The Decibel
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Episodes (1236)
‘Strong borders’ bill grants new powers to tighten immigration
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The Canadian-funded project mapping Ukraine’s missing children
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The Hockey Canada trial and how we talk to young men
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To save this baby, doctors had to kill part of her brain
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Trump doubles down on steel, aluminum tariffs
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Unpacking the nationwide push to fast-track major projects
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The legal fight over gender-affirming health care in Alberta
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Former Anonymous hacker worries he helped elect Trump
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Fossil feud: Paleontologists have a bone to pick with new find
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Canada revamps standards around ‘forever chemicals’ in water
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King Charles III opens the 45th Parliament
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How Canadian businesses are getting caught up in U.S. tariffs on China
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Carney’s plan to build Canada out of the housing crisis
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What’s going on with Canada Post?
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Israel launches new military offensive, Canada voices opposition
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Alberta’s AI push could come with a big energy price tag
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Why the judge in the Hockey Canada trial dismissed a second jury
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How Labrador Inuit are adapting to a warming world
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What Trump’s trade deals could mean for Canada
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Carney’s cabinet: who’s in, who’s out
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The history behind the fragile India-Pakistan ceasefire
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Measles is now spreading across Canada. What’s being done?
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How serious is Alberta’s push for a referendum on separation?
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Testimony underway in Hockey Canada sexual-assault trial
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What the Carney–Trump meeting signals about Canada–U.S. relations
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What’s going on with the detentions at the Canada-U.S. border?
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How kids are getting hooked on gambling through online games
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How a math prodigy-turned-fugitive siphoned millions in crypto
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Campaign Call: Obstacles ahead for Poilievre, Carney and the NDP
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Eyewitness accounts of the Vancouver festival attack
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Carney wins, Liberals preside over ‘splintered parliament’
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East to West: What matters to rural Canada this election
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Campaign Call: Unpacking the final days of the election
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What lies ahead for the NDP and Jagmeet Singh
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Tanya Talaga on Pope Francis’s apologies to Indigenous peoples
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The companies betting on Canada despite U.S. tariffs
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The strategists inside the Liberal and Conservative war rooms
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The changing face of election interference
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The case for prioritizing rest in the age of burnout
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Campaign Call: Debate prep and an inside look at polling
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Canada’s fragmented medical records system
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An interview with Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault
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Campaign Call: Western separatism amid a moment of Canadian unity
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Global markets reel from tariff whiplash
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What happened to the ‘carbon tax election’?
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The case for teaching your child it’s okay not to share
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Despite what Trump says, barely any fentanyl comes from Canada
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Campaign Call: Trump chaos and Conservative infighting
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Making sense of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
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What you need to know about U.S. travel as detentions rise
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