The Current CBC News & Politics

It’s been a week since a “catastrophic” main break forced people in Calgary to limit their water use — thinking twice about everything from doing laundry to flushing the toilet. Guest host Duncan McCue checks in with Calgarians, and asks what we can learn from this crisis.

Junaid Khan is one of a growing number of non-Indigenous people in Canada learning Indigenous languages. We listen back to Duncan McCue’s 2023 documentary about the swell of interest in Indigenous languages across Canada.

Many workers just don’t head out for a sit-down lunch with colleagues anymore, opting instead to eat quickly at their desks. What does our midday meal say about our modern lives?

Traditional wisdom suggests your rent shouldn’t exceed 30 per cent of your pay, but some Canadians could be forking out twice that much. We ask people to try a new interactive CBC tool that tells you what your rent should be based on your income — and look at how it impacts your financial future.

Drip pricing involves extra fees that show up at checkout, hiking the advertised cost of things such as movie tickets. It’s been banned by the Competition Bureau, but it’s still happening. 

As negotiations for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire continue, discussions are slowly beginning to focus on what happens next — and what a future Palestinian state might look like.