Tariff deadline puts pressure on Carney

Tariff deadline puts pressure on Carney

Punishing American tariffs will kick in on August 19, unless Prime Minister Mark Carney's team strikes a trade compromise with Washington. Our National Affairs Panel -- The Globe and Mail's Stephanie Levitz and the Toronto Star's Ryan Tumilty -- on what's at stake.

When it comes to sports betting, does everyone lose?

With the legalization of sports betting in Canada, and much of the United States, watching your favourite team has changed. If you don't partake, you're bombarded with ads, and if you do, it's likely to change the way you view and cheer on your team. But it's changed the game for players, officials, and sports journalists too. Author Danny Funt on his new book Everyone Loses, The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling.

Okanagan wildfire: They’re safe, but the future is uncertain

Erin Carlson, her family and farm workers escaped the Bald Range fire -- some by helicopter. She says the tightknit Summerland community will band together to rebuild. But she worries that if climate change fuels more intense blazes, there will be more disasters to come. Plus, with clear skies in the weather forecast, wildfire expert Mathieu Bourbonnais says rain is needed to help control the fires.

A new podcast from The Fifth Estate: The Mile Zero Murders

The small northern BC town of Dawson Creek is hijacked by a wave of drug-fuelled violence - 15 murders in five years. The CBC's Fifth Estate Estate and CBC Podcasts spent two years digging into this story, speaking with the loved-ones of the missing and murdered, and cultivating relationships with key figures in the drug trade. We speak with investigative journalist and host, Timothy Sawa, about his new podcast, "The Mile Zero Murders", a series that explores who's behind the violence and why it was so hard to make arrests.

How the US booze ban became Canada’s biggest leverage

Canadians may not want to drink American booze, but some say bringing it back to Canadian shelves could be the bargaining chip needed in negotiations with the U.S. over tariffs.