As It Happens

As It Happens: Thursday Edition

Sept. 26, 2019

Episode Transcript

Part One

Jacques Chirac obit
Former Quebec Premier Jean Charest remembers his friend Jacques Chirac — the French President whose drive for power was so relentless his countrymen called him "Le Bulldozer".

TSX Alberta energy
His company's lost so much value it's been delisted from Canada's main market index — which is why Kevin Neveu is shifting its focus from Alberta to the U.S.

Swiss glacier funeral
He was intimately familiar with the deceased — which is why Swiss glaciologist Matthias Huss gave a tribute at the funeral for an Alpine glacier that's all but melted away. 

Part Two

Trump Impeachment: Democrat
A whistleblower says Donald Trump abused his power, and the White House put the evidence in "lockdown" — and a Democratic Congresswoman says that's clear proof the President should be impeached. 

Polish teen journal
All 700 pages of the Second World War diary of Renia Spiegel, a Polish teenager who was killed by the Nazis, are now published in English. 

Part Three

Dental hygienist
A dental hygienist in Ontario is crushed after losing his license. He says he thought he was following the rules, and doesn't know if he'll ever have a career again. And all because he treated his own wife. 

Dallas trans attack
On Friday, a trans woman was shot several times in the chest and arm at a bus station in Dallas — the latest in series of violent attacks on trans indiviuals in the city in recent months.