The Current for March 6, 2020
Today on The Current: In August 2018, two women living near Peterborough, Ont., were shot dead by their husbands 72 hours apart. As part of the CBC series Stopping Domestic Violence, Julie Ireton speaks to their loved ones, who want them to be remembered as more than statistics. Plus, we hear about a Calgary book club where people of different political stripes try to bridge the divide; people in Italy, Iran and the U.S. tell us how coronavirus is affecting where they live; and after Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the U.S. presidential race, we discuss the role gender plays in electoral politics.
Today on The Current: In August 2018, two women living near Peterborough, Ont., were shot dead by their husbands 72 hours apart. As part of the CBC series Stopping Domestic Violence, Julie Ireton speaks to their loved ones, who want them to be remembered as more than statistics. Plus, we hear about a Calgary book club where people of different political stripes try to bridge the divide; people in Italy, Iran and the U.S. tell us how coronavirus is affecting where they live; and after Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the U.S. presidential race, we discuss the role gender plays in electoral politics.