The Current for February 15, 2019
Today on The Current: The women who left Canada to join ISIS are often referred to as non-combatants, but does that absolve them of the caliphate’s atrocities?; plus, we talk to two athletes about what it takes to compete in the Yukon Arctic Ultra; and could nuclear energy be the solution to climate change?
Today on The Current:
- Several women who joined ISIS in the Middle East now want to return to their home countries — including Canada. But were they innocents who were pressured to join, or accomplices to the caliphate's atrocities?
- France's Thierry Corbarieu won the Yukon Arctic Ultra race this week, after nine days and nearly 700 kilometres, in temperatures of –50 C. Not everyone finished the race though. We talk to two athletes about what it takes to compete, and what it takes to call it a day.
- Could nuclear energy be the solution to climate change? While some say it's our best bet to wean the world off fossil fuels, others say the threat is so severe we just don't have time to build the reactors needed. We hear from both sides of the debate.