And the Winner Is... November 21, 2007 - Afghanistan: The Sky Cries Blood, Part Three
This week, And the Winner Is... wraps up the 3-part series, "Afghanistan: The Sky Cries Blood." The series was awarded a UN Gold Plaque for addressing the global concerns of human rights and the fight against poverty. On today's program, a look at the ordinary Afghans charged with the task of rebuilding their country.
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And the Winner Is... November 14, 2007 - Afghanistan: The Sky Cries Blood, Part Two
Afghanistan has long been a country in conflict and turmoil. In 2002, when the U.S. led war began, CBC correspondents travelled to Afghanistan, gathering stories directly from the Afghan people. Through interviews, stories and poems, we hear what it's really like to live in Afghanistan.
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And the Winner Is... November 7, 2007 - Afghanistan: The Sky Cries Blood, Part One
It's been six years since the war in Afghanistan began. And whether country has progressed since 2001 is still the subject of strong debate. Part One of the special series "Afghanistan: The Sky Cries Blood," was first broadcast in 2002. It's the story of Afghanistan as told by the people who live there, and by those in exile who want to return.
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And the Winner Is... October 31, 2007 - The Drama of Their Lives
There is no magic solution to dealing with street kids. But in the early nineties a Toronto job training program took an unconventional approach to helping troubled youths. They used theatre to give them a second chance. The story of the Kensington Youth Theatre and Employment Skills, or KTYES program is the subject of this week's award-winning documentary by Steve Wadhams.
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And the Winner Is... October 24, 2007 - Fixing Jeffrey Buffalo
Jeffrey Buffalo is little boy in Northern Ontario, caught up in a series of school suspensions. It started in grade one. The little boy threw a girl’s shoe over the fence; he got into fights in the playground. There was no question of weapons or serious injury, but school board didn't know what to do with him. So, they kicked him out of school in the name of zero tolerance. Produced by Karin Wells and the Winner of a 2004 Canadian Association of Jouralists Award.
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The Best of As It Happens: 2007-11-23
This week ... Family tragedy. The wife of slain Pakistani journalist Hayat Ullah Khan is herself murdered.
In the darkroom. An Associated Press photographer jailed in Iraq is not allowed to hear evidence allegedly linking him to terrorism. After slipping on our freedom fries story, we get a free trademark lesson.
Excelling on the ice and on the Rhodes. A hockey player from Alberta wins a Rhodes scholarship. And Konrad Thurano -- the world's oldest trapeze artist is dead.
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2007-11-23: As It Happens Daily
Deep trouble. Passengers on an Antarctic cruise are forced to abandon their ship when it hits an iceberg
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2007-11-22: As It Happens Daily
When pigskins fly. The mayors of Winnipeg and Saskatchewan place an interesting bet on the Grey Cup.
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2007-11-21 As It Happens Daily
A root cause, but not a lost cause. The historic chestnut tree made famous by Anne Frank is spared the axe -- just hours before it was scheduled to be cut down.
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2007-11-20 As It Happens Daily
A stitch, in time -- but it was borderline for a few minutes. We hear from the Canadian heart patient forced to wait while US customs officers inspected the ambulance he was riding in.
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2007-11-19 As It Happens Daily
Defending the charges. Taser International's chairman of the board stands squarely behind his company's product.
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The Best of As It Happens: 2007-11-16
A 90-year-old vet denied a pension, excessive ovation syndrome, an interview with Pakistani politician Nawaz Sharif, a very virile bull, and more.
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As It Happens Daily: 2007-11-16
The Polish community in Kamloops commemorates the life of Robert Dziekanski, the man who was shot by a Taser gun, then died at Vancouver International Airport.
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2007-11-15 As It Happens Daily
Accountability. The R.C.M.P. and Vancouver's Airport Authority react to the release of a video showing a man being lethally Tasered by police.
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2007-11-14 As It Happens Daily
Shocking footage. Video of police fatally shooting a man with a Taser at Vancouver's airport is publicly released. Carol speaks with Paul Pritchard who originally shot the video.
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2007-11-13 As It Happens Daily
From the back burner to a bonfire. Both the RCMP and the government are looking into what Karlheinz Schreiber has to say about former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Carol speaks with Norman Spector -- Brian Mulroney's Chief of Staff from 1990 to 1992. He's in Victoria, British Columbia.
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2007-11-12 As It Happens Daily
Harper's hot potato, high in Schreiber. Liberal leader Stéphane Dion takes a stab at the prime minister's reaction to the newest revelations in the Airbus affair. Carol speaks with Karlheinz Schreiber and with Mr. Dion.
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2007-11-06 As It Happens Daily
Arresting developments. A conversation with Iqbal Haider, the head of Pakistan's human rights commission, who was confined to his house following Pervez Musharraf's declaration of "emergency rule". We reached him in Lahore, an hour after his release. Then, Carol interviews Nadeem F. Paracha, a journalist and the host of a political satire program on Pakistan’s AAJ TV. They talk about President Musharraf’s attacks on the media, and his decision to shut down media outlets in the country.
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2007-11-02 The Best of As It Happens
The father of a marine whose funeral was disrupted by the notorious Westboro Baptist Church wins millions in damages.
We get the two bits from the man who's made thousands of dollars from a lock of hair he cropped from revolutionary icon, Che Guevara.
The inimitable baritone, Robert Goulet, dies at seventy-three. A member of the province of Quebec's cabinet refutes claims of xenophobia in La Belle Province. And, A brief conversation with the world's fastest-talking woman.
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2007-10-26 The Best of As It Happens
Et Youtube, brute? NATO ponders using internet video to expose the brutalities of Taliban fighters.
Is it a legitimate proposal, or are they pulling the pur-laine over our eyes? The Parti-Quebecois proposes a citizenship process for Quebeckers.
Custody battle, part one: A fugitive murderer famous for his escape artistry is finally nabbed in New Brunswick.
A brush with wealth. A painting discovered by a woman in a garbage heap is valued at a million dollars.
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The Stone Carvers episode twelve 21-11-07
Klara must disguise herself in order to join her brother Tilman in France.
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The Stone Carvers Episode Eleven 14-11-07
Klara's long lost brother has returned and she begins to make plans to leave Shonoval.
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The Stone Carvers episode ten 07-11-07
After surviving the war and years on the road Tilman Becker finally comes home.
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The Stone Carvers episode nine 31-10-07
Tilman Becker has been living the life of a hobo for many years. He's finally found a friend who does the same but for very different reasons.
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The Stone Carvers episode eight 24-10-07
In this chapter we find out what's happened to Klara's brother Tilman since he ran away from home as a young boy.
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The Stone Carvers episode seven 07-10-17
Another chapter in THE STONE CARVERS, Jane Urquhart’s sweeping saga of war, remembrance and art. Father Gstir is about to see a dream made real and Klara’s life is wrenched in a different direction.
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The Stone Carvers episode six 10-10-07
Klara has two passions - wood carving and Eamon but WW I is about interrupt.
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The Stone Carvers episode five 03-10-07
In the backwoods of Ontario a woodcarver and a priest plan a marvelous miracle.
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The Stone Carvers episode four 26-09-07
As Klara Becker tries to decide what to do with a frustrating suitor, she remembers her family's trouble with her brother Tilman.
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The Stone Carvers episode three
Eamon O'Sullivan comes calling on Klara while her brother Tilman takes his own lonely path.
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The Stone Carvers episode two 12/09/07
From Bavaria to backwoods Ontario and on to the fields of France, Jane Urquhart's novel of war and redemption follows the passions of three generations.
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Stone Carvers episode one 05/09/07
The first episode of Jane Urquhart's epic novel of war,love and redemption.
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Hourly News - 2007/11/23 21:00 EST
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The World at Six - 2007-11-23 2000
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C'est la vie, 19/11/07 - Fashion designer Andy Thê-Anh
This month on C'est la vie we're profiling French speaking Quebeckers of diverse origins. This week meet fashion designer, Andy Thê-Anh.
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C'est la vie, 12/11/07 - Columnist Rima Elkouri
This month on C'est la vie we're profiling French speaking Quebeckers of diverse origins. This week meet influential columnist, Rima Elkouri.
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C'est la vie, 05/11/07 - Dancer and choreographer José Navas
This month on C'est la vie we're profiling French speaking Quebeckers of diverse origins.
This week meet internationally acclaimed contemporary dancer and choreographer, José Navas.
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C'est la vie, 29/10/07 - Documentary: "Adoption on the Islands"
Fifty-six years ago, a plane landed on a windswept archipelago in the gulf of St-Lawrence. It was carrying a precious cargo. Thirty-one young children, about to start new lives with adoptive families on the Magdelan Islands. One man witnessed that flight. And he dreamt of seeing those children again. Hear how that man's lifelong dream came true.
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"None of your business." Nov. 22, 2007.
This week, we salute privacy, because you demanded it. Well, you didn't so much demand it, but you mentioned it in your diary, and we read it in there. Comedians Fraser Young and John Wing argue the pros and cons of privacy protection. Al Rae and Diana Frances present their takes on the week that was, and Debra DiGiovanni -- who really doesn't know what CFL stands for -- hands out tips for watching the Grey Cup.
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"Labour pains," Nov. 15 2007
When I was a child, I saw the movie Norma Rae and mistakenly thought Sally Field held up a sign that said "Onion!" For years, I thought her character was protesting the food in the factory cafeteria. Oh well - the U.S. screenwriters strike inspired this no-frills episode. There's boardroom angst over the soaring loonie, Al Rae's political punditry, the Google Zeitgal, John Wing's Edmontionian essay, and a fond remembrance of the end of our own labour dispute.
