Monday: Kandahar tent city, Ebola: Lancet study, erotica teacher fired, and more...
The British Army is abandoning a tent city in Kandahar. Refugees fleeing ISIS in Iraq need shelter. But one NGO is having trouble getting the help it needs to move the tents from point A to point B...In a new Lancet study, a Canadian researcher believes he can predict how many people infected with Ebola will fly from West Africa every month...and a teacher is fired after 15 years at a Montreal school -- for starring in a handful of erotic films in France 50 years ago.
Part One
Kandahar tent city
The British Army is leaving behind an elaborate tent city in Kandahar, Afghanistan. And with the winter approaching in northern Iraq, people fleeing ISIS need a refuge. Sounds like a perfect opportunity to simply transport the tents from one place to the other. But despite the best efforts of one NGO, that opportunity is proving frustratingly complicated.
Erotica teacher fired
Jaqueline Laurent-Auger was - until recently - a drama teacher at a private school in Montreal, Le Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. But the 73-year-old drama has been fired -- after it came to light that 50 years ago, she starred in a series of French erotic films.
Blind dart team
They call themselves "The Optimists" -- the first darts team in the U.K. whose members are all visually impaired -- and they aim to win, or at least not hit anyone.
Part Two
Ebola: Lancet study
A Canadian study in the Lancet predicts that up to three people infected with the virus will fly from West Africa every month -- if no exit screening takes place.
Saskatchewan raccoon owner
A fugitive is on the run in Saskatchewan, and his accomplice says she'll do anything to protect him. He just makes raccoon sounds. He's a raccoon.
Part Three
Russia submarine hunt
Sweden's military is hunting for what it believes to be a Russian submarine off the coast of Stockholm.
Newfoundland whale manure
Why the next step in the cleaning of a whale carcass involves tonnes of manure.
Klinghoffer play protest
The Anti-Defamation League is leading protests against the Met's newest production, The Death of Klinghoffer, claiming the opera is anti-semitic.