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Thursday April 09, 2015
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Living in Yarmouk refugee camp is hard enough. Then ISIS showed up.

Yarmouk was already under siege... and then ISIS arrived. The Palestinian refugee camp on the edge of Damascus that was always more like a suburban town, has drastically dwindled in population, and those left behind are now pawns in a power struggle among rival rebel fighters and the Assad regime. More Apr 09, 2:09 PM ET

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- Canadians trust police despite questionable behaviour caught on video
  
  A video changed the story of the killing of Walter Scott, a black man gunned down by a white police officer... all caught on tape. In our own country, videos taken by civilian bystanders have changed the narrative in more than one death at the hands of police. But have they changed the public perception? More Apr 09, 2:44 PM ET
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- Homeless people read mean tweets about them, exposing attitudes
  
  The video of homeless people reading what other people say about them lasts just over one minute. But it is devastating to those reading and to anyone watching. Today in Checking-In, we hear the motivation behind this video release when we follow-up on stories we've been tracking. More Apr 09, 11:18 AM ET audio
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- Bill C-2 threatens closure of supervised injection sites
  
  The Conservative government has labeled Bill C-2 the "Respect for Communities Act." Chief Medical Health Officer for Vancouver Coastal Health, Dr. Patricia Daly, who runs Vancouver's supervised injection Insite, says the bill should be renamed the "Contempt for the Health of Communities (Act)". More Apr 09, 2:10 PM ET audio
  Listen 7:43
- Checking-In on public shaming, Duffy trial, FED UP & more
  
  The Current's Friday host David Common joins Anna Maria in studio to read through some of your emails and social media musings on the stories we've brought you in the past week. More Apr 09, 11:51 AM ET
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