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"Rae of Sunshine", Nov. 8 2007
Comedy Factory regular and veteran standup comic Al Rae chimes in (frequently) as guest host. He introduces his new political humour column, "Quibbles 'n' Grits." Debra DiGiovanni exemplifes all the symptoms of Seasonal Aggravation Disorder. Diana Franes explains why Dog the bounty hunter is being hunted on the Internet. And Pakistan's current political troubles remind us of another totalitarian despot. Actually, two totalitarian despots.
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"Put down that candy and listen!" Nov. 1, 2007
Our post-halloween podcast kicks off with some costume tips. A well-known Canadian is outed in a tell-all book, one workplace is red-faced about going green, Stephane Dion gets pushed around and Diana Frances clears up those rumours about her and Justin. Finally, take a trip along another kind of Nile.
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22/11/2007: Bicycles versus Cars
In the average big city, cyclists and drivers have trouble getting along. The Current takes a look at efforts to improve that relationship.
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21/11/2007: Revised HIV/AIDS numbers from UNAIDS
UNAIDS, the joint United Nations program on HIV/AIDS, released a report revising its estimated number of infected people sharply downward. This has sparked a great deal of debate about the reliability of UNAIDS.
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20/11/2007: Looking at the RCMP
Ever since Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski died last month at the Vancouver airport after being tasered by RCMP officers, there have been questions rased about the conduct of the Mounties. The Current takes a look.
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19/11/2007: Iraqi refugee trying to enter Canada
The tale of Iman Kate is, in some ways, all too common. An Iraqi refugee, she fled the murderous streets of Baghdad for Syria. Her desperate straits, explored in a documentary on The Current, triggered a response from a Canadian family determined to bring Iman Kate to Canada. That road, however, has not been easy.
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15/11/2007: Tasers at the Vancouver Airport
RCMP officers are under fire for an incident at Vancouver's international airport, where an agitated man, who spoke no English, was hit by a taser -- and died in the process. The Current looks at the issue.
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14/11/2007: Dangerous drunks -- dangerous offenders?
Last year, Raymond Charles Yellowknee got drunk, stole a pickup truck and out-ran a police chase before colliding with a Pontiac Sunfire just outside of Slave Lake, Alberta, about 250 kilometres north of Edmonton. The crash killed 28-year-old Misty Chalifoux as well as her three daughters Michelle, Trista and Larissa. Now prosecutors are seeking to label the man a dangerous offender, which could be a life sentence. But what sort of precedent will that set?
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13/11/2007: Return of the Airbus scandal
It's a little bit of 90s political trivia: the Airbus scandal. Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney accused of taking kickbacks in exchange for purchasing Airbus jets, then winning a libel suit agains the government for making those accusations. Well, the story has resurfaced, with a key player now telling his side of the story. The Current takes a look.
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12/11/2007: A tale of two dollars, American and Canadian
Canadians are still trying to get used to the idea of the Loonie being worth more than the greenback. But what will the dollar's rise mean for the economy, not to mention our state of mind? And just what is happening with the greenback? The Current takes a look.
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11/07/2007: Interview with Afghan lawmaker Malalai Joya
Malalai Joya, the first female member of Afghanistan's legislature, and the youngest to be expelled, is a powerful voice for women and the disenfranchised in her country. This has earned her constant threats of rape and death, and several assassination attempts. She sat down with The Current.
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11/05/2007: Omar Khadr hearing in Guantanamo Bay
Canadian citizen Omar Khadr has been held in Guantanamo Bay since his capture in Afghanistan at the age of fifteen, but he's finally getting his day in court. The Current spoke to his military-appointed attorney, Lieutenant Commander Bill Kuebler.
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01/11/2007: The Auditor General's Report
The new tax cuts dominated the press this week, but Canada's Auditor General Sheila Fraser released a report too, accusing the federal government of neglecting border security, not doing enough to protect its top secret information and failing to live up to its obligations on native land claims in the Western Arctic. She sat down with The Current to discuss her report.
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31/10/2007: The Politics of Fear
It's Hallowe'en, the scariest day of the year. To mark the occasion, The Current takes a look at the use of fear in our society, especially by politicians to maintain their power. Boo!
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Edit 30/10/2007: The Dalai Lama visits Canada
The Dalai Lama is touring world capitals and, to the annoyance of the Chinese government, meeting world leaders. The Current takes a look at the significance of the Dalai Lama's visit and what it means for Tibet, China -- and Canada.
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29/10/2007: Canadian troops in Afghanistan
Globe and Mail columnist Christie Blatchford's new book, 'Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army,' follows her journeys to Afghanistan to talk to our troops. She joined us to talk about her experiences.
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10/07/2007: Pakistan Mosque and Women's Rights
The Current speaks to Declan Walsh in Islamabad for the latest on events at the Red Mosque; we also talk to Fawzia Afzal-Khan about women in Pakista.
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Dispatches, November 19, 2007 -- Paris, Oxford, Belgrade, Berlin
A raft of reforms, a puzzle of micro-provinces: France and the new president's agenda for reform.
Why does a country of immigrants have trouble with immigration? A new history book suggests some answers in The Discovery of France.
Real men don't beat their wives or murder their sisters. But in some parts of Germany's Turkish community, they do. Has German war guilt allowed honour killing to survive?
And Belgrade's new belligerence. Political rhetoric is becoming a pre-war pitch.
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Dispatches, November 12, 2007 -- Ramle, Israel; Zagreb, Croatia and Phnom Penh, Cambodia
This week:
The "honor" killing of Hamda Abu Ghanem; why murder by male relative is still a fact of life and death for women in the middle East.
Rockets, Red Coffee and a chance at big change as voters prepare to go to the polls in Croatia.
And a story of justice delayed, and justice denied. Thirty years after the Cambodian genocide, war crimes trials are about to begin, but some are asking if there are other ways to heal a wounded society.
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Dispatches, November 05, 2007-- Toronto; Sydney, Australia; London, England; La Paz, Bolivia; Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Australia dumps refugees on an island in the Pacific. Immigration politics won John Howard the last election. How will they play in this one?
The nature of war, the nature of a very good war correspondent. An encore interview with Anthony Loyd.
Why are so many of the vehicles busted up by Hurricane Katrina are now rattling around Bolivia.
"Your breasts would be delicious with olives and potatoes." How a Moroccan pickup line wound up on t-shirts in the Netherlands.
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Dispatches, October 29, 2007 -- Mogadishu, Nairobi, Toronto, Pune, Addis Ababa
As Ethiopia shudders under poverty and oppression, Canada is accused of "bean-counter development." We'll have a feature documentary from the Horn of Africa.
Collateral damage; weapons from Somalia are bringing violence to Kenya, where they say dying is like drinking water. We'll follow one man and the weapons that gave him a new life, but will almost certainly take someone elses.
And in India, the festival of Ganesh the elephant god is getting big. Maybe too big.
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Here's lookin' at you.... (11/18/07)
Privacy - how do you protect it? Or can you, in the digital age? We'll talk with science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer, who maintains our notion of privacy is overrated; Sook-Yin hits the streets to find out how easy it is to get your personal info; Clare Lawlor tells us about her deep connection to her shredder; and artist Hasan Elahi explains how he maintains his privacy by going completely public. Plus comedy from Fraser Young and a musical performance by Neverending White Lights.
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We're in Edmonton...jealous? (11-7-07)
We're in E-town to find out what makes this city so hilarious. Won't your join us...and bring your funny bone?
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Ooooh, that's awkward... (11/4/07)
Why do we find the awkwardness of others so darn funny? We'll explore that with a bunch of guests who find the funny in the awkward: Ken Finkleman of The Newsroom; Martha MacIsaac of Superbad; and B.J. Novak of The Office. Plus, DNTO listeners share their stories of uncomfortable moments; and a musical performance from Vancouver band the Awkward Stage.
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Steal this podcast! (10/28/07)
Is there a thief in all of us? Nick Purdon talks with former bank robber Troy Evans and art theft expert Noah Charney, then hits the streets to find out what you've nicked. Plus, a musical interview with Winnipeg's the Paperbacks, Sarah Lazarovic on pre-emptive theif's remorse, and funnyman Al Rae on the sinister world of stealing jokes.
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November 23rd: Foreign Workers
The CBC's Jennfier Henderson observes an online interview with a Halifax company that is looking for foreign workers.
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November 22nd: The Walking Bus
The CBC's Wendy Martin takes us on a Walking Bus in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
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November 21st: The Locker Room
Its Grey Cup week and the CBC's Nick Purdon takes us inside the Winnipeg Blue Bombers locker room.
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November 20th: Ask the Other Guy
CBC reporter Louise Elliot looks into the trend of third party advisors in politics.
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November 19th: "Reclaiming History" - Assassination of JFK
Vincent Bugliosi argues that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in his book "Reclaiming History". He spoke to Michael Enright on the Sunday Edition.
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November 16th: The Guest House
The CBC's Jennifer Lee takes us to a special Guest House in Calgary.
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November 15th: Mmmm...Candy
The CBC's Wendy Martin recently visited "The Candy Shoppe" in Port Hastings, Nova Scotia.
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November 14th: The Car is a Lemon
There's no question that buying a used car can be a challenging experience. A CBC I-Team investigation in Manitoba has found hundreds of "lemons" on lots across the country. CBC reporter Alex Freedman explained the problem to Terry Macleod on Information Radio in Winnipeg.
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November 13th: Director Brian De Palma
Q Host Jian Ghomeshi speaks to veteran director Brian De Palma about his new film "Redacted".
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November 12th: Sports Nutrition
Teddy Katz tells us how one group of athletes has approached this nutritional dilemma.
And he starts by taking a trip to the grocery store.
