A volunteer who's sourcing life-saving supplies in India; how Bill Gates helped block global access to COVID-19 vaccines; why Bill C-10 is making so many people angry; reviewing Resident Evil Village; what travel guru Rick Steves is doing during his pandemic-induced moratorium on vacationing and more.

An epidemiologist says India's COVID-19 crisis didn't have to happen; a northern Ontario restaurant owner stands up to an anti-lockdown campaign; Crocs are back, whether you like it or not; Yasuke signals Netflix's big bet on anime; Epic Games takes Apple to court over antitrust allegations; the makers of podcast My Brother, My Brother and Me bid a fond farewell to Yahoo! Answers; and more.

Businesses assess the risks of staying open amid the pandemic's third wave, how the far right capitalizes on lockdowns; the story of the man who claimed to be the model for the Oscar statue, a Black-led police union tries to break down the Blue Wall, sprinter Myles Misener-Daley aims for the Olympics despite the pandemic, how Wheatus re-recorded Teenage Dirtbag after the band lost its masters and more.

Why traffic stops in Canada are more dangerous for Black, Indigenous and people of colour; comedian Nour Hadidi on Ramadan under lockdown version 2.0; St. Vincent's layered emergencies; a Soviet-era take on the Lord of the Rings reemerges after 30 years; Stewart Reynolds, better known as the popular social media satirist Brittlestar, on navigating the pandemic with comedy; and more.

How mobile clinics deliver vaccines to the most vulnerable; Brazil's COVID-19 crisis; How Prince Albert's death changed Queen Victoria's reign; Jordan Peterson as Marvel supervillain, Red Skull; Lil Nas X's new single as an act of revolution; Ernest Hemingway's letters to his former mother-in-law and more.

An ICU nurse says Ontario's hospitals are in crisis, a minister in Minneapolis pushes for change to honour George Floyd, the strangest things washed ashore from shipping containers, a new book says Amazon is driving inequality in North America, why China is pushing a digital currency and payment system, John Moe's new podcast Depresh Mode presents a candid and funny look at mental health, and more.

Tracking AstraZeneca's many vaccine mishaps; how Disney turned The Mighty Ducks into a real NHL hockey team; a damning RCMP watchdog report highlights the need for reform; a school for asylum seeking children on the U.S.-Mexico border; Ryan McMahon on his new docuseries, Stories from the Land; the history of the Barbizon Hotel and more.

Toronto lawyer says action on anti-Asian racism in Canada is long overdue, how the Game Boy was a precursor to the smartphone, Olympic U.S gymnast Chellsie Memmel comes out of retirement, a review of Loretta Lynn's 50th studio album release, author Philippe Sands on his new book The Ratline and more.

Three recent graduates on launching their lives during a pandemic, Piers Morgan plays the villain again, tattooing as resistance in Myanmar, touring Fukushima 10 years later, Mary Walsh finds the funny in aging, the Maritime Tartan Company retools to make masks and more.

How NFTs are transforming digital collectibles, why the far-right is panicking over informants, Donald Harrison remembers Notorious B.I.G., FC Barcelona's collapse, Rinaldo Walcott on defunding police and abolishing property and more.