2026
Right now former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is on house arrest, after being sentenced to 27 years in prison. On Sunday his son Flavio won the first round of that country's presidential…
Decoding the Russian plague scare
Oct 08, 2026
Since last week, there have been a series of alarming bits of news emerging from Siberia. It began with the mysterious death of a woman who worked at a plague research institute. Russia has said she…
Quebec separatism in the 'elbows up' era
Oct 07, 2026
With the election of the Parti Québécois in Quebec Monday night, it's the first time in twelve years that Canada will have a separatist government in power. Over the course of the campaign, the…
Naomi Klein on Carney, trade war and 'end times'
Oct 06, 2026
Celebrated author Naomi Klein joins the show to talk about how Mark Carney's response to Trump's trade war echoes themes in her book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. We also…
Brexit's lessons for Alberta
Oct 05, 2026
Ten years ago, Britain voted 52 per cent to 48 per cent to leave the European Union. The result reshaped British politics, triggered years of negotiations and remains deeply contested a decade later…
764: the violent extremist network targeting kids online
Oct 02, 2026
A recent terrorism arrest in Alberta has been linked to the group 764, an extremist network that coerces children into self-harming and sharing sexual material. But many of the perpetrators aren't…
Who owns Canada's economy?
Oct 01, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney has been working to bring more foreign investment into Canada. At his recent Investment Summit, he told investors from all over the world that Canada “has what the world…
Why are residential school testimonies being destroyed?
Sep 30, 2026
Today is the sixth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, where the country remembers the 150,000 Indigenous kids who were taken from their communities and forced to enrol in Indian Residential…
Trump's uphill road to the midterms
Sep 29, 2026
In just over five weeks, Americans will head to the polls for the midterm elections and the contours of the vote are taking shape.Republicans are defending narrow majorities in Congress. Trump’s…
Disturbing new allegations about ChatGPT, Tumbler Ridge
Sep 28, 2026
A new investigation into the Tumbler Ridge shooter's use of ChatGPT has revealed some disturbing information. It has long been public knowledge that the 18-year-old had used the chatbot months before…
Is the U.S. a gerontocracy?
Sep 25, 2026
The United States is getting older, and so, increasingly, are the people charged with governing it.The average age of a U.S. senator is 64-years-old and in the House it's 58, according to 2025…
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B.C. Conservative implosion sparks snap election
Sep 24, 2026
On Tuesday, B.C. Premier David Eby called a snap election, two years into his term. He said the province needs to show a strong response to American aggression. This was just two days after the…
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Why Russia has Europe on edge
Sep 23, 2026
Earlier this week, Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a record number of seats in the country's parliamentary elections. Putin is expected to frame the result as an endorsement of his war with…
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How did the Houthis become so powerful?
Sep 22, 2026
On Sunday it looked like the United States was about to wade back into its fight with Ansar Allah, or the Houthis, the Iran-backed group in Yemen that has grown into a surprisingly powerful military…
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Politics! Parliament’s 'consequential' agenda
Sep 21, 2026
Parliament returns today from summer recess, amid ongoing economic uncertainty and an unresolved trade war with the U.S. Prime Minister Mark Carney told MPs on Friday that this will be "a crucial…
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Should Canada have taken the U.S. deal?
Sep 18, 2026
It's been almost a month now since trade talks between the U.S. and Canada collapsed and Mark Carney's government walked away from a deal. Canadian retaliatory tariffs went into effect earlier this…
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The EU opens the door to Canada
Sep 17, 2026
At her State of the Union address yesterday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, made a historic offer: she wants Canada to become the first “associate member” of the…
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Why is Trump so focused on Haiti?
Sep 16, 2026
For years, hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in the United States have been protected from deportation under a program known as Temporary Protected Status, or TPS. But, as of August, that…
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Why are AI leaders calling for a slow down?
Sep 15, 2026
It's been a remarkable week in the world of Artificial Intelligence. Last Tuesday, a researcher resigned from Anthropic, saying AI companies are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence…
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Risk and reward at Carney’s big investment summit
Sep 14, 2026
This week, some of the biggest financiers in the world will be gathering in downtown Toronto along with Prime Minister Mark Carney and the country's premiers for an investment summit. The summit is…
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How is Mexico handling the Trump tariffs?
Sep 11, 2026
As the trade war between Canada and the U.S. continued to deepen this week, U.S. commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke ahead of a fourth round of…
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Is a shaky U.S. bond market good for Canada?
Sep 10, 2026
Many economists say the bond market is the most important financial market in the world. It sets the baseline for almost everything Canadians borrow: mortgages, car loans, lines of credit. And right…
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Canada retaliates and trade war deepens
Sep 09, 2026
The U.S. announced a new string of bans and tariffs against Canadian products, set to go into effect later this month. This came after Canada imposed counter-tariffs against billions of dollars of…
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Trump, ICE and the impact of 9/11
Sep 08, 2026
This week will mark 25 years since the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. Those attacks, by al-Qaeda, killed nearly 3000 people.What followed that tragedy…
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Why are people vanishing in Dawson Creek, B.C.?
Sep 07, 2026
The Mile Zero Murders investigates the baffling wave of disappearances and murders in the small town of Dawson Creek, B.C., a community struggling with a deadly local drug trade. Host Timothy Sawa…
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