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    Q | Feb 28, 2013

    Giorgi Gogia, from Human Rights Watch, on how a novel about a friendship between two Azerbaijani men and their Armenian neighbours made the author a target in his own country. Legendary Canadian comedian Martin Short on his life, career and unique role promoting Canadian talent. Writer Peter Frase on defending rude service.

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    The Current | Feb 28, 2013

    Head to YouTube and you can watch dozens of scenarios to a problem with older or elderly drivers. Statistically,drivers aged 80-plus almost have the accident rate of the most dangerous driving demographic ... the under 24s. And in Sudbury they are the target of a police tip-line urging other drivers to call in to report any seemingly erratic or dangerous elderly driver. Simple public safety in action? Or age discrimination?

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    The Debaters | Mar 2, 2013

    Alan Park and Ali Hassan debate whether Canada needs jet fighters.

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    Mainstreet NS | Mar 1, 2013

    A team led by our oceans guy, Boris Worm, has found that about 100 million sharks die every year, and the biggest preventable culprit is fishing. He explains the significance of his finding.

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    And the Winner Is | Feb 26, 2013

    As a boy in pre-war Austria, Georg Tintner played the piano, sang with the Vienna Boys Choir, and composed his own music. By the time World War Two broke out, he was also a conductor. But Georg Tintner was a conductor with Jewish roots. And so, after the Anschluss in 1938, he was fired. By 1942, Mr. Tintner made his way to New Zealand, and for the better part of the next forty-five years of his life, he served as a conductor across New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. But in 1987, he moved to Halifax, where he would leave his mark as the conductor of Symphony Nova Scotia. He died in Halifax on October 2, 1999.

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    Tapestry | Feb 22, 2013

    We take a look at how doubt and skepticism can be essential ingredients to faith. Mary meets Rabbi Rami Shapiro - a rabbi who says he isn't religious, but rather a curious, holy rascal. She also talks to Michael Shermer, the founder of Skeptic Magazine. He's held his own against Deepak Chopra in a go round on consciousness and quantum physics.

