As It Happens

As It Happens: Tuesday Edition

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Martin McGuinness obit: Sinn Fein
The late Martin McGuinness was an IRA commander first, and later a key figure in negotiating peace in Northern Ireland. For Martina Anderson, a member of the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein and the European Parliament, McGuinness was like family.

Martin McGuinness obit: critic
Lord Norman Tebbit survived the IRA's 1984 bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton. His wife remains paralyzed from that attack. 

New world map
Boston public schools reject the outdated, distorted Mercator projection map in favour of a less familiar, more accurate view of Earth — and now, everything's going according to planet.

Part Two

New airline security
The U.S. and  the U.K. both announce a ban on laptops and other electronic devices on flights from certain airports in the Middle East and Africa. 

Anglican Church: residential schools
The Anglican Church is the latest group to criticize a Canadian senator for her sunny view of residential schools — and it should know: it ran a lot of them. 

Part Three

Encore feature interview: Michael Crummey
On World Poetry Day, we have an encore presentation of Carol's memorable interview with award-winning Newfoundland writer Michael Crummey — and his latest poetry collection "Little Dogs."