As It Happens

As It Happens: The Monday Edition

May 2, 2022

Episode Transcript

Part One

Peguis flooding
It's not the first time flooding has forced hundreds of people in Peguis First Nation out of their homes -- but Chief Glenn Hudson tells us the flooding this time is especially terrible. 

Pizza delivery rescuer
A Massachusetts DoorDash worker had set aside her dream of becoming an EMT aside. But her training picked up right where it left off when she recently found herself delivering more than just food.

Gravestone recipes
We'll hear from a woman who's been cooking up a unique response to some inspired inscriptions found in cemeteries -- and says recipes written in stone are typically to die for.

Part Two

Archbishop of Canterbury: Residential schools system records
A residential school survivor says the Archbishop of Canterbury's promise to release school documents is all well and good, but she's still waiting on the church to put its money where its mouth is. 

US pediatrician guidelines
The American Academy of Pediatrics is putting its own guidance to doctors under the microscope, in an effort to eliminate race-based medicine. And the project's head tells us change can't come soon enough. 

Part Three

Confederation Bridge name change
Prince Edward Island wants to rename the Confederation Bridge. And our guest says while it's been called everything from "Span of Green Gables" to "Spud Highway", the new proposal has a much deeper meaning. 

Brontes magazines sold
The Brontë Parsonage Museum is one step closer to a complete collection of Charlotte Brontë's works -- after acquiring another of her famed miniature manuscripts.