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Lethal force; Running out of sand; Helping hoarders; Hosanna then and now; Inside butter tarts

Police must learn to use words, not guns, in interactions with the mentally ill - Michael's essay: In June, Ontario's Ombudsman released a scathing report about interactions between police and the mentally ill. Here's an excerpt:"The inevitable question raised by the families of the dead man or woman is simply: "How does a police officer responding to a call about someone in distress, end up killing that person?" The world is running out of sand: One of our most abundant resources is an essential ingredient in concrete, glass and silicon. And as the world's population booms and urbanizes, competition for sand has grown deadly. Journalist Vince Beiser takes us inside the global black market in sand. B.C. builders give hoarders a new home - and a new start: The experts had thrown up their hands at the out-of-control hoarders, who were drowning in such things as Kleenex boxes, newspapers and egg cartons.Two builders in Chilliwack, B.C., came to the rescue. Karin Wells's documentary is called "A Kind of Keepsake." Michel Tremblay's "Hosanna" from 1973 to today: Tremblay's ground-breaking play continues to shock and move audiences with its frank portrayal of the relationship between a Montreal drag queen and her biker boyfriend. When it was first performed, most gay men lived their lives "in the closet". Today, gay rights are firmly entrenched in Canada. Michael's guests are Damien Atkins, currently playing "Hosanna" onstage with the Soulpepper Theatre company in Toronto; and Eloi ArchamBaudoin, who played Hosanna last year in Montreal, and will do so again next summer. Inside butter tarts, the ultimate Canadian delicacy: Can you really trust a person who likes raisins in their buttertarts? And is a butter tart any good, if the syrup doesn't run down your arm and drip off the end of your elbow? We will learn the answers to these burning questions when Paula Sanderson takes us on a hunt for butter tart perfection. Her documentary is called, "She Made Some Tarts, All of a Summer's Day." Update -- That's Cheezies with a Zed: This week, a fire destroyed a warehouse at the Hawkins Cheezie factory in Belleville, Ontario. Noone was hurt, and production is ramping up for the big Hallowe'en deadline. We revisit David Gutnick's documentary profile of the founder of Hawkins Cheezies, James. E. Marker. Music this week by: W.A. Mozart, Rosie and the Riveters, Jayme Stone, Memphis Minnie, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Duke Ellington and Oscar Peterson.
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Sunday Edition1:42:28The police and the mentally ill; Running out of sand; Helping hoarders; Hosanna then and now; Inside butter tarts; Cheezies update

Police must learn to use words, not guns, in interactions with the mentally ill - Michael's essay: In June, Ontario's Ombudsman released a scathing report about interactions between police and the mentally ill.  Here's an excerpt:"The inevitable question raised by the families of the dead man or woman is simply: "How does a police officer responding to a call about someone in distress, end up killing that person?"

The world is running out of sand: One of our most abundant resources is an essential ingredient in concrete, glass and silicon. And as the world's population booms and urbanizes, competition for sand has grown deadly. Journalist Vince Beiser takes us inside the global black market in sand.

B.C. builders give hoarders a new home - and a new start: The experts had thrown up their hands at the out-of-control hoarders, who were drowning in such things as Kleenex boxes, newspapers and egg cartons.Two builders in Chilliwack, B.C., came to the rescue. Karin Wells's documentary is called "A Kind of Keepsake."

Michel Tremblay's "Hosanna" from 1973 to today: Tremblay's ground-breaking play continues to shock and move audiences with its frank portrayal of the relationship between a Montreal drag queen and her biker boyfriend. When it was first performed, most gay men lived their lives "in the closet". Today, gay rights are firmly entrenched in Canada. Michael's guests are Damien Atkins, currently playing "Hosanna" onstage with the Soulpepper Theatre company in Toronto; and Eloi ArchamBaudoin, who played Hosanna last year in Montreal, and will do so again next summer. 

Inside butter tarts, the ultimate Canadian delicacy: Can you really trust a person who likes raisins in their buttertarts? And is a butter tart any good, if the syrup doesn't run down your arm and drip off the end of your elbow? We will learn the answers to these burning questions when Paula Sanderson takes us on a hunt for butter tart perfection. Her documentary is called, "She Made Some Tarts, All of a Summer's Day."

Update -- That's Cheezies with a Zed: This week, a fire destroyed a warehouse at the Hawkins Cheezie factory in Belleville, Ontario. Noone was hurt, and production is ramping up for the big Hallowe'en deadline. We revisit David Gutnick's documentary profile of the founder of Hawkins Cheezies, James. E. Marker.

Music this week by: W.A. Mozart, Rosie and the Riveters, Jayme Stone, Memphis Minnie, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Duke Ellington and Oscar Peterson.

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