What gas field attacks mean for the Iran war — and the world

After Israel strikes the biggest gas field in the world, and Iran retaliates by hitting Qatar’s main gas complex, a reporter in Doha tells us the war has entered a volatile new phase. 

Alberta is hoping to pass the strictest restrictions on medical assistance in dying in Canada. A disability advocate tells us why she fully supports new constraints. 

Charges against the self-proclaimed “Queen of Canada” have been stayed. Now the mayor of Richmound, Saskatchewan fears she'll return to his village, which is still recovering from her cult's takeover attempt. 

A Latino civil rights organizer shares his horror after the late, legendary labour rights activist Cesar Chavez is accused of numerous cases of sexual assault — some involving minors. 

A scientist in Fiji spends a lot of her time swimming with bull sharks and she’s delighted to share that the ocean’s apex predators are actually pretty good at making friends. 

A Belgian court rules that a former diplomat must stand trial for the murder of the first Congolese Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba. Mr. Lumumba's granddaughter tells us that's a win for the family, but only the very beginning of justice for the country. 

At the end of this month, Yellowknife’s only movie theatre will be going out of business — unless local movie lovers can find a way to keep the doors open. 

He never met a metaverse he didn't like. But after spending 80 billion dollars on that virtual world, Mark Zuckerberg is effectively shutting it down — to the chagrin of all the virtual characters stuck inside it.

As It Happens, the Thursday Edition. Radio that guesses they're not going to live happily ever avatar.