As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

Monday, Aug. 28, 2017

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Houston: Seniors home
A Florida woman scrambles into action after her mother sends a photo from Houston showing residents in her care home sitting in murky, waist-deep flood water. 

New York Times bestseller
An unknown author tops the New York Times list of young adult bestsellers. Then our guest started sleuthing and now the novelist has been written right off the list. 

Moth sighting
A retired science teacher says the discovery of two rare "sad underwing" moths is the highlight of his career, and since there's both a male and a female he's hoping for some sad moth romance. 

Part Two

Houston: Katrina relocated
She fled New Orleans when Katrina blew through. Now Hurricane Harvey has chased Christine Valerio from her family's new Houston home.  

Eritrean family
A family who fled Eritrea has to decide whether to stay or leave their new Winnipeg neigbourhood — after they say one of their neighbours racially threatens and intimidates them.