As It Happens

As It Happens: Thursday Edition

July 4, 2019

Episode Transcript

Part One

New Brunswick Judges
Five out of six recent judicial appointments have personal connections to Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc — and now, our guest wants an investigation of the way judges are appointed in the first place. 

Mad Magazine
After 67 years, it looks like the home of the "Fold-In" is folding — and an artist with Mad Magazine reflects on the end of a furshlugginer institution.  

Tooth in Foot
It began with a blister on Jeff Weakley's foot, and ended with the emergence of a chunk of bone that once resided in the mouth of a shark — which attacked Weakley 24 years ago. 

Part Two

WWII Bodies Repatriated
A research group finally finds the graves of more than 30 American marines and sailors who died on a Pacific Island during the Second World War — and is returning them to their home country. 

Front Yard Garden 
It took six years of fighting with community bigwigs — and a change in Florida state law — but Hermine Ricketts can finally plant a vegetable garden in her front yard.