December 2010
Goggle's new laptop is ditching CAPS LOCK and creating a controversy. And if you haven't already, you will soon be asked to pick which side...
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Minnie McCurdy is 103 years old. Steven Bickerstaffe is half her age - young enough to be her grandson. And they've been best friends for...
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Cleopatra is one of the best-known figures in history ... the last Queen of the Pharoahs ... a ruler renowned for her beauty and...
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Thursday, December 30, 2010 | Categories: Shift |
We have an update on a story we first brought you in October about a 15-month-old girl named Chloe and her quest for Canadian...
2010 has been a record year for weather disasters around the world. We talk to some of the people who have lived through them. And,...
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Our documentary this morning is about one woman's decision to move her parents into her home so she could care for them herself ......
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It's mail day. We find out what you've had to say about staying single, sex in the Bible and medical marijuana. Plus, we have an...
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Palestinian Doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish is suing the Israeli government for the death of three of his daughters. He thinks justice for his daughters will provide...
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They changed diapers, delivered advice, diligently doted ... then saw you out the door. Little did those parents realize that door was a revolving one....
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Academy award winning filmmaker, Laurie David dishes on why she believes shunning the family dinner is to blame for everything from obesity, to illness, and...
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Just in time to help out with New Year's resolutions to stop putting things off, you'll meet a professor from the University of Alberta who...
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A new era has just begun for the U.S. military. Days before Christmas, President Obama put an end to the 17-year-old "don't ask, don't tell"...
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Comedy writer Jane Bussmann tells the story of how her trip to Uganda to meet a guy for a date went awry and led her...
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Depending on how you look at it, 2010 was either a boon for democracy ... or a bust. To probe that question and wrap up...
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The headlines about Canadian demographics are all about an aging population. But in Nunavut, the population is getting younger. As part of our project Shift,...
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Michael Coogan is the author of the new book God and Sex - a book about what he thinks the Bible really says. Listen to...
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More and more Canadians are choosing to stay single ... to grow old on their own and on their own terms. But the stereotypes...
We gathered a panel of holiday movie-watchers to debate the worst Christmas movies of all time. Listen to Part One: (Pop-up)...
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In WWI trench soldiers on both sides demonstrated humanity at Christmas time because for several Christmas' they called a truce for a day or two...
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This is a story of two men and a little baby. Well, a big baby actually. And the two men -- this baby's two fathers...
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Friday, December 24, 2010 | Categories: |
Freda Gillis AGE: 100LIVES IN: Saint Fintan's, Newfoundland ABOUT FREDA: She will celebrate her 100th Christmas this year. She was born on December 5th,...
Today we gathered a panel of holiday movie watchers to run down their picks of the worst Christmas movies of all time. To get...
On both of the last two Christmases, the Lord's Resistance Army has massacred hundreds of civilians across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo....
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It has been nearly ten years since Ottawa launched the medical marijuana program. But a lot of the people who use the system say it...
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It's mail day. We hear your thoughts on teaching religion in public daycares. Plus, we hear from one of the children in the famous "marshmallow...
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We gather a panel of current affairs watchers for a look at the top under-reported Canadian stories of 2010. Listen to Part One: (Pop-up)...
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We continue our look at the year's most under-reported stories with Peter Phillips. He is the co-author of this year's Project Censored report and we...
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More and more Canadians are choosing to stay single ... to grow old on their own and on their own terms. But the stereotypes of...
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Quebec's Minister of Families, Yolande James says subsidized daycares can't teach religion (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot) The Quebec Government has decided to ban religious...
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Photo by Traven Benner We're off to Wolfe Island, near Kingston, Ontario where a community is struggling with the costs and benefits of embracing...
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Airline passengers sleep in Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow Airport on Sunday. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters) Read More Thousands of passengers are stranded in airports across...
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Monday, December 20, 2010 | Categories: Shift |
(Photo by Flickr User: Lynn Fagerlie) A group called the Family First Foundation has produced a documentary called Demographic Winter. It predicts a future...
Tomorrow is the winter solstice. And this year, it coincides with a lunar eclipse. That hasn't happened since 1545. And that has astronomers, astrologists, Wiccans...
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Three-and-a-half months ago, President Barack Obama announced a major push to kick-start the Middle East peace process. Today, the goal seems as far away as...
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A group called the Family First Foundation has produced a documentary called "Demographic Winter." It predicts a future in which an aging world has led...
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Friday, December 17, 2010 | Categories: Shift |
(Mark Blinch/Reuters) According to a new report, Toronto is becoming increasingly divided between rich and poor, with the city's middle class rapidly shrinking. We...
According to a new report, Toronto is becoming increasingly divided between rich and poor, with the city's middle class rapidly shrinking. We look at what...
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The story of a Toronto couple who went to India for fertility treatment and are still stuck there with their two children, nearly five years...
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We talk to long-time Native American activist John Trudell, about the state of native rights, from the early days of the American Indian Movement to...
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We talk to Nathalie Morin, a 26-year-old Canadian citizen who is trapped in Saudi Arabia. She says she wants to come back to Canada with...
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Our documentary, Home Grown Cure, is about a farmer in Uganda who thinks he has found a low-tech and highly effective way to fight Malaria....
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It's mail day. We find out what you've had to say about strip-searches, mandatory minimum sentences and singing politicians. Plus, we try to set the...
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We convene a panel of judges to discuss last week's Alberta Court of Appeal ruling saying the Supreme Court of Canada should impose minimum sentences for...
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Welfare is supposed to be a safety net ... an emergency backstop to keep people from sliding into destitution. But according to a new study,...
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Wait for it ... Writer Jenny Rosenstrach tells us why she thinks the anticipation that leads up to the holidays might be the best part....
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010 | Categories: Shift |
Julie Ireton: CBC Reporter2010 Michener-Deacon Fellow Canada's aging population is producing a wave of new retirees. And Canada's public service -- the largest single...
December 14, 2010Nunavut has recorded more cases of tuberculosis this year than any other year in its history. The territory's TB infection rate is now 62...
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December 14, 2010Canada's aging population is producing a wave of new retirees. And Canada's public service -- the largest single workforce in Canada -- is...
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December 14, 2010Since 1987, there have been 34 attempts to draft a bill dealing with abortion. None of them have passed. But Conservative MP Rod...
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Monday, December 13, 2010 | Categories: Shift |
Dr. Stanley Vollant Dr. Stanley Vollant grew up in a traditional Innu family on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. He went...
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