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November 9th: Remembering Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings was the longtime anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight". He brought the world to Americans every night - but he grew up in Canada. Now a new book called "Peter Jennings: A Reporter's Life" pays tribute to him, two years after his death.
Shelagh Rogers of Sounds Like Canada spoke to Peter's wife, Kayce Freed Jennings and Peter's sister, Sarah Jennings.
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November 7th: The Montreal Melon
In today's podcast, food columnist Khalil Akhtar brings us the story of a famous, but forgotten, fruit:
The Montreal Melon.
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November 8th: Egyptian Storyteller
On Today's Podcast, a superstar of the Storytelling world: Chirine El-Ansary. She joined Ottawa Morning host Kathleen Petty in studio.
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November 6th: Bed Bugs
"Don't let the bed bugs bite" used to be just a saying.
But for a growing number of Canadians, bed bugs are causing alarm. CBC Reporter Jennifer Keene breaks down the problem to Calgary Eyeopener host Jim Brown.
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November 5th: Voice Security
Jane Farrow, host of "And Sometimes Y", explores how computers may soon be able to replicate human voices.
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November 2nd: 2006 Massey Lectures Part 5
All this week, we present the 2006 Massey Lectures, "The Ethical Imagination" by medical ethicist Margaret Somerville. As Science and technology confront us with some of the most challenging and unprecedented ethical questions in the world today. Margaret Somerville discusses how we can find a shared ethic for an interdependent world.
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November 1st: 2006 Massey Lectures Part 4
All this week, we present the 2006 Massey Lectures, "The Ethical Imagination" by medical ethicist Margaret Somerville. As Science and technology confront us with some of the most challenging and unprecedented ethical questions in the world today. Margaret Somerville discusses how we can find a shared ethic for an interdependent world.
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October 31st: 2006 Massey Lectures Part 3
All this week, we present the 2006 Massey Lectures, "The Ethical Imagination" by medical ethicist Margaret Somerville. As Science and technology confront us with some of the most challenging and unprecedented ethical questions in the world today. Margaret Somerville discusses how we can find a shared ethic for an interdependent world.
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October 30th: 2006 Massey Lectures Part 2
All this week, we present the 2006 Massey Lectures, "The Ethical Imagination" by medical ethicist Margaret Somerville. As Science and technology confront us with some of the most challenging and unprecedented ethical questions in the world today. Margaret Somerville discusses how we can find a shared ethic for an interdependent world.
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October 29th: 2006 Massey Lectures Part 1
All this week, we present the 2006 Massey Lectures, "The Ethical Imagination" by medical ethicist Margaret Somerville. As Science and technology confront us with some of the most challenging and unprecedented ethical questions in the world today. Margaret Somerville discusses how we can find a shared ethic for an interdependent world.
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October 26th: School of Secrets
After decades, the secret was finally out in the open. A high school teacher from Vancouver, Tom Ellison, admitted to having sex with 17 of his female students.
Last fall Tom Ellison was tried and convicted of gross indecency and assault against several girls.
"School of Secrets" is a new documentary about Tom Ellison and five of his former students.
It will air on CBC Newsworld next week.
The Current's Anna Maria Tremonti spoke to the Film Producer and a former student of Ellison's.
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October 25th: Buck 65
Canadian MC Buck 65 has spent most of his career making music people find hard to classify. Technically, it's hiphop, but it's also blues, folk, pop, rock and more. His new CD, Situation, continues that eclectic approach.
The album is, basically, a tribute to the year 1957. It was in 1957 that Leave It To Beaver appeared on TV, Humphry Bogart died, and On The Road was published.
Buck 65 was in our Toronto studio with Host Matt Galloway on Here and Now.
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October 24th: A First for Law
Tracey Lindberg is a law school graduate. Her degree is an achievement for herself and her community. Lindberg is the first Canadian aboriginal woman to receive a PhD in law from a Canadian university. Armed with her degree, she's ready to teach at Ottawa U next term.
Tracey Lindberg talked to Ottawa Morning host Kathleen Petty.
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The Hour Podcast
For past episodes of The Hour Podcasts (audio and video), head to their website.
The House, Saturday, November 17, 2007
This week on The House, host Kathleen Petty talks with the Polish Ambassador to Canada about last month's Taser death of a Polish immigrant; Kathleen discusses the parameters of the inquiry into the Mulroney/Schreiber affair with the Liberal and NDP's Justice Critics; reporter Louise Elliott examines whether inquiries can be considered non-democratic; and Kathleen chats with Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development about our apparent shortage of qualified workers.
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The House, Saturday, November 10, 2007
This week on The House, host Kathleen Petty discusses the latest twist in the Airbus saga with Fifth Estate host Linden MacIntyre; Kathleen also talks with the man who ousted Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert this week, Brad Wall; reporter Louise Elliott explores the difficulties with soldiers returning from Afghanistan with post-traunatic stress disorder; and to reform or to abolish - Kathleen talks with NDP Leader Jack Layton and Senator Celine Hervieux-Payette about Canada's Senate.
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The House, Saturday, November 03, 2007
This week on The House, host Kathleen Petty talks with a couple of manufacturers to see how they are handling the challenges of the current economy; Kathleen convenes a couple of journalists to offer some commentary on this past week on the Hill; and we explore whether human rights and foreign aid should be linked, first CBC reporter Stephen Puddicombe takes us to Ethiopia, and then Kathleen puts the question to Senator Romeo Dallaire.
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The House, Saturday, October 27, 2007
This week on The House, host Kathleen Petty talks about the misson in Afghanistan with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer; Kathleen discusses the turmoil in the Liberal Party with former Deputy Prime Minister Sheila Copps; reporter Louise Elliott sits down with some angry income trust investors to see how they're feeling as the anniversary of the Prime Minister's broken promise approaches; and Kathleen talks with Senator Hugh Segal about his idea of abolishing the Senate.
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The City of Words: The 2007 Massey Lectures by Alberto Manguel - Part Three
The end of ethnic nationalism, building societies around sets of common values, seems like a good idea. But something is going wrong. In the 2007 Massey Lectures, writer Alberto Manguel takes a fresh look at some of the problems we face, and suggests we should look at what stories have to teach us about society. From Gilgamesh to the Bible, from Don Quixote to The Fast Runner, Alberto Manguel explores how books and stories hold the secret keys to what binds us together.
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The City of Words: The 2007 Massey Lectures by Alberto Manguel - Part Two
The end of ethnic nationalism, building societies around sets of common values, seems like a good idea. But something is going wrong. In the 2007 Massey Lectures, writer Alberto Manguel takes a fresh look at some of the problems we face, and suggests we should look at what stories have to teach us about society. From Gilgamesh to the Bible, from Don Quixote to The Fast Runner, Alberto Manguel explores how books and stories hold the secret keys to what binds us together.
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The City of Words: The 2007 Massey Lectures by Alberto Manguel - Part One
The end of ethnic nationalism, building societies around sets of common values, seems like a good idea. But something is going wrong. In the 2007 Massey Lectures, writer Alberto Manguel takes a fresh look at some of the problems we face, and suggests we should look at what stories have to teach us about society. From Gilgamesh to the Bible, from Don Quixote to The Fast Runner, Alberto Manguel explores how books and stories hold the secret keys to what binds us together.
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The Ideas of Leonore Tiefer
Feminist, sexologist, psychologist, Leonore Tiefer has spent most of her life thinking and writing about sex – from the gender wars of the 1970s to twenty-first century Viagra. IDEAS producer Mary O’Connell talks to Leonore Tiefer
about sexuality.
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[mp3 file: runs 54:03]
Listener's Choice - November 23rd, 2007: "Orgnaics goes Mainstream"
Elizabeth Merrill requested Part 2 of the "Organics goes Mainsteam" series. It orginally aired on Ideas in 2006.
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Listener's Choice - November 16th, 2007: Disposable People
Ian Shields requested this Ideas documentary on modern day slavery.
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Listener's Choice - November 9th, 2007: The Film Club on Talking Books
Ian Brown of Talking Books and his guests discuss David Gilmour's book 'The Film Club'. Angelique Peres from Toronto requested this week's podcast.
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Listener's Choice - November 2nd, 2007: Down on the Farm
Terry O'Riordan requested this documentary about baseball in canada. "Down on the Farm" by Ira basen originally aired on September 9, 2007 on the Sunday Edition.
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Listener's Choice - October 26th, 2007 - Mood Hygiene
In this Ideas Documentary, scholar and freelance broadcaster Monique Dull spoke with researchers in Canada and the United States about how regulating personal habits, social interaction and the environment can benefit patients with mood disorders. This podcast was requested by Travis Sanderson of Winnipeg.
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[mp3 file: runs 36:46]
The Best of Outfront: Week of November 21, 2007
Driving on the Dark Side: Roger Metivier remembers himself as a "regular Joe, with a wife, a kid and a video production business". But that was before he decided he needed extra cash and became a driver for an escort service.
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The Best of Outfront: Week of November 14, 2007
Soccer Girl: When Rahma Mohammed's mother brought her and her sister to Toronto from Kenya, it was for the promise of a better life. But does a 'good life' for a Muslim girl include 'Soccer Mania'??? Her mother doesn't think so.
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The Best of Outfront: Week of November 9, 2007
He's Training to Be a Soldier: Rose Bruce never imagined that her son would be a soldier.
Her teenage son Taylor is a Reservist, and trying to decide if he wants to pursue a full-time military career. While Rose admires Taylor's desire to make a difference in the world, she worries about the realities of this career choice for her son.
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The Best of Outfront: Week of October 31, 2007
Outfront on the Backstretch goes behind the betting lines to meet the jockeys, hot walkers, gallop boys and trainers who live and breathe thoroughbreds at Vancouver’s Hastings Racecourse.
