News in Review - April 2017 Asylum Seekers: A Desperate Journey into Canada
Since the United States announced plans to change their immigration policy, the U.S.-Canadian border has been flooded with asylum seekers. Many undertake what’s called “irregular crossings” — at points that do not have immigration stations. They’re trying to circumvent the Safe Third Country Agreement, which restricts refugees to seeking asylum in the country of their arrival. In the first two ...
- 2017
- 00:17:59
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- Added on: 04/20/2017
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Interrupt This Program Athens
The third episode of Interrupt The Program visits Athens, Greece. A photographer, an electronic pop band, a mural artist and a writer demonstrate how art is a means of survival in the midst of a city under economic crisis.
- 2015
- 00:21:58
- 15-17
- Added on: 12/01/2015
News in Review - March 2005 Auschwitz: Remembering The Horror
On January 27, 1945, Soviet soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in southwestern Poland. More than one million people were murdered at the camp, most of them Jews. This year some of the survivors returned to Auschwitz and joined world leaders at a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of its liberation. In this News in Review story ...
- 2005
- 00:10:26
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- Added on: 03/15/2005
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News in Review - March 2009 Barack Obama Visits Canada
In this News in Review story we’ll look at U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Ottawa on February 19, 2009. Although polls indicate Obama is very popular in Canada, his visit came at a time when protectionist trade policies in the United States were seen to be a threat to the Canadian economy. We’ll explore the issues that are of ...
- 2009
- 00:12:33
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- Added on: 03/15/2009
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Andrew Marr's History of the World Battle of Marathon
At the Battle of Marathon we see how military tactics can defend from the strongest of armies. With this we discover the beginnings of the Olympics and marathon, from the soldiers' run back to Athens to defend their city.
- 2012
- 00:10:47
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- Added on: 01/24/2020
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News in Review - October 2019 Battling Beijing: Hong Kong's Summer of Protest
In the spring of 2019 Beijing announced an extradition bill that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be extradited and tried in Communist mainland China. That led to growing protests demanding the withdrawal of the bill. Frustrations mounted and so did the use of force on both sides. As crowds grew into the millions, Chinese officials used tear gas, ...
- 2019
- 00:14:48
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- Added on: 10/17/2019
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The National Behind the Scenes of the Quebec Referendum
The 1995 Quebec referendum ended with the federalist side winning an extremely tight victory. One of the most fascinating and enduring questions of Canadian history is what would have happened if the tight vote had gone the other way? In preparation for the 20th anniversary of the referendum next year, two of Quebec's leading journalists, Chantal Hébert and Jean Lapierre, ...
- 2014
- 00:17:35
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/22/2014
Interrupt This Program Beirut
The opening episode of the Interrupt This Program series takes us to Lebanon and the city of Beirut. The artists we meet — a writer, a graffiti artist, a hip-hop artist and a Baladi (belly) dancer — embody art as protest in a post-civil war city divided by religion.
- 2015
- 00:22:01
- 15-17
- Added on: 11/20/2015
News in Review - April 1992 Beleaguered Newfoundland
Our second story on Newfoundland examines the ongoing economic crisis in that province, especially in the areas of cod stocks and the Hibernia project.
- 1992
- 00:13:38
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- Added on: 04/15/1992
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The National Beyond the Veil
Anna Maria Tremonti looks at the role of the veil and what lies beneath it in Iran. The traditional dress is being challenged by the young but never ignored. Western influence seeps into Iran.
- 1996
- 00:21:54
- 15-17
- Added on: 06/14/2013
