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Videos are listed chronologically by date added, beginning with the most recent
The Shooting of Gabrielle Giffords
                  
      Series: News in Review: March 2011
  
              
    A gunman opens fire at a small political rally in Tucson, Arizona. Six people are killed and 14 others are injured, including congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Shot in the head, Giffords survives and the shooting triggers a political debate in the United States.
              
    CURIO Video
  
 
                  Parliament and the Election Question
                  
      Series: News in Review: March 2011
  
              
    When Parliament returned after a winter break, the big question is "would there be a spring election?" The government and the opposition parties claim they did not want one. This video looks at some of the issues that could determine whether that election is called.
              
    CURIO Video
  
 
                  Egypt and the Days of Anger
                  
      Series: News in Review: March 2011
  
              
    A popular revolt erupts in Egypt. Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians take to the streets to demand the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. When Mubarak refused, violent clashes break out and the country descends into a near state of anarchy.
              
    CURIO Video
  
 
                  Wikileaks and the Information War
                  
      Series: News in Review: February 2011
  
              
    This video examines the controversy over the release by Wikileaks of hundreds of classified U.S. documents, as well as the role of its founder and editor-in-chief, Julian Assange.
              
    CURIO Video
  
 
                  How Healthy are Canadians?
                  
      Series: News in Review: February 2011
  
              
    A recent poll showed that many Canadians are not as healthy as they think they are. They eat too much of the wrong foods, they don't exercise enough and a sizable majority complain about being tired all the time. This program examines these lifestyle problems and examines ways we can live healthi...
              
    CURIO Video
  
 
                  Haiti in a Time of Cholera
                  
      Series: News in Review: February 2011
  
              
    Less than a year after being rocked by an earthquake, Haiti found itself reeling from a cholera epidemic. This video examines the ongoing misery of the Haitian people and the slow pace of recovery for the impoverished nation.
              
    CURIO Video
  
 
                  The Assassination of Rafik Hariri
                  
      Series: News in Review: February 2011
  
              
    This video focuses on a CBC investigative documentary that has uncovered information about the assassination of Lebanese political leader Rafik Hariri in 2005. The information in the documentary has potentially explosive implications for that country and the entire Middle East.
              
    CURIO Video
  
 
                  Mighty Jerome
    Filmed in black-and-white, this video program is about Harry Jerome. Harry was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1940. In 1951, his family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. Harry started to focus on track and field events in 1959. Harry's speed provided him with opportunities on the trac...
              
      NFB Video
  
 
                  The Great Soul Rush. Episode 44
                  
      Series: Looking Back
  
              
    Anglican and Catholic missionaries rush to convert Aboriginal peoples in northern Saskatchewan to their particular brand of Christianity.
              Sitting Bull's Mountie. Episode 43
                  
      Series: Looking Back
  
              
    The famed Sioux Chief seeks refuge in Canada and is befriended by the Mountie assigned to watch over him.
              The Regina Riot. Episode 42
                  
      Series: Looking Back
  
              
    This is an eyewitness account of the 1935 On-to-Ottawa trek and the Riot that ended it.
              The Debden Miracle. Episode 41
                  
      Series: Looking Back
  
              
    Every single soldier from Debden who left to fights in World War II returns safely after the parish priest makes a deal with God.
              The French Counts of Whitewood. Episode 40
                  
      Series: Looking Back
  
              
    French aristocrats flock to Whitewood and try to recreate their extravagant lifestyles, but their farms and businesses fail miserably.
              The Welwyn Massacre. Episode 39
                  
      Series: Looking Back
  
              
    One of the "home children" who comes over from England commits a brutal crime of passion in a small Saskatchewan hamlet in 1910. (Content caution)
              The Accidental MLA. Episode 38
                  
      Series: Looking Back
  
              
    Saskatchewan's first female MLA is elected to replace her late husband in the legislature and ends up doing nothing to promote the women's movement.
              