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Global Political Cartoons: Feb 20-26, 2010
The World’s Carol Hills reviews the week’s news through political cartoons. This week pop culture icons in trouble: Google goes to jail, Abbey Road studios are up for sale, Toyota’s image is in tatters, and it turns out the shape of a hot dog actually matters.
Walking across the world’s deepest lake
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We’re tracking two Canadian adventurers for our Geo Quiz today. They’re attempting to cross a frozen lake in Siberia. It’s not just any lake – it’s about 400 miles across and its the deepest lake in the world. It’s the planet’s largest reservoir of fresh water. Download MP3
Packing flashcards, Pandas and Polyglotty Olympics
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Our top five language stories this month: why the disappearance of the Bo language is a big deal; the Olympics are being broadcast for the first time in, among other languages, Cree; when pandas move from the U.S. to China, do they have to learn a new language?; lawsuits concerning Arabic flashcards in hand baggage and speaking Spanish in English-only school; and the Pentagon’s latest attempts to equip soldiers with real-time speaking translator-bots.Download MP3
Oh Canada
Canadians don’t know how to celebrate? “You’ve to to be kidding me, eh?” says Andrea Crossan, producer and reporter for The World. Andrea was in her hometown, Vancouver, to cover the games for The World. Read her Reporter’s Notebook, and listen in to her coverage.
A Cross-Border Comparison of Stimulus Spending
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Just over a year ago, President Obama and Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, better know as “The Stimulus.” It was a $787 billion shot-in-the-arm to the U.S. economy, a mix of tax cuts and expenditure spending.
The U.S. wasn’t the only country to take such action. On the Global Economy Podcast, we look at how the stimulus plans in different countries have fared and compare the actions taken by the Canadian and U.S. governments.
Safe-sex superheroes protect Vancouver
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For those who are visiting Vancouver to catch some Olympic action – there is a group of volunteers who have taken to the streets to make sure visitors don’t catch anything else. The World’s Andrea Crossan has more. Download MP3 (photo: Andrea Crossan)
World Books Review: An Urgent “February”
Canadian writer Lisa Moore’s second novel, a harrowing tale of loss, solidifies her reputation as a gifted writer whose prose exhibits an urgency, precision, and sensitivity worthy of the legacy of Virginia Woolf.
Canadian Olympic coverage includes aboriginal languages
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The Vancouver Games will be the first Olympics to offer play-by-play in several of Canada’s native languages. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Abel Charles, the Cree commentator for the Canada’s Aboriginal People’s Television Network.
Swedish skiers try to gain high-tech edge
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The Swedish cross-country team has gotten some high-tech training help from the country’s Winter Sports Research Center. They’ve been training on a high-tech treadmill designed to realistically recreate the course they’ll be skiing during the Winter Games in Canada. Programming that treadmill required some sophisticated GPS measurements (pictured), as The World’s Clark Boyd explains. Download MP3 (Photo: Matej Supej)
Was it worth it?
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Was it worth it? That’s the question many people are asking in British Columbia with the Olympics just days away. Seven years of planning, construction, and hassle. All told, Canadians will have spent about $6 billion Canadian dollars just to build the infrastructure to prepared for the Games. That’s about $5.6 billion American dollars. The World’s Jason Margolis visited British Columbia to ask. Download MP3 (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)
World Books Review: The Brilliance of Ordinary Lives
Perhaps this latest, and possibly last book, from the amazing Czech writer Joseph Skvorecky will make the Nobel prize committee take notice of an author who proffers the wisdom that comes with living long enough to sort out so many of the mysteries which plague us when we are young.
Geo answer
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For today’s Geo Quiz we asked where the name of a US base in Afghanistan comes from. The base is called “Forward Operating Base Frontenac.” The original Fort Frontenac is in Canada — in Kingston, Ontario — and that’s the answer to our quiz. Anchor Marco Werman gets the full story from military historian John Grodzinkski of Canada’s Royal Military College.
Ontario’s green energy plan prompts back wind
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Earlier this year, Ontario adopted a sweeping green energy plan that could make it a world leader in phasing out polluting sources of electricity. The plan paves the way for what supporters hope will be a massive expansion of solar, geothermal and wind power. But the province’s headlong rush toward renewables is roiling some rural communities, which fear massive wind farms will harm their economies and possibly their health. Anita Elash reports. Download MP3 (Photo: flickr.com/photos/canadagood)
Chilly city in Canada
For today’s Geo Quiz we’re looking for help. Are you fit? Healthy? Interested in a career in law enforcement? And do you have a high tolerance for the cold?
Ontario’s green energy plan
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Ontario’s new green energy plan is the most ambitious in North America. It would phase out coal-fired power plants within five years and agressively push renewables and conservation. Opponents say it will push up energy costs and harm business and consumers. Anita Elash has the story from Toronto. Download MP3
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