[ Arts & Entertainment ] Canada Reads 2010 from the CBC Digital Archives
Call it the Battle of the Books. Each year, CBC Radio's Canada Reads finds five celebrity panellists to defend five great works of Canadian fiction. For Canada Reads 2010, we've unearthed archival clips and interviews with the authors and advocates to give you a glimpse into their histories. For more information, please visit the Canada Reads website.

WestJet fined for customs violation at Pearson
The Canadian Border Services Agency has fined WestJet $5,300 for sending international passengers through the domestic arrivals area at Toronto's Pearson International Airport , rather than straight through customs, CBC News has learned.

Public indifferent on budget impact: poll
A majority of Canadians who heard about the recent federal budget don't believe it will have an impact on them or their families, according to a new EKOS poll.

[ Society ] Johnny Cash: Cherokee?
Johnny Cash on the American Indian, and a report on Vancouver Island's Cowichan band.

Suspect in OPP killing dies
Fred Preston, who faced charges in the shootout death of an Ontario Provincial Police officer, has died, the province's Special Investigations Unit confirmed late Thursday.

[ Society ] Who Cares For Our Kids?: The Changing Face of Day Care in Canada
Day care is now a fact of life for many Canadian families but for most of the past century it's been the subject of fierce debate. Turn-of-the-century day nurseries were considered little more than "child farms" by many, while politicians of the 1950s blamed juvenile delinquency on day cares and "crèches." More recently a debate has swirled around the merits of universal day care versus traditional parenting. CBC Archives looks at the changing face of day care, from its charitable beginnings more than a century ago to the ongoing fight for a federally funded system.