Educating immigrant seniors about financial abuse: Groups working with the elderly in British Columbia estimate that one in 12 seniors in the province experiences some form of financial abuse. But they say, because of language and cultural barriers, awareness of the problem in ethnic communities lags behind that of the general population. Last fall, a project was launched in Vancouver to try to help remedy that situation. West Coast reporter Lorn Curry attended the launch, and prepared this report which we’re re-broadcasting today.
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SONG: Orange Colored Sky
ARTIST: Vivienne Deane
ALBUM: Straighten Up
 
Canada cultivates economic ties with Brazil: Brazil's booming economy is the seventh-largest in the world and many countries would like a piece of the action. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins tells us that’s why Canada's prime minister is visiting the South American country along with four of his cabinet ministers and several business and academic leaders.
 
Courts asked to decide on assisted suicide: As medical science helps terminally ill people stay alive longer, there's growing debate about whether Canadians should have the right to die at a time of their own choosing. A group in the Pacific coast province of British Columbia is trying to resolve the question by challenging the constitutionality of Canada's law against assisted-suicide. We talk to criminologist Russel Ogden, a founding director of The Farewell Foundation For The Right To Die, who has studied assisted-suicide issues for 20 years.
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Feature interview with Vivienne Deane: From the pinnacle of Montreal's Jazz scene, to a daycare circuit entertaining and educating with her children's songs, Vivienne Deane has gone with the flow and defined success on her own terms. The basement of her modest home in Montreal can be the scene of an intimate coffee house featuring some great musicians, or the studio in which she writes, composes and  teaches others to sing their souls. The story of the music of Vivienne's soul is featured in a recently released documentary called "Gospel According to Vivienne" and Carmel Kilkenny talks to her about the film, her life in music and her plans for the future.

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SONG: Kenika's Lullaby
ARTIST: Vivienne Deane
ALBUM: Straighten Up
 
Sports slam: Ian Jones is in with a check of the latest from the world of sport.

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