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June 2008

June 27, 2008

Pt 1: Election Day in Zimbabwe - On Friday, June 27 there was no need to line up to vote, but the lineups for food... Read More »

June 26, 2008

Pt 1: Afghan Journalist Criminal Case - A 23-year-old Afghan journalism student named Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh was sentenced to death for blasphemy by a court... Read More »

June 25, 2008

Pt 1: Greening the Oil Sands - At a conference in mid-June 2008, the mayors of some of the biggest cities in the United States... Read More »

June 24, 2008

Pt 1: World Tamil Movement Declared a Terrorist Organization -To many in Canada's Tamil community, the World Tamil Movement is a legitimate non-profit organization that... Read More »

June 23, 2008

Pt 1: Zimbabwe Opposition Withdraws From Election Runoff - Nearly three months after Zimbabwe's Opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change, was told it had not... Read More »

June 20, 2008

Pt 1: John McCain Visits Canada - Republican Presidential candidate John McCain announced his presence to fans of WWE or World Wrestling Entertainment, but on... Read More »

June 19, 2008

Pt 1: Crisis in Rural Canada - On June 18, 2008, after an extensive two-year study, the Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry released... Read More »

June 18, 2008

Pt 1: Taliban Offensive - As the run rose on June 18, 2008, Canadian and Afghan troops were preparing for battle against hundreds of Taliban... Read More »

June 17, 2008

Pt 1: Srebrenica Lawsuit - In the summer of 1995, Srebrenica was supposed to be a haven from the killing of the Bosnian war. Instead,... Read More »

June 16, 2008

Pt 1: BCE Supreme Court Decision - Some of the biggest names in Canadian media are owned by Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE).Read more herePt 2:... Read More »

June 13, 2008

Pt 1: Zimbabwe Run-Off Election - Just two weeks to go until the run-off vote in Zimbabwe's Presidential election, it was business as usual on... Read More »

June 12, 2008

Pt 1: Literacy in Canada - At the risk of oversimplifying, it's pretty hard to come up with a better case for literacy than the... Read More »

June 11, 2008

Pt 1: Apologies - On June 11, 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper stood up in the House of Commons and apologized to aboriginal Canadians who... Read More »

June 10, 2008

Pt 1: Bashir Makhtal - By the time this episode aired, Bashir Makhtal had been in an Ethiopian prison cell for 504 days and counting.... Read More »

June 9, 2008

Pt 1: Nongovernmental Organizations in Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, faced major difficulties in its campaign to win political control... Read More »

June 6, 2008

Pt 1: Bashir Maktal Case E - The Current producer John Chipman brings us the story of Bashir Maktal, a Canadian citizen who's been held... Read More »

June 5, 2008

Pt 1: Canadian Auto Workers and GM Layoffs - Hundreds of angry GM workers began protesting outside General Motors' Canadian head office in Oshawa, Ontario,... Read More »

June 4, 2008

Pt 1: Bashir Maktal, A Canadian Jailed Overseas - On June 3, 2008, we brought you the story of Bashir Makhtal, a Canadian citizen who... Read More »

June 3, 2008

Pt 1: Documentary: Into the Darkness- A Canadian citizen, languishing in a foreign prison without being charged with a crime or appearing in a courtroom... Read More »

June 2, 2008

Pt 1: Banyan Tree - A Canadian organization would give loans to people who would use the money to contribute to charities and then claim... Read More »