February 5, 2012

Feb
8

UPDATE: Unrest In The Maldives

UPDATE: Unrest In The Maldives

One day after his surprise resignation as president, Mohamed Nasheed is injured during clashes with police, and says he was forced out of office at gunpoint ...

Feb
8

Are These Syrian President Assad's Staff Emails? And Another Reason 12345 Is A Bad Password

Are These Syrian President Assad's Staff Emails? And Another Reason 12345 Is A Bad Password

Anonymous released emails on Monday they claim come from the offices of President Bashar Assad...

Feb
8

When Is It A Crime Not To Tell Someone You Have HIV?

When Is It A Crime Not To Tell Someone You Have HIV?

The Supreme Court of Canada hears today about two cases in which people were convicted for failing to tell partners they were infected with HIV ...

Feb
8

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT IRAN: It Involves Saman Arbabi and Condoms

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT IRAN: It Involves Saman Arbabi and Condoms

Saman Arbabi, Iranian comedian, lets Canadians in on some things we may not be aware of about his native country, which he calls "a land of paradoxes"...

Feb
8

Alan Thicke

Alan Thicke

For years, people have thought of Alan Thicke as the ultimate father figure: first, he was Kirk Cameron's TV dad on 'Growing Pains'...

Feb
8

Brad Peyton

Brad Peyton

Gander, Newfoundland is about to be renowned as the hometown of one of Canada's most promising young directors, Brad Peyton...

Feb
7

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Clara Hughes on the Contador Scandal

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Clara Hughes on the Contador Scandal

This week, Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title and banned from the race for two years...

Feb
7

Dave Bidini Condones a

Dave Bidini Condones a "Crooked Path" for Canadian Artists

Singer, songwriter and author Dave Bidini encourages Canadians to tell Canadian stories, but he isn't opposed to detours along the way...

Feb
7

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CANADA: Nanook of the North

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CANADA: Nanook of the North

Atom Egoyan recalls the movie considered by many to be the first documentary, a film made in Canada's north by director Robert Flaherty in 1922 called "Nanook of the North" ...

Feb
7

Our New Goodwill Ambassador to China: The World's Most Famous Canadian Comedian?

Our New Goodwill Ambassador to China: The World's Most Famous Canadian Comedian?

Mark Rowswell has been called the "most famous foreigner in China", where the Ottawa-born educator, comedian and TV host performs in Mandarin under the name "Dashan" ...

Feb
7

And The Juno Nominees Are...

And The Juno Nominees Are...

The Juno Awards nominees were announced this morning. Many of this year's potential award winners have been on the show this season...

Feb
7

CHARLES DICKENS: Behind the Literature

CHARLES DICKENS: Behind the Literature

Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of the literary icons of the English language. But who was the REAL Charles Dickens? We go behind the book covers to find out ...

Feb
7

Clara Hughes

Clara Hughes

Clara Hughes is the only Canadian athlete in history to win medals in both the winter and summer Olympic Games. It's a phenomenal achievement...

Feb
7

Dave Bidini

Dave Bidini

Dave Bidini is concerned about Canada. Not concerned like, he's worried we're all about to keel over and die...

Feb
6

Mark Tewksbury On Coming Out

Mark Tewksbury On Coming Out

On the show tonight: More than 10 years after he came out, gold medal Olympian Mark Tewksbury remains one of Canada's only openly gay athletes ...


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