As It Happens: Tuesday Edition

Part One

Hotel Death
Nadine Machiskinic was an aboriginal woman who died after falling down a ten-storey laundry chute at a Regina hotel. Her family believes the police have little interest in finding out how it happened. 

Drug Price Hike
The founder of an American pharmaceutical company raises the price of a drug by five thousand per cent.

Backyard Tank
A Quebec woman discovered an enormous military vehicle buried in her backyard and she staged a festival to get people to help her dig it out. 

Part Two

Gun Raffle Candidate
To raise money for his campaign, an Edmonton Libertarian candidate is raffling off a restricted semi-automatic gun.

Muslim Presidency
Republican candidate Ben Carson says he wouldn't "advocate" putting a Muslim in the White House -- but our guest, a Muslim politician, can advocate for herself. 

Part Three

VW Pollution Prof
We speak with a professor at West Virginia University who helped uncover that Volkswagen was rigging its emissions systems.

Daniel Thompson Obit
With his ingenious machine, the late Daniel Thompson made bagels popular throughout North America.

Detroit Squatters
A Detroit neighbourhood looks for decent people to live as squatters in abandoned homes so that scrappers and arsonists will stay away from their community.