After weeks of Israeli bombardment, and now a ground invasion, Gaza is in desperate need of food, water, fuel and electricity. We hear about the humanitarian crisis on the ground.
Today, a first hand account of the conditions at the center of Gaza from Amjad Shawa, coordinator for the Palestinian NGO Network.
Details on the UN World Food Program’s struggle ... Show More
Yesterday
Politics! Poilievre’s win, election speculation
Pierre Poilievre easily won his leadership review in Calgary on the weekend with 87.4% of the vote. Today, senior Parliamentary bureau writer Aaron Wherry talks about the convention, whether it guarantees Poilievre’s future and what challenges still lie ahead for the Conservative ... Show More
29m 42s
Jan 30
Leader or loser: Poilievre’s crucial vote
In just over a decade, the Conservative Party of Canada has lost four elections, picked three new leaders, and turned on two of them when they failed to become Prime Minister. As the party votes on Pierre Poilievre’s future as leader of the Conservative Party, Front Burner speaks ... Show More
37m 8s
Mar 2024
A Deadly Aid Delivery and Growing Threat of Famine in Gaza
<p>Late last week, an effort to get food into northern Gaza turned deadly, as thousands of desperate Gazans descended on aid trucks, and Israeli troops tasked with guarding those trucks opened fire.</p><p>Exactly how people died, and who was responsible, remains contested. Hiba Y ... Show More
29m 45s
Dec 2023
Humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza as Israel-Hamas fighting continues
The United Nations’ top humanitarian relief coordinator says the situation in Gaza keeps getting “more apocalyptic” and “people are being ordered to move again, with little to survive on, forced to make one impossible choice after another.” According to a UN agency, more than 80% ... Show More
43m 50s