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Titanic: The Canadian Story
It’s been a hundred years since the giant passenger liner Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic. In this News in Review story we’ll look at the impact the disaster had on Canadians, especially those in Halifax, where many of the dead are buried.
Burma and the Great Awakening
For fifty years the South East Asian country of Burma was ruled by a brutal military dictatorship. But now the generals have loosened their iron grip, and democracy is slowly making a comeback. In this News in Review story we’ll look at those democratic reforms, and what they mean for the people who live there.
The NDP Chooses a New Leader
In the last election the New Democratic Party won enough votes to become the official opposition in Parliament. But only three months later, its leader Jack Layton died of cancer, and a race began to succeed him. In this News in Review story we’ll look at that race, and how Thomas Mulcair became the NDP’s new leader.
     
Budget 2012: The Axe Begins to Fall
In late March, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives tabled a new budget. It outlined plans for more than five billion dollars in spending cuts, as well as one for phasing out the penny. In this News in Review story we’ll examine what’s in the budget, and look at the reaction from the opposition and other Canadians.
The Drug War in Mexico
It's one of the most violent wars in the world, and it's happening in Mexico, a country about a million Canadians visit every year. For years the Mexican government has been fighting that country's powerful drug cartels, and tens of thousands of people have been killed. In this News in Review story we'll look at that brutal war, and why defeating the cartels is proving so difficult.
Generation One: Living in Two Worlds
Canada is a country of immigrants, who help change the country, and who are in turn changed by it. In this News in Review story we'll look at the so-called Generation One, children of immigrants who were born in Canada, but are still heavily influenced by the cultures and traditions of the countries where their parents once lived.