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February 2009

February 27, 2009

Pt 1: Art vs Sensationalism - In a few weeks, a 74-year-old man named Josef Fritzl will stand trial in a courtroom in Austria. He... Read More »

February 26, 2009

Pt 1: G.O.P Hip-Hop - Michael Steele is a man on a mission ... re-make the Republican Party and make it cool. He's the new... Read More »

February 25, 2009

Pt 1: Keno Comes to Nova Scotia - In the next couple of weeks, electronic Keno will begin popping up in bars and restaurants across... Read More »

February 24, 2009

Pt 1: Taser & Calgary Cops - It's been sixteen months since Robert Dziekanski died, shortly after being shocked with a Taser stun gun at... Read More »

February 23, 2009

Pt 1: Vancouver Gangs - Hundreds of people rallied in Surrey, British Columbia yesterday. They were there to call for an end to the gang-related... Read More »

February 20, 2009

Pt 1: How to Sell a Car - We started this segment with a Saturday Night Live skit from last fall ... a disturbingly prescient... Read More »

February 19, 2009

Pt 1: Obama & Dirty Oil- Obamamania is sweeping the streets of Ottawa today. But in the Alberta oil patch, pulses are racing for a... Read More »

February 18, 2009

Pt 1: Is Canada Losing Its Cool? - We started this segment with a clip of US President Barack Obama speaking to Peter Mansbridge on... Read More »

February 17, 2009

Pt 1: US Politics - One Month of Obama - We started this segment with a clip of U.S. President Barack Obama speaking at his... Read More »

February 16, 2009

Pt 1: Job Lay-offs - The numbers are devastating and they are relentless. In all, 235,000 jobs were lost in Canada between November 1st of... Read More »

February 13, 2009

Pt 1: Sentencing Circles - A little over a year ago Christopher Pauchay turned up frost bitten, and barely conscious on a doorstep in the... Read More »

February 12, 2009

Pt 1: Sri Lankan Widow - A little over a month ago, Lasantha Wickramatunga was on his way to work in Colombo, the capital of... Read More »

February 11, 2009

Pt 1: Israel: The Right - The results are in ... And now the real campaigning can begin. As you've been hearing on the news,... Read More »

February 10, 2009

Pt 1: Eskasoni Suicides - Talk Tape - We started this segment with some tape of Shanna Francis. She's 16 and she lives in Eskasoni,... Read More »

February 9, 2009

Pt 1: Israeli Election - Israeli politics is notoriously fractured. But as the country goes to the polls in another general election -- its fifth... Read More »

February 6, 2009

Pt 1: Mom at 60 -Ranjit Hayer is 60 years old and the new mother of twin boys. And that makes her the oldest woman... Read More »

February 5, 2009

Pt 1: Mom at 60 - On Thursday, Ranjit Hayer and her husband had twins in Calgary. That in itself may not seem remarkable but... Read More »

February 4, 2009

Pt 1: Buy Canadian - Just two weeks ago, the 800-Billion-dollar-plus U.S. stimulus package was going to be our salvation ... the macro-economic wave that... Read More »

February 3, 2009

Pt 1: Niqab in Court - On one side of the equation, is a woman's religious freedom. On the other, is the right of an... Read More »

February 2, 2009

Pt 1: Municipalitt's Budget Woes - Last week, the federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty introduced a budget that included 12-Billion-dollars in new infrastructure funding over... Read More »