Weekend Edition – Dec 9th – 10am Hour

It's a story that gained international headlines: a woman who survived a state execution in Tennessee and lived to speak about it. As Michael Yoshida explains, defence lawyers are now heading to court, trying to preserve key evidence.

Following the Sovereigntist Parti Québécois cincing a minority government win in Quebec's provincial election, and Alberta is set to hold a referendum, more talks of separatism grow amid calls for unity from the feds.

The United States Coast Guard suspended a search for six missing people who were aboard an Ontario air ambulance that crashed off the eastern U.S. coast over the weekend.

Mark Carney's Liberals say the Building Canada Strong Act will speed major projects, and clear up uncertainty over labour disputes. But union organizers say it will make it easier for the federal government to end strikes.