Kim Jong-il’s funeral highlights uncertainty over transition of power in North Korea: There is grave concern over what happens next in the secretive and nuclear-armed country. The funeral procession for North Korea's leader wound its way through the snowy streets of Pyongyang with his son and presumed successor at the head. Observers are watching closely to see what they can learn about the transfer of power in the highly secretive state. We'll look at the dangers surrounding the politics of North Korea with Lynn Desjardins.

SONG: Winter Waltz
ARTIST: Serena Ryder
ALBUM: Serena Ryder: Live
 
Sub-Saharan African countries lose out as doctors immigrate to Canada: Canada greatly benefits from foreign-trained doctors. But our gain is often seen as a loss for the health care systems of the countries of origin of these immigrant doctors.
A new study conducted by the University of Ottawa found that for sub-Saharan countries, in addition to the losses in health care availability, there is a substantial financial drain as their doctors leave to work in developed nations, including Canada.  Edward Mills was the principal investigator for the study. He is a professor of health sciences at the University of Ottawa and Canada Research Chair in Global Health. And he spoke to Marc Montgomery about the research.

SONG: Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries
ARTIST: Holly Cole
ALBUM: Holly Cole
 
On the Indo - Canadian report-Canadian brings food storage solutions to India: India may be an economic powerhouse, but starvation and malnutrition are still major issues in the country. It's not that India cannot produce enough food to feed its significant population, but a lot of food gets spoiled before it can make it to a grocery store. Vijaya Raghavan is a professor of bio-resource engineering at McGill University here in Montreal. He does a lot of work with India, and has most recently been trying to bring pre-cooling systems and storage for fruit and vegetables to India from Canada. Gilda Salomone speaks to Vijaya Raghavan.

SONG: Lak De Hulareh
ARTIST: Jazzy B
ALBUM: Bhangra Beatz
 
Biblio-file - Patient Frame by Steven Heighton: Priscila Uppal discusses award-winning novelist, poet, and essayist, Steven Heighton's latest book, a collection of poetry called Patient Frame, an investigation of the morality of modern violence. March Montgomery recently chatted with Priscila and we will hear that conversation.

Sports Slam: Terry Haig will be here with a look at sports.