The Current

Our national affairs panel weighs in on the biggest political stories of the day. We’re about a week away from getting Prime Minister Mark Carney’s hotly anticipated first federal budget that the Prime Minister says will be all about taking “big bold risks,” while warning that there will be sacrifices ahead for Canadians. Over the weekend, we’ve seen the fallout from the U.S. President Donald Trump calling off trade negotiations over an anti-tariff advert put out by the Ontario government. All this comes as the P.M. is on his first diplomatic trip to Asia, looking to shore up new trade alliances. We break it all down with CBC's Chief Political Correspondent Rosemary Barton, Stephanie Levitz of the Globe and Mail, and Ryan Tumilty of the Toronto Star.

Gen Z workers are rethinking what success looks like, and they’re doing it through career minimalism. Instead of engaging in the traditional corporate hustle culture or climbing the corporate ladder, many are seeking work boundaries and self fulfillment. Gen Z worker Jane Tsang shares how lazy girl jobs and multiple income streams fit into this approach. And, Glassdoor’s chief economist Daniel Zhao explains what it could mean for the future of work.

Long-time CBC Radio host Michael Finnerty shares how training as an apprentice cheesemonger in London's Borough Market nourished his soul, gave him a sense of purpose and helped him rediscover the power of community. He talks about his new book "The Cheese Cure"  while taking Matt Galloway on a tasting journey through the sampling of four Canadian cheeses.

People who read the fiction of Miriam Toews might think they know a fair bit about her life story. She's written about sister relationships, suicide, and her conservative Mennonite upbringing. Now her highly anticipated new memoir does away with the mirror of fiction — shining a light on why she writes, and the power of family.

Will history repeat itself? The Toronto Blue Jays have made it to Game 1 of the World Series. Fans are hopeful as they face one of the best teams in the league: The Los Angeles Dodgers. Superfans Maddie Cholette and Tyler Carpentier share their excitement over Game 1.

There are growing concerns from economists, tech industry insiders and investors that artificial intelligence might be a bubble about to burst. Data centres are a rapidly growing part of the U.S. so big that some observers like MIT fellow Paul Kedrosky believe it's warping the North American economy. Murad Hemmadi, a reporter with the Logic, argues that we only know about bubbles in hindsight, and until it bursts, we're going to be waiting to find out.

The U.S. President Donald Trump announced it in all caps on Truth Social last night. "All trade negotiations with Canada are hereby terminated." Why? He says it’s the result of a television ad from Ontario's provincial government featuring the former president Ronald Reagan in 1987, speaking out against tariffs in an address on free trade. We talk to CBC’s Washington correspondent Mike Crawley about what this means for Canada — and the future of trade talks.

For 12 years, Paul Salopek has been tracing the paths of human migration, by foot.His 38,000 km walk has taken the American journalist across parts of Africa, Europe and Asia.Now he's about to begin the final leg of his journey, from Alaska to the southern tip of Chile

The Artemis II mission will send four astronauts, including Canadian Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day trip around the moon and back. It’s the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years, testing what it really takes for humans and their spacecraft to survive deep space, and setting the stage for the next big leap.

The Prime Minister is telling Canadians his upcoming budget will be both affordable and ambitious. But are they — and the opposition parties whose support he needs — convinced?