As it Happens: Thursday Edition

Part One

Aboriginal languages
Dozens of First Nations languages were casualties of the residential-school system -- and our guest is one of many saying now is the time to preserve those that remain.

Lithuania soldier portraits
A Lithuanian photographer captures the sorrow and fear on the faces of young men, after her country reinstates conscription. 

Garage-door backing-through man
Ninety-one-year-old Woodstock, Illinois resident Walter Thomas finally achieved his lifelong goal of driving through a closed garage door. 

Part Two

New Alberta finance minister
Alberta's got a brand new cabinet, and former Calgary alderman Joe Ceci is the province's newly-minted finance minister.

Day scholars lawsuit
Students who were allowed to go home after attending residential schools -- the so-called "day scholars" -- see their lawsuit certified by a federal court. 

Part Three

Red Cross: Haiti
After the earthquake, Haiti desperately needed houses. And the Red Cross had been given nearly half a billion dollars. So why, five years later, does an investigation show the organization built just six permanent residences there?

Ghana explosion
Seventy people died in mere moments yesterday in Ghana, when a gas station exploded. But the ensuing flood may have killed even more people -- in part because the water was on fire. 

Saskatchewan HIV numbers
The most recent numbers in Saskatchewan shows a soaring rate of HIV infection, most acutely felt in some First Nations communities, where it is 11 times that of Canada's national rate.