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Your political panel. Your question.
At Issue is making a special appearance on The National on Wednesday, March 17, and Allan, Andrew and Chantal want to answer a question from you....
Who Do We Think We Are?
Throughout the month of March, The National will be on a quest to discover what Canada really is.  And we want your input....
Get creative. Rewrite the anthem!
Just imagine.  Your words, sung in school classrooms, citizenship ceremonies, and sports facilities across the land.  Or, how about just posted to The National blog page?...
The Olympics in One Word
What one word best describes Vancouver's Olympic Games?...
Number 99 on The National
He may be the Great One, but there was Wayne Gretzky, shopping alone in the mall beneath a Vancouver hotel on Saturday morning, just checking the storefronts for bargains...
In Whistler without rights
These are a very different Olympics for us to cover here at The National. We don't have the official broadcast rights and that means there are all sorts of restrictions on what we can do, where we can go...
The National is on the road
Tonight, Peter Mansbridge will be showcasing Canada's Olympic legacy from Calgary, Alberta.  And that's just the beginning....
The Great One's first goal
Last summer I was helping Wayne Gretzky at a banquet in Collingwood, Ontario after his annual golf tournament in the area.  And surprise, surprise, at one point our pre-banquet chat turned to hockey.  I told him how my hometown of...
Haiti Field Notes: Aftershock
I was lying flat on the earth... with only a sleeping bag between me and the ground underneath. The ground was moving. Shifting. Shaking, in a wavy kind of way....
Haiti Field Notes: Counting Bodies and Blessings
The sudden look in the man's eyes tells me everything. I am interviewing him, asking about the three children whose bodies searchers are seeking in the flattened house behind me. His eyes widen. He covers his face with his shirt,...
Haiti Field Notes: Canada's efforts to help
When I headed for Trenton late at night, I didn't know if I was actually going to be on a flight to Port au Prince. The plane was full, we were told by the military. There's only room for 12...
Crisis in Haiti: Connecting with Canadians
The extent of the damage and the loss of human life and injury to those in Haiti following yesterday's earthquake is not yet fully known, and The National wants to bring you the full story of this crisis....
Airline threats: Who should know?
The unprecedented security order aimed at Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), reported by Gillian Findlay on The National, and on CBCNews.ca, has never been disclosed to the public....
It's Your Question Period
Just because Parliament is prorogued until March doesn't mean that federal political debate has stopped.  In fact, The National is committed to keeping it going, and we want your help....
Peter Mansbridge interviews the PM - tonight
As I write this, Peter Mansbridge is preparing to sit down with Prime Minister Stephen Harper for an interview in Ottawa, airing tonight on The National....