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The Mass Casualty Commission’s report calls for sweeping reform to the RCMP, and says intimate partner violence needs to be treated as a public health emergency in Canada. We hear from Michael MacDonald, chair of the Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission; and Dennis Daley, assistant commissioner and commanding officer for the Nova Scotia RCMP.

For nearly three years, Nova Scotians have been waiting for answers surrounding the 2020 mass shootings in Portapique. On Thursday, they got some of them from a long-awaited public inquiry’s report. Matt Galloway speaks with Darcy Dobson, whose mother, Heather O’Brien, was killed that day; and Michael Scott, a lawyer representing Dobson and others who lost family members in the attacks.

North Atlantic right whales are one of the most endangered mammals on the planet, and many of them spend their time off the coast of the Maritimes or in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Delphine Durette-Morin, an assistant scientist with the Canadian Whale Institute, tells us how she’s using sound recordings of the whales to better protect the species.

Ahead of the Mass Casualty Commission’s final report on the 2020 mass shooting, we talk to CBC journalist Angela McIvor, who has been covering the story for three years.

When Grace Tompkins crocheted a Maud Lewis painting onto a sweater, she didn't expect it to go viral on social media, or to get a message from one of the famed painter's living relatives. She tells us about the sweater people went crazy for — and why it’s not for sale.

Novelist Ami McKay recently discovered a century-old seal press at an antique market — bringing to life a tale of mobsters, rum running and tragedy.

Children’s author Sheree Fitch and retired journalist Gilles Plante built their dream home to grow old together in River John, N.S. But in the years that followed, Plante was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The couple tell us how they’re coping, and why they’re determined to find joy every day.

The Mass Casualty Commission will publish its final report Thursday, after an inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting that left 22 people dead in Nova Scotia. We visit Portapique, N.S., where a new community hall is under construction; and Matt Galloway speaks with grief specialist Serena Lewis, about the long-term supports that the community might need.

Matt Galloway talks to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland about Tuesday’s federal budget, and looks at the fine detail with Tonda MacCharles, parliamentary reporter for the Toronto Star; and Nojoud Al Mallees, economics reporter for Canadian Press.

The Current comes to you from Nova Scotia this morning, where the cost of rent is driving people out of their homes. We hear from people experiencing homelessness — and those trying to help. Also, Matt Galloway speaks with Susan Leblanc, the NDP MLA for Dartmouth North.

In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee is facing increased pressure to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. We talk to Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych; retired Canadian Olympian Perdita Felicien; and David Wallechinsky, a historian and executive board member of the International Society of Olympic Historians.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a pause on judicial reform after widespread protests. We talk to Washington Post reporter Steve Hendrix; Ronen Bergman, a Tel Aviv-based staff writer for The New York Times Magazine; and Michael Koplow, chief policy officer of the Israel Policy Forum, an NGO based in Washington.

The animal tranquillizer Xylazine is showing up in illicit street drugs, putting drug users’ lives at even greater risk. We discuss the rise of ‘tranq dope’ with Dayn Kent, co-ordinator of the consumption and treatment service at the Regent Park Community Health Centre; and Dr. Aamir Bharmal, medical director of the Public Health Response Division at the BC Centre for Disease Control.

An endovascular thrombectomy has proven to be an effective treatment for stroke patients. In some cases, they’ve allowed patients to walk out of the hospital mere days after being admitted in life-threatening conditions. Matt Galloway talks to Marleen Conacher, who was treated using EVT for a stroke in 2021; and discusses calls to make the procedure more widely available with stroke physician Dr. Michael Hill.

Australia's constitution has never acknowledged its Indigenous people as the country's original inhabitants, but a referendum to change that could give Indigenous people a bigger say in the country's parliament and laws. We talk to Sana Nakata, a Torres Strait Islander and principal research fellow at James Cook University’s Indigenous Education and Research Centre.

Some NHL teams and players have refused to participate in events tied to LGBTQ representation and Pride, prompting questions about the league's commitment to inclusion. We talk to David Palumbo, a board member of the You Can Play Project.

Canada and the U.S. agreed to close the border at Roxham Road in Quebec, where more than 40,000 people crossed to claim asylum here last year. We talk to Frances Ravensbergen with Bridges Not Borders, a volunteer group that supports people who cross at Roxham Road; Mireille Paquet, Concordia University Research Chair on the Politics of Immigration; and John Manley, a former deputy prime minister.

Common diagnostic health tests have long been interpreted differently for Black patients — a practice called "race correction," which has systematically denied access to timely and sometimes life-saving care. Matt Galloway talks to LLana James, co-chair of the Canada-US Coalition to End Race Correction in Healthcare; and Dr. Nav Persaud, the Canada Research Chair in Health Justice at St. Michael's Hospital in Unity Health Toronto.

U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Ottawa is expected to include talks around modernizing NORAD, the U.S.-Canada aerospace defence organization. There are calls for northern communities to be part of any redevelopment and see tangible benefits from any new infrastructure. Matt Galloway talks to Andrea Charron, director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg; and Clint Davis, CEO of Nunasi, an Inuit-owned development corporation with headquarters in Iqaluit.

A new Nature Of Things documentary looks at the science of friendship — in both humans and animals — and the role it plays in our mental and physical health. We talk to filmmaker Judith Pyke; and Beverley Fehr, a social psychologist at the University of Winnipeg.