As It Happens: The Wednesday Edition
Part One
Mariupol Deputy Mayor
A Russian strike has hit a children's hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. And its deputy mayor says while he'd once have assumed an accident, he now suspects a targeted attack.
Mask mandates dropping
A family doctor in Ontario says she'll continue to cover her face no matter how the rules change — and that by dropping the mask mandate, the province is dropping the ball.
Guinea pig tricks record
We'll hear from a pet owner whose guinea pig set an unofficial world record for the most tricks performed by a member of its species in a minute — in a first-ever attempt at the title.
Part Two
Australia flooding
After some of the worst flooding in her country in living memory, a pharmacist in Australia tells us she's resorted to delivering medicine by jet-ski.
Octopus garbage
To get a better sense of how garbage is affecting octopuses, researchers looked at hundreds of crowd sourced photos — and found the creatures interacting with everything from pop bottles to car batteries.
Part Three
Russian yacht watch
A woman who's part of a global effort to track super yachts tell us their whereabouts say a lot about what Russian oligarchs are thinking. And she's done a pretty deep dive.
California drought
With most of California in severe drought, farmers are facing difficult decisions about which crops might bring windfall — and which could be their downfall.