As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

Monday, Oct. 30, 2017

Episode transcript

Part One

Mueller indictments
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller issues indictments against three men linked to President Donald Trump's election campaign — and our guest wonders where he's going.

Abbotsford overdoses
Abbotsford, BC, experiences more opioid-related deaths — and one harm reduction worker explains how the situation has become so bad. 

Octopuses walking
A Welsh tourboat operator is alarmed to see 25 octopuses marching out of the sea — and has only tentative theories as to why they'd mysteriously abandon their homes. 

Part Two

Jason Kenney win
As the new leader of the United Conservative Party, Jason Kenney is inviting everyone in Alberta to join him — but our guest believes his message of inclusivity excludes some key truths. 

Jane Juska obit, spooky space sounds
At 67, Jane Juska took out an ad seeking "a lot of sex with a man I like" — and tonight, actor Sharon Gless talks about portraying the late Ms. Juska in a play based based on the enthusiastic response to that ad. 

Part Three

Canada and the Kurds
Canada's Kurdish and Iraqi allies continue to face off, but the Kurds' top North American diplomat says that's no reason for Ottawa to withdraw its military support for the Peshmerga. 

Bob Nault on NAFTA
Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the government's been napping on the NAFTA file. But Liberal MP Bob Nault is back from a week of meetings in Washington DC — and he insists it was no slumber party.

Catalonia government worker
Last week he triumphantly declared independence. But now, Catatlonia's leader has disappeared — reportedly having left the country for Belgium. And that's left ordinary Catalonians at a loss for what to do next.