Asmat Khan used to be a top-winning jockey in Mumbai. Now he’s 50, and a little heavier than he used to be, but he’s still one of the top exercise riders at Hastings Racecourse. And his nickname, Osama bin Gallop, doesn’t bother him a bit.
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Q: The Podcast for Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Jian Ghomeshi gets down with opera diva Measha Bruggergosman who sings selections off her new cabaret albumsa the Friday Live Guest. And, ready for some football? It's Grey Cup weekend so Steven Brunt and Brian Dunstan take a look at the culture of our Canadian game and the cultural grip it has on this country.
Plus, life "After Fidel" - journalist Michael Maclear returns to Cuba after nearly 50 years and Jian talks to him about his new documentary.
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Q: The Podcast for Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
~CHRIS JERICHO~TV IN STRIKE TIME~CHARLOTTE SULLIVAN~
Jian Ghomeshi gets in the ring with professional wrestling champion Chris Jericho of Winnipeg. They talk about his music, being an athlete, and now best selling author.
And with the writer's strike in the US we assemble our tube team to comb the landscape for entertainment offering that won't cross your personal picket line.
Plus Charlotte Sullivan, the rising star of a new Canadian TV series "Across the River to Motor City."
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Q: The Podcast for Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
~YIDDISH REVIVAL~USA vs STEVE KURTZ~MIO~SIGUR ROS
Jian Ghomeshi schmoozes with writer Michael Wex about an apparent revival of the Yiddish language.
And Jian delves into the bizarre case of American artist Steve Kurtz and how the death of his wife, an art piece on biotech and an encounter with the FBI led to criminal charges.
Plus, Post Rock darlings from Iceland Sigur Ros have a new concert film out called Heima.. Jian chats with it's Canadian director.
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Q: The Podcast for Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
~Naomi Klein~Jamie Oliver~Jesse Wente~Marc Seguin~
Jian Ghomeshi speaks with author, and activist Naomi Klein about her status as darling of the Left
And global superstar celbrity chef Jamie Oliver comes into studio to talk about his new book and TV series
Plus Montreal painter Mark Seguin makes risky art about post 9/11 fear. He speaks about his reception in the New York art world.
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[mp3 file: runs 54:21]
Q: The Podcast for Monday, November 19th, 2007
~GAYS ON TV~SLASH~THE VEIL~
Jian Ghomeshi speaks with comedien and writer Maggie Cassella and writer Matthew Hays about the slow disappearance of gay and lesbian characters on American network TV
And he sits down with the person some say is the greatest guitarist of all time - Slash of Guns N' Roses
Plus a Halifax play that pulls back "the veil" on Iranian women.
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Q: The Podcast for Friday, November 16th, 2007
*RICK MILLER*ODESSA HAVANA*KELLY HRUDY*TRACES
Jian Ghomeshi speaks with actor/playwrite Rick Miller about his new show "Hardsell."
And Hockey Night in Canada's Kelly Hrudy gives his take on the new movie "Breakfast with Scot" about an ex Toronto Maple Leaf who is gay.
Friday Live guests are Odessa/Havana and play their klezmer/afro-cuban jazz.
Plus new-school Circus from the 7 fingers troupe.
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Q: The Podcast for Thursday, November 15th, 2007
*STEVE EARLE*CELEB DIPLOMACY*DEMISE OF CARIBOU RECORDS
Jian Ghomeshi speaks to troubador Steve Earle about his music and his role as political activist.
And are Brangelina and Bono really helping the world? The author of a new book on celeb diplomacy will share his opinions.
Plus, a look at the demise of Caribou records in Whitehorse and the hole it leaves in the Yukon Music Scene.
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Q: The Podcast for Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
*NATIONAL BALLET'S WEST SIDE STORY*MIO*CORB LUND
Jian Ghomeshi speaks with The National Ballet's Greta Hodgkinson, David Briskin, and Karen Kain about their new production of West Side Story - complete with singing
Plus, Corb Lund. The Hurtin' Albertan and indie country star is back with a new album, called Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier. He plays live in studio Q.
And happy Wednesday indeed. It's about to get happier with another edition of the Download Down Lo with Mio.
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Q: The Podcast for Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
*WRITERS' STRIKE*ANI DIFRANCO*NEW WAR MOVIES
Jian Ghomeshi has a look at the Writers Guild of America strike from its front lines with aCanadian writer for The Colbert Report...and Canadian TV scribe
And a feature interview with feminist and indie icon Ani DiFranco.
Plus, Jesse Wente looks at the new era of the war movie...and why audiences aren't enlisting.
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Q: The Podcast for Monday, November 12th, 2007
*ANNE MURRAY*BRIAN DEPALMA*
Jian Ghomeshi talks to our snowbird superstar Anne Murray as she comes out of retirement for an album of duets with her musical equals.
And director Brian DePalma tackles his most controversial film yet "Redacted" which looks at the US occupation of Iraq.
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Q: The Podcast for Friday, November 9th, 2007
*KARIM RASHID*ELLIOTT BROOD*PETER GREENAWAY*
Jian Ghomeshi talks with globally famous Canadian raised designer Karim Rashid about the world of design and look into it's future.
And a look into the past with the music of Elliot Brood. They've got a their deep dark country-rock sound and they're the Friday Live Guest playing for you throughout the podcast
As well - a rebroadcast of Jian's interview with unique film maker Peter Greenaway
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Q: The Podcast for Thursday, November 8th, 2007
*IAN TYSON*FEMALE ARCHITECTS*COWBOY POETRY
Jian Ghomeshi sits down with legendary singer-songwriter Ian Tyson to talk about his 5 decades as a performer.
And he asks architecture critic - and woman - Lisa Rochon where all the female architects have gone.
Plus Q goes to Calgary and Regina to celebrate the traditions of cowboy poetry.
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Q: The Podcast for Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
*JOHNNY MARR*ORCHESTRA DISHARMONY*CHRISTINE FELLOWS
Jian Ghomeshi speaks with guitarist and The Smiths co-founder Johnny Marr who has a new gig as university prof.
And - Disharmony in the Orchestra pit; lawsuits and harsh words are flying in the Canadian classical music world. We'll find out why.
Plus, the music of Winnipeg, singer, songwriter - and musical collaborator - Christine Fellows
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Q: The Podcast for Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
*LONG TACK SAM*JOHNNY CASH'S CANDIAN AGENT*BARMITZVAH BROTHERS*
Jian Ghomeshi speaks with filmmaker Anne Marie Fleming about her great grandfather who was famous Chinese vaudevillian Long Tack and her new graphic novel about his life.
And Jonathon Holiff's father managed Mr. Johnny Cash. Now he's writing a book and making a documentary film about his dad and his relationship with the Man in Black.
Plus, the music of Guelph Ontario's The Barmitzvah Brothers
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Q: The Podcast for Monday, November 5th, 2007
*Salman Ahmad*Popular Art*French Film Fest for Anglos*
Jian Ghomeshi speaks with Pakistani rock starSalman Ahmad about his music and his politics
And... the art, and legacy of Ken Danby - popular but no critical darling - can art be both?
Plus, a festival of French film in Montreal, (with subtitles)
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Q: The Podcast for Friday, November 2nd, 2007
*NARDUAR*LITERARY AWARDS*MALAJUBE LIVE*
It's literary prize giving season... and in the running are... many of the usual suspects. What does this say about the state of CanLit? And are we doing right by our young authors? We turn up the debate.
And Narduwar the Human Serviette. 20 years on the radio at Vancouver's CITR, he's interviewed a who's who of bands and celebrities in his idiosyncratic style.... but the tables are turned when he's MY guest.
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Q: The Podcast for Thursday, November 1st, 2007
*CHARLES SCHULZ BIOGRAPHER*CLIKS LEAD SINGER LUCAS*LIEDERWOLFE
Jian Ghomeshi talks to David Michaelis author of a new biography Peanuts creator Charles Schulz
Plus Toronto band.the Cliks... they put out their major label debut last year. The album marks a transformation in their sound...as well as a transformation from woman to man for lead singer Lucas Silveira. We'll get his thoughts about the masculine world of rock and roll.
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Q: The Podcast for Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Jian Ghomeshi sits with Bruce MacDonald... the acclaimed director of "Hard Core Logo" and "Twitch City." His new film "The Tracey Fragments" is his darkest and most experimental yet.
And award winning actress Caroline Cave takes on South African politics in a play where she portays 23 characters... both black and white.
Plus, Q's couch potato Jesse Wente takes on a hot genre of video games... Horror. Just in time for Hallowe'en.
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Q: The Podcast for Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Jian Ghomeshi talks with the celebrated New York visual artist Andre Serrano who courts controversy wherever he goes. A new exhibit in Sweden about sex was recently the target of vandals. He's in our New York Studio and I'll ask him about that...
And, Dave Bidini. His band the Rheostatics wrapped up this year after a 27 year run... so he went solo, and went on tour to Africa, Scandivania and China... then wrote a book about it: Around the world in 57 1/2 Gigs.
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Q: The Podcast for Monday, October 29th, 2007
Jian Ghomeshi meets his teenage dreamgirl Deborah Harry. The Voice of Blondie paved the way for women in punk and new wave bands everywhere. And she's still got things to say
And the lights! The cameras! and.... the re-action. Our Tube Team looks at last night's Gemini winners and wonders what happens to shows when they get heaped with awards.
Plus, The Daily Show makes you laugh, think... and philosophize. Meet a prof at Acadia who spearheaded a book called "The Daily Show and Philosophy".
