Wednesday: Belgium "right to die" convict, Manitoba muskox, stamp theft, and more...
Frank van den Bleeken doesn't have a terminal illness -- but the convicted rapist and murderer has nevertheless been granted the right to die in Belgium...A muskox is spotted in Manitoba for the first time since the 19th century and now biologists are hoping the solo male will find a mate...and a guy will give you 100,000 dollars to help him find two 24-cent stamps that were printed upside-down by accident by some doofus.
Part One
Belgium "right to die" convict
Frank van den Bleeken is a violent sex offender and murderer who's serving a life sentence in Belgium. After a three-year legal battle, he's won the right to have his life ended by doctors.
Miramichi salmon
Conservation groups are stymied and disturbed by a serious decline in salmon stocks on the Miramichi river.
Stamp theft
Two tiny, wrong stamps. That's what Donald Sundman is looking for -- and he's offering 100,000 bucks if you have them. They're called "Inverted Jennys" -- and he explains why the big reward for the little bits of paper.
Part Two
US Steel Canada creditor protection
Employees of two Canadian plants face an uncertain future after U.S. Steel Canada files for creditor protection.
Tinned fish restaurant
At a new London restaurant that serves only canned fish, the customers are packed in like -- um, tightly packed...things.
Part Three
Manitoba muskox
It's not uncommon to see a huge hairy dude in the Manitoba wilderness. It is uncommon when that dude is a muskox -- which hasn't been seen in the region for more than a century.
Hugh Mangum exhibit
Hugh Mangum took black-and-white pictures near the turn of the twentieth century. Not just in terms of the final product, but in terms of subjects -- whom he photographed regardless of colour.
Gay actors study
Just when you thought it was safe to be gay in Hollywood, apparently it is not. We speak with the author of a recent study on Hollywood's homophobia.