The Current

The only land crossing to Campobello Island, New Brunswick is through Maine. On Tuesday a truck full of supplies for the community was stopped at the US border after a US import ban on some Canadian goods came into effect. Campobello Island Mayor Harvey Matthews on what it will take to give his community the supplies they need.

Russia launched a heavy attack against Ukrainian energy infrastructure this week. The UN says more than two hundred civilians have been killed in the last month. CBC's Foreign Correspondent, Briar Stewart takes us through what life is in Kyiv now with attacks intensifying, and what other parts of Ukraine are experiencing as winter is approaching.

Self-Help is a multi-billion dollar industry — an entire ecosystem of books, podcasts, social media. Over ten-thousand self-help books are published in the US each year and they account for 17% of non-fiction book sales in Canada. What makes a good self help book? Does self help work? And how do you differentiate guru from grifter? Our panel of self help experts have answers.

An alleged gang rape case at Cornell University is drawing international attention after a woman known as Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit earlier this month against seven men accused of sexually assaulting her at a fraternity party in 2024. She is also suing Cornell, claiming the university failed to protect her. The case is bringing a spotlight to how pervasive rape culture is on university campuses. We hear from Farrah Khan, an award-winning gender justice advocate who works on sexual assault prevention in Canadian schools, about how something like this could have happened — and how we can change our education system to better protect students from sexual violence.

Statistics Canada numbers show the economy stalled in July. The trade war is hitting some harder than others, like the Stelco workers in Hamilton, Ontario who got news that part of their steel plant is closing indefinitely. We hear from Ron Wells, one of their union leaders, plus Deloitte Canada's Dawn Desjardins tells us why she sees the country's growth continuing to slow down.