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The Current on CBC Radio
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Tune in to CBC Radio One at 8:30 am (9 am NT) Monday to Friday. This account is inactive.
Joined February 2009
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    Looking for the latest from The Current? Visit our website below, and hear the show on CBC Listen cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…, or wherever you get your podcasts. Contact us any time via email: [email protected] Thanks for listening. cbc.ca/radio/thecurre…
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    The shoes of the men who were killed in the Quebec City mosque attack, Jan 29, 2017, are still in the same place. No one has touched them.
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    It was November 2002 when she first uttered the words “I’m Anna Maria Tremonti, and you’re listening to The Current.” Since then, she’s given us 17 seasons of greatness. #ThanksAMT #ThrowbackThursday
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    On Sunday, Cree radio host Clarence Iron will make history as the first person to call an NHL game in an Indigenous language. He says, "Indigenous people around the nation, they deserve something like this. We need to showcase our talents."
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    Hamed Esmaeilion @esmaeilion @ps752justice lost his wife and daughter when Iran shot down Flight PS752. Now, he’s angry that @canadasoccer has plans to host Iran’s soccer team here in Canada. “They don't have hearts,” he told @mattgallowaycbc Full invu: cbc.ca/1.6457814
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    Is is just me or was I mansplained today by the publisher of @Harpers discussing Ghomeshi/Hockenberry essays @ruths @TheCut #MeToo AMT
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    At age 10, @theJagmeetSingh says he began experiencing sexual assault. He blamed himself until a friend told him it wasn't his fault. Now he wants to share that message with anyone who needs to hear it. "It’s not their fault ... I want that to be clear.” cbc.ca/1.5106383
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    It's happening. Rehearsal: done. Setup: just about. Tissues: at the ready. See you guys tomorrow for the season finale and big goodbye. #ThanksAMT
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    In the wake of images of the 2013 Lac Megantic disaster surfacing in a Netflix series, @SyracuseU professor Robert Thompson tells us that using real footage of destruction must be relevant to the story being told.
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    “The whole system of the U.S. was supposedly designed to keep people like Donald Trump away from power, and if they somehow slipped into power, to control them while there. That system is failing," says @davidfrum. cbc.ca/1.4498767
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    We are deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and colleague Stuart McLean, host of CBC Radio's The Vinyl Café. cbc.ca/1.3984826
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    Mary Pratt, a painter who turned the everyday objects of her kitchen, garden and daily life into extraordinary works of beauty and colour, has died in St. John's. She was 83. Here are just a few of her stunning #paintings: cbc.ca/1.4734932
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    The number of children who died in Canada's residential schools could be as high as 25,000, says Murray Sinclair, former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He joins @mattgallowaycbc at 8:37am to discuss the work that needs to be done now. cbc.ca/listen
    A side profile of Murray Sinclair
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    "It's important to show the world that we activists, protesters who fight for freedom and democracy … are not alone," says Ted Hui, a politician with Hong Kong's Democratic Party. cbc.ca/1.5792799