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Q: The Podcast for Friday, October 26th, 2007
Jian Ghomeshi encounters Puppets! Who! Die! Busting out of Southern Alberta... the collective "Old Trout Puppet Workshop" are currently touring their show dark comedy "Famous Puppet Death Scenes"
Plus, Emm Gryner... a string of critically acclaimed records, beloved by Bowie and Bono, the pop singer songwriter from Southern Ontario is our Friday Live Guest... playing throughout your podcast.
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Q: The Podcast for Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Jian Ghomeshi speaks with Kenneth Branaugh. The acclaimed director and actor of many a Shakespearean adaptation is chasing Olivier's mantle again.. with a remake of the 1972 classic "Sleuth".
And he has a chat with the authors of 2 recent hockey books... Steve Paikin and Lorna Jackson
Plus... Strombo! Yes George Strombolopoulous is preparing to host and produce "The Geminis".
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Q: The Podcast for Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Jian Ghomeshi speaks with accomplished British actor David Thewlis who has just published a brilliantly funny read called "The Late Hector Kipling."
And where's our National Portrait Gallery! Jian takes a tour of the vault of treasures that Canadians are missing out on with the Director General of the Portrait Gallery of Canada.
And a legend of the Canadian music scene Murray McLauchlan has a new double disc career retropsective out... he plays live in studio Q.
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qq-2007-11-17_01-Good Calories Bad Calories
A controversial new book suggests it's too much carbohydrate that makes us fat.
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qq-2007-11-17_02-Avian Time Share
Two families of migrating birds have found a way to share a nest.
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qq-2007-11-17_03-Chocolate Beer
Ancient South Americans first used chocolate in their beer.
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qq-2007-11-17_04-Fainting Astronaut
Investigating why long-duration spaceflight makes returned astronauts prone to faint.
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qq-2007-11-17_05-Fact or Fiction - Pregnancy and Sex
Does sex late in pregnancy bring on labour?
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qq-2007-11-10_01-Before the Big Bang
Looking at new ideas of the history of the universe from before the Big Bang
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qq-2007-11-10_02-Messing up Migration
Learning how birds migrate, by moving them thousands of kilometres away from their normal migration routes
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[mp3 file: runs 8:12]
qq-2007-11-10_03-Soft Body Fossils
The discovery of two fossil beds in Manitoba, that yield large numbers of fossils from soft bodied animals.
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qq-2007-11-10_04-Chemical Class for Fish Schools
How pollutants at low levels are interfering with killifish's ability to form schools.
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qq-2007-11-03_01-Nervous Arms
Prosthetic arms controlled by amputated nerves
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[mp3 file: runs 9:50]
qq-2007-11-03_02-Vibrating Mice
A whole little shaking keeps mice lean.
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qq-2007-11-03_03-Ventriloquism
The Neuroscience of Ventriloquism
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[mp3 file: runs 8:53]
qq-2007-11-03_04-Fossil Body Prints
Amphibians leave imprints millions of years old.
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qq-2007-11-03_05-Flying Proto-Primates
A distant human cousin resembling a flying squirrel.
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qq-2007-11-03_06-Auklet Aphrodesiacs
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qq-2007-10-27_01-CO2 Acceleration
CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere have been accelerating.
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qq-2007-10-27_02-Turning Turtles
Geometry is the key to some turtles' ability to turn over.
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qq-2007-10-27_03-Fossil Footprints
Footprints of an ancient reptile in New Brunswick
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[mp3 file: runs 8:51]
qq-2007-10-27_04-Monkey Baby Talk
Monkeys seem to communicate to their offpring in baby-talk.
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qq-2007-10-27_05-Paper Battery
A battery made from paper and nanotubes may improve the technology.
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[mp3 file: runs 8:34]
qq-2007-10-27_06-Fact or Fiction
Are baby birds handled by humans rejected by their parents?
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[mp3 file: runs 4:59]
qq-2007-10-20_01-History of the Sea
A history of human exploitation of the oceans shows we've been doing it for a very long time.
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[mp3 file: runs 17:51]
qq-2007-10-20_02-Dinosaur Teeth
A newly discovered plant eater had hundreds of teeth.
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[mp3 file: runs 8:30]
qq-2007-10-20_03-What's Mummy Eating?
Studies of Peruvian Mummies reveal their diets.
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qq-2007-10-20_04-Titan's Weather
Astronomers reveal what's going on under Titan's clouds.
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qq-2007-10-20_05-The End of the Appendix
Researchers reveal a new theory on why we have an appendix.
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Rewind Nov 23- The Alaska Highway
The Alaska Highway is one of the great adventure travel roads of North America. Every year nearly 200,000 people travel the almost 2500 kilometres between Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Delta Junction, Alaska, via Whitehorse, Yukon. But the road wasn’t built for the benefit of tourists who wanted to see some spectacular scenery and a lot of wildlife. In 1992 as the highway celebrated its 50th birthday, Sunday Morning traced its history.
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Rewind Nov 16- Judy LaMarsh and Margaret Thatcher
A trip to September 1975 and the debut of a brand new morning show on CBC Radio. It was called Judy! and it featured Judy LaMarsh. On this show, she interviews Margaret Thatcher, On this episode, an interview with Margaret Thatcher- before she was prime minister of Britain.
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Rewind- Nov 9- Wayne Gretzky
An hour of Wayne Gretzky. From the moment he burst into the hockey world until the moment he retired as a professional, he broke records and never failed to live up to his nickname- The Great One.
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Rewind- Nov 2- Jeffrey Nisker
Peter Gzowski with Dr. Jeffrey Nisker. He’s a genetic researcher and professor who grapples with the ethical implications of his work. And he’s also a playwright.
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Rewind- Oct 26- David Suzuki
For more than three decades, David Suzuki has been Canada's environmental conscience. His aim had always been to make science relevant, interesting and full of wonder. In 1975 he was the founding host of the CBC Radio program Quirks and Quarks. You'll get some insight into Suzuki’s passion for the environment and for science.
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Search Engine ~ Nov 22, 2007
Preemption notice,Suburban counterterrorist promo
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Search Engine ~ Nov.15, 2007
Keywords:The President of the Internet, the 35 pound football team,and the 1967 iPhone.
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Search Engine ~ Nov 8,2007
Keywords: Piracy for profit, possible presidents and political puppet shows.
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Search Engine ~ Nov 1,2007
Keywords: Italy's geriatric attack, YouTube kills the magic, and why Radiohead might not be okay for computers
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Search Engine ~ Oct 25,2007
Keywords: Web War One, the refugee camp chat room, and Facebook gets busted for union-busting.
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Search Engine ~ Oct 18, 2007
Keywords: illegal arcades, pac-man propaganda, and sweatshop sorcerers.
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Search Engine ~ Oct 11, 2007
Keywords: Hand-cranked laptops, the Brazilian video game hijacking, and the Jedi who ran for School Board.
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Search Engine ~ Oct 4,2007
Keywords: Peer to peer globalization, topless justice, and Canada hates the Internet.
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Search Engine ~ Sept 27,2007
Keywords: The AfroSphere, Cory Doctorow's memo to Paris Hilton, and a correction to our first journalistic error.
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Search Engine ~ Sept 20,2007
Keywords: Big Brother Gets Spanked, How to Teach a Dead Frog New Tricks, and Ihateyoungpeople.com
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Search Engine ~ Sept.13,2007
Keywords: Obama's Myspace Mistake, The Great Polka Rebellion and John F Brewington,Internet Detective.
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Search Engine ~ Sept.6,2007
Keywords: Blog Trouble in Big China, Cory Doctorow, The Infamous Australian Porn Cracker & Mr.Rogers Goes to Washington
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Search Engine Teaser
Hosted by Jesse Brown.
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada November 22
When it comes to environmental footprints – many of us are like the ugly stepsisters in Cinderella – trying to pretend our feet are smaller than they really are. Today on Sounds Like Canada – it’s truth time, and time to find out how the eco-footprint concept can be applied in everyday life. Shelagh talks to the man who invented the term “ecological footprint,” University of British Columbia professor William Rees.
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada November 21
Interview with author Cate Cochran.
Cate wrote "Reconcilable Differences", a book about child centred divorce and alternative living arrangements after marital breakdown.
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada November 20
Shelagh talks to David Silcox, the president of Sotheby's Canada, about a recent rare finding of Canadian art. He talks about what it means to him, and to the larger world of Canadian art.
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada November 19
Dr. Keith Aronyk and Dr. Vivek Metha have been called "research giants and true innovators in their field of pediatric neurosurgery." The two brain surgeons at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton have worked for many years to improve the treatment of kids with brain illnesses and injuries. Shelagh Rogers speaks to Dr. Keith Aronyk and Dr. Vivek Mehta about their work and the changes they've seen in pediatric healthcare over the years.
http://www.stollerykids.com/
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada - November 16
Star Trek had the transporter -- and that famous line, "Beam me up, Scotty." Star Wars had lightsabres.
Star Trek had Captain Kirk and his weirdo sidekick Mr. Spock. Star Wars had Han Solo and his weirdo sidekick Chewbacca. Star Trek had tribbles.Star Wars had ewoks.
There's no end to the comparisons -- but in a knock-em-down, drag-em-out fight, which one would come out on top? Find out by listening to the ultimate debate on this podcast!
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada - November 15th
Guest host Drew Hayden Taylor speaks to Zarqa Nawaz. She's the creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie, a CBC TV program which just won a prestigious Search for Common Ground Award for defusing hate by promoting understanding through humour.
