Mid-East tensions mount over EU ban on Iranian oil imports: The European Union has blocked the purchase of Iranian oil in a bid to stop Iran's development of nuclear weapons. In response, Iran is again threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins looks at what's likely to happen next and the implications for Middle East politics.

Playwright John Murrell takes the stage in Taking Shakespeare: Taking Shakespeare is the first new play from Governor General’s Award-winning playwright and opera librettist John Murrell in a dozen years. And, The Link’s Frank Rackow tells us, it also marks his return to the stage as an actor after an absence of more than fifteen years.

Indo Canadian Report - Exploring food and identity in South-Asian Canadian literature: You are what you eat, so the popular saying goes. Columnist Rashi Khilnani introduces us to Toronto-based professor Julie Mehta who believes representations of food in Canadian writing have much to do with identity and belonging. Professor Mehta also explains why food can be used to empower Canadians and why breaking bread can join different cultures here in Canada. 

Canada urged to significantly boost its search and rescue capability in High Arctic: With more and more people taking advantage of the melting ice to travel to the world's polar regions, so too increases the risk for catastrophic accidents. But, even though it signed a circumpolar Search-and-Rescue Treaty at a meeting of the Arctic Council last May, Canada is far from being able to meet its obligations under that agreement.  We speak with Ron Wallace who's written a policy paper for the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute think tank, on the importance of following through on the commitment.
http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/Emerging%20Canadian%20Priorities%20and%20Capabilities%20for%20Arctic%20Search%20and%20Rescue.pdf

Address to a Haggis - Bobby Watt: As we pay tribute to the Scottish bard on the eve of the 253rd anniversary of his birth, Ottawa-based musician and stonemason Bobby Watt recites Robbie Burns’ famous poem, Address to a Haggis.

SONG: A Man's a Man
ARTIST: Bobby Watt
ALBUM: Watt's next
 
Sports slam: Ian Jones is in with a check of sports news.