As It Happens: The Friday Edition
Part One
Anita Anand
As anxieties mount over Canada's vaccine supply, the federal Procurement Minister tells us she'll make sure drug companies get us the shots as promised.
Emily in Paris Writer
A writer for the much-maligned Netflix series "Emily in Paris" is surprised that her show got a Golden Globe nod and absolutely outraged that the innovative "I May Destroy You" did not.
From Our Archives: Remembering Christopher Plummer
The late Christopher Plummer was wise enough to know he always had more to learn. In the wake of his death, we revisit the great Canadian actor's 2010 conversation with Carol.
Part Two
Calgary ICU Visits
A researcher in Calgary has been interviewing families affected by pandemic restrictions on hospital visits and says there may be a better way.
PEI Lottery Winner
A PEI coffee-shop owner was struggling through the pandemic until he got lucky, very lucky, with a scratch-and-win lottery ticket.
Part Three
Vancouver Environmental Grant
A B-C environmentalist is awarded a whole lot of green for her forest-saving innovation, including a campaign that saw the final Harry Potter book printed on tree-free paper.
US Reuniting Families
The Biden administration establishes a taskforce to reunite families broken apart at the U.S. border by Donald Trump's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy.
As It Happens was produced this week by:
Jeanne Armstrong
Sarah Cooper
Katie Geleff
Chris Harbord
Sarah Jackson
Mehek Mazhar
Niza Nondo
Kevin Robertson
Chloe Shantz-Hilkes
Kate Swoger
and Sonya Varma.
Our technicians this week are Reynold Gonsalves, Laura Antonelli, and Gabbie Hagoriles. The show directors this week are John McGill and Matt Murphy.
The writers are Lisa Bryn-Rundle and Chris Howden. 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 in Halifax
Susan McKenzie in Montreal
Paul MacInnis in Ottawa
Frankie Fiorini, Varad Mehta, Jonathan Ore, Tahiat Mahboob, Mouhamad Rachini and Brandie Weikle --- all in Toronto,
Suzanne Dufresne in Winnipeg
Jennifer Keene and Jennifer Lee in Calgary
and Anne Penman in Vancouver.
As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Good night, and good weekend.