As It Happens: The Friday Edition
Part One
Nova Scotia shooter new charges
Police say three people including the common-law spouse of the man who killed 22 in Nova Scotia provided the killer with ammunition. We ask a lawyer for the victims where this leaves the case.
Meng Wanzhou
The Wall Street Journal gets the scoop on a potential deal between the U.S. and Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. One of the reporters tells us what that might mean for the two Canadians detained in China.
Enigma machine found
It's an Enigma wrapped in a mystery inside — a whole bunch of seaweed. We talk to a German diver who stumbled upon a rare Nazi coding machine at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
Part Two
Diamond Princess cruise author
One of the passengers trapped aboard the Diamond Princess early in the pandemic has written a book about it that she thinks everyone can relate to, since we're all in the same boat now.
Food mask
An artist explains why he's been crafting elaborate, medically-inadvisable and completely edible face masks out of everything from loaves of sourdough bread to steamed dumplings.
Part Three
Old Christmas card
The world's first commercial Christmas card is up for sale — again. Its seller explains why it caused a scandal when it first appeared one hundred and seventy-seven years ago.
George Borden obit
George Borden's nephew remembers the poet, historian and military man who never stopped campaigning for Canada to recognize the sacrifices Black Canadians made for their country.
As It Happens was produced this week by:
Jeanne Armstrong
Sarah Cooper
Katie Geleff
Chris Harbord
Sheena Goodyear
Sarah Jackson
Mehek Mazhar
Richard Raycraft
Kevin Robertson
Chloe Shantz-Hilkes
Kate Swoger
and Tomas Urbina.
Our technicians this week are Reynold Gonsalves and Gabbie Hagoriles. The show director is John McGill.
The writers this week are Chris Howden and Lisa Bryn-Rundle. Austin Webb is our senior producer. And the Executive Producer of As It Happens is Robin Smythe.
We'd also like to thank some other people who helped us out this week:
Mary-Catherine McIntosh and Elizabeth McMillan in Halifax
Susan McKenzie in Montreal
Paul MacInnis in Ottawa
Varad Mehta, Jonathan Ore, Eric Van, Brandie Weikle and Luke Williams — all in Toronto
Suzanne Dufresne in Winnipeg
Jennifer Keene in Calgary
and Anne Penman in Vancouver.
As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Good night, and good weekend.