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada - November 14
At the end of October, the University of Toronto voted to sell its historic David Dunlap Observatory and adjoining lands in Richmond Hill, just north of Toronto. The university says the 72-year-old Observatory - which at one point had the second largest telescope in the world - is no longer effective due to light pollution, and it wants to focus on other priorities in the field of astronomy. Other astronomers are upset by the move, however, chief among them U. of T. Professor Tom Bolton. In 1971
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada - November 13th
In Will Ferguson's family lore their Grandfather tossed a coin to decide whether to stay in Canada or go south to the states. The family did stay in Canada, but Will has written a story following that other history, the one that never happened. "Spanish Fly" is set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, it's the story of con men and call girls, and the art of the con.
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada - November 12th
Sounds Like Canada is guest hosted this week by First Nations author, playwright, and humourist Drew Hayden Taylor. In this episode - Drew takes us to his home reserve of Curve Lake to meet his aunt, an Ojibwa language teacher.
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada - November 2nd
CBC producer Peter Anawati joins Shelagh with the story of a new film produced in New Brunswick called "How I Got Busted." The movie tells the story of regular Canadians who've been busted for pot - how they got caught, and the sometimes harsh consequences of their convictions. With 600 thousand Canadians convicted of pot charges, "How I Got Busted" is about what is quietly one of the most widely shared experiences in the country.
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada November 9th
A special hour long podcast featuring highlights from our series about Workplace Frustration. Hear discussions about cube farms, bad bosses, and suggestions for how to increase job satisfaction and make the workplace a less stressful place. Tune in - and learn how to beat "stapler rage!"
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada - November 8
Peter Jennings hosted his first radio show, "Peter's People" at the age of nine. He then became the youngest U.S. news anchor - ever - on ABC at the age of 26. Foreign correspondent, news anchor, multiple Emmy award winner, husband, brother, and father. Peter died of lung cancer on August 7th, 2005. "Peter Jennings: A Reporter's Life" is a new book that grew out of an ABC tribute that aired in the days after his death. Shelagh Rogers talks about the book with Peter's wife Kayce Freed Jennings,
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada November 6th
...a conversation with Paul Martin. As Prime Minister and Finance Minister he never escaped scrutiny during his time in the public eye. Now Paul Martin is heading in different directions. He's started a program to help young aboriginal people complete high school; he's working on development projects in Africa; and he's busy pushing for the reform of the G-8 to better represent the world's population. Shelagh sits down with the former PM from Montreal to talk about his new work life, post-Sussex
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada - November 7
While researching a book on Shelagh Rogers' great great great grandfather, Sir George Simpson - governor of the Hudson's Bay Company - James Raffan unexpectedly uncovered what he calls the 'most amazing and effervescent bit of Canadiana' he's ever seen: a tiny silver canoe which belonged to Sir George in the 1800s. Now repatriated to Canada from the bottom of a closet in Scotland, the object has refocused attention on Simpson, who has been called both a Canadian hero and a 19th-century sociopath
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada - November 5th
Well known journalist Jan Wong returns to China to find the young woman she turned over to the authorities thirty years before. She writes of this in a new book, "Beijing Confidential: A Tale of Comrades Lost and Found". Jan Wong - in conversation with Shelagh Rogers.
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada - November 1st
Suzanne Korf, a.k.a. "The water bottle lady" is on a mission to reduce the number of plastic water bottles we use. She wants to make tap water hip again. Tune in to find out more!
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada - October 31st
Bill Casey says in some ways he prefers working on cars to being a politician. The former car dealer, restauranteur and mini-home manufacturer talks to Shelagh about his life before politics, and what politics has done to his life since he voted against his own government's budget and got kicked out of the Conservative caucus.
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada - October 30
Sheila Watt-Cloutier was raised in Northern Quebec, travelling on the land by dog sled. It's that traditional life she's been fighting to preserve as she travels the world talking about climate change. Shelagh Rogers sits down with Sheila Watt-Cloutier to talk about her Right to Be Cold campaign and how she's feeling on the heals of her Nobel Peace Prize nomination.
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada - October 29
Jean Vanier is an internationally respected humanitarian, famous for his life long devotion to helping the disadvantaged. He's the founder of organizations like L'Arche, and Faith and Light. Shelagh Rogers speaks to him about his new book, "Our Life Together: A Memoir in Letters."
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada - October 26
In Canada every day there are 420 new cases of cancer - and almost half of those people will die from their disease. What can you do to prevent getting cancer in the first place? Dr. Richard Beliveau, the author of "Cooking With Foods That Fight Cancer" says you need to pay attention to what you eat. He believes that about one third of cancers are directly linked to a poor diet. Dr. Beliveau joins Shelagh from Montreal.
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada October 25
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome ... Hard to believe - but it's been thirty years since doctors first diagnosed FASD ... On this episode (played on radio - Oct 24th), a look at the first generation of adults living with the problem ...
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada-October 24
She's a master of the English mystery who grew up in California. Elizabeth George fell in love with Britain while visiting as a teenager. Over the course of 14 books, featuring Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley, she has probed British society and unraveled some fascinating cases. "What Came Before He Shot Her" is Elizabeth's most recent novel and it's a departure for her. Shelagh Rogers speaks to Elizabeth George on stage at the Vancouver International Writers Festival.
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada - October 23
Alberta's Court of Queen's Bench is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Back in 1907 judges spoke only through their judgments. These days Alberta's top judge invites public scrutiny of his judgments and the court system. Shelagh Rogers speaks with Chief Justice Allan Wachowich about his career and his views on the changing state of justice in Canada.
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The Best of Sounds Like Canada-October 22
Erin Thomson had her worst year ever in Grade 8 - the year she was bullied by some of her school's cool guys. In her documentary "the Bully's Mark" Erin goes back to school to confront her bullies and along the way meets a new generation of bullies and their victims. Erin tells Kevin Sylvester about what happened...
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2007-11-21 - Episode 12
Matthew Cashmore on the shared experience of television, Nora and Cathi Bond watch a giant outdoor television, Peter Rukavina explains living with a Nabaztag WiFi-enabled rabbit, Techiquette: Tom Howell investigates the ethics of personal outsourcing, and Anand Giridharadas explains outsourcing 2.0
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2007-11-14 - Episode 11
Elizabeth Bowie admits her WiFi is unsecure, Rob Burbach explains the latest trends in credit card fraud, Tracey Black explains the next generation of payment systems -- the chip card, Roger Ball measures Chinese head and face shapes for the SizeChina project, Robert Beggs helps Elizabeth secure her WiFi, Darin Myman on the BigString self-destructing email service, and Robert Ransick explains his artwork Casa Segura.
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2007-11-07 - Episode 10
Lorraine Gauthier gives John Van Dusen's wartime house a green makeover as part of the Now House project, John Moralee and Tom Steinberg improve their neighbourhoods using FixMyStreet , Techiquette: Tom Howell investigates the legalities and ethics of using your neighbour's WiFi, the grade five class at Market Lane Public School cranks dat Soulja Boy, and Xiaochang Li explains the success of Soulja Boy and how internet trends cross over into the mainstream.
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2007-10-31 - Episode 9
Are advertisements becoming smarter than we are? Nick Prigioniero explains marketing through narrowcasting, Anastasia Goodstein on marketing to kids in virtual worlds, John Furneaux tells us how Life Brand tissue boxes got their stripes, Allen Adamson on product repackaging trends, and Tom Howell spins hybrid vinyl CDs right round, baby, right round.
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2007-10-24 - Episode 8
Adrian Bowyer prints in 3D with RepRap, Richard Harper demystifies the paperless office, Jeff Bilmes controls a mouse pointer with the vocal joystick, Jamais Cascio and William Gibson on the future of the 3D Web, and Cory Kidd and Amna Carreiro on Autom: A Robotic Weight Loss Coach
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2007-10-17 - Episode 7
Matthew Seiler brews some do-it-yourself root beer, Sherry Huss on Maker Faire and the DIY movement, Jamais Cascio and William Gibson on smart environments and the future of the Internet, Journalism student Catherine Rolfsen interviews Andrew Keen and Rahaf Harfoursh about the future of newspapers, your reactions to cell phones on airplanes,and Nora and Tom Howell try to change traffic lights using magnets
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2007-10-10 - Episode 6
Nora rides David McCallum's Warbike, Jesse Wente unwires his house with Internet over Power Lines, William Kamkwamba builds a windmill to bring electricity to his home, Ory Okolloh on the power of blogging in Africa, Nora mentions Afrigator, an African blog aggregator, Promo for next episode: William Gibson interview, Techiquette: Is it OK to use your cell phone on an airplane?
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2006-10-03 - Episode 5
On this episode of Spark: Nora drops her cellphone in the sink, the toilet, and the pool, Karen Ryan on Trash Luxe, design that finds "beauty in unexpected and unwanted materials,"CScout Japan's Michael Keferl explains QR codes, Ivan Bowman answers questions about his robot IvanAnywhere, Lane Becker and Patti Roll on crowdsourced customer service with Satisfaction, and Khoi Vinh on designed deterioration.
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2007-09-26 - Episode 4
Mike Partridge explains his cochlear implant, Kevin Englehart on the new wave of artificial limbs, Ryan Knighton on computer screen reader monotony, Spark visits a German-style games night at Drexoll Games in Vancouver, is it OK to look at someone else's browser history?, David Sky writes a sequencer plugin for Audacity, Pedro Mendes on Digital camera hacks, and Andy Thompson and Patrick Condon on the return of the trailer park.
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2007-09-19 - Episode 3
Nora encounters some technologically advanced toothbrushes, Terry O'Reilly de-mystifies marketing techno-hype, why your washing machine is ruining your life, dying to get out of your cell phone contract, An update on urban chicken farmer Thomas Kriese, and Ivan Bowman uses a robot to telecommute from Halifax to Waterloo.
