Tonight:

Her mother's keeper. A B.C. man is furious, after his fifteen-year-old sister with Down Syndrome is left alone for more than a week with their dead mother.

Will more people be doleful about being dole-less? The British government says no one will be hurt by its welfare reforms -- but critics say that's rich.

Lack of curiosity killed the chat. MPs can argue all they want about Canadian military trainers staying in Afghanistan past 2011 -- but the Prime Minister has made up his mind.

Justice isn't blind -- but in Nova Scotia, it might be narcoleptic. In what's becoming a distressingly common event in the province, a jail accidentally releases a convict.

Gag reflex. When a Twitter user is prosecuted for making a tasteless joke online, fellow tweeters join together in a mock revolt.

And...it's delightful, it's delicious, it's de lizard. Scientists discover a remarkable new Vietnamese reptile -- on the menu at a restaurant.

As It Happens, the Friday edition. Radio that hopes the scales fell from their eyes before the scales fell off someone's fork.