As It Happens

Rescuers are still searching for survivors after the deadly earthquake in Afghanistan -- which an aid worker says was only the first of several potential disasters to come. 

We'll speak to one of the growing number of Israeli army reservists who are refusing to take part in further military action in Gaza -- risking jail time in the process.

We knew Anna Wintour would be stepping aside after nearly 4 decades -- and now w...

As the world wonders what role the United States will play in global politics, the leaders of China, Russia and India gather to present a united front -- and a potential photo-op of the future. 

Late last night, an earthquake hit Afghanistan, killing hundreds and injuring thousands. An aid worker tells us about the moment the quake struck -- and about the devastation it's caused to families in the mountains, near the epicen...

The federal government has made it clear it wants to make Canada a natural-resources superpower -- and who better to explain how they plan to do that -- than Canada's Minister of Natural Resources.

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis just quit his job as the CDC's vaccine chief -- but he says his work fighting misinformation in the US is only getting started. 

20 years ago, a Mississippi woman lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. Tw...

Overnight, Russian missiles battered the city -- and all our guest could do was cower in a hallway and hope that none of them would hit her apartment building.

The director of the American Public Health Association tells us chaos at the Centres for Disease Control spells trouble for health professionals – and for the well-being of everyone in the country.

The late Joe Hickerson was a folk singer/songwriter but his g...

While the Israeli military prepares to conquer famine-stricken Gaza City, Donald Trump and friends prepare for a post-war Gaza. But a former Middle East negotiator tells us he has no confidence their plans will come to fruition. 

A survivor of the 2016 mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Florida says the state's move to erase rainbow crosswalks really highlights the governor's true colours.

After dramatic cuts to their f...

Prime Minister Mark Carney wraps up his visit to Berlin and a former German politician tells us that, now more than ever, it's crucial for Canada and Germany to be bosom diplomatic buddies. 

Tens of thousands of anguished fans sign a petition to save the uniquely Québecois version of "The Simpsons". The actor who voices the lead character says this hits close to Homer.

As wildfire threats grow across Canada, so do calls ...

Several journalists are among the dead after Israeli air strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis; that means nearly 200 media workers have now been killed since the war in Gaza began. 

A Canadian-Ukrainian dual citizen living in Kyiv shares his reaction after Prime Minister Mark Carney makes a surprise trip to Ukraine. 

DC students went back to school today, as armed National Guard troops patrol the city. One pare...

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Pierre Poilievre is returning to the House of Commons after winning an Alberta byelection this week — and he’s already laid out his priorities for the fall, including tackling crime, increasing...

Prime Minister Mark Carney drops a lot of Canada's counter-tariffs on American products -- leading to questions about what direction, exactly, his elbows are pointing. 

A Toronto psychologist has developed an app he says can help people experiencing hallucinations determine whether what they're hearing is real, or imaginary.

Remembering activist Richard Lee, who died last month after a life spent taking huge risks to mak...

We reach a reporter in one of the refugee camps that's preparing to receive thousands of people who no longer have anywhere else to go. 

An advisor to embattled New York City mayor Eric Adams pressed an open bag of sour cream and onion chips on a reporter -- who tells us that, inside that bag, she was stunned to find something a lot spicier than she expected.

Entire continents are in bad shape. But the African Union want...

As part of a peace deal, Vladimir Putin wants the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. But that would mean ceding a key line of defence -- and making Ukraine vulnerable to another Russian invasion.

 A Canadian Labour Congress leader says it's time to throw out the labour-code rule that the Liberals have leaned on to end strikes -- at the expense of workers' rights. 

Canadian soldiers are allegedly caught on video at a pa...

We'll hear about the dramatic rescue of a climber who was rappelling in a California canyon, but wound up trapped behind a powerful waterfall.

 A Newfoundland man is waiting for a call, to find out if his family home has been destroyed by wildfire -- and supporting his neighbours, who've already received bad news. 

She's back home after fleeing to delay a Republican redistricting move -- but now a Texas Democrat is ...

Damien Kurek won big in April, but stepped aside to clear the way for his party leader, who didn't. Now, as residents of Battle River-Crowfoot vote again, he tells us how it looks for Pierre Poilievre from where he's no longer sitting. 

An eight-year-old Toronto boy was at home in bed when he was killed by a stray bullet. A family friend tells us it's a wake-up call about gun violence in the city. 

Zelenskyy was met...

We reach former Canadian Ambassador to Russia Jeremy Kinsman for a breakdown of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s meeting.

Tariffs are keeping Bick's pickles off the shelves of some Canadian retailers … and the company's CEO says that's putting him in a real pickle.  

A negotiator from Palau tells us what the collapse of plastics treaty talks in Geneva mean for vulnerable Pacific island nations like hers.

A would...

The journalist who wrote the book on the Satan’s Choice motorcycle gang tells us what’s in store now that the club has decided to make a break with the Hell’s Angels.

A Canadian canola farmer says China’s massive tariff on his harvest is more than many western growers can bear. 

Canada isn’t the only country that’s embraced a full-on mobilization against U.S. tariffs. India is also joining the fray. 

The Pueblo N...

According to a former American Ambassador to Ukraine, Trump’s one-on-one meeting with Putin in Alaska is a bad look for the President - and very unlikely to produce a deal. 

As hot, dry weather persists on Prince Edward Island, a farmer says this season, his mind is on fire precautions as much as the harvest. 

A new study of an English burial site finds that some remains dating back to the seventh-century had West A...

Canada's Minister for Emergency Management and Community Resilience responds to calls for a national forest fire secretariat -- and speaks to a wildfire season that's already the country's second-worst on record. 

A business owner in Paddy's Pond, Newfoundland and Labrador tells us -- folks there have had their fill of fire ... but community spirit has been a saving grace in the face of flames. 

In the wake of Donal...

A shadow senator in DC says Donald Trump’s plan to take over policing in the city will not, as the President claims, make residents more safe. 

After his colleagues are killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike, an Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza says it’s another reminder that there's no guarantee he’ll make it to tomorrow. 

A Newfoundland resident tells us people are frightened and angry in her community after, once ag...