Storylines

In 2010, producer David Gutnick travelled to Haiti soon after the devastating earthquake there. Embedding with a local family, he slept on the ground alongside hundreds of thousands of others, now homeless after the earthquake. The 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed more than 220,000 and some 300,000 were injured.
Those survivors were left eking out survival in their already impoverished and insecure nation.
David spent a day and a night living with The Merisier family, Nadine, her husband Madsen, their five children, a son and daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren.

From our special summer archival doc series, this is 24 in Delmas 56

When Thelon Oeming first met Vern Nash, he was yelling in the street. Thelon had just moved into a new apartment in Toronto, and he decides he wants to get to know his new neighbour. As they talk, Thelon realizes Vern has voices in his head, but that he also can play the accordion. Very well.
From our special archival doc summer series this is Who is Vern Nash, produced by Thelon Oeming and Steve Wadhams

When Trina Benedict tucked her 6 year old into the bunk on the Queen of the North ferry that evening in 2006, she had no idea what nightmare was about to unfold. Just a few hours later, they’d be running for their lives from the ship, as it slowly sank into the cold ocean water.

It’s 20 years since that ferry sank off the coast of British Columbia. 101 passengers were onboard. Two - Gerald Foizy and Shirley Rosette - were never found, and are presumed dead.

Betsy Trumpener's award-winning documentary weaves together chilling SOS calls and Trina’s harrowing first person account.

From our special archival doc summer series - This is Still at Sea.

Starting next week we’re sharing some of the best of CBC’s audio documentary history. Shocking, funny, beautiful stories that we’re so excited to bring into your podcast feed.

Here at the doc unit we LOVE long form audio, and we know how powerful these stories can be. And at CBC, we have a long, award winning history of audio documentaries. But many of those stories aren't available on the internet. They are carefully stored away in our CBC archives , which isn’t accessible to the public. So, we thought it would be neat to dig out some of our all time favourite documentaries from CBC radio for a special summer podcast series.

So, hit subscribe now so you don’t miss an episode of this special series from Storylines !

Alan is an entrepreneur of sorts. Ten years into a public health emergency in British Columbia, most deaths from toxic drugs are happening behind closed doors. Men at home alone. This is where Alan comes in. For a fee, he injects users with their drugs and watches them for signs of an overdose. To those who employ him, he’s known as “The Doctor,” but he’s not a physician and his work is illegal.