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As It Happens - Feb 26 - First Nations Juries Report, Gimli Glider Pilot, FTR: Giant Icicle (Part 2)Feb 26, 2013 | 22:03As It Happens Feb 26 - First Nations Juries Report, Gimli Glider Pilot, FTR: Giant Icicle (Part 2) Audio
As It Happens Feb 26 - First Nations Juries Report, Gimli Glider Pilot, FTR: Giant Icicle (Part 2) Feb 26, 2013 | 22:03First Nations Juries Report/Tape: Marlene Pierre, Reading: Rudyard Kipling Poem, Gimli Glider Pilot, FTR: Giant Icicle
As It Happens - Feb 26 - Gay Superhero Comic, Doctors Appointment Study, South Africa Rape Investigation (Part 3)Feb 26, 2013 | 27:16As It Happens Feb 26 - Gay Superhero Comic, Doctors Appointment Study, South Africa Rape Investigation (Part 3) Audio
As It Happens Feb 26 - Gay Superhero Comic, Doctors Appointment Study, South Africa Rape Investigation (Part 3) Feb 26, 2013 | 27:16Gay Superhero Comic, Doctors Appointment Study, Tape: Organ Donor, South Africa Rape Investigation, Tape: Pigeon Runt **Music Removed Online Due to Copyright**
As It Happens - US CEO angers French by questioning work ethicFeb 25, 2013 | 9:12As It Happens US CEO angers French by questioning work ethic Audio
As It Happens US CEO angers French by questioning work ethic Feb 25, 2013 | 9:12Maurice Taylor tells us why he's trashing France's work ethic, then he accuses As It Happens of being biased and French Canadian.
As It Happens - Hattie Moo, the Cow Who Thinks She's a PonyFeb 25, 2013 | 6:23As It Happens Hattie Moo, the Cow Who Thinks She's a Pony Audio
As It Happens Hattie Moo, the Cow Who Thinks She's a Pony Feb 25, 2013 | 6:23When it comes to jumping and pulling a carriage, she's been an udder success. Hattie Moo is a Belted Galloway heifer who is an unlikely -- but integral -- part of the "Chariots of Fire" pony display team in Scotland. Amanda Saville is her owner and trainer, and we reached her in Lockerbie.
As It Happens - Iqaluit's UndertakerFeb 25, 2013 | 5:42As It Happens Iqaluit's Undertaker Audio
As It Happens Iqaluit's Undertaker Feb 25, 2013 | 5:42For 20 years, Bryan Pearson has been Iqaluit's only undertaker. And it's still only a part-time job. Even so, undertaking on Baffin Island is demanding -- there's constant worry about where to store bodies, about coffins to be flown up from the south, and about graves to dig in Iqaluit's sometimes-frozen cemetery. Now, Mr. Pearson is threatening to quit, saying the city is making moving and burying bodies even harder.
As It Happens - Iqaluit's UndertakerFeb 25, 2013 | 5:42As It Happens Iqaluit's Undertaker Audio
As It Happens Iqaluit's Undertaker Feb 25, 2013 | 5:42For 20 years, Bryan Pearson has been Iqaluit's only undertaker. And it's still only a part-time job. Even so, undertaking on Baffin Island is demanding -- there's constant worry about where to store bodies, about coffins to be flown up from the south, and about graves to dig in Iqaluit's sometimes-frozen cemetery. Now, Mr. Pearson is threatening to quit, saying the city is making moving and burying bodies even harder.
As It Happens - Feb 25 - Doug Christie, Montreal Restaurants Fight, Icefish Doping (Part 1)Feb 25, 2013 | 23:41As It Happens Feb 25 - Doug Christie, Montreal Restaurants Fight, Icefish Doping (Part 1) Audio
As It Happens Feb 25 - Doug Christie, Montreal Restaurants Fight, Icefish Doping (Part 1) Feb 25, 2013 | 23:41Doug Christie, Montreal Restaurants Fight, Icefish Doping, Script: Ikea Hot Dogs **Music Removed Online Due to Copyright**
As It Happens - Feb 25 - Tape: Woods Harbour Fishermen, Monterrey Church, Iqaluit Undertaker (Part 2)Feb 25, 2013 | 22:40As It Happens Feb 25 - Tape: Woods Harbour Fishermen, Monterrey Church, Iqaluit Undertaker (Part 2) Audio
As It Happens Feb 25 - Tape: Woods Harbour Fishermen, Monterrey Church, Iqaluit Undertaker (Part 2) Feb 25, 2013 | 22:40Tape: Woods Harbour Fishermen, Monterrey Church, From Our Archives: Cindy Blackstock, Iqaluit Undertaker
As It Happens - Feb 25 - India Mini Satellite, Ukranian Church, Searching for Sugarman Encore (Part 3)Feb 25, 2013 | 25:27As It Happens Feb 25 - India Mini Satellite, Ukranian Church, Searching for Sugarman Encore (Part 3) Audio
As It Happens Feb 25 - India Mini Satellite, Ukranian Church, Searching for Sugarman Encore (Part 3) Feb 25, 2013 | 25:27India Mini Satellite, Ukranian Church, Searching for Sugarman Encore
As It Happens - Shane Koyczan Anti-Bullying VideoFeb 22, 2013 | 9:23As It Happens Shane Koyczan Anti-Bullying Video Audio
As It Happens Shane Koyczan Anti-Bullying Video Feb 22, 2013 | 9:23He's taken on the Olympics, poverty, and the spoken word. And now Vancouver poet Shane Koyczan is taking on bullies. This week, he released a poem on video entitled "To This Day," which has already gone viral. The video is an anti-bullying message meant to help to spread a message of hope. Koyczan talks to Rick MacInnes-Rae about dealing with bullies while growing up with his grandparents in Yellowknife and later on, being a bully himself.
As It Happens - Woods Harbour fatherFeb 22, 2013 | 7:37As It Happens Woods Harbour father Audio
As It Happens Woods Harbour father Feb 22, 2013 | 7:37George Hopkins' son Joel is one of the five Nova Scotia men missing at sea.
As It Happens - Feb 22 - Anti-French Tire CEO, Horse Meat Scientist, Cow Horse, Magic Slim Obit (Part 1)Feb 22, 2013 | 29:55As It Happens Feb 22 - Anti-French Tire CEO, Horse Meat Scientist, Cow Horse, Magic Slim Obit (Part 1) Audio
As It Happens Feb 22 - Anti-French Tire CEO, Horse Meat Scientist, Cow Horse, Magic Slim Obit (Part 1) Feb 22, 2013 | 29:55Anti-French Tire CEO, Horse Meat Scientist, Cow Horse, Magic Slim Obit.
As It Happens - Feb 22 - Alex Harvey, For The Record: Alison Redford, China Cancer Villages, Heavy Metal Literature Course (Part 2)Feb 22, 2013 | 20:20As It Happens Feb 22 - Alex Harvey, For The Record: Alison Redford, China Cancer Villages, Heavy Metal Literature Course (Part 2) Audio
As It Happens Feb 22 - Alex Harvey, For The Record: Alison Redford, China Cancer Villages, Heavy Metal Literature Course (Part 2) Feb 22, 2013 | 20:20Alex Harvey, For The Record: Alison Redford, China Cancer Villages, Heavy Metal Literature Course.
As It Happens - Feb 22 - Toronto Sanctuary City, Tape: No Moncton Bingo, Mexican Blogger, Nishnawbe Aski Police Problems, Newfoundland School Project (Part 3)Feb 22, 2013 | 27:03As It Happens Feb 22 - Toronto Sanctuary City, Tape: No Moncton Bingo, Mexican Blogger, Nishnawbe Aski Police Problems, Newfoundland School Project (Part 3) Audio
As It Happens Feb 22 - Toronto Sanctuary City, Tape: No Moncton Bingo, Mexican Blogger, Nishnawbe Aski Police Problems, Newfoundland School Project (Part 3) Feb 22, 2013 | 27:03Toronto Sanctuary City, Tape: No Moncton Bingo, Mexican Blogger, Nishnawbe Aski Police Problems, Newfoundland School Project.
As It Happens - Maple MethFeb 21, 2013 | 7:03As It Happens Maple Meth Audio
As It Happens Maple Meth Feb 21, 2013 | 7:03Here in Canada, spotting a tree tapped with a hose dripping its succulent sap into a bucket, is definitely not a cause for concern. That wasn't the case down in Anna, Illinois. When neighbours noticed large buckets, hoses, and metal taps on Laura Benson's property, they called the cops. Drug enforcement agents appeared at her house looking for a suspected meth lab. Turns out she was making maple syrup and her neighbours had reported her, thinking she was a meth cook.

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