As it Happens
with Carol Off & Jeff Douglas

ATTAWAPISKAT FOLO - CHARLIE ANGUS. It's like a game of hot potato.  One month after the Attawapiskat First Nation declared a state of emergency, it's still unclear who will take responsibility to help the community out of their housing crisis.

SYNESTHESIA STUDY. Two plus two is blue. We hear from a Californian researcher who has been examining synesthesia - a condition that tangles the senses. 

UK LOBBY OIL SANDS. All that lobbying appears to be paying off. New documents show the UK is secretly helping Canada sell the oil sands to Europe.

 

FTR: NFLD RESCUE. When divers meet surfers. A family of three skids off the road, and into an icy pond, and a carload of divers and a guy with a surf board happen along to save them.

SYRIA: UN REPORT. And now the children. Since the uprising in Syria began in March, thousands of people have been killed. According to a new report by the United Nations, that includes hundreds of children.

 

OBIT: KEN RUSSELL. Britain's wild man of cinema has died. We pay tribute to the controversial director.

 

EGYPT - VIEW FROM THE SQUARE. "Last chance Friday." On the eve of Egypt's transition to democracy, tens of thousands turned out in Tahrir Square to protest the military's continued hold on power.

 

ATTIWAPISKAT FOLO. When you declare a housing emergency in your community, you might expect a swift response. This is Canada, after all. But it's been a month since the Grand Chief responsible for Attiwapiskat declared just such emergency, and the federal government is only now going in to "assess the situation." 

 

 

OBIT: RUTH STONE. A punctuated life. Ruth Stone was an award-winning poet, author, and teacher. She died at her home in Vermont last week at the age of 96. Most of Stone's accolades came later in life, including a National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award. We speak to her granddaughter.

 

BOXING GIRLS OF KABUL. A new Canadian documentary tells the story of three young women, striving to become world class boxers. All of them live in Afghanistan.

 

 

GULNAZ LAWYER. A glimmer of hope for Gulnaz. She is the Afghan woman who, at eighteen, was beaten, raped and impregnated. When she reported the crime to authorities, she was forced to chose between serving twelve years in jail on charges of adultery or marrying her rapist. She chose marriage.  And last night we told you that she had been sentenced again -- this time to three years -- for not reporting her rape soon enough.  But now, Gulnaz has an ally.

FTR: GOODWILL FASHION SHOW. Thrifting threads. University of Alberta students host an eco-friendly fashion show comprised of just goodwill goods.

 

EGYPT MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. Poll position. The Muslim Brotherhood believes Egypt's election should go ahead as planned -- not because it stands to win, but to cement the transition to democracy.

 

MEXICAN COUPLE DEPORTED. Back in Mexico and living in fear. A couple from Mexico are deported after Canada rejects their refugee claim, even though they say a violent cartel is searching for them.

 

OCCUPY VENDETTA ILLUSTRATOR. The man behind the mask on the mask.  We'll talk to the creator of a central symbol of the Occupy movement. 

 

MEDIA INQUIRY. Dark Arts. Harry Potter author, J K Rowling, tells a UK Inquiry into media ethics how tabloid journalists targeted her family. 

 

SAVE THE ALTA SAGE GROUSE. Saving the mighty sage grouse. Okay, maybe not so mighty --- but definitely endangered. We speak with a conservationist about a letter sent to Ottawa, asking the Federal government do what it can to save the Prairie Bird.

 

MALLS TRACK SHOPPERS. A hard cell...two U.S. shopping malls plan to begin tracking shoppers through their cellphones and some analysts are voicing concerns.