The Current

From Caitlin Clark to Summer McIntosh to the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s launch — 2024 was a transformative year for women in sports. We dig into what it took to arrive at this moment, the big business of women’s games and what’s ahead for female athletes.

Electric Dodge Charger Daytonas will start rolling off the production line at a Windsor, Ont. assembly plant sometime this month. It’s the first electric passenger car to be mass-produced in Canada — but can the classic muscle car with a twist help pave the way to a sustainable future? The union president representing workers at the Windsor Assembly Plant and an auto industry journalist discuss the new car’s potential.

The fashion industry is one of the world’s biggest polluters, with millions of tonnes of textiles ending up in landfills every year. We talk to people about how to change that, from a simple “closet audit” at home, to making retailers responsible for the entire life cycle of their garments.

The Goosinator is a bright orange, very noisy device that herds troublesome geese in Lethbridge, Alta., where the birds are staying longer as winter months get warmer. The CBC’s Allison Dempster looks at how different parts of the country are trying to manage that problem — and shares a classic story of one man’s encounter with this “gangster of nature.”