The Current for Feb. 11, 2021
Today on The Current:
We're making another stop in our virtual road trip series Canada's Road Ahead — this time, in Eel Ground First Nation in New Brunswick. There, we look at how the pandemic is impacting food security in the community, but also bringing people together. Tammy Richardson and River Ward are volunteers with the Natoaganeg Community Food Centre, and Shalyn Ward is the centre's cultural co-ordinator.
Then, we hear about The Fifth Estate's latest investigation into how police officers are disciplined when they act out. The CBC's Mark Kelley joins us to talk about the case of Nathan Parker, a police officer in Ontario's Niagara region who was charged with assaulting a fellow officer. Matt Galloway also speaks with Danielle Robitaille, a criminal and discipline litigation lawyer.
And Quebec has announced an inquiry into the wrongful arrest of Mamadi III Fara Camara, a 31-year-old PhD student who spent six nights in detention after he says he witnessed a crime and called 911. Montreal lawyer and activist Marie-Livia Beaugé weighs in.
Plus, a 16th-century manual for surviving the plague highlights some interesting similarities between health crises of the past and today's pandemic. John Henderson, a professor of Italian Renaissance history at Birkbeck, University of London in the U.K., tells us why plague manuals were created, and what we can learn from them.