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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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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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Mar 1, 2013 | 11:12Quebec AM Considering distance education courses in Quebec universities AudioQuebec AM Considering distance education courses in Quebec universities Mar 1, 2013 | 11:12The Summit is over, all the politicians and educators have gone home. But did they forget something? Claude Coulombe is a specialist in educational learning technologies, and he thinks they did. In fact, he thinks Quebec is in danger of missing out on a global trend in distance education.
Mar 1, 2013 | 11:30Quebec AM Access to health care services in English in the Eastern Townships AudioQuebec AM Access to health care services in English in the Eastern Townships Mar 1, 2013 | 11:30Quebec AM's Eastern Townships Correspondent Sarah Rogers spoke to people in the region to find out how they navigate the province's mostly French-language health care system.
Mar 1, 2013 | 5:54Quebec AM Spiritual side of Journey of Nishiyuu AudioQuebec AM Spiritual side of Journey of Nishiyuu Mar 1, 2013 | 5:54The Nishiyuu walk started as a group of seven young Cree walkers in Whapmagoostui, but it has grown into a wider cultural movement, and spiritual journey. CBC North journalist Melissa Natachequan met up with the walkers and brings us this documentary.
Feb 28, 2013 | 8:34Quebec AM Magdalen Islands' mayor unsatisfied with EI meeting in Ottawa AudioQuebec AM Magdalen Islands' mayor unsatisfied with EI meeting in Ottawa Feb 28, 2013 | 8:34This week, a coalition of leaders from Eastern Quebec travelled to Ottawa to meet with Human Resources Diane Finley about the changes to federal employment insurance rules. We spoke to Magdalen Islands' Mayor Joel Arseneau who attended the meeting.
Feb 28, 2013 | 8:49Quebec AM Military community in Quebec rallies against Bill 14 AudioQuebec AM Military community in Quebec rallies against Bill 14 Feb 28, 2013 | 8:49English schools in military communities in Quebec are rallying this week, to draw attention to a less-talked-about measure of Bill 14, the PQ government's language bill.
Feb 26, 2013 | 9:27Quebec AM New antivirals that could block the flu virus AudioQuebec AM New antivirals that could block the flu virus Feb 26, 2013 | 9:27It's been a nasty flu season in Quebec. If you were laid low with flu this winter, you may be encouraged by our next story.
Researchers at Sherbrooke's university hospital have discovered new anti-virals that can actually block the flu virus before it infects us.
Host Susan Campbell spoke to Dr. Martin Richter the Sherbrooke-born and educated pharmacologist who led this project at the CHUS' Etienne LeBel research centre.
Feb 26, 2013 | 10:26Quebec AM Canadian companies want to pay donours of blood plasma AudioQuebec AM Canadian companies want to pay donours of blood plasma Feb 26, 2013 | 10:26As we heard on the news this week, two Canadian companies are publicizing their willingness to pay donors of blood plasma, but they haven't indicated how much they would pay. Their intention is to increase the number of donations, because plasma is always in short supply.
It's a long-standing practice in the U.S. to pay donors for whole blood and for plasma. But it's never been the case in Canada. Laurent-Paul Ménard is public affairs director for Héma-Québec, and he joined us on the phone this morning.
Feb 25, 2013 | 11:59Quebec AM Liberal criticism on opening day of Education Summit AudioQuebec AM Liberal criticism on opening day of Education Summit Feb 25, 2013 | 11:59The Quebec Liberals tried, but failed last year when in government to quell the student uproar over planned tuition fees.
Today, under the PQ government, a Summit on Higher Education opens. And one task still remains: what to do about tuition. The Summit begins today and there are still broad divisions on this and other issues.
Gerry Sklavounos is the Liberal critic for higher education and he joined us this morning.
Feb 25, 2013 | 8:14Quebec AM CREPUQ hopes the Education Summit questions more than tuition fees AudioQuebec AM CREPUQ hopes the Education Summit questions more than tuition fees Feb 25, 2013 | 8:14Quebec's long-awaited summit on higher education kicks off today. Pierre Duschesne, the province's minister of higher education, has assembled a group of elected officials, university directors and student groups to try and find some common ground on themes of quality, accessibility and funding of the province's universities.
