As It Happens: Friday Edition
Part One
Iraq protests
They look like tear-gas canisters — but Amnesty International says the grenades the Iraqi military used on protesters aren't employed for crowd control: they're being used to kill.
Wexit: Indigenous
Amid all the talk of Western separation, a Saskatoon chief reminds "Wexiteers" their path out of Canada runs through some pre-Confederation Indigenous rights.
Loons raise duckling
When two loons in Wisconsin found a drifter, they took a quack at raising a young duck as one of their own.
Part Two
Sheldon Kennedy
Sheldon Kennedy, former NHLer and advocate against child abuse, goes from the face-off to a flying spin — and wins the CBC's figure skating show, "Battle of the Blades".
Pakistan HIV
A single pediatrician is being blamed for spreading HIV in a Pakistani city by reusing syringes — but Dr. Fatima Mir says his suspension won't clear up the crisis.
Part Three
Family hardware
The fourth-generation owner of an Ontario hardware store tells us why he's closing up shop — after 154 years of serving what was once Canada's biggest oil town.
Police destroy house suit
Police in Colorado pursued an armed burglar into a house owned by Leo Lech. By the time they left, they'd caught the perp — and all but destroyed the house. As Mr. Lech tells us, police offered little compensation — and now, a court has told him he'll have to clean up their mess.
As It Happens was produced this week by:
Jeanne Armstrong
Katie Geleff
Sheena Goodyear
Chris Harbord,
Sarah Jackson
Alison Masemann
Rachel Levy-McLaughlin
John McGill
Jonathan Ore
Morgan Passi
Kevin Robertson, and
Chloe Shantz-Hilkes
Our technicians this week were Reynold Gonsalves and Oronde Williams. The show director is Kevin Ball.
Kate Swoger was our senior producer this week. And the Executive Producer of As It Happens is Robin Smythe.
We'd also like to thank some other people who helped us out this week:
Mary-Catherine MacIntosh in Halifax
Susan McKenzie in Montreal
Max Paris in Ottawa
Keith Hart at Radio Archives, Zoe Barraclough, Varad Mehta and Luke Williams — all in Toronto
Suzanne Dufresne in Winnipeg
Tracey Johnson and Jennifer Keene in Calgary, and
Anne Penman in Vancouver.
As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Good night, and good weekend.