The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights)

It's a story unfolding in real time... as a persecuted people takes to the sea to escape what is being called nothing short of genocide. Boatloads of Rohingya migrants floating in the Andaman Sea while mass graves have turned up in Malaysia and Thailand.

At 15 years old, she was sent to federal prison. Now, she's on day parole, with a good job, and plans to give back to her First Nations community. Today, we explore the Warrior Program, that gives Aboriginal offenders a chance for a promising future.

Tom Mulcair's federal New Democrats are so close to the other two major federal parties in the polls, they are changing the nature of this year's electoral fight. Then again, they are all fighting a new game, using data mining and micro-targeting.

In the first two months of this year, Alberta set a disturbing provincial record – 50 fatal fentaynl drug overdoses. Anecdotally,many of those who buy fentaynl on the streets, don’t know what they’re taking …confusing it with other opiates and narcotics.

Osama bin Laden had an English-language reading list that spanned critiques of democracy, explorations of religious extremism, and musings on 9-11 conspiracies. So what can we learn about bin Laden by the books on his shelves?

They are on the front lines of conflict, poverty and disease. And when the world tries to solve problems, they are ignored. We turn to two activist African women, who say it is time politicians started seeking solutions from the women of Africa.

After more than a decade as Correctional Investigator of Canada, the federal government is showing prison watchdog, Howard Sapers, the door. He joins us today to tells us how treatment of federal offenders has changed, and why it's so worrisome.

Wait times for surgery are nothing new in Canadian health care. But the wait times that transgender Canadians face, just to be referred for gender reassignment surgeries, is getting longer and longer, and it's sparking outrage inside the trans community.

Today, Ireland votes in a referendum deciding whether to legalize same-sex marriage. There is real support for a yes vote. But The Catholic Church is fighting against what it sees as a fundamental redefinition of marriage, and Irish society.

We've heard much lately about problems of sexual harassment and reporting abuse inside the Canadian Armed Forces. We're asking how other militaries worldwide have dealt with sexual misconduct, what the Canadian Armed Forces can learn, and how to reform.

Whistleblower Evan Vokes prompted a safety audit of TransCanada after he raised concerns to the National Energy Board. Now he has concerns about a new West-East pipeline moving forward. We speak with Evan Vokes and the National Energy Board.

Many have heard stories of abuse at Canada's residential schools. But now we're learning details about nutritional and TB vaccine experiments carried out on aboriginal children. We rebroadcast our documentary about practices in "Indian-only" hospitals.

Line in The Sand is the best of The Current's stories about the ethical dilemmas that define us. Today, making a baby... at all costs? Exploring the ramifications of cutting-edge reproductive technology like three parent IVF and post-menopausal pregnancy.

The wedge between Israelis and Palestinians may be vast, but as peace talks pick up again for the first time in three years, an Israeli and Arab culinary duo are bringing people together one meal at a time.

The crusty texture of a warm baguette is truly alluring. But for some, the iconic bread has lost its lustre -- especially in France, where the decline in sales has the bread lobby worried.