The Current CBC News & Politics

More great white sharks are appearing off Canada's east coast. We hear why that’s a win for conservation — and what it means for humans heading down to the beach.

People are living much longer these days, but economics professor Andrew Scott says our society isn’t set up to support that. His new book The Longevity Imperative looks at the major overhauls needed to make a longer life rewarding, from employment to health care.

The water main that failed in Calgary was a prestressed concrete cylinder pipeline, a type of infrastructure that has ruptured in other places, too. What other Canadian cities rely on these pipes?

Many people think cigarette butts are biodegradable, but in reality they stick around for years, leaking chemicals and microplastics into the environment. We hear about a push to educate smokers and hold big tobacco companies responsible for their products.

New research shows that discarded pharmaceutical drugs are having an alarming impact on wildlife — even causing sex reversals in some species. We talk to researcher Karen Kidd.

Earl Moberg was 81 and had advanced dementia when he went missing last year. He was never found. Matt Galloway talks to his daughter Britt Moberg about the changes she wants to see in senior care to stop this happening to other families.