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The Friday Edition

Highlights Include: Part One: * St. Thomas Plant Closure. Once a hub for car manufacturing, the southwestern Ontario town takes another blow when Timken announces... Read More »

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Changes to Employment Insurance

People who use Employment Insurance have been nervous lately about promised changes to the system. And the details released Thursday by the federal government likely... Read More »

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John Huston's 'Let There Be Light'

The aim of John Huston's 1946 documentary, Let There Be Light, was two-fold: first, to illustrate, through a series of unscripted interviews, the effect of... Read More »

The Thursday Edition

Highlights Include: Part One: * EI Changes Part 1: Nellie Baker Stevens says her fishing family, and other seasonal workers, are worried about today's changes... Read More »

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Sex Trafficking: Mexico - NYC

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe freeIt's hard to put a number on how many victims of sex trafficking... Read More »

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Outhouse Bear

On Saturday, Gordon Shurvell was just starting his second day of vacation in northern Ontario's backcountry, when nature called. And then, nature made a different... Read More »

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The Wednesday Edition

Highlights Include: Part One: * CP Strike. Close to 5,000 workers are now on strike. We hear from George Smith, a former VP of industrial... Read More »

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Vincent Li Interviewer

Vince Li doesn't have a lot of people in his corner. There are plenty speaking out against any new freedoms for Mr. Li -- the... Read More »

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Lisa Raitt on Fair Wages repeal.

Minister of Labour, Lisa Raitt, has not done a lot to promote her government's decision to scrap the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act.... Read More »

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Archaeology gouged in Parks Canada cuts.

You may have heard about the job cuts at Parks Canada. What you may not know is that the Parks Canada also runs archaeology labs... Read More »

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The Tuesday Edition

Highlights Include: Part One: * Pro Bill 78. Liberal MNA, Geoff Kelley, responds to criticism that the Charest government has effectively broken off communications with... Read More »

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The Monday Edition

Highlights Include: Part One: * Yemen Attack. Hakim Almasmaru, Yemen Post editor, on the suicide attack today in Sana.* Paul the Octopus Doc. We hear... Read More »

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Quebec Law Students

This weekend's heated protests were not what Quebec Premier Jean Charest had in mind. As you've heard on the news, protesters poured into downtown Montreal,... Read More »

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25th anniversary for the 'Man in Motion'

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the completion of the "Man in Motion" tour.In March 1985, Rick Hansen rolled out of a parking lot in Vancouver. His... Read More »

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Iceland Elf Boulder

A little elfin respect, please. Icelandic lore holds that in addition to the three-hundred, or so, thousand human beings on the  island, there lives a... Read More »

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