As It Happens: Monday Edition

Part One

Refugees: World Food Program
The UN's World Food Programme is facing a serious funding shortfall -- which means it may have to make more cuts to food aid for millions of refugees in the Middle East.

Stony Point Protest
After a dispute that lasted decades, an Ontario First Nation accepts a settlement from Ottawa -- but at a protest, a defiant member of that Nation is badly burned.

Prague Underpants
Over the weekend, at the Czech president's house in Prague, a group of angry artists replaced the national flag with an enormous pair of red underpants.  

Part Two

VW Pollution Rig
Turns out Volkswagen put software in its diesel cars to cheat on emissions tests and now it's facing dramatic losses in the market, plus class action lawsuits. 

Bird Feeder Study
That beautiful feeder in your backyard that attracts so many hungry birds is actually a vector of contagious, occasionally fatal eye disease.

Part Three

Refugees: Quebec Minister
Quebec's Minister of International Relations, Christine St-Pierre has just returned from Europe, where she visited refugee camps and she says her province is uniquely prepared to do its part. 

Pirate Radio Station
KPFZ began as just a pirate radio station in California. Now, it's become a key source of information for those coping with the wildfires.