Your hosts, Marie-Claude, Levon, Matt and Marc (video of show at bottom)
Trudeau apologizes to Canada’s racial minorities over blackface scandal
The leader of the Liberal party, Justin Trudeau, has had to face extremely difficult questions over his past when he dressed in costume with brownface and blackface, both considered to be racist.
He has had to make several public apologies, but the issue so far has not calmed down. It is not certain what effect this may
Levon gathered sound clips of the apologies, and of reaction from the leaders of the two main opposition parties, Andrew Scheer of the Conservative party, and Jagmeet Singh of the New Democratic Party.
Drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities
Drone missile attacks caused extensive damage to two Saudi oil refining operations this week. Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed responsibility but the U.S blames Iran.
The attacks did not cause permanent damage and oil prices which initially spiked, have since calmed. However, the attack only further heightens tensions in the region. It also highlights a new era in world conflict where distant attacks using small drones are difficult to defend against
Marc spoke with James Devine, associate professor in political science and international relations at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, specialises in the politics and foreign policy of Iran
Canadian telescope helps study first-ever interstellar comet
Two years ago astronomers spotted the first ever known interstellar object, a large oddly shaped rock which they named “Oumuamua” . Now, a second object from another solar system has recently been located by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. But this time, it could be a comet, making it the first interstellar one ever observed by humans.This has been labelled C/2019 Q4.
Mathiew spoke with astronomer Karen Meech one of the scientists who discovered ‘Oumuamua. She is also one of the first scientists to take a closer look at C/2019 Q4. She explained to us how it happened:
The LINK video (starts about 1 minute in)
Images of the week
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