News that’s not afraid of fun. Meet people at the centre of the day’s most hard-hitting, hilarious and heartbreaking stories — powerful leaders, proud eccentrics and ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. And plenty of puns too. Hosted by Nil Köksal and Chris Howden, find out why As It Happens is one of Canada’s longest-running and most beloved shows. (Ahem, we literally helped make the beaver a national symbol.)
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Plus: The founder and former captain of Afghanistan’s women's soccer team says it's past time FIFA let them back on the pitch. Also: One of the filmmakers of the Oscar winning documentary No Other Land is beaten and detained in the West Bank...and an activist there tells us about witnessing the moments before his arrest.
Plus: A shark in New Zealand had an octopus on its head. That’s it. That’s the story. Also: We take a closer look at anti-government protests in Turkey, and Toronto food blogger Aashim Aggarwal is using the current tensions between the U.S. and Canada as a way to highlight examples of Canadian cuisine. He defends the donair and Hawaiian pizza.
Plus: As Heathrow Airport goes down, a British teacher scrambles to bring students home from Spain. Also: A journalist in Khartoum tells us what the army's retaking of the presidential palace could mean for the deadly civil war in Sudan that's approaching the two year mark.
Plus: A conversation with the man who listed his Washington DC townhouse…with the help of a perfectly scaled LEGO recreation. Also: Kenneth Stern helped craft an internationally recognized definition of antisemitism. Now he’s concerned with how it’s being applied.
Plus: Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on earth after nine months. A former astronaut takes us inside that kind of extended stay. Also: Vermont Senator Peter Welch on how tariffs and uncertainty are hurting his state.
Plus: Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan joins Queen and Herbie Hancock at this year’s prestigious Polar Music Prize. Also: As Mark Carney begins his time as Prime Minister - the Conservative shadow minister for ethics Michael Barrett says he's being anything but transparent about his financial holdings.
Plus: Satirical news site The Beaverton celebrates 15 years during a fertile and fraught time for news satire. Also: A US federal judge orders the Trump administration to halt deportations under the Alien Enemies Act -- including flights that had already left the country. But those planes did not turn back -- and Washington is unapologetic. Georgetown law professor David Super weighs in.
Plus: An Indiana dad says he's grateful his daughter is alive after she spent nearly a week trapped and badly injured in her car. Also: A Saskatoon fire fighter fears burnout as he and his colleagues respond to 15 to 20 overdose calls a day; and animal lovers in Michigan try to solve the mystery of a snowy owl that’s inexplicably bright orange.
Plus: New York Times fashion critic Vanessa Friedman on Donatella Versace’s remarkable tenure as chief creative officer at the iconic fashion house. Also: Canada’s labour minister Steven MacKinnon promises protections for workers; Yukoners mourn the loss of a beloved community hub to fire; and Christians and Muslims alike celebrate the conversion of a St. John’s church into a much-needed mosque.
Plus: A Columbia professor says the detention of student activist Mahmoud Khalil sets a terrifying precedent — and educators have a duty to speak out. Also: A Ukrainian government advisor anxiously awaits Russia's response to a U.S. brokered ceasefire; a friend remembers South African anti-apartheid playwright Athol Fugard; and Saturn solidifies its status as the Moon King of our solar system.
Plus: The Canadian women’s rugby team makes the pitch for better funding — and says it could be a game changer when it comes to winning the world cup. Also: A lawyer representing victims of the Philippines drug war reacts to former president Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest; an ancient canoe unearthed in New Zealand could hold the answers Moriori people have been looking for; and the owner of an Alberta newspaper mourns its closure and celebrates more than a century in print.
“Closure”: After 80 years, an Ontario woman shares her relief after learning where her great uncle, who went missing in action during WW2, was buried. Irish street busker, Tilly Cripwell, describes her fight to stop passersby from touching the breasts of a statue of Molly Malone; a Severance fan -- facing stage-4 cancer -- meets the show’s cast; and what recent fighting in Syria means for the country’s prospects for peace.
Hockey Night in Canada - in Inuktitut. Pujjuut Kusugak on making history this weekend when he’ll provide colour commentary in his mother tongue. The head of the U.S. trade association for distilled spirits on Canadian provinces pulling American booze from their shelves; the Vegetable Orchestra sets a new record; a journalist in Lesotho on Donald Trump’s suggestion that no one’s ever heard of the African nation; and why there can only be one “Captain Clutch.”
Why grammar aficionado Ellen Jovin travelled to 50 U.S. states to explore the finer points of the English language -- one conversation at a time. Canada pledges billions to boost Arctic defence; an American veteran describes being fired from his job by email; the mayor of Laval, Quebec reacts, after several mayors invited to the White House are disinvited; and how a Canadian teen ended up in a Polish prison, accused of being a Russian spy.
Plus: After a long reprieve, one B.C. town faces the prospect of a renewed peacock invasion. Also: A conversation with AI pioneer Richard Sutton, co-winner of this year's Turing Award.
A retired entomologist shows off his creative side, and the nether regions of his favourite beetle, in a new exhibit of glass sculptures. An Israeli human rights organization takes the government to court over its aid blockade; a resident in Point Roberts, Washington, on its connection to Canada and his petition for a humanitarian exemption to tariffs; a fired US federal employee explains why she's attending President Trump’s congressional address tonight; and a childhood friend and former bandm...
Plus: A Stanford University scientist on new research into the slimiest parts of our brains that could unlock big developments in memory and aging. Also: On the eve of US tariffs on virtually all Canadian goods, the owner of a Toronto pizzeria tells us about his decision to banish US ingredients from his restaurant.
