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Rolling out the unwelcome mat -- again. After his first executive order is blocked, U.S. President Donald Trump issues a revised version of his travel ban -- but opponents say it still discriminates against Muslims.
Mar. 6: Also, sudden death, delayed response. Seven months after a mentally ill Somali-Canadian man dies following a confrontation with police, Ontario's police watchdog charges an Ottawa officer with manslaughter.
She was right, but she's not celebrating. An Irish historian urged the government to dig up the grounds of a former home for unmarried mothers, believing hundreds of infants were buried there -- and today, the government confirmed her fears.
Mar. 3: Also, from online byline to way out of line. Police charge a disgraced former journalist with making a number of anti-Semitic threats across the U.S. -- and our guest believes the same guy has been harassing him for months.
She was right, but she's not celebrating. An Irish historian urged the government to dig up the grounds of a former home for unmarried mothers, believing hundreds of infants were buried there -- and today, the government confirmed her fears.
Mar. 3: Also, from online byline to way out of line. Police charge a disgraced former journalist with making a number of anti-Semitic threats across the U.S. -- and our guest believes the same guy has been harassing him for months.
A talking-to about who he was talking to. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he'll recuse himself from any investigation of the Trump campaign -- but Senator Amy Klobuchar still wants answers about his conversations with the Russian ambassador.
Mar. 2: Also, an Edmonton parking enforcement officer is floored to learn the man accused of assaulting him with a crow bar and a box-cutter has had his charges stayed.
A talking-to about who he was talking to. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he'll recuse himself from any investigation of the Trump campaign -- but Senator Amy Klobuchar still wants answers about his conversations with the Russian ambassador.
Mar. 2: Also, an Edmonton parking enforcement officer is floored to learn the man accused of assaulting him with a crow bar and a box-cutter has had his charges stayed.
Out of commission. It seemed like a huge step forward when a sex-abuse survivor joined the Pope's commission for the protection of minors -- but now Marie Collins has quit, citing a distressing lack of progress.
Mar. 1: Also, the red flag was a red flag. In 2015, a group of Confederate flag lovers cruelly disrupted an eight-year-old black child's birthday party -- and this week, two of them were given prison sentences.
Out of commission. It seemed like a huge step forward when a sex-abuse survivor joined the Pope's commission for the protection of minors -- but now Marie Collins has quit, citing a distressing lack of progress.
Mar. 1: Also, the red flag was a red flag. In 2015, a group of Confederate flag lovers cruelly disrupted an eight-year-old black child's birthday party -- and this week, two of them were given prison sentences.
Love and hate. Someone breaks into the home of a teenage girl in Port Colborne, Ontario, and spray-paints a racist slur on her wall -- because she's white, and her boyfriend is black.
Feb. 28: Also, the truth hurt. Remembering the late Augie Merasty -- who turned the ugly legacy of his time at residential school into a memoir that became an award-winning bestseller.
Love and hate. Someone breaks into the home of a teenage girl in Port Colborne, Ontario, and spray-paints a racist slur on her wall -- because she's white, and her boyfriend is black.
Feb. 28: Also, the truth hurt. Remembering the late Augie Merasty -- who turned the ugly legacy of his time at residential school into a memoir that became an award-winning bestseller.
Shattered. A Philadelphia rabbi tells us about the clean-up at a Jewish cemetery where dozens of headstones lie toppled and broken -- the second act of vandalism at a Jewish cemetery in the U.S. in less than a week.
Feb. 27: Also, a tale of two tales. Author Joseph Boyden acknowledges the similarities between one of his short stories and a story by an Ojibway elder -- but says he didn't copy from the latter to write the former.