As It Happens

As It Happens, Wednesday Edition

Wednesday, May 18th, 2016

Part One

RCMP journalist
The Ottawa Bureau Chief for La Presse newspaper says he was shocked to learn that rogue RCMP officers had been spying on him — but that was just the beginning.

Same ultrasounds
An Ontario woman thought she'd received a 3-D ultrasound image of her baby — but when other expectant mothers share identical images online, she believes it may actually be a stock photo. 

Nightclub DJ search
A London DJ tries to find the couple who partied at his club 'til 5 a.m. and then vanished — and all he knows is that they're Polish, and they're in their seventies. 

Part Two

Komagata Maru apology
The prime minister officially apologizes for Canada's 1914 rejection of hundreds of South Asian immigrants who tried to enter the country aboard the Komagata Maru. 

Canadian Opera flap
The National Post's opera critic resigns, after the newspaper takes down his review and posts an edited version — under pressure from the Canadian Opera Company. 

Part Three

Assisted dying
As the deadline approaches for the Liberals' assisted-dying bill, tensions rise and MPs on both sides of the aisle are expressing serious reservations. 

Montreal calèche ban
The mayor of Montreal announces there will be no calèches horse-drawn carriages — on the streets of his city this summer. Our guest is a driver and she says people should get off their high horses. 

Knickerbocker monument 
Not too late for "Too Late" Davis. James Whyte Davis was one of baseball's earliest players and was part of the New York Knickerbockers in the eighteen hundreds. Now he's being recognized with a monument for his role in baseball's history.