Cross Country Checkup

This is the abbreviated version of Checkup's call-in about the boxes, bins and forgotten belongings adult kids have left behind. This episode looks at how families negotiate inter-generational storage wars and how to decide what stays, what goes and who's responsible for it all.

Flight cancellations, tight budgets and the US travel boycott are shaking up summer travel plans for many Canadians. This episode breaks down what's driving the turbulence - and provides smart summer travel hacks travellers should consider before booking.

Spring cleaning is stirring up a familiar family tension: the boxes, bins and forgotten belongings adult kids have left behind. This episode looks at how families negotiate these cross-generational storage wars and how to decide what stays, what goes and who's responsible for it all.

We rewind to May 1994, when Ontario was on the brink of a major shift in LGBTQ+ rights. Days before the legislature debated a bill to grant same‑sex couples full legal recognition, Canadians called Cross Country Checkup to weigh in. This archive episode reveals how the country was thinking, arguing and evolving — and what it tells us about how far we’ve come.

This is the abbreviated version of Checkup's call-in where we ask whether private menopause clinics are providing necessary treatments or promoting a two tier system? Private options are popping up across the country while many women face long wait-lists to find the right care.