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2007-09-12 - Episode 2
On this episode of Spark, Nora wishes she was at NextFest, Francesca Rosella sends us long-distance love with The Hug Shirt,
Kurt Bigenho disengages with NOSO, Saul Greenberg makes computers that fit the way humans understand the world, and Noah Vawter turns noise into music with Ambient Addition.
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2007-09-05 - Episode 1
On the first episode of Spark, Nora Young explores Plagiarism 2.0, cleaning your keyboard in the dishwasher, interactive film, and Omlet.
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Special Delivery: "Toronto Real Estate" Part Three, November 16, 2007
The finale of Metro Morning's three part series on home ownership in the Greater Toronto Area.
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Special Delivery: "Toronto Real Estate" Part two, November 16, 2007
Part two of a three-part series on home ownership in the Greater Toronto Area.
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Special Delivery: "Toronto Real Estate" Part One, November 9, 2007
Part one of a three-part series on home ownership in the Greater Toronto Area. Mary Wiens talks to Peter Morey about the price of home ownership.
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Special Delivery: "The Lost Massey Lectures," Part Five - November 2, 2007
This is our last look back at the "Lost Massey lectures”. This one is from 1983. That year, Canadian economist and former Liberal cabinet minister Eric Kierans hosted the series.
He highlighted globalism and the nation state.
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Special Delivery: "The Lost Massey Lectures," Part Four - October 26, 2007
The opening lecture from Professor John Kenneth Galbraith of the Harvard School of Economics.
He presented the lectures in 1965, and focused on the characteristics that separate wealthy nations from those in economic crisis.
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Special Delivery: "The Lost Massey Lectures," Part Three - October 19, 2007
As a special treat to whet your Massey appetite, we’re taking a look back at five of our most memorable Massey lectures.
This week, the opening lecture from urbanist, writer and activist Jane Jacobs. Said to be an 'intellectual warrior', her series was called 'Canadian Cities and Sovereignty Association'. She presented it in 1979.
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Special Delivery: "The Lost Massey Lectures," Part Two - October 12, 2007
As a special treat to whet your Massey appetite, we’re taking a look back at five of our most memorable Massey lectures.
This week, the opening lecture from the series "The Empty Society" from social critic Dr. Paul Goodman. He presented the lectures in 1966.
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Special Delivery: "The Lost Massey Lectures," Part One - October 5, 2007
As a special treat to whet your Massey appetite, we’re taking a look back at five of our most memorable Massey lectures.
This week, the opening lecture from a pillar of the American Civil Rights movement: Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Given in 1967, his series centred on a critical topic of the times - the African-American fight for freedom.
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The Sunday Edition: November 18, 2007
This week, Michael's thoughts on law enforcement and Tasers, Brian Vallée tells us about the War on Women and lawyer Vincent Bugliosi tries the JFK assassination in his latest, Reclaiming History.
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The Sunday Edition: November 11, 2007
This week, Canadian Auto Workers' Union's controversial deal with the auto-parts manufacturer Magna. Michael speaks with Buzz Hargrove, head of the CAW and gets some analysis. Plus, a conversation with Turkish author Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel-prize winner who's not shy when it comes to controversy.
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The Sunday Edition: November 4, 2007
This week, from our special program on Death, Michael's conversations with Douglas Davies on a Brief History of Death and with Thomas Lynch, award-winning poet, author and funeral-director.
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The Sunday Edition: October 28, 2007
This week, Karin Wells' documentary on the abuse of the elderly called "These Things Happen," Michael's thoughts on loonie-driven gouging, and from last week's program, Frank Faulk's discovery of the medical use of the harp in "Straight From the Harp."
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The Sunday Edition in the Summer: July 15, 2007
Guest host Nora Young looks at how the web has become a stage for everyone and anyone, and whether or not this is a good thing.
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Tapestry - November 20, 2007 - Interview with Paul Hawker
Paul Hawker was having a mid-life crisis. In his words, it was a "life lurch". So he decided to spend 40 days and 40 nights on a mountain in New Zealand, his homeland. As he climbed the mountain, he had an encounter - a powerful one. Mary Hynes talks to Paul Hawker about his transcendent moment, and about the sacred moments of others that Paul gathered for his book, Secret Affairs of the Soul.
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Tapestry - November 13, 2007 - Interview with Simon Schneiderman
This week, Tapestry looks at what the dead have left behind, and what the living have woven into their lives. Mary Hynes talks to Simon Schneiderman, an artist and a lawyer in Toronto. Simon was born in 1947 in a Displaced Persons camp in Germany. His parents' lives were forever changed by the war, and Simon felt their stories had to be told. He taught himself to draw and to paint. The result is the graphic memoir Preoccupied With My Father, published by ECW Press.
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Tapestry - November 6, 2007 - Heaven
If there is a heaven, what might it look like? Sound like? Taste like? Tapestry explores the vision of heaven in Dante's Paradiso, the third and final part of The Divine Comedy with Dante scholars Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander. Their new translation of Paradiso is published by Doubleday.
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Tapestry - October 30, 2007 - Interview with Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong has a reputation as a passionate scholar who explores the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity and Islam with such books as A History of God, The Battle for God, Islam, and Buddha. But she's also experienced her own profound spiritual journey through doubt, fear and disillusionment. Mary Hynes interviews this remarkable woman about her book The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness, published by Random House.
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VC: November 17th, 2007 "Home Recordings"
We've asked some of our favourite Canadian musicians to record some low-fi home recordings.
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VC: November 10th, 2007 "Remembrance Day"
A special Remembrance Day Vinyl Cafe.
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Word of Week, "ailleurs", 19/11/07
Guest host Fiona Downey and Johanne Blais discuss "ailleurs", which means elsewhere, and somewhere else.
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Word of Week, "ici", 12/11/07
Bernard St-Laurent and Johanne Blais discuss "ici", which means here.
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Word of Week: "quitter", 05/11/07
Guest host Fiona Downey and Johanne Blais discuss "quitter", which means to leave, to quit, and to give up.
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Word of Week: "placer", 29/10/07
Guest host Fiona Downey and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss "placer", which means to place, to set and to put, among other things.
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Words At Large podcast 83- GG Talent
This week – a tapestry of talent as we explore more contenders for this year’s Governor General’s Awards.
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Words At Large podcast 82- GG Non-Fiction
Award winning Truths -
From vanishing species to gun culture in Canada, the nominees for this year's Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction cover a lot of ground and Words At Large is there.
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Words At Large podcast 81- War and Remembrance
How war changes those who fight as well as those who witness.
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Words At Large podcast 80- PEN Benefit -Atwood and Rankin
Scottish crime-writing star Ian Rankin chats about his new book Exit Music with Canada's literary icon Margaret Atwood.
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Words At Large podcast 79- Random Illuminations
CBC broadcaster and author Eleanor Wachtel has just published a book of her conversations and correspondance with author Carol Shields called “Random Illuminations”.
This week on the podcast - one of Eleanor’s favourite interviews with the author.
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Writers & Company - 19/11/2007 - Lloyd Jones Interview
This week on Writers & Company, Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the New Zealand writer, Lloyd Jones. He's the winner of this year’s Commonwealth Writers Prize for his quirky and charming novel, "Mister Pip." They’ll talk about Dickens's "Great Expectations" and New Zealand’s star rugby team, the All-Blacks.
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Writers & Company - 12/11/2007 - Justin Cartwright Interview
This week, a look back at the Second World War through the 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler, and the tragic friendship between a German aristocrat and the philosopher, Isaiah Berlin. It’s all in a new novel by Justin Cartwright, "The Song Before it is Sung."
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Writers & Company - 05/11/2007 - Mohsin Hamid Interview
This week on Writers & Company, Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the London based Pakistani writer, Mohsin Hamid, who brings a whole new perspective to life before and after 9/11. His recent novel "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" is written as a one-sided conversation between a Pakistani and an American - at a café in Lahore - and is a compact and compelling story.
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Writers & Company - 29/10/2007 - Ann Patchett Interview/Grace Paley Reading
This week on Writers & Company, Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Ann Patchett. The award-winning author of the novel, "Bel Canto" and the affecting memoir about female friendship, "Truth & Beauty," takes on politics and the family in her new book, "Run." Also on the show, a look back at the unique voice of Grace Paley.
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Regional Podcasts:
Best of Alberta-Nov 17/07
This week....honouring Canadian soldiers and honouring those who save lives. We'll meet the retired Edmonton soldiers who came up with the "ramp ceremony" for fallen Canadian soldiers. And we'll meet a Calgary woman recently honoured for saving a man's life. Also...Reporter Jennifer Keene looks into Alberta's disappearing farmland. And when will Albertans finally park their cars. We'll look at the "tipping point" at the gas pumps.
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Best of Alberta-Nov 10/07
This week....be bring you a series of reports on how Edmontonians and Calgarians are attempting to reduce their environmental footprint. We'll look at car-pooling and car-sharing. Also....after a rash of murders last year....teen murders are down
this year in Edmonton. But no one is too sure why?? And a Calgary neighbourhood is being overrun by rabbits. We'll meet someone who is doing somthing about it.
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Best of Alberta-Nov 3/07
This week....we bring you a two part interview with former professional wrestler Bret "Hitman" Hart. His new book is called Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling. Reporter John Archer gives us the details on Premier Ed Stelmach's oil royalty announcement and reaction to it. And Lydia Neufeld reports on a new aspect of elementary school. Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Daycare.
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Best of Alberta-Oct 27/07
This week....An Edmonton family is being honoured for the volunteer work they've done to help the disabled..and it was all done in memory of their brother. Also we'll hear about a Calgary school that's hired an executive chef to run it's cafeteria. Loverboy lead singer Mike Reno drops by to talk about the bands' beginnings in Calgary and we'll hear about some new funding for the battle against childhood cancers....we'll also meet a girl who has beaten the disease twice.
