As It Happens: Monday Edition
Part One
Trump COVID: Republican Strategist
An advisor on the Trump campaign tells us the U-S president plans to publicly spread his hospital-bed realizations about COVID-19.
Trump COVID: Doctor
A doctor says it was "preposterous" to see Donald Trump in a motorcade yesterday, putting himself and Secret Service agents at risk and it's even more mind-boggling to let him go home today.
Nobel Prize: Hep C
A University of Alberta virologist is sharing the Nobel Prize discovering hepatitis C. He hopes the honour reminds those in charge that basic research is vital.
Part Two
Private COVID Clinics
Some private companies see an opportunity in Ontario's testing backlog and while they say they're just trying to help, a Toronto doctor tells us COVID tests for a fee are more like "pandemic profiteering."
Green Leader
Fresh from her election as Canada's new Green leader, we ask Annamie Paul whether the hardliners she beat have a place in her more centrist vision of the party.
Part Three
Cineworld Closing Theatres
One of the world's biggest cinema chains is temporarily closing its theatres in the U-K and the U-S, and say James Bond is partly to blame.
Dutch Lesbos Flights
Dutch activists planned to fly an empty 737 to the Greek island of Lesbos to pick up asylum-seekers and bring them back to the Netherlands. But those plans changed quickly when authorities in Athens grounded the plane.
Brent Lakatos
Canadian Brent Lakatos has 7 Paralympic medals. 11 world track titles. And now, two wheelchair marathon wins. He also has no plan to slow down.