Canada: ISIS shootout, Saudi blogger flogging update, frozen lizard head, and more...
Of all the NATO coalition forces fighting ISIS, only Canada has so far acknowleged engaging the enemy in combat. A former leader of Canada's special forces explains why...A Princeton professor makes a formal request to stand in for Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, and be flogged in his place...and a woman reports finding the head of a small reptile in her bag of Green Giant frozen broccoli.
Part One
Canada's engagement with ISIS
Of all the NATO coalition forces taking part in the war against ISIS, so far it's only Canada reporting that is has engaged in firefights with ISIS in Iraq. A former head of Canada's special forces explains how that happened -- and why it makes little difference whether soldiers are inside, or outside, "the wire."
Return to Auschwitz
Canadian Howard Chandler was among dozens of Holocaust survivors who returned to the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp today, to mark the 70th anniversary of the camp's liberation by the Red Army.
Frozen lizard head
When she was told eating veggies would help her get ahead, she didn't realize it was literal. A woman in Labrador finds a lizard's head inside a bag of frozen Green Giant broccoli.
Part Two
Sinclair report
The province of Manitoba says it will spend more to keep children who are wards of the province within their communities.
Sterling conviction
Former CIA agent Jeffrey Sterling is convicted of espionage after claims he divulged state secrets to a New York Times reporter.
Part Three
Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO): oil consequences
Canada's Parliamentary Budget officer says the federal Conservatives will find it challenging to balance budgets if the price of oil remains so low, and will have to dip into the three-billion dollar contingency reserve to do so.
Saudi blogger flogging update
A Princeton law professor says he is willing to stick his neck -- and his back -- out for imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, by formally offering to be flogged in his place.
Inmate exoneration report
2014 was a record year for exonerations in the U-S -- with many of the cases involving people who pleaded guilty to crimes they didn't commit.