Monday: Alberta minister: child welfare, Syria opposition: deputy head, Noah's Ark tablet, Grammy-winning children's music artist, and more...

Tonight:

A big effort to save the small. After revelations that hundreds of children known to Alberta's child welfare services have died since 1999, the province launches a project to fix the system.

The uncomfortably bare minimum. Ontario's minimum wage hasn't budged in four years -- and a new report concludes it's time it got a raise.

In the same room -- but not on the same page. Peace talks between members of the Syrian opposition and the Syrian government bog down fast. We'll hear from a 26-year-old opposition leader, once imprisoned by the regime.

It's either no big deal -- or it's a "capostrophe". After our interview about punctuation vigilantes re-inserting apostrophes on signs, some of you praise those who are leaving their marks -- and some of you suggest we leave the mark behind.

Extremely full circle. A British archaeologist believes an ancient clay tablet contains instructions for building an ark -- and unlike that the Biblical boat this one was supposed to be completely round.

And...they're giving no quarter -- because they can't reach. In St. John's, paying for parking has become a tall order for some people -- because the new meters are just too high.

As It Happens, the Monday edition. Radio that knows: sometimes, no matter how much cash you have, you still come up a little short.