Editing The Current (radio program) (section)

==History==
The program premiered in 2002, and was hosted from its inception by investigative journalist [[Anna Maria Tremonti]].<ref>"Anna Maria Tremonti switches to radio". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', July 24, 2002.</ref> It was created as a replacement for ''[[This Morning (radio program)|This Morning]]'', partially in response to criticism that the prior program's prerecorded format had hamstrung the network's ability to pivot to a live breaking news broadcast on the day of the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref name=rebel>"A rebel's quest to transform CBC Radio: 'We can't afford not to change'". ''[[National Post]]'', July 27, 2002.</ref>

Tremonti retired from the program in June 2019.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-anna-maria-tremonti-leaves-cbcs-the-current-after-17-seasons/ "Anna Maria Tremonti leaves CBC’s The Current after 17 seasons"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', May 27, 2019.</ref> [[Laura Lynch]] served as interim host until the end of 2019,<ref>{{cite web |title=Laura Lynch, veteran political and foreign correspondent, named interim host of The Current |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/laura-lynch-named-interim-host-of-the-current-1.5264342 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |access-date=September 2, 2019}}</ref> and [[Matt Galloway]] took over as the program's new permanent host effective January 6, 2020.<ref>Abhya Adlakha, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2019/10/24/cbcs-matt-galloway-leaving-metro-morning-for-the-current.html "CBC’s Matt Galloway leaving ‘Metro Morning’ for ‘The Current’"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', October 24, 2019.</ref>

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] until May 15, 2020, ''The Current's'' runtime was extended to the rest of the morning for most of the nation to cover that issue, replacing ''[[Q (radio show)|Q]]'' (although it still had its shorter evening broadcast slot) and the various half-hour 11:30 AM shows with the host of the former show, [[Tom Power (musician)|Tom Power]] appearing for selected arts stories related to the pandemic. In addition, the final hour was pre-empted in most of the nation's time zones by a daily scheduled public address by Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] and analysis of it with the remaining time of the final hour covered by reruns of interviews earlier of that day's show.