Many feel the future of these institutions hinges on this debate. We've been speaking to different participants in those meetings.
On the line with us this morning, we have Michael Goldbloom. He's the prinicipal at Bishop's University in Lennoxville and vice-chair of the CREPUQ, made up of Quebec universities' rectors and prinicipals.
Feb 22, 2013 | 7:07Quebec AM Doctors keeping a close eye on tuberculosis case in Quebec City AudioQuebec AM Doctors keeping a close eye on tuberculosis case in Quebec City Feb 22, 2013 | 7:07Tuberculosis remains a disease to be taken seriously. In some parts of the world, it still claims many lives. In Quebec, the numbers are low, though in the Quebec City region last year, there were 17 cases. The number is much higher than the average.
The last one reported was in late December. A recent immigrant who was taking classes at CEGEP Ste-Foy was diagnosed with TB and is still receiving treatment. Public health authorities are following up on those who might have been in close contact with the student. Dr. Marcel Behr works at the International TB Centre at the McGill University Health Centre. He joined us this morning.
Feb 22, 2013 | 10:52Quebec AM Citizens of Mashteuiash campaigning against local hydro project AudioQuebec AM Citizens of Mashteuiash campaigning against local hydro project Feb 22, 2013 | 10:52Some people in Mashteuiash hope that a spring election in their community could force the cancellation of a local hydro project. The 16 megawatt Val-Jalbert project is promoted by the Innu community and two MRC's in the Lac Saint-Jean region. It was the only project that was spared when Natural Resources minister Martine Ouellet announced the cancellation of six other mini-hydro projects earlier this month.
This week, opponents of the project presented two petitions against the project at the National Assembly. One petition, with more than 5000 signatures, was sponsored by Quebec Solidaire MNA Amir Khadir. The other contained nearly 500 signatures collected in Mashteuiash. Opponents in Mashteuiash were also able to get more than 500 people to sign a register to force early band council elections this May.
Michaël Paul is one of the people in Mashteuiash campaigning against the project and he spoke with CBC's Ainslie MacLellan at the National Assembly.
Feb 22, 2013 | 12:17Quebec AM Canadian producer Ariel Nasr is suiting up for Oscar AudioQuebec AM Canadian producer Ariel Nasr is suiting up for Oscar Feb 22, 2013 | 12:17Montreal producer Ariel Nasr's movie Buzkashi Boys is up for best live-action short film at the Oscars.
Filmed in Kabul, the movie follows the lives of two best friends who struggle to achieve their dreams in a war-torn country. The two boys dream to be part of Afghanistan's National sport of Buzkashi, a brutal game of horse polo played with a dead goat.
The movie Buzkashi Boys goes beyond headlines of war in Afghanistan and dresses a human portrait of the essence of childhood. Ariel Nasr is currently in Los Angeles where he is getting ready for Hollywood's biggest event along with the two stars of his movie who came in from Afghanistan for the ceremony. We reached him by phone yesterday morning.
Feb 21, 2013 | 11:57Quebec AM FEUQ President Martine Desjardins' hopes for summit on higher education AudioQuebec AM FEUQ President Martine Desjardins' hopes for summit on higher education Feb 21, 2013 | 11:57Next week, a year's worth of carrés rouges, pot-banging, and street demos comes together in the Quebec government's summit on higher education. A lot's at stake, for the student federations in particular, because they're the ones who took the battle over tuition fees to the streets. We're hoping to bring our listeners up to speed on what's up for debate. We spoke with Martine Desjardins, the president of the university students' federation (FEUQ).
Feb 21, 2013 | 5:56Quebec AM Gaspé Pee Wee Hockey team in Quebec City AudioQuebec AM Gaspé Pee Wee Hockey team in Quebec City Feb 21, 2013 | 5:56The Gaspe pee-wee CC hockey team les Predateurs de Forillon are in Quebec City for the International Pee Wee tournament. Caleb Gaul is one of the players on the team, and tells us why this tournament is so important to them.
Feb 20, 2013 | 12:57Quebec AM Urban design, art and pulp mills AudioQuebec AM Urban design, art and pulp mills Feb 20, 2013 | 12:57Meriol Lehmann speaks with Susan about his new photography project, Anglo Pulp and Paper Mills, Ltd.
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