All in a Day

Halloween is over, but Parliament Hill is still haunted by ghosts: ghosts of the 2011 election. From robo-calls (or is that zombie calls), to a growing controversy over campaign spending... our political panel weighs in.

Steve Patterson is stepping out from the neutral zone as host of the Debaters, and into the spotlight as the headliner of his own comedy tour. We get a preview.

Photos started to fly around the twitterverse yesterday, supposedly of New York City in the midst of torrential storms. But then the images began to feature sharks swimming by cars, and scuba divers in the subway stations. We ask what real photographers think of the faked shots.

We hear memories of an extraordinary nurse who worked at CHEO's emergency department for over thirty years.

There will be no byelection in Etobicoke Centre, after a Liberal candidate lost his bid to have the 2011 election result thrown out. Our political panel weighs in on that decision.

The city's new proposedbudget continues the downward trend of tax hikes. But with cuts from the province for social services, it's not all sunshine and rainbows. We hear from two city councillors.

Incidents of self-inflicted injuries in prisons have nearly tripled in the past five years. We speak to Canada's Correctional Investigator about what he thinks needs to change.

A Carleton student has started a petition calling for a cycling and pedestrian bridge over Bronson to make it safer. But the city councillor for the area has some of ideas of his own.

There's some belt-tightening in the federal omnibus budget bill... but at 442-pages, you still can't call it slim. Our political panel's calling it the Omni-monster. They're dropped by to sift through it with us.

The symposium on guns and gangs continues in Ottawa. We talk exit strategies for gang members.

Beyond the bake sale. Ontario schools have a voracious appetite for fundraising dollars. But should parents be focusing more on what's happening inside the classroom? We hear the argument for parent power.

The Canadian Museum of Civilization gets a new name, and a new mandate. We ask its CEO what the future holds for the Canadian Museum of History.

If you're a homeowner, your new property assessment is on its way - if it hasn't landed in your mailbox already. But did MPAC get it right? We ask Ontario's ombudsman if the corporation has fixed what he called its "cloak and dagger" ways.

Chinese espionage, tainted beef and challengers to Justin Trudeau. Our political panel reviews the week that was in federal politics.

Elephants wounded by landmines in Thailand and the woman who helps them walk again. We speak to the filmmaker who captured their story.