Who are the fundraisers behind the protest convoy on Parliament Hill; Bill Browder on how to stop Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine; why U.S. schools are banning books by Black authors; two bills that could reshape Puerto Rico's relationship with the U.S.; watching Groundhog Day during the pandemic and more.

China's bid for a COVID-free Olympics; a former TV reporter takes to TikTok with parody parenting videos; front-line health-care workers confront the fifth wave; why Vladimir Putin is so fixated on Ukraine; unordered Amazon packages and a scam called brushing; Canada's broken access to information system and more.

Quebec proposes a tax on people who refuse COVID-19 vaccinations; fans clap back against profit-seeking Wordle knock-offs; how to support the arts as the pandemic deals another blow; the TV adaptation of Station Eleven is a timely look at a fictional post-pandemic world, but should you watch it?; soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause documents how climate change has has transformed the way the planet sounds and more.

Trump supporters are taking over local election machinery with an eye on 2024; BlackBerry enthusiasts bid a fond farewell to an iconic device; Don't Look Up is a cathartic experience for climate scientists; the trouble with U.S. copyright laws; how procrastination acts on your brain; why National JoyGerm Day is particularly poignant during the pandemic and more.

The once more with feeling edition. Victoria Leacock Hoffman, the friend and colleague who produced the original production of Jonathan Larson's Tick, Tick ... Boom!; how American keyboardist Billy Preston crashed the Beatles' Get Back sessions; and celebrating Joni Mitchell's musical masterpiece, Blue, five decades on.

Why we're getting better at modelling where the pandemic is heading; Santa visits are back, if not quite back to normal; actor Ali Liebert on Hallmark's move to include more LGBTQ characters in its Christmas movies; Becky Toyne's recommendations for holiday book giving; the Day 6 music panel on the best of 2021 and more.

Russia's information war in Ukraine; the best bad Christmas movies on Netflix; why Devin Nunes is leaving Congress for Donald Trump's social media company; the LGBTQ roots of West Side Story; a Hall & Oates emergency phone hotline celebrates 10 years; Emmett Till's cousin continues the fight for justice and more.

How inequitable access to antibiotics fuels super bugs; China cracks down on #MeToo beyond Peng Shuai; Cheez-It crackers are 100 years old; the Raptors' Dalano Banton is Rexdale's hometown hero; Indigenous creators get a boost from TikTok's new accelerator program; Matthew Heineman's new documentary The First Wave and more.

What increasing flooding means for pipeline projects; Woody the talking Christmas tree is back; the Groveland Four are exonerated 72 years later; everything you need to know about Indigenous land title; Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim dies at 91; how Billy Preston became the unofficial fifth Beatle and more.

Floods in B.C. nearly brought back a lake drained 100 years ago; how Adele courts stardom by defying pop music trends; Canada's national men's soccer team aims for its first World Cup in 35 years; Toronto Police want the public's input on how it will use AI; how a seed-saving project in Alberta sparked an Indigenous movement to restore grasslands across North America; in a new collection of essays, a hopeful vision of the future for Indigenous people and more. ​