The Current CBC News & Politics

Climate expert Blair Feltmate says governments need to treat cooling as a human right, especially as summer heat waves intensify. If they don’t, he warns that the death toll from events like heat domes could rise into the thousands.

Hundreds of residents were hastily evacuated as a wildfire threatened Churchill Falls, N.L., on Wednesday. Matt Galloway gets the latest from John Gaudi, guest host of Labrador Morning.

The Edmonton Oilers have battled their way back into contention for the Stanley Cup. As they face a do-or-die game 7 on Friday, we check in with a city craving a championship.

Olympic gold medallist Maggie Mac Neil has accomplished everything she wanted to in swimming, and now wants to make room for other things in her life. She talks to Matt Galloway about the weight of expectations as she heads to compete in Paris, and what comes next.

Close calls and mental fatigue are pushing B.C.’s experienced wildfire fighters to quit, right as fire seasons get longer and harsher. In her documentary The Burn, Joan Webber looks at what that means for the less experienced workers who replace them — and the communities they’re trying to protect.

Politicians in Ottawa take their summer break, our national affairs panel dissects a session preoccupied with foreign interference — and accusations on all sides. Matt Galloway talks to the CBC’s Rosemary Barton, the Toronto Star’s Stephanie Levitz and the National Post’s Ryan Tumilty.