As It Happens: Monday Edition

Part One

G7 climate change agreement
After reportedly balking at an agreement, Prime Minister Harper joins the rest of the G-7 leaders in pledging to end the use of fossil fuels by the end of the century.

Texas pool
A Texas police officer is put on leave, after he responds to a disturbance at a suburban pool party by tackling a young black woman in a bathing suit, and drawing his gun. 

Old chalkboards
In the middle of renovations, an Oklahoma high school strips away its blackboards, only to find older blackboards -- and the lessons from nearly a century ago are still there. 

Part Two

Carding over
Toronto mayor John Tory calls for an end to a controversial police practice -- in part because of an article by our guest, that revealed how traumatic the policy is. 

New York prison break
With power tools and patience, two murderers execute a dramatic prison break in New York State -- and two days later, authorities still haven't tracked them down.  

Part Three

Disabled camp
A Quebec camp for kids with disabilities has turned away twelve families with kids whose disabilities are apparently too severe for the camp to handle any more. 

Pierre Brice obit
He was a screen idol to a generation for his portrayal of the Apache chief Winnetou -- which was weird, because the late Pierre Brice was a white German guy. 

Turkish politics
Turkey's political landscape has shifted dramatically, now a Kurdish party has won a place in Parliament for the first time.