As It Happens: Monday Edition

Part One

Mars: NASA announcement
There are no definitive signs of life, but NASA says it's found evidence that salty water flows on Mars -- so life is possible. 

Ballerina coma
Six weeks ago, a Vancouver ballerina was in a coma after a car accident; tonight, she herself tells us about her plans to dance again. 
    
Arctic Shell Oil
After an expensive, fruitless effort, Shell announces it's giving up its Arctic drilling program -- raising questions about the future of oil exploration in the frozen-ish North. 

Part Two

Jason Kenney
As a range of Western leaders take steps to negotiate a settlement to the war in Syria, Jason Kenney says the Conservatives are open to talks with Bashar al-Assad.

"N-word" follow-up
Our guest started a petition, and it worked: the body responsible for place names in Quebec has agreed that eleven sites whose names contain the N-word will be rechristened.  

Part Three

Nunavut inquest
In Nunavut, the rate of suicide is nearly ten times that of the rest of Canada. At a recent coroner's inquest, Joanasie Akumalik spoke about the loss of his own son. Now he shares what he hopes will come of the inquest's recommendations. 

Peter Doig film fest
The Vintage Film Festival in Cobourg and Port Hope, Ontario, is a relatively small affair. Peter Doig is a relatively huge artist. And yet, Mr. Doig -- responsible for a painting that recently went for 26-million bucks -- designed the festival's poster.

Catalan vote
Pro-independence parties win a majority in Spain's Catalonia region, and immediately promise to separate.

Elena Poniatowska
Elena Poniatowska is best known for her chronicle of the historic 1968 massacre of students in Mexico, entitled "The Night of Tlatelolco". And now, all these years later, she finds herself distressed once again over the fate of a group of Mexican students.