As It Happens: Friday Edition
Part One
Governor General resigns: Dominic LeBlanc
As the President of the Queen's Privy Council, Dominic LeBlanc says the Trudeau government will respond to the embarrassing resignation of Julie Payette — and do a better job of picking Canada's next governor general.
Keystone: Industry
While Canadian politicians deploy their fanciest rhetoric to address Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline, the CEO of an Alberta oil producer talks plainly about what it will mean for the company and its workers.
Key West crazy chickens
The population of feral chickens in Key West, Florida is ballooning, and so are the chickens themselves — which is why the city is requesting residents go cold turkey on feeding them.
Part Two
Joe Biden: COVID
Joe Biden rolls out his plan to fight COVID-19 — but an epidemiologist who advised the new U.S. President warns of dark winter months ahead.
Bernie Sanders mittens
A photo of Bernie Sanders in mittens that are as cool as they are warm blows up online — and, now that she's been inundated with new orders, the woman who made them has a great yarn.
Part Three
Canada Basketball fine
It was just common sense for Canada's national basketball team to skip a tournament over concerns about COVID-19. So it seems uncommonly nonsensical that the team has been fined 227 thousand dollars for choosing to play it safe.
Bosnia refugees stuck
Hundreds of asylum seekers are left out in the cold in Bosnia. And aid groups say there are perfectly good facilities to house them, that are sitting empty. But local authorities are standing in the way.
As It Happens was produced this week by:
Jeanne Armstrong
Andrea Bellemare
Sarah Cooper
Katie Geleff
Chris Harbord
Sarah Jackson
Paul MacInnis
Mehek Mazhar
Niza Nondo
Kevin Robertson
Chloe Shantz-Hilkes
Kate Swoger
and Sonya Varma.
Our technicians this week are Reynold Gonsalves and AnnMarie Karugonjo. The show director is John McGill.
The writers this week are Lisa Bryn-Rundle and Chris Howden. Austin Webb is our senior producer. 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 McIntosh in Halifax
Susan McKenzie in Montreal
Thomas Cobbett Labonte, Laura Antonelli, Frankie Fiorini, Tahiat Mahboob, Lakshine Sathiyanathan, Varad Mehta, Jonathan Ore, and Brandie Weikle — all in Toronto
Suzanne Dufresne in Winnipeg
Jennifer Keene in Calgary
and Anne Penman in Vancouver.
As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Good night, and good weekend.