We're now 10 months into a global pandemic and solidly into its second wave. And across the country, many workers are still not staying home when they're sick—because they simply can't afford to. Why don't so many businesses offer their employees paid sick days? Why haven't provincial governments mandated that they do? Why do critics say the federal government's attempt at paid sick leave is woefully inadequate? And why are we having this conversation almost a year into this pandemic? GUEST: Stefanie Marotta, The Globe and Mail

Katie-Ellen Humphries and Ryan Williams get to the core of their debate on home workouts. Then, Jenny Hamilton and Peter Brown take the stage when they tackle community theatre.

In the first of a two-part series on the G20, two mysterious strangers start volunteering with activist networks in southern Ontario. It’s all part of one of the biggest undercover police operations in Canadian history.   To learn more: “Unmasked: Searching for lessons in Toronto's 2010 G20 debacle” by Andrea Bennett in Maisonneuve “How police infiltrated groups planning G20 protests” by Adrian Morrow and Kim Mackrael in The Globe and Mail   Additional music from Audio Network Support COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jean Yoon, Alice Moran and Miguel Rivas get quizzed by host Gavin Crawford

How the mRNA technology that drives COVID-19 vaccines could revolutionize medicine, Atlantic City's plan to blow up the Trump Plaza and Hotel, how the Seven Mountain Mandate connects conservative Christians to Trump, crokicurl is Canada's newest winter sport, History of Swear Words is here for 2021 and more.

Disinformation and misinformation can make us emotional and angry and can even lead to violence. So how do we learn to recognize that and better assess the information we are flooded with? On today’s episode, disinformation expert and critical thinking advocate Helen Lee Bouygues talks about the power and the dangers of dis- and misinformation in a hyperpolarized world and how we can improve our critical thinking skills in these uncertain times.

This is Canadaland’s episode #347 from November - The Brayden Bushby Trial And Pity Porn

Souvankham Thammavongsa on How to Prounounce Knife, Bahamas on David Goggins' Cant Hurt Me and Ben Philippe on Charming as a Verb, and more.

From trapping carbon dioxide at a plant, to removing it from the atmosphere, buzzworthy technology promises big. But will it deliver a pathway to a safer future, or delay getting off fossil fuels?

When you’re faced with the really important decisions in life, how do you know you’re getting them right? Steven Johnson studies the art of making decisions, big-ticket items like having children, changing careers, proposing to your sweetie, moving to a new city (when the pandemic permits.) He is the author of Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions that Matter the Most. Candice Marie Benbow is a writer and theologian who has decided to pursue her dream of being a mother on her own in 2021, saying: “We literally were given the gift of surviving one of the hardest and most difficult years that any of us have ever seen. We didn’t survive all of that to play small. To not live these big, beautiful lives that are of our making.”

Quebec: under curfew. Ontario: under a stay-at-home order. Manitoba: under lockdown for an extra two weeks. Many Canadians have seen their public health restrictions grow progressively tighter in recent days, but all this has Rosie and Elamin wondering: how many more tools do politicians have at their disposal? As cases continue to rise and we await more vaccinations — which are still weeks and months away, for most of the population — is trust in people and trust in leadership at risk of eroding? Plus, in light of last week’s attacks on the U.S. Capitol, the two examine the presence of far-right extremism in Canada and how politicians are acting in response to it. Are we hearing an echo of American politics reverberate north of the border?

Today, I speak with John Macfarlane, who wrote a book with Lynn Salmon about Capt. George Voss, the man who took a dugout canoe around the world, from Victoria, BC to London, England. Find this great book here: https://www.amazon.ca/Around-World-Dugout-Canoe-Captain/dp/1550178792 Support the show at www.patreon.com/canadaehx for $3/month or donate at www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay: • Tom Ginsburg on the future of U.S. democracy after this week's attack on the Capitol • Author Ashley Audrain on her debut novel "The Push" and the overlooked dark sides of motherhood • Remembering the downing of Flight PS752 with Javad Soleimani, Payam Akhavan and Golsa Golestaneh • Listeners share which objects they'll preserve to remember the COVID-19 pandemic Find more at cbc.ca/sunday

We regret to inform you that today marks our final episode of the season. So we thought we’d do something a little different. This week, Sidney and Terry sit down to chat about the lessons and the stories from Season One AND answer some of your questions. Like - what are the key differences between the rejections of actors and musicians? Why are so many projects rejected 40 times specifically? And what’s with the robot at the end of each episode? Thanks for tuning in. We’ll see you in April for Season Two.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Long winter nights are perfect for looking up at the stars, and that’s exactly what we’re doing on Unreserved this week. From Indigenous astronomy to the first Indigenous astronaut, find out how Indigenous people are reframing the way we look at the sky.

Why some health-care workers might refuse or are hesitant to get the vaccine and how we can change that.

Recorded this past October with a small but dedicated audience at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Noor Kidwai says sure, Millennial's might not be perfect - but the blame may lie with the parents! And Craig Fay delivers some messages to his old bosses. An older, but classic set from Lara Rae starts off the show.

Many journalists and commentators are leaving the mainstream media to start new enterprises of their own. It’s not for the faint of heart, but audiences are responding. Politics in Alberta provides a steady stream of content for podcasts and online news sites. This week was no exception. Kathleen Petty talks to three media rebels who made the leap to independence and the freedom that comes with it. Ryan Jespersen hosts Real Talk, Jen Gerson started The Line and Dave Cournoyer is with Daveberta.