As It Happens

Tuesday: GM recall, Nigeria government opposition, cat artist, and more...

Marie Sachse died after a crash in her GM car. Her family now knows her death was linked to a defect in the ignition, but they've still heard nothing from the company...A Nigerian opposition politician says public trust is crumbling as the government seems no closer to rescuing nearly three hundred kidnapped school-girls...and It's hard to keep her model from...
Marie Sachse died after a crash in her GM car. Her family now knows her death was linked to a defect in the ignition, but they've still heard nothing from the company...A Nigerian opposition politician says public trust is crumbling as the government seems no closer to rescuing nearly three hundred kidnapped school-girls...and It's hard to keep her model from either sleeping, eating, or licking herself -- but a Russian artist perseveres, and adds her cat, Zarathustra, to some of the world's greatest artworks.

Part One

Gm recall
Five years ago, 81-year-old Marie Sachse died after crashing into a tree. Now it has emerged that her accident was linked to a serious ignition switch problem. But General Motors didn't tell Ms. Sachse's family. I'll speak with her daughter-in-law tonight.

Muslim group lawsuit
After a spokesman for the Prime Minister links a Canadian Muslim council to a terrorist group, the council files a lawsuit and demands a retraction.

Cat artist
A Russian artist tells us why she's embarked on a project to add Zarathustra -- a fairly stout, ginger tabby cat -- to some of the world's greatest works of art.

Part Two

Nigeria government opposition
In Nigeria, the families of nearly three hundred kidnapped girls are at the end of their patience. An opposition politician describes the feeling there, now that a month-and-a-half has passed, and the government says it knows where the girls are, but can't bring them home.

Winnipeg still-frozen pipes
Don't even mention April showers to some Winnipeg homeowners. Because now it's the end of May, and because their pipes are still frozen after a terrible winter, they still can't shower at all.

Part Three

Canadian doctor killed
A Canadian doctor is killed in Pakistan, just days after heading there to do volunteer work -- and his brother believes he was targeted for belonging to a particular Muslim sect.

Cape Breton patronage
Ottawa sacks the CEO at Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation after the Integrity Commissioner finds he made what appears to have been Conservative patronage appointments.

Ukraine: Poroshenko MP
An MP with the newly-elected Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform, or UDar, discusses his party's plans to stop the violence in the country's east.