The Current

The Current for Nov. 7, 2019

Today on The Current: We look at the spate of brazen liquor store thefts in Winnipeg; longtime correspondent Robert Fisk says President Trump is leaving a vacuum in the Middle East; why the internet is rife with retorts of “OK boomer”; and the lasting divides of the Berlin Wall, 30 years after it fell.
Veteran CBC political reporter and foreign correspondent Laura Lynch is interim host of The Current. (CBC)

Full Episode Transcript

Today on The Current: We look at the spate of brazen liquor store thefts in Winnipeg, talking to staff in the line of fire, and asking what can be done about it; plus, longtime correspondent Robert Fisk says President Trump's Middle East policy is creating a vacuum in the region. Then we look at the latest weapon in the war of words between the generations — "OK boomer"; and our documentary The Wall in the Head looks at the lasting divides of the Berlin Wall, 30 years after it fell.