CBC Radio's The House: A Canadian election and an Afghan crisis
On this week’s show: On this week’s show: A series of guests — including a photojournalist in Kabul, an Afghan-Canadian filmmaker and the CBC’s Murray Brewster — break down the situation in Afghanistan. Plus — guest host Tom Parry speaks with pollsters, staffers and ordinary voters about the upcoming election campaign, and the incoming head of the Canadian Medical Association discusses the threat of the COVID-19 delta variant as students prepare to return to school.
'Like drinking an ashtray': Why scientists and winemakers are fighting smoke taint from wildfires
Annual forest fires fed by climate change are dragging winemakers and scientists into a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek to find and eliminate offensive aromas in vintages caused by smoke taint.
Buying our way out of pandemic malaise is hurting the planet, experts say
The destruction we're witnessing this summer, fuelled by decades of environmental stress, is coming at a time when politicians and marketers alike are encouraging us to spend — whether it's at the mall, at the car dealership or on so-called revenge travel.
Parks Canada eyes new urban parks in 3 cities — and Saskatoon is one of them
It took a pandemic for many people to realize there's plenty of nature to explore within city limits. That's one reason why Parks Canada wants to expand its network of national urban parks, signing partnership agreements with three municipalities: Saskatoon, Halifax and Edmonton.
Artist honours Kamloops discovery with 215 portraits 'of what could have been'
Like many, Johnny Bandura was shaken by the discovery of unmarked burial sites near a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., earlier this year. In a series of 215 portraits, Bandura imagines what each student might have become.
Taliban seize another province, attack another major city
The Taliban seized a province just south of Afghanistan's capital and launched a multi-pronged assault early Saturday on Mazar-e-Sharif, a major city in the north defended by powerful former warlords, Afghan officials say.
U.S. sending more troops to evacuate Kabul of personnel as Taliban sweep through Afghanistan
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the United States was sending 5,000 troops to help evacuate citizens and ensure an "orderly and safe" drawdown of U.S. military personnel. A U.S. defence official said the deployment included 1,000 newly approved troops from the 82nd Airborne Division.
B.C. gets hit with a third heat wave and increasing wildfire smoke
Wildfires are spreading thick smoke across the coast of B.C. at the same time as the province gets hit with the third heat wave of the summer. Health officials are warning that the risk from smoke and heat is more dangerous than the risk of COVID-19, so people should not hesitate to go to cooling centres and check up on their neighbours.
Why the collapse of Afghanistan is happening so fast
CBC News senior defence writer Murray Brewster and Asma Faizi, president of the Afghan Women's Organization, join Ginella Massa to discuss the collapse of Afghanistan and the Taliban resurgence.
BlackBerry partners with Amazon to develop platform for connected vehicles
Canadian technology company BlackBerry is working with Amazon on a platform for connected vehicles. The partnership comes as BlackBerry is hoping to turn a profit from its efforts on software innovation.