The Current

As Palestinians try to gather olives during peak harvest season in the occupied West Bank, the UN says the number of Israeli settler attacks are the highest they've ever seen in 20 years. Margaret Evans, CBC’s senior international correspondent, has just returned and shares what she saw.

Deep in the old growth forests on Vancouver Island, a group of citizen scientists, birders and artists gathered this summer to try to catch a glimpse of the secretive Marbled Murrelet, known to some as the “potato bird.” Royann Petrell, Co-Founder of Old Growth Birders and BioBlitzers, talks about her work to document the bird and try to stop the destruction of its habitat.

We are in the midst of a Super El-Niño. Chris Fletcher is chair of the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo, unpacks what that could mean for Canadian winters.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has said Russian players will not be able to compete in next month's World Juniors in Alberta, despite an international court ruling to allow Russia to compete in international hockey tournaments. Russia has been banned since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Chris Johnston, senior writer at The Athletic, and host of the podcast, the Chris Johnston Show, takes us through how the decision could play out in Canada, and around the world.

The federal government is considering a bill to regulate online sports gaming. CBC senior reporter, Dave Seglins, describes what he and his team have revealed in their series on the negative impacts, and Matthew Young explains why Canada needs a lot more data to really understand the scope of the problem.