As It Happens: Thursday Edition

Part One

Rape defence study
A Canadian study finds that women trained in self-defence and risk-detection tactics reduced their rate of rape by nearly fifty per cent.

Gaza solar panels
Hospitals in Gaza face the constant risk of blackouts -- and a group of Canadian doctors believes the solution is solar power. 

Munsch turns 70
On the 70th birthday of children's author Robert Munsch, we'll speak to the woman who is not embarrassed to have helped inspire his book "I'm So Embarrassed" as a child. 

Part Two

Senator Day
The Auditor General says Senator Joseph Day overspent by twenty thousand bucks -- but the Senator himself tells us he considers his accounts balanced. 

Bobblehead museum
Two Milwaukee men follow through on a dream so many of us have -- by quitting their jobs to start the greatest bobblehead museum in the United States. 

Part Three

Quebec bill: Muslim community
The Quebec government introduces new laws to curb religious extremism -- including a proposed ban on head coverings for public service workers that's uncomfortably familiar. 

Drought shamer
A conversation with a California vigilante who travels his neighbourhood armed with his mobile phone -- waiting to take video of anyone using more water than he thinks they're supposed to.  

Supreme Court of Canada on medical marijuana
The Supreme Court of Canada expands the definition of medical marijuana to include edibles - everything from pot brownies to cannabis-infused lip balms.