As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

Monday, September 26, 2016

Part One

US Elections Professor
One American professor has correctly predicted the outcome of presidential elections since 1984 but he's not happy about his own prediction this time.

Annie Pootoogook Obit
The late Annie Pootoogook's frank drawings of Inuit life catapulted her to Canadian art stardom and tonight, an Ottawa curator remembers the artist he calls a "shining light".

North Carolina History Professor
To make a point about free speech, a North Carolina teacher stepped on the American flag in front of his students but his lesson is lost on the people who've since threatened his life.

Part Two

Prison Closes
A federal judge described it as one of the worst prisons in the United States and now that the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility has been closed, our guest is among those saying "Good riddance." 

KKK Packages
Residents of a Pennyslvania community are on high alert after receiving a message from a group claiming to be keeping an eye on things: the Ku Klux Klan.

Part Three

First Nation Ceremony
A BC First Nations grand chief opted out of a reconciliation ceremony attended by the royal couple because he says symbolic gestures are not enough.

No Water in Aleppo
A weekend of intense bombing has killed more than 300 in Syria's largest city and now has destroyed access to Eastern Aleppo's sole source of water.

Best Burrito
A PhD student has assembled the definitive criteria for what makes a quality burrito.