The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights)

A spokeswoman for Quebec's anti-corruption unit says Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum has been arrested. Alain Gravel, Host of Enquète, an investigative journalism program on Radio Canada joins us to tell us more.

Thousands of public service employees are calling in sick. The President of the Treasury Board Tony Clement’s stated goal is to bring the public sector in line with private sector workers. We're asking for details on changes Tony Clement is implementing.

Canada's efforts at a trade deal with the European Union have been marked by missed deadlines, stubborn issues and wary sectors at home. With Stephen Harper poised to showcase a deal while at the G8 Summit, we look at what's a stake.

Mistaken, misused, texted out of existence by the flurry of the thumb. The Society for the Protection of the Apostrophe is trying to save the apostrophe from atrophy, even as Kill-the-Apotrosphe.com aims for assassination. What's next? The hyphen?

Iranians vote for a new president today, after 8 years of Ahmadinejad in charge. We hear who may be his successor and how much a new president can realistically make life better for Iranians.

Politicians and entertainers know how a quarrelsome audience can charge you up -- or send your career spinning into the land of Michael Richards. Today, we hear from the hecklers and the heckled.

Sales of George Orwell's novel 1984 spiked following revelations of the US domestic surveillance program. Writer Joyce Carol Oates isn't surprised. She believes 2013 is the new 1984 with a little Brave New World thrown in.

Lululemon’s CEO is gone and stock prices are tumbling … yet it is still the most valuable retail brand in Canada with what you could call a cult following. Will that be enough to keep Lululemon strong?

Angry Istanbul protests, detained journalists, shamed African governments and champagne house prices, our listener's thoughts on some of the stories of the week.

After all these years, actor Glenn Close has regrets over how the character of Alex Forrest was presented. Glenn Close still transports us through roles she plays but these days she is rooted in reality, advocating to end the stigma around mental illness.

With Health Canada suspecting two oral contraceptives, Yaz and Yasmin links to the deaths of 23 Canadian women and a class action lawsuit underway, there's a worry women will be frightened away from oral contraceptives.

The safest place for a gay person in Uganda may be the closet. The government is sitting on an anti-homosexuality bill that provides for the death penalty. Still, the country has advocates for gay rights like Frank Mugisha who worries time is running out.

There’s lots of excitement in British Columbia over a proposal to invest more than $16 billion dollars on natural gas facilities in the province's Northwest. We find out whether BC will be a new energy powerhouse.

With data sweeps and the collection of phone numbers the questions may be less about who keeps secrets and more about who shares them. CSEC has a historical relationship with the U.S. National Security Agency and we’re asking how vulnerable Canadians are.

For generations of Canadians home ownership, homes were symbols of success and stability and financial security. But many of today's young families look for different symbols because home ownership will always be out of reach.