As It Happens

As It Happens: Thursday Edition

Nov. 12, 2020

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Hong Kong Canada: Marco Mendicino
As China increases restrictions on democracy in Hong Kong, Canada's Immigration Minister makes it easier for more of its youngest and brightest to make new lives here.

Windsor hospital CEO
The CEO of an Ontario hospital drops everything to drive across the U.S. border to pick up a rare drug for a patient —even though that 2-hour trip means a 14-day quarantine.

Bear facial recognition
Researchers at the University of Victoria are using a new technique identify and track grizzlies in British Columbia — facial recognition software.

Part Two

Ontario migrant worker lawyer
The Ontario Labour Relations Board awards damages to a Mexican farm worker who was fired after raising concerns about a COVID outbreak — but his lawyer says that may not change much for other vulnerable workers.

Stonehenge tunnel
An archaeologist who's spent years working in and around Stonehenge says he's heartbroken that the UK has green-lit a new traffic tunnel, underneath the ancient site

Part Three

SCC: Sex assault testimony
The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned a decision that questioned an assault victim's credibility because of her mental disability.

Fort Frances road 
The name of a road in an Ontario town had been controversial for a while. We reach a town councillor who thought now was the time to change when he realized it would be the address of a new police station.