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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 86 days 13 hours 19 minutes
Friday, January 20, 2017 - "Now arrives the hour of action" The words of Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, who thrilled his supporters today with an inaugural speech that promised, as he's always promised, to make America great again.
Also, a hero's son's welcome. There is no greater icon to American conservatives than Ronald Reagan -- and tonight, his son Michael shares his hopes for the incoming administration.
Thursday, January 19, 2017 - A landscape turns lethal. After a series of earthquakes, an avalanche buries an Italian ski resort in snow and debris -- and we'll get the latest on a rescue effort that may be too late.
Also, she knows how fast things can go downhill. Which is why the CEO of a snowboard company says she'll pay for any of her employees to attend the Women's March on Washington this weekend.
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - Les mots un-justes. Our guest says the Prime Minister disrespected her yesterday when she asked him about the mental healthcare needs of Quebec's English-speaking minority -- and he insisted on responding in French.
Also, a good deed goes punished. The president of a Missouri college lets a homeless student crash in the school library on a cold night -- and is promptly given the boot for lending a hand.
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - To cut a long sentence short. Chelsea Manning -- who was convicted for leaking U.S. secrets -- will be released from prison almost thirty years early, after President Obama commutes her sentence.
Also, it will never be off his radar. Investigators suspend the search for Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 and the father of a passenger on that lost plane worries he'll never know what happened to his son.
Monday, January 16, 2017 - All helicopter's breaking loose. The PM says he's happy to chat with the Ethics Commissioner about his chopper trip to the Aga Khan's private island -- but Tom Mulcair says Trudeau should be grounded for breaking the law.
Also, a monumental civil rights moment gets its monument. President Obama announces an official commemoration of the firebombing of a bus full of "Freedom Riders" in Alabama in 1961 -- and we'll speak with a survivor of that attack.
Friday, January 13, 2017 - Worse case scenario. She's already been charged in the murders of eight seniors -- and today, a former Ontario nurse appeared in court to face six new charges, including attempted murder and aggravated assault.
Also, Alvin Fiddler, Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief, tells us how a northern Ontario community is coping after the suicides of two twelve-year-old girls.
Thursday, January 12, 2017 - A reverend in Charleston, South Carolina is relieved the trial is finally over -- after the white supremacist who murdered his wife and 8 others at the Mother Emanuel AME church is sentenced to death.
Also, what else could he do? Arthur Manuel's sister remembers the First Nations leader as a man who's passion for both his family and his people would know no end.
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - News you can prove. Salacious headlines about Donald Trump's far-from-proven bad behaviour in Russia lead a watchdog from the Poynter Institute to issue a plea about journalism and the truth.
Also, yes we can. And yes, he did. A Chicago pastor and friend of Barack Obama's reflects on the legacy of the community activist who became his country's first black President.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017 - An education in anguish. She barely survived the La Loche school shooting. Now, a year into her recovery, a Saskatchewan teacher says it's time her community got the help it was guaranteed.
Also, shuffling his Trump card. Days before the new U.S. president takes office, Justin Trudeau rejigs his cabinet to include a new foreign minister whose focus so far has been entirely on trade.
Monday, January 9, 2017 - Cold hands, warm hearts. A Toronto doctor fights to save asylum seekers from frostbite after they're smuggled overland from the United States and abandoned in the Canadian winter.
Also, Iran mourns former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as a revolutionary hero but our guest says it's his power to temper anti-western views that will really be missed.