News in Review

News in Review, first launched in 1990, is our current-events series non-pareil. Some highlights of this popular series are available in your base subscription to Curio.ca or on DVD, including our Best of News in Review collections: Bullying, Native Studies, Canadian History, Business and Law.

You can also subscribe to News in Review as a specialty channel on Curio.ca, for full access to our archives and our latest editions.

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Episodes

News in Review - December 1991 Arctic Plane Crash: The Perilous North

This tragedy and story of heroism is the point of departure for an exploration of Canada's Far North.
  • 1991
  • 00:13:12
  • 13-14
  • Added on: 12/15/1991

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News in Review - February 1991 Canada at War

Dan Bjarnason gives an historical overview of the international conflicts in which Canadians have participated.
  • 1991
  • 00:10:32
  • 13-14
  • Added on: 02/15/1991

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News in Review - February 1991 Canada's Anti-Hate Law: The Keegstra Case Must-See

In this segment we review the Keegstra case and the Supreme Court's ruling upholding Canada's anti-hate law.
  • 1991
  • 00:09:30
  • 13-14
  • Added on: 02/15/1991

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News in Review - April 1991 Canada's Future

This segment looks at Canadian unity and the issues affecting Canada's constitutional future. The findings and recommendations of the Spicer Commission, the Bélanger-Campeau Commission and the Allaire report are reviewed.
  • 1991
  • 00:16:03
  • 13-14
  • Added on: 04/15/1991

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News in Review - October 1991 Canada's Rape Shield Law

In this story we examine the challenge to this law and the related issues.
  • 1991
  • 00:14:02
  • 15-17
  • Added on: 09/25/2014

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News in Review - March 1991 Canada's Recession

The recession is the backdrop for studying Canada's economy and related social and political issues.
  • 1991
  • 00:14:23
  • 13-14
  • Added on: 03/15/1991

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News in Review - November 1991 Capital Punishment in Canada

With the extradition to the United States of Charles Ng and Joseph Kindler as a starting point, Dan Bjarnason does a historical review of this important issue.
  • 1991
  • 00:14:47
  • 13-14
  • Added on: 11/25/2014

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News in Review - September 1991 Cigarettes and Advertising

The challenge by the court of the law banning advertising of tobacco products is the starting point for examining related issues.
  • 1991
  • 00:11:42
  • 13-14
  • Added on: 09/15/1991

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News in Review - March 1991 Civilians in War

This historical retrospective looks at the fate of civilians in war.
  • 1991
  • 00:10:14
  • 13-14
  • Added on: 03/15/1991

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News in Review - September 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union

We summarize the tumultuous events that occurred in the Soviet Union in the summer of 1991.
  • 1991
  • 00:12:59
  • 13-14
  • Added on: 09/15/1991

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