As It Happens: The Thursday Edition
Part One
Budget: Conservative
The Conservative Party's Finance Critic tells us the Liberals have crafted a budget that will leave future generations struggling to pick up the tab.
Budget: NDP
The Liberals table their first budget under their recent power-sharing agreement with the NDP. But there are questions about whether it measures up.
Budget: Liberal
The government's Associate Minister of Finance explains how Justin Trudeau plans to pay for big promises on housing, dental care and more.
Capitol wild fox
California Congressman Ami Bera prefers to talk policy — but this week he's been making headlines for his encounter with a wild fox. And no, not the news network.
Part Two
Asteroid dino
Paleontologists are celebrating a find they say reveals a play-by-play account of the very day an asteroid smashed into the Earth — and caused the dinosaurs to go extinct.
Philly hoagie bracket
Reporters at the Philadelphia Inquirer have unearthed a ploy to stuff ballots in the paper's yearly contest to declare the city's best hoagie.
Part Three
New Brunswick same-sex photo exhibit
A new exhibit at a Fredericton art gallery features rare photographs of a same-sex couple from the early 20th century. And one of its curators says they mean a lot to queer people in the province today.
Victoria wax heads
A former wax museum owner tells us about his search for a new home for the collection of wax heads in his basement.