After spending more than 400 days in an Egyptian prison, this is Mohamed Fahmy's Back Story.

Steven D'Souza was there as thousands cheered, white smoke bellowed and a new pope was chosen.

Connie Walker has reported extensively on Canada's residential schools, but she's also seen the effects on her family first hand.

In 1986, Carol Off sold most of her belongings to buy a plane ticket to Pakistan with the hope of interviewing future Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. A hijacking, an uprising and a reunion decades later, this is Carol's Back Story.

As coalition troops marched into Iraq, and Saddam Hussein fell from power, the CBC's David Common was there.

From his first mandate as Prime Minister to his party's devastating loss in the last federal election, Susan Lunn gives you an inside look at the rise and fall of Stephen Harper.

The earthquake in Haiti killed thousands of people, turned buildings to rubble and made David Gutnick question the role of a journalist.

Peter Mansbridge takes you inside the tunnels at Vimy Ridge.

The BP oil spill is the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. The CBC's Paul Hunter was there when black tar balls started dotting white sandy beaches. He returned five years later and shares what he saw.

Nahlah Ayed was on the front lines of the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War.