As It Happens: Thursday Edition
Part One
Minister Champagne: Lebanon
Canada's foreign affairs minister says the millions in Canadian aid for Lebanon must go to people, not politicians. He explains from Beirut how he'll make sure that happens.
NBA boycott
WNBA star Renee Montgomery says by refusing to play basketball, players are demanding to be heard. And since she opted out of the season after the killing of George Floyd, people are listening.
Banana slices sandwich
One data geek has spent the pandemic optimizing the design of the peanut butter banana sandwich. And now, he's got it down to a science.
Part Two
New Zealand mosque attack sentencing
The man who killed 51 people at a New Zealand mosque and Islamic centre gets life in prison with no chance of parole. One of the survivors tells us about life since the horrific attack.
Women's rights statues
This week, Central Park got its first-ever statue of non-fictional women — and the sculptor says it's about time.