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God of Poetry

Apollo was about more than going to the moon

Climbing Down from Vimy Ridge

One of Canada’s leading historians makes a different case for military success

The Envoy

Mark Carney has a plan

Ira Basen

Ira Basen is a long-time CBC Radio producer and documentary maker.

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Stop the Presses!

When no news is good news December 2025
How big a role does the news play in your life? Is being well-informed an important part of how you think of yourself? It was for Edward McCann, a Canadian lawyer and university professor, who died in April at the age of eighty-four. “He found joy in watching and coaching sports,” his obituary read, “spending time with his wife and…