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Tuesday: Franklin's ship found, Canada in Iraq, Jack the Ripper, and more...

For nearly 170 years, one of the lost ships from the Franklin Expedition has sat patiently in the Arctic -- and now, finally, it's been discovered...We try to get a better idea of what Canada's mission to Iraq will involve, after the government's efforts at transparency prove opaque...and we know Jack the Ripper was barbaric -- but according to a...
For nearly 170 years, one of the lost ships from the Franklin Expedition has sat patiently in the Arctic -- and now, finally, it's been discovered...We try to get a better idea of what Canada's mission to Iraq will involve, after the government's efforts at transparency prove opaque...and we know Jack the Ripper was barbaric -- but according to a new book, he was actually a barber. 

Part One

Franklin ship found
It took nearly 170 years, dozens of search expeditions, and plenty of frostbite. But today, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that one of the ships from the lost Franklin Expedition had been found in the Canadian Arctic.

Dragging Red River
A group of volunteers will start dragging the Red River in Winnipeg next week, searching for clues and trying to bring closure to the families of missing and murdered women.

Part Two

Canada in Iraq: Bezan
The details are a bit hard to make out so we ask James Bezan, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, for a glimpse of what's ahead for our special opps soldiers being sent to fight ISIS in Iraq.

Rock snot redux
We're ashamed that, last night, we kept you in a series of infuriating loops, after an audio glitch interrupted our interview about a thing called rock snot. So, in case you missed it, here, once again.

Part Three

Ebola: MSF Liberia
In Liberia, Ebola treatment centres are so overwhelmed, some patients with the deadly disease are being turned away.

Jack the Ripper
The real identity of Jack the Ripper, the notorious serial killer who terrorized London more than 120 years ago, was Aaron Kosminski, a schizophrenic immigrant hairdresser. That's according to Naming The Ripper, a new book out today.

Alberta prohibition
The largely Mormon town of Cardston, Alberta, may allow you to keep chickens in your back yard. But the really contentious issue in the upcoming vote is over whether to lift its century-old prohibition of alcohol.