Breaking down the federal budget

Jessica Rosval was 15 years old when she started working in a restaurant in Montreal. Now she's based in Italy where she runs a Michelin star restaurant, having earned the reputation of one of the world's best. Last week she was named the Best Female Chef of 2026.  

A $52 billion data centre near Regina, Saskatchewan is being met with fierce opposition from its community. We hear from a reporter on the ground about what it means for Sherwood, Saskatchewan, and what we need to consider about building Canadian made AI infrastructure. 

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich spent 16 months inside Russia’s Lefortovo prison after being arrested on espionage charges. He was eventually released as part of a high-profile prisoner swap. His new memoir, “This Cursed Beautiful Land” reflects on his relationship with Russia and its people.

Former Canadian Senator and Public Policy fellow Ratna Omidvar says scaling up assessments of internationally trained doctors could revitalize Canada’s healthcare system, with each doctor taking on 1500 patients. So what’s stopping the provinces? 

Last week’s federal budget included an ambitious plan to end homelessness within a decade. But is it possible? Some parts of the country are already making headway, with Ontario city St. Thomas driving down homelessness, and Manitoba pledging to end chronic homelessness by 2031. What we can learn from those jurisdictions, and why this is an issue worth billions of dollars of investment. 

This Remembrance Day, CBC’s Robyn Bresnahan has a documentary about a veteran's fight for benefits, as he lives with a rare, aggressive terminal cancer he believes results from his time in service overseas. If he were an American soldier, the law would back him up, so why isn’t he getting the help he needs? 

Sportswriter Chris Jones's life blew up in one night when he found out his wife was having an affair. In his new memoir 'Legs Hearts Minds: Loss and Its Remedies' he recounts how he wrestled with his own responsibility for the end of his marriage, how he picked himself up and figured out how to be a better man, and why an unlikely underdog of a soccer team helped him throughout it all. 

Across the country, in small towns and big cities, people are getting fed up with open drug use in parks and on sidewalks. Even though it's against the law, police are charging fewer people with the crime. The intent is to treat addiction as a health issue. CBC reporter Ariana Kelland brings us the story from Atlantic Canada, and Police chief Fiona Wilson in Victoria, BC, tells us why there are no easy solutions.

Physician and founder of War Child Canada, Samantha Nutt has just returned after being in Sudan for three weeks. She describes the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis people are facing  and what Canada, and the rest of the world can do to help. 

Jensen Huang, the head of Nvidia, has admitted to an affair with a woman accused of spying for China. Washington Post reporter Ian Duncan breaks down who's involved, why it's causing such a stir, and what it could mean for the AI industry.