As It Happens: The Monday Edition
Part One
Texas concert deaths
Eight people are dead after the crowd rushed the stage at a Houston festival on Friday — and one concert goer tells us she's lucky to be alive.
US border reopening
As the Canada/U.S. land border finally opens for non-essential trips, a Congressman says there's one last roadblock: the Canadian government's requirement for a negative COVID test to get back into the country.
Manitoba press gallery voice
Something about him really resonates. And that something is his voice. The PR moderator at the Manitoba legislature brings an announcer's flair to press briefings, changing things from dull to dulcet.
Part Two
Veterans flags Assembly of First Nations
Canadian flags on Parliament Hill were raised, then lowered, for Indigenous Veterans Day today — and the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations says that's a powerful symbol, but it must be followed by action.
Steller's sea eagle Nova Scotia
For the first time ever, Canadians are catching rare glimpses of the majestic Steller's Sea Eagle, an ocean away from its natural habitat — and everyone's scrambling to get a birder's eye view.
Part Three
Temporary hockey statue
A five-time Olympic hockey player tells us why she hopes a statue unveiled outside the Hockey Hall of Fame this week will raise awareness about the ways women have been frozen out of the sport.
Condors asexual chicks
A nest egg gathers a lot of interest. Well, two eggs, actually, containing California condor chicks. Both of which, scientists have discovered, were born from unfertilized eggs.
Vietnamese singer Phuong Tâm
Hannah Hà always knew her mother could sing, but it wasn't until she stumbled on an old recording that she learned her mom was a legend — who belted some of the first rock and roll sung in Vietnamese.