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The Current | May 22, 2013
Seven years ago, Stephen Harper pledged new legislation would usher in transparency in govt. Yesterday he said to his caucus, Canada has one of the most accountable and transparent systems of governance in the world. Today, we examine the PM’s statements.
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Definitely Not the Opera | May 18, 2013
Put on your party hats, pour a drink, and grab a favour - because this week, DNTO looks at parties! What is it about social gatherings that brings out the best and worst in us?
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Quirks and Quarks | May 18, 2013
Ancient water found near Timmins may include microbial life, and suggests similar findings in similar rocks on Mars.
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The Story From Here | May 22, 2013
In this episode; meet one of Canada's oldest pilots; an Ottawa reporter lands the duet of her dreams; surviving a 32-hundred foot fall without a parachute; and high school composer.
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As It Happens | May 21, 2013
Apple Tax Questions, Boring Awards, For the Record: Ratthe Suspended, Colour & Music Research **Music Removed Online Due to Copyright**
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Writers and Company | May 19, 2013
Irish writer Colm Toibin was this year's grand prize winner at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal. His latest, “The Testament of Mary” takes place twenty years after Jesus’s death.
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Aug 15, 2011 | 1:03Know Your Rights Roy Goose's "Know Your Rights" AudioKnow Your Rights Roy Goose's "Know Your Rights" Aug 15, 2011 | 1:03Roy Goose is an Aboriginal interpreter in NWT who speaks more than twenty Native languages. Here he is with a short taste of five ways to say "Know Your Rights"!
Aug 12, 2011 | 10:42Know Your Rights Fady Dagher (Racial discrimination interview) AudioKnow Your Rights Fady Dagher (Racial discrimination interview) Aug 12, 2011 | 10:42Episode 7: Fady Dagher is the director of community relations for the Montreal Police Service. Here is his response to Fo Niemi's question.
Aug 12, 2011 | 8:34Know Your Rights Fo Niemi (Racial discrimination interview) AudioKnow Your Rights Fo Niemi (Racial discrimination interview) Aug 12, 2011 | 8:34Episode 7: Fo Niemi is with the Center for Research-Action on Race Relations, a Montreal non-profit civil rights organization which represents people in their complaints against police.
Aug 1, 2011 | 13:21Know Your Rights Sarah Shartall (mental and physical disability discrimination interview) AudioKnow Your Rights Sarah Shartall (mental and physical disability discrimination interview) Aug 1, 2011 | 13:21Episode 6: At the busy downtown Toronto corner of Queen and Bathurst is "The Meeting Place", a drop-in centre. Many of the people who go there have mental disabilities and are homeless. Every two weeks, lawyer Sarah Shartall sets up shop here to help out with their legal troubles.
Aug 1, 2011 | 13:30Know Your Rights Jeff Preston (mental and physical disability discrimination interview) AudioKnow Your Rights Jeff Preston (mental and physical disability discrimination interview) Aug 1, 2011 | 13:30Episode 6: Jeff Preston and his girlfriend, Clara Madrenas, write a web comic called Cripz about life in a wheelchair. Jeff’s also driven his electric wheelchair from London to Ottawa to raise awareness about the lack of accessible transportation – and almost got run over in the process. Plus, he "stairbombs". What's that? Well, listen to this...
Jul 25, 2011 | 22:09Know Your Rights Kate Hughes (Gender and Age Discrimination Interview) - Episode 5 AudioKnow Your Rights Kate Hughes (Gender and Age Discrimination Interview) - Episode 5 Jul 25, 2011 | 22:09Kate Hughes is one of Canada’s lead legal fighers against gender discrimination. She was a lawyer in the 1999 ground-breaking case known as Meiorin or the "female firefighter case". That decision was a big deal, and we wanted to learn more about it. So we went to visit Kate, at her office in Toronto.
Jul 19, 2011 | 9:27Know Your Rights Tom Schuck (Freedom of Expression Interview) - Episode 1 AudioKnow Your Rights Tom Schuck (Freedom of Expression Interview) - Episode 1 Jul 19, 2011 | 9:27Ten years ago in Regina, Bill Whatcott distributed flyers condemning homosexuality. After complaints to the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, saying the flyers promoted hatred, the case went through several hearings and court sessions. Now it’s made its way to the Supreme Court of Canada. Bill Whatcott’s lawyer is Tom Schuck.
Jul 19, 2011 | 12:39Know Your Rights Donna Hunter (Freedom of Religion Interview) - Episode 3 AudioKnow Your Rights Donna Hunter (Freedom of Religion Interview) - Episode 3 Jul 19, 2011 | 12:39Up until June of this year, all four schools in Morinville, Alberta were operated by the Catholic Regional Division School Board. That situation recently changed because of the efforts of Donna Hunter. Donna wanted a non-faith based education for her children but wasn’t able to get one. So she and her family pulled up stakes moved to Edmonton.
Jul 19, 2011 | 10:11Know Your Rights Michael A. Moon (Life, Liberty, and Security of the Person Interview) AudioKnow Your Rights Michael A. Moon (Life, Liberty, and Security of the Person Interview) Jul 19, 2011 | 10:11Episode 4: Let’s say I’m walking down the street and a cop stops me. What should I know? Do I have to answer their questions? Do I have to show ID? Can police search me? Can police detain me without arresting me? What happens when I’m arrested? Do they read my rights? Can I call my lawyer? Anything else I should know about my rights when dealing with the police? Answers from criminal defence attorney, Michael A. Moon.
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