Bradley McLennan

North America correspondent Kamin Gock and Bradley McLennan in Memphis American war veteran Loretta Thornton was so confident she had found a peaceful place to retire, she named her house 'Serenity'. Nestled in wilderness and rustling trees in Memphis, Tennessee, the home offered Loretta the quiet life. She spent 11 years soaking it up after a military career, including deployment during the Gulf War, that left her with PTSD.

North America correspondent Lauren Day and Bradley McLennan in Alberta, Canada As he walks around his cafe refilling coffee and delivering baskets of gravy-laden poutine, Christopher Scott wears his politics on his T-shirt. "Free Alberta!" the shirt declares. The Whistle Stop Cafe's signature dish is the "heart attack burger", which boasts eight beef patties and various other meats.

Marcelo Gomes da Silva had just picked up a teammate for volleyball practice on a drizzly Saturday morning last year when he realised he was being followed. At first, he thought it was his friends playing a prank. In the small town of Milton, south of Boston, bumping into people happened regularly. As he pulled into the driveway to pick up another teammate, three more cars drove up behind the first. Police lights started flashing. Milton is a town south of Boston, Massachusetts.