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Thursday February 05, 2015
"Answer back, brother"
Chris Metallic was 20 years old when he disappeared after leaving a party in Sackville, New Brunswick, where he was attending university. Two years later, he's still missing and his family struggles with both grief and hope. His mother Mandy keeps searching. His younger brother, Spencer, writes letters. Each one ends with a plea: "Answer back, brother". Our documentary is produced by Vanessa Blanch.
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How Vera Peters revolutionized treatments for Hodgkin's, breast cancer
Vera Peters was a pioneering Canadian doctor who radically changed the way breast cancer is treated, making lumpectomy an option for women with early stages of the disease. Her achievement is celebrated in a new play about her life.
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Tuesday January 20, 2015
"I am Ahmed": Muslim assimilation in Europe
Panel discussion on Muslim immigrants in Europe.
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Sunday March 01, 2015
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How fear of terrorism is being used as a political commodity
Michael looks at the media frenzy over the discovery of a hole in the ground near York University in north Toronto. More read comments
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Why debt and deficit are not dirty words - Tim Harford
These are turbulent economic times, both at home and abroad. Words like debt, default and austerity rumble ominously through the headlines. Tim Harford, aka The Undercover Economist, returns to The Sunday Edition to help us make sense of the turmoil in global economics, and to explain the pros and cons of debt and austerity, what political leaders tend to get wrong in economic policy, and who actually holds our national debt. More read comments
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Your Burden - Her Art - a documentary by Alisa Siegel
Alisa Siegel's documentary is called "Objects of Burden." More read comments
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Donald Gutstein: Prime Minister Harper's think tank army
In his book, "Harperism", Donald Gutstein argues that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has battallions of allies working with him to fundamentally change the character of Canada. His best soldiers? Right-leaning think-tanks, the wealthy corporations that fund them, and the journalists and other opinion-leaders who propagate their ideas. More read comments
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