The Current

How one Tumbler Ridge teacher kept his students safe

Mechanical shop teacher Jarbas Noronha told his students to barricade the door and prepare to flee out of the garage, if the shooter made it inside. He kept them calm while they got frightening messages about the attack unfolding outside their classroom.

Could Russia return to the Olympics?

Pressure is mounting to allow Russian athletes compete at the Olympics under the Russian flag. Reporter Georgi Kantchev with Wall Street Journal is in Italy, he'll take us through what the International Olympic Committee has been saying. We'll also hear from Bruce Berglund, historian and author, about how Russia has used sport as a political tool.

How these dogs saved their humans' lives

In her new book How My Dog Saved My Life, former CBC producer Cate Cochran tells 30 Canadian stories of dogs who have changed everything for their humans, saving their lives literally and figuratively. We'll meet some of these remarkable canines, including a black lab and golden retriever mix named Foreman who's trained to provide medical assistance for his owner, Sinead Zalitach. Sinead was born with an extremely rare congenital condition called Parkes Weber syndrome and Foreman is so attuned to her that he knows she's in trouble before she does.

From the Titanic to the North Pole: a life of exploration

Joe MacInnis has spent his life going where very few people ever have — beneath the ice at the North Pole, down to the wreck of the Titanic, and into the deep waters of Lake Superior to visit the Edmund Fitzgerald. Now 88, the Canadian physician and deep-sea explorer looks back on a lifetime of high-risk exploration. He talks about the moment he caught “sea fever” as a teenager, what those extreme environments taught him about fear and teamwork, and why leadership — not technology is what really matters when survival is on the line.

Trying to make sense of the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge

More details are emerging about the mass shooting in B.C. that left nine people dead. We get an update on the shooter. And a town resident describes the pain people in Tumbler Ridge are feeling and the kindness and patience they need, in the absence of answers. Plus, we hear from two people who offer trauma care in the wake of school shootings, to help us all begin to process this unthinkable tragedy