Residential Schools: Canada’s Cultural Genocide

Earlier this year, more than a thousand unmarked graves of indigenous children were found - located on the sites of several former residential schools those very children were forced to attend.

In March of this year, a further 169 potential graves were found at a former school in Alberta.

Often run by Christian orders, the residential schools were viewed as a place to assimilate them, and to - quote - "extinguish the Indian in the child". This NewsFix piece was originally published in December, 2021.

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Sources;

0:18 - 0:35: Account of abuse, 60 Minutes

0:36 - 0 58: BBC News

6:41 - 7:04: PBS News Hour

8:35 - 8:42: Account of abuse, 60 Minutes

12:00 - 12:24: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, TRT World

Abortion in the US: The Divided States of America

The debate around abortion is often a contentious and divisive issue, no matter where you are in the world.

That is particularly true for the US at the moment, where the Supreme Court is hearing what has been described as "the biggest abortion case to come before it in 30 years". A highly anticipated decision is expected in June, but you can expect plenty of debates between now and then.

No matter what your view on abortion is, our stance is that we should all understand the dynamics around the debate - from the influence of politics, the make up of the Supreme Court, and what on this issue are truly the divided states of America. This NewsFix piece was originally published in January, 2022.

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0:16 - 0:21: US National Archives

0:22 - 0:25: CBS News

0:26 - 0:41: US National Archives

0:42 - 0:48: Justice Sonia Sotomayor

3:48 - 4:04: Norma McCorvey, AKA Jane Roe

4:36 - 5:00: The Justice Department

5:23 - 5:48: PBS News Hour

5:49 - 6:14: MSNBC

8:10 - 8:38: Hillary Clinton, CNBC

9:22 - 9:36: Donald Trump, NBC News

9:42 - 9:55: Donald Trump, CBS News

9:57 - 10:03: ABC News

10:21 - 10:26: NBC News

10:27 - 10 49: BBC News

10:50 - 11:11: CBC News: The National

12:45 - 12:53: NBC News

13:15 - 13:34: Justice Sonia Sotomayor

13:59 - 14:04: BBC’s Ros Atkins

15 Years On: The Death of Saddam Hussein

It has been more than 15 years since the death by hanging of Saddam Hussein.

It was a publicised and humiliating end for a polarising dictator, who had ruled Iraq under an umbrella of fear and brutality for nearly 24 years.

We have taken a look back at the events surrounding his execution, from American haste to hand him over, to the complex vacuum left in his wake. This NewsFix piece was originally published in December, 2021.

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Sources;

0:17 - 0:26: President Bush, C-SPAN

0:27 - 0:38: John Nixon, BBC

0:39 - 0:49: Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, The Guardian

1:14 - 1:29: CBS Evening News and TSA

1:41: 1:59: AP Archive

3:24 - 3:40: AP Archive

4:39 - 4:51: C-SPAN

5:27 - 5:49: AP Archive

7:18 - 7:40: BBC

8:15 - 8:25: CNN

9:26 - 9:42: AP Archive

12:29 - 13:04: John Nixon, BBC

14:21 - 14:38: Dexter Filkin, BBC

14:47: 14:55: AP Archive

14:56 - 15:01: BBC News

15:02 - 15:14: CNN coverage

17:19 - 17:38: The Guardian