stories from this episode

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  Almost a year since mosque shooting, Quebec City Muslims still on edge

  In January, a shooting at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City killed six people and injured several more. Almost a year later, people who pray there are still on edge.

  Listen 14:36
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  'I want Canadians to see me as who I am:' Quebec's religious neutrality law leaves student feeling unseen

  As a woman who wears the niqab, 21-year-old McGill student Fatima Ahmad has found herself in the middle of a heated debate in her home province Quebec this year. But even though people curse at her or, in one case, try to grab off her niqab, Fatima says she's optimistic, especially now that the courts have pressed pause. Quebec’s religious neutrality law stems from misconceptions, she says, which she'd like to help clear up.

  Listen 11:59
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  Government's reconciliation efforts still feel like a 'one-sided conversation,' says #Resistance150 organizer

  Tanya Kappo says the resistance movement she and other Indigenous activists helped create ahead of Canada 150 wasn’t about ruining anyone’s party.

  Listen 6:48
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  An influx of border crossings in Manitoba forced people to get 'off the fence' about immigration

  Earlier this year, Emerson was one of the so-called border towns in the spotlight for illegal border crossings. What’s happening now in the small community and to one of the asylum seekers who did that crossing?

  Listen 17:28
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  Discover three news stories we brought Out in the Open in 2017

  Catch up on these Canadian news stories you may have missed by checking out Piya’s conversations with the people behind the headlines.