July 2009
Pt 1: Lawn Obsession -Whether in their own yards, in parks, or puttering around on the golf green. Canadians love their lawns. So much so,...
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Pt 1: Youth Justice - The news of Melissa Todorovic's fate made headlines this week. She was 15-years-old when 14-year-old Stefanie Rengel was fatally stabbed...
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Pt 1: Canada's Role in Honduras - When the ousted President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, briefly set foot in his home country, it was Zelaya's...
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Pt 1: Bashir Makhtal - Bashir Makhtal is a Canadian citizen who has spent the last two and a half years in an Ethiopian prison....
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Pt 1: Our Relationship with Garbage - About 24,000 civic workers walked off the job on June 22, including garbage collectors, water and sewer workers,...
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Pt 1: Kingston Murders - Until police laid murder charges this week, a Kingston car crash near the end of June was believed to be...
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Pt 1: Assembly of First Nations - Some are saying it's the longest election on record for leadership of the AFN--the Assembly of First Nations...
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Pt 1: The Kimberly Process - It's one of the hardest minerals found on the planet, and throughout the 1990s it caused some of the...
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Pt 1: Mad Pride - July is officially Mad Pride month-- a series of events taking place all over the world to help people with...
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Pt 1: Forest Fires in British Columbia-As the sun set over British Columbia's Lake Okanagan last night, a bright orange band of fire -- propelled...
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Pt 1: Facebook Privacy - Canada's Privacy Commissioner has given the people behind Facebook 30 days to start complying with Canada's privacy laws. About a...
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Pt 1: Anti-Gang Legislation - Canada's anti-gang legislation has had quite a workout this week. On Monday July 13, 2009, a jury in British Columbia...
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Pt 1: Visa Restrictions - This week, Canada's Department of Immigration introduced new visa requirements for the Czech Republic and Mexico ... countries that happen...
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Pt 1: Ponzi - No one is answering the phone this morning at Earl Jones Consultant and Administration Corporation. The firm, located on Montreal's West...
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Pt 1: Protests and Democracy - During the past few days, opposition protests erupted again in the capital of Iran... with demonstrators calling for "death...
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Pt 1: Old Japantown - Tour - The Vancouver Japanese Language School has been buzzing with anticipation all week as students and teachers prepare their...
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Pt 1: Bruno's Impact - We started this segment with a preview of Sacha Baron Cohen's latest movie, Bruno. It won't be in theatres until...
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Pt 1: Iranian-Canadian Reporter-Newsweek-Things have taken another ominous turn for Maziar Bahari. For the past two weeks, the Canadian-Iranian journalist has been held in an...
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Pt 1: Prairie Drought - Across the prairies, farmers are facing one of most severe droughts anyone can remember. Some say it's the worst in...
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Pt 1: H1N1 Flu Victim - Health officials from 40 countries -- including Canada -- are wrapping up an international conference on the H1N1 or...
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Pt 1: CIA in Iran - Tehran blames the unseen hand of Western intelligence for the uprising at the same time that U.S. President Barack...
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Pt 1: The Average Canadian -The unmistakable Don Cherry ... fulminating against the flashy playing style of Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals. It's been...
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