After a fire swept through a former monastery in Montreal last month, staff were surprised to find two items had survived: an antique harpsichord and a grand piano. Oliver Esmonde-White has cared for that piano for 28 years; he tells us what it was like to find it largely unscathed.

A new report says car thefts across Canada are reaching national crisis levels. We take a look inside the crime rings taking your ride, and ask what you can do to stop your car from being stolen.

Around 70 per cent of firefighters in Canada are volunteers, but growing demand and high risk mean it's getting harder to recruit people for the job. Matt Galloway talks to volunteers about the work they do, and hears about the risks posed by the shortage.

Wildfires and smoky skies have prompted feelings of grief and anxiety for many, as they watch their home environment change around them in real time. There’s a word for that feeling: solastalgia.

The Chatham Coloured All-Stars were an all-Black baseball team from Ontario that won big back in 1934. We talk to the sons of two players, Donald Tabron and Blake Harding; and Heidi L.M. Jacobs, author of the new book 1934: The Chatham Coloured All-Stars’ Barrier-Breaking Year.

The PGA Tour will merge with Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf, a breakaway league financed by the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund. Although it brings pro golfers back under one roof, the deal reignited debates about money in sport, and concerns about Saudi Arabia’s human rights record just five years after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate again Wednesday. Matt Galloway talks to people who were already struggling and now find themselves in an even tighter bind. Plus, an economist dissects whether the bank’s approach will work to bring down inflation or disproportionately hurt lower-income Canadians.

Tipping is now commonplace in all sorts of Canadian businesses, with take-out restaurants and even retail stores presenting customers with a tip screen starting at 18 per cent. We discuss that shift in tipping culture, and how the technology employed can play on our desire to seem generous.

In the face of a growing housing crisis, some Canadians are pushing back against rising rents. Matt Galloway talks to tenants forming unions to engage in collective bargaining with landlords, and others who are on strike, refusing to pay their rent.

Thousands have fled flooding after a massive dam breach in the Russian-controlled town of Nova Kakhovka in southern Ukraine. We discuss what is and isn't known about the explosion, and the Dnipro River’s role in the lives of those in the region.

Chinatowns across Canada have long been a vital community resource, but development and changing cultural patterns have put them under threat. We hear about the documentary Big Fight In Little Chinatown, which looks at a new generation’s efforts to save them.

Born in Nazi-occupied Norway, Dag Aabye became one of the world's first extreme skiers, a Hollywood stuntman, a logger and eventually, an ultra-marathoner. Now 82, he lives in a bus in the B.C. bush, running two to six hours a day and occasionally befriending bears. We talk to Aabye and journalist Brett Popplewell, who has written about Aabye’s extraordinary life in Outsider: An Old Man, A Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past.

Wildfires have created smoky skies across much of Canada, with air quality and smog warnings in various parts of the country. Matt Galloway talks to a doctor and a meteorologist about the health risks, and whether climate change means these hazy skies are the new normal.

While a cure for cancer still seems like a long way off, there are remarkable advancements in tackling the disease in the lungs, pancreas and cervix. We hear about some of those breakthroughs, including a study that suggests a daily pill can significantly cut lung cancer mortality.

One day, the fish you eat might not come from the sea, but from a 3D printer. We hear about a company getting rave reviews for their fillets — printed using real fish cells grown in a laboratory — and discuss what the technology might mean for the fight against hunger.

At the Guatemala-Honduras border, a drop-in centre offers migrants and refugees a chance to rest and regroup — and perhaps consider staying in Central America instead of continuing the dangerous journey north. The Current's Liz Hoath takes us to the border in her documentary Can’t Go Back.

Our national affairs panel unpacks the latest in Canadian politics, from foreign interference to a new leader in the West. Matt Galloway talks to the CBC’s Catherine Cullen; National Post parliamentary reporter Catherine Lévesque; and Globe and Mail reporter Carrie Tait.

Some birds and animals are named after historical figures, but there is a growing awareness of the atrocities some of those figures committed. Science writer Ed Yong tells us about the push to rename some species — and why it's harder to change them than you might think.

Wildfires have displaced thousands of Nova Scotians this week, but stories of kindness have emerged from the devastation. Matt Galloway brings us tales of strangers helping strangers.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, former Canadian army reservist Brandon Mitchell went to the frontlines. He tells us why he went to fight a war in a country he has no connection to; and the Globe and Mail's Mark MacKinnon brings us the latest from Kyiv.