May 2008
Pt 1: The State of Jazz in Canada - Canadian trumpet icon Maynard Ferguson and his sextet recorded a tune called To And Fro for...
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Pt 1: Cherie Blair - Back in the mid 70's, Cherie Booth was the top law student in Britain on her graduation day.Read more here...
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Pt 1: Arctic Treaty - On May 28, 2008, representatives from Canada, Denmark, Norway, the United States and Russia sat down to begin a three-day...
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Pt 1: Maxime Bernier Out of the Cabinet - On the afternoon of May 26, 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper dismissed the whole affair. He...
Pt 1: Memorial Day 2008 - The 2008 Memorial Day parade, in its fifth year, was scheduled to include war re-enactors, active duty units, high...
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Pt 1: Reasonable Accomodation - Wilfred Laurier once said that Quebec does not have opinions, only sentiments.Read more herePt 2: Foreign Aid by Canada -...
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Pt 1: Child Prisoners of War - If they were in the United States, they wouldn't be able to buy a drink, or cast a...
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Pt 1: Green Politics - Bill C-33 seemed like a sure thing for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government; a great idea.Read more here Pt...
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Pt 1: Why Happiness Matters - May 19, 2008 was a national, statutory holiday, and the unofficial start of summer, with banks closed and cottages...
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Pt 1: Petting Zoos - Panel - Children got up close and personal with stingrays at the grand opening of a special exhibit at the...
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Pt 1: China Earthquake - The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit China on May 12, 2008 climbed to 15,000 within three days;...
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Pt 1: The Case Against Chemotherapy - An eleven-year old boy with cancer has not only had his disease to contend with. The boy, who...
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Pt 1: China Earthquake - A major earthquake registering 7.8 on the richter scale hit South Western China on May 12, 2008. At the time...
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Pt 1: Earthquake in Chengdu, China - A major earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter Scale hit Chengdu, the largest city in Sichuan Province in...
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Pt 1: Burma and Aid - After cyclone Nargis hit Burma on May 2, 2008, the military junta that rules the Country - also known...
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Pt 1: Grease Bandits - Grease is the word, as they say. For greasers in the movie and musical Grease that word meant slick hair...
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Pt 1: Reform in Burma - According to Burma's military regime, more than 22,000 people were killed by a devastating cyclone in May 2008. Another...
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Pt 1: Untying Food Aid - In 2005, Canada slowly began to change the way in which it delivers food aid -- and by 2008,...
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Pt 1: Native Gangs - People who study crime in Canada say aboriginal gangs are the fastest-growing criminal groups in the country, and some native...
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Pt 1: Caregivers for Seniors - For generations, many Canadians have relied on nannies to help care for their children. But more and more of...
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Pt 1: New Brunswick Flooding - Everything changed in the early afternoon of April 30, 2008. That's when emergency workers in Fredericton revised their prediction...
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