A global pandemic, anti-racism protests and a turbulent U.S. presidential election had Americans glued to their screens in 2020, but as people consumed more news, they began to trust media less, surveys suggested. The CBC documentary Big News takes a look at why the public lost faith in the media and the consequences of that distrust.
Royal visits to Canada may be out of the question right now, but Prince Edward took to Zoom recently to check in virtually with Canadian Armed Forces reserve regiments that have him as their colonel-in-chief. The visit included a master warrant officer who joined in from a truck stop in Montana.
Myanmar's security forces shot and killed at least 50 protesters on Saturday, news reports and witnesses said, a brutal crackdown on dissent that came as the leader of the ruling junta said the military will protect the people and strive for democracy.
The pandemic has revealed the Commonwealth's lack of relevance and the empty nature of its promises of solidarity — as the U.K. sits on the world's largest supply of vaccines and refuses to share with its former colonies.
The massive cargo ship currently blocking the Suez Canal — holding up of billions of dollars worth of shipping each day — isn't the first time something has shut down the link between the Mediterranean and Red seas.
