The Current

Notre-Dame reopens this weekend — just five years after fire blazed through the iconic Paris cathedral. A journalist gives us a look inside the rebuilt “people’s palace,” and a Montreal blacksmith who forged the axes used in the reconstruction shares what it means to have left his mark on the 12th-century monument.

From cantaloupes to almond milk to McDonald’s hamburgers, hundreds of foods have been recalled this year in Canada. We talk to food safety system experts to understand how confident you should be in the contents of your crisper drawer.

Police in Calgary ticketed and towed a street full of RVs — vehicles that people priced out of the housing market had been living in. While a local politician says the motorhome dwellers must move along, an Oregon city facing similar issues took a different approach. Could Canada learn from them?

Hiker Sam Benastick survived 50 days in the B.C. wilderness, after he got lost while being chased by a wolf. Matt Galloway talks to a search-and-rescue operator who had his own violent encounter with a grizzly bear; and gets some expert advice on surviving in the backcountry.

Mireille Silcoff loves books, but her 12-year-old daughter was more interested in screens than reading. That is, until the author offered her kid $100 to read a novel. Silcoff shares how the deal panned out, and why she’d recommend the tactic to other parents.