As It Happens

As It Happens: The Friday Edition

April 10, 2020

Episode Transcript

Part 1

CMA President

Learning the hard way. The head of the Canadian Medical Association says Ottawa didn't act on the advice it got years ago and now his members -- front line healthcare workers -- are paying the price.

Vancouver Drive-in Confessions

Some Catholic churches are making sure confession can still happen ... and they're taking their cue from the fast food industry.

Part 2

Ecuador COVID 

In Ecuador's largest city, the bodies of people who've died of COVID-19 are being left in the street. We'll hear how things got so bad.

Allana Harkin

Comedy in the time of COVID is a challenge, but our guest is producing a late-night show, that is shot in Samantha Bee's backyard, and she says it's all good, because "comedians are made for tragedy." 

Part 3

Encore: Forgiveness Feature 

He's never forgotten. But he did forgive. And when Michael Berg said publicly  that he'd forgiven the Al-Qaeda militant who murdered his son, a lot of people were infuriated. But one Canadian singer-songwriter was inspired.