Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
World Report
Radio One: 6, 7 & 8 am (6:30, 7:30, 8:30 am NT)
CBC News Correspondent Margaret Evans reports on the clampdown on the growing blogging community in the Middle East.
The Current
Radio One: 8:30 am (9 am NT)
Sandra Bartlett on the struggle for plurality of voices in the Canadian Muslim community.
World at Six
Radio One & Two: 6 pm (6:30 pm NT)
In Russia censorship extends well beyond the media. Bill Gillespie reports on the Kremlin's attempts to snuff out criticism coming from non-governmental organizations by drowning them in volumes of paperwork. This is costing these groups hundreds of thousands of dollars to stay registered and has forced some to shut down entirely.
In Performance
Radio Two: 8 pm (8:30 pm NT)
In Performance takes part with a concert from Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. The Artists of the Royal Conservatory present "Music in Exile," featuring works by composers who - for a variety of perceived sins - were forced out of regular musical life in Nazi Europe and into "internal exile." You'll hear works by Kaminski, Hartmann, Jarnach and more.
