As It Happens

As It Happens: The Friday Edition

Aug. 26, 2022

Episode Transcript 

Part One

Mar-A-Lago Affadavit
After the U-S Justice Department publishes parts of the affidavit that led to the search of Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago home and hotel, a former federal prosecutor reads between the redactions.

Victor Ho
Unwanted attention. A virtual parliament faces real-world pressure... as Hong Kong officials put a Canadian pro-democracy activist on their wanted list.

UK Daycare Heating
Breaking out in a sweat(er). A UK daycare owner says she was shocked at the news that energy prices will jump a further 80% this fall, forcing her to turn down the heat and ask the kids to layer up.


Part Two

SK Nurse
Burnout notice. As the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses raises the alarm over severely understaffed emergency rooms, we speak with one new nurse who is already feeling burnt out after working nearly 300 hours in a single month.

Sweden Ugly Lawns
Blade Ruiner. One Swedish island tries to turn that brown upside down with a contest that rewards the area's driest, ugliest most uninviting yard... in hopes of turning water conservation into a badge of honour