Highlights Include:

Part One:

* Greece Talks Fail. Greeks will be returning to the polls, after a final attempt to form a coalition government falls flat. We speak to a representative of the Syriza Party.
* Slaughter House Changes: Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and NDP critic Malcolm Allen discuss a proposal to allow slaughterhouses to process already dead animals.

Part Two:

* Slave Lake Anniversary. A local radio show host reflects on how people are coping one year after wildfires tore through the community.
* EI Changes. A New Brunswick mayor says Ottawa's plan to tighten rules for collecting EI will unfairly target the most vulnerable workers, including those in her town.

Part Three:

* Sound of the Day: Sexy Halifax Bridges. A new campaign is using sex to sell safe driving on the city's bridges.
* WWII Egypt Plane. The nephew of a pilot whose plane was discovered in the Sahara talks about his uncle's death, and his hope that his uncle's remains will now be found.

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Highlights Include:

Part One:

* G20 - RCMP Cleared. The watchdog that investigated RCMP conduct during the summit in Toronto has cleared the force of any wrongdoing.
* Random Acts of Kindness. Sean O'Connor posted an unusual request online, and so far 1000 kind people have responded.

Part Two:

* Bill Ackman. The US hedge fund owner and activist shareholder wants to replace half the board of Canadian Pacific.
* Obit: Donald "Duck" Dunn. We pay tribute to the iconic 70-year-old bass player who died last night, while touring with Booker T. and the MGs.

Part Three:

* Libya NATO Casualties. Human Rights Watch says NATO airstrikes are responsible for the death of dozens of civilians in Libya.
* A conversation with Dr. James Maskalyk, author of Six Months in Sudan. A young doctor in a war-torn village -- whose approach to medicine, and life, were changed by his work in war zones.

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Foreign interference in Canada's oil economy won't be tolerated.

That's been the message from the Harper Government for the past few months. Specifically, its message to environmental groups who oppose the development of Alberta's oils sands. Several Canadian environmental groups receive donations from people and organizations outside Canada. And, as we've told you on the program before, the Federal Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, has repeatedly taken issue with that, saying that it amounts to foreign interference in Canada's affairs.

But a new report has found that there's a double standard when it comes to companies actually doing business in the oil sands.

Nikki Skuce is with the Canadian environmental group, Forest Ethics Advocacy. We reached her in Washington, D.C.

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Highlights Include:

Part One:
*Tamil Canadian Murdered: A leader of the Tamil-Canadian community tells us what he know about the murder of Anthonypillai Mahendrarajah, last week in Sri Lanka.

*Picasso Print: Thriftstore hunter Zachary Bodish stumbled upon a signed Picasso Print at his local thrift store, paid $14 for it, and resold it for $7,000.

Part Two:
*Forest Ethics Report: Forest Ethics finds that over two thirds of oil sands production is owned by foreign companies.

*FTR: Moose Accident: It wasn't good for the moose, but somehow she got to Gander. This week, Michelle Higgins struck a moose with her car. She has no recollection of the collision -- nor of how she managed to drive her almost-destroyed car 40 more kilometres to get to work.

Part Three:
*Death Row Inmate: Scott Kauffman is continuing to push to clear convicted killer Dennis Lawley's name -- even though his client died of natural causes on death row in March.

*Brown Tree Snakes: Poisoned mice fitted with parachutes are being used to combat the out-of-control population of brown tree snakes on the island nation of Guam.

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