Bring on the heat, summer fun and games with CBC's Top 5 for July
CBC's Top 5 | July 2024
Watch the meteoric rise and fall of Canada's tech darling in the film BLACKBERRY.
Don't miss a second of the action and get ready to cheer on Team Canada with The Olympic Games Paris 2024. Dig into The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam, where the biggest gold discovery unravels into an even bigger fraud.
Explore the mysterious story of two men who discover they were born in the same Newfoundland hospital on the same day, and the unbelievable secret that changes everything forever, in the podcast Come by Chance.
All this and more in CBC's Top 5 for July.
CANADA DAY: FEEL THE RHYTHM - Monday July 1, 8 p.m. (9 AT, 9:30 NT) on CBC TV and CBC Gem. Live from Canada's capital, this two-hour concert hosted by Isabelle Racicot unites music lovers across the country. Featuring performances by Chromeo, Corneille, FouKi, Kanen, Kiesza, Maestro Fresh Wes, Metric, Neon Dreams, Qattuu, Sara Dufour and Willows.
Also check out CBC MUSIC LIVE AT MASSEY HALL PRESENTS: CELEBRATING GORDON LIGHTFOOT on CBC Gem, featuring a memorable night of music with Blue Rodeo and welcoming some of Canada's brightest talent to celebrate the late Gordon Lightfoot's work, including: Allison Russell, Aysanabee, Burton Cummings, Caroline Wiles and Bob Doidge, City and Colour, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, The Good Brothers, Julian Taylor, Kathleen Edwards, Meredith Moon, Murray McLauchlan, Serena Ryder, Sylvia Tyson, Tom Cochrane, Tom Wilson and William Prince.
CBC's comprehensive coverage of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 will feature live broadcasts from every venue and include every Canadian medal-winning moment, totalling more than 3000 hours of live content across CBC and CBC Gem, CBC's Paris 2024 website and the CBC Paris 2024 app for Android and iOS devices. Audiences can tune in to CBC and CBC Gem for live hosted coverage 22 hours a day, and visit the website and app for full event schedules, results, athlete bios and features, daily updates and more. Plus, exclusive coverage will be provided by CBC Sports including in-depth reports, highlights, digital series and on-demand replays of the biggest moments and events.
Directed by Matt Johnson (Nirvanna the Band the Show), BLACKBERRY follows the story of Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the two men who charted the course of the spectacular rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone. Seemingly overnight, the duo revolutionized the way people work, communicate and connect, with millions of people around the world addicted to their BlackBerrys and the company completely dominating the market. That is, until some shady business dealings, personal grievances, and, perhaps most dangerously, the iPhone, devastated the company's incredible success.
It was the biggest gold discovery in history... until it wasn't. In 1995, Canadian mining company Bre-X announced to the world it had found a significant amount of gold deep in the jungles of Indonesia. Stock prices soared as investors worldwide fought to stake their claim. But when Bre-X's chief geologist mysteriously fell from a helicopter over the jungle, the story of the billion dollar discovery began to unravel. Nearly three decades later, no one has ever been held accountable. Now, host Suzanne Wilton takes listeners from the jungles of Indonesia to small town Alberta, Canada, to investigate what really happened and find out more about the man behind the biggest goldmine fraud of all time. Produced for the BBC World Service and CBC by BBC Scotland Productions.
If you've ever been to Newfoundland, you know it's a place where fog can envelop you so deeply, you don't know where you're going or where you came from. When two men, born in the same rural Newfoundland hospital on the same day, discover an unbelievable 52-year-old secret, it changes the way they see themselves forever. But this isn't the end of the story. Because it turns out these men are not alone. A series of other close calls and near misses have begun to emerge, and not only at Come by Chance hospital. Hosted by reporter Luke Quinton, COME BY CHANCE is a story about what it means to belong in a family — and how a small twist of fate can upend the life you thought you knew.
Looking for more? Cue up our CBC Music summer playlist with all the tracks you want to hear while enjoying the sunshine, including Halsey, Felix Cartal, SIA, Chromeo, Jamiroquai, Bob Moses, Kylie Minogue, Feist and more! And as we prepare to cheer on our favourite athletes at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, be a part of the action with our new collection The Paris Connection on CBC Gem, featuring the City of Lights and Olympic summer sports in documentaries, series and films.
Photos and video courtesy of CBC.