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BC This Week: November 17, 2007
This week: it's all about the arts, from high-brow to that duck doodle on your desk.
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BC This Week: November 10, 2007
This week: trying to save Victoria's Conservatory of Music and the stories of families whose lives have been changed due to gang violence.
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BC This Week: November 3, 2007
This week: Prince Rupert's first container ship, pot at City Hall and grow a moustache for "Movember".
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BC This Week: October 27, 2007
This week: award-winning documentary, a tour of Vancouvers golden age of cinema and Prince Rupert meets Norway.
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BC This Week: October 20, 2007
This week: a Victorian filmmaker who specializes in zombies and an author who believes hydrogen might solve the global climate catastrophe.
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Manitoba This Week - 17/11/07 - The sweet, the sour and the candy cane inspired!
Canadians shopping for used cars may be getting a sour deal. Lemons -- vehicles that are too mechanically challenged to be sold in the US -- are being shipped north. We'll have deails from CBC's I-Team, which is based right here in Winnipeg. On a sweeter note, chocolate as a way of fighting cancer. Find out why it leads the list of foods that help ward off disease. Plus, find out what's in and what's out when it comes to holiday trends this year. All that, and more!
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Manitoba This Week - 10/11/07 - The spacious prairies... the final frontier
Manitoba This Week goes deep into space. Public space, private space... all the different kinds of space that make up our province. Something smells funny in Winnipeg's downtown, but will public bathrooms reduce urination in the streets? Plus, Winnipeg's Eritrean community gets a space to call its own. And, if you want a space of YOUR own, beware of the red hot market. An 1,800 square foot house, just sold for $132,000 above asking price. All that, and more.
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Manitoba This Week - 03/10/07 - Our most controversial podcast ever!
Some topics are best NOT discussed at the bar. However, feel free to talk about them on a podcast. We delve deep into two controversial stories. The first has to do with James Loney. He was invited to an event in Winnipeg speak about his experiences as a hostage in Iraq, but then he was uninvited. We'll hear from him and from the woman who campaigned to get him off the agenda. Plus, we hear from a member of a Facebook group that celebrates throwing things at sex-trade workers on Higgins.
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Maritimes This Week - November 17, 2007
How do you pronounce those unusual Maritime names? Is the 79 year old postmaster in Bonshaw retiring? The posthumous works of 13 year old Sean Collins who died of cancer 4 months ago.
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Maritimes This Week - November 10, 2007
This week, the Maritimes is hit by the remnants of Hurricane Noel, Acadia students go back to class after a labour dispute, New Brunswickers talk about keeping moose off Highway 7, and the Catholic church on Prince Edward Island prepares to downsize.
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Maritimes This Week - November 3, 2007
New Brunswick's low royalty fees stimulate oil exploration.
Springhill Institution provides tour of its new inmate unit.
Maritime soldiers describe a military culture that discourages discussion of mental health problems.
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Maritimes This Week - October 27, 2007
In this edition we'll hear about PEI's Romeo Gallant, and his sea glass 'addiction'. A sweet story from Cape Breton's Candy Shop, and the trouble with grants. Fatkat Animation talks leeching.
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Newfoundland and Labrador This Week - Nov. 17, 2007.
On Newfoundland and Labrador This Week: a gun scare on the St. John's campus of Memorial University; chief of Defence Staff General Rick Hillier gets a warm welcome in his home province while volunteers put together Christmas care packages for the troops; and, Florence Troake talks about life with an outspoken advocate for rural communities and what the future holds for them.
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Newfoundland and Labrador This Week - Nov. 10, 2007.
On Newfoundland and Labrador This Week - a cancer survivor fears the recurrence of her disease is linked to mistakes on tests performed by Eastern Health; volunteers in Labrador release their blueprint for making the courts more responsive to female victims of violence; Carolyn Ray reports on a disabled man whose power has been cut off because he can't pay the bills; and Sister Margaret Conroy chats about her 35 years of work in east Africa.
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Newfoundland and Labrador This Week -- Nov. 2, 2007
On Newfoundland and Labrador This Week: CBC Radio explores the impact of the Big Commute as workers from this province find well paying jobs in Alberta but continue to call Newfoundland and Labrador home; employees of the College of the North Atlantic in Qatar complain about a poisoned work atmosphere; and, Danny Williams unveils the winners in the caucus race for cabinet posts.
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The North This Week - November 17, 2007
After a second RCMP officer was shot and killed in the North within the last month, we hear from senior officials with the force about the challenges of policing in the North, and some of the possible solutions.
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The North This Week - November 10, 2007
Many Northerners lived through WWII without ever even knowing it was taking place. But without the war effort a lot of northern infrastructure might never have been built. This week we bring you a special presentation in honour of Remebrance Day called Canada's Northern War.
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The North This Week - November 3, 2007
Have you seen the History Channel show "Ice Road Trucker"? An outfitter in the Northwest Territories did, and it gave him an idea. Find out more about this new northern vacation package on The North This Week.
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The North This Week - October 27, 2007
If you're a parent who's ever worried about your child getting a tattoo, The North This Week can help you put things in perspective. We'll meet a young woman planning to revive the Inuit tradition of facial tattooing, using her own face as a canvas. We'll also visit the community of Hay River in the Northwest Territories, where people are trying to pick up the pieces after an RCMP Constable was shot and killed there recently.
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November 17, 2007 Ontario This Week "Morty the Bull"
Morty the Bull makes his millionth donation to the holstein sperm bank.
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November 10, 2007 Ontario This Week "Olga/Diwali/Love advice"
We meet Olga, an aging mother who is searching for someone who will take care of her older son, John who has Down's Syndrome. Diwali is the traditional Indian festival of lights....and food. And finally, relationship advice from a guy named Buck.
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Nov. 3, 2007 Ontario This Week "Halloween Special"
This week, the spookiest, scariest most ghoulish stories from haunted Ottawa Morning, murdered Ontario Today and evil kanevil All in a Day.
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Oct 27, 2007 Ontario This Week, "Hockey recovery/Glass Tiger/Intl Mol Day"
We hear about the remarkable recovery of former rising hockey star, Sebastian Savage. Glass Tiger's lead singer has a few wise words for success. And Hallie Cotnam goes mission impossible on International Mol Day.
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Quebec This Week (Nov. 10-16, 2007)
This week we hear from a man who's daughter was hit by a speeding car. He's now trying to raise awareness about dangerous driving.
And an ongoing concern in Quebec is the shortage of GPs. We hear why efforts to cure the problem don't seem to be working.
Student unrest was the story of the week in Montreal. They were out protesting tuition hikes and that resulted in clashes with police.
And on a lighter note, the impressive Airbus 380 landed in Montreal. We went to check it out.
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Quebec This Week -- November 10, 2007 to November 16, 2007
This week you'll hear about how people across the province have reacted in the wake of the death of Bianca Leduc. She's the toddler who was run over by a car while playing in the yard of her daycare.
We'll bring you the story of the restoration of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral.
And we'll tell you about how the rising Canadian dollar is helping out in Haiti.
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Quebec This Week - November 3, 2007 to November 9, 2007
On Quebec this week, you'll hear about the latest politics and language flap to hit the Montreal Canadiens hockey team. We have a story about how the rising prices of wheat and grain are having an impact at home. And former Radio Noon host Louise Penny drops by to talk about her new book.
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Quebec This Week (Oct.19-26, 2007)
The Parti Quebecois tabled its Quebec Identity bill last week and it's been causing a stir ever since.
We'll speak to Parti Quebecois member Bernard Drainville and the head of the Center for Action on Race Relations about it.
On a completely different topic, we'll meet a journalist and author who has travelled the world to report on wars and AIDS. She's just received a nomination for a Governor General's award for her latest book.
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Saskatchewan this week -- November 16, 2007
This week, get the latest on the Riders as they head into the CFL Western Final. Get the latest on the transition to a Saskatchewan Party government. Find out how producers made the "Director's Commentary" track for the Little Mosque on the Prairie DVD. And find out the location of the best rinkburger in Saskatchewan!
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Saskatchewan this week -- November 9, 2007
This week, all election -- all the time! Saskatchewan elects a new government. Meet the next premier. Find out his his party might change Saskatchewan. And find out what all this means for the NDP.
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Saskatchewan this Week -- November 2, 2007
Get the latest on the 'Riders. The Rams and Huskies football rivalry. And all you need to know about the provincial election campaign -- only 5 days before the vote.
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Plastics toxic?; Dinosaurs roam the ROM; Making the NHL grade
New concerns about the safety of hard, clear plastics; Discovery highlights new Dinosaur Gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum; and what it takes for a young player to make the NHL
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Chinese immigrants' hopes shattered; The health toll of Toronto traffic; Putting hockey back on the road in Kingston
Chinese immigrants' hopes shattered in car crash; Pollution from Toronto traffic contributing to mortality rate; City Councillor tries to legalise road hockey in Kingston.
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Entertainment District Shootout; Bryant named Ontario's new Aborginal Affairs Minister; Georgian Bay cottagers denied access to cottages on Native Reserve
Police look for clues after a shootout on the streets of Toronto's Entertainment District; A conversation with Ontario's new Aborginal Affairs Minister, Michael Bryant; and cottagers on Georgian bay look for answers after being denied access to their cottages on a Native Reserve.
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Miller's new taxes passed in Toronto; The province reacts; Canadian Forces recruiting drive sparks Controversy at London school
David Miller's controversial taxes passed by Toronto council. We'll hear from the mayor, the province and the people; and why a Canadian Forces recruiting drive sparked controversy at a London high school career fair.
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