As It Happens: Wednesday Edition
Part One
Netanyahu Allegations
So far, Benjamin Netanyahu's strategy is to refuse to step down, after police recommend he face charges of bribery and fraud — but our guest says this time, the Israeli Prime Minister's resilience may fail him.
Newspaper Funding
Toronto Star top guy John Honderich says that his paper's latest wave of cuts wouldn't have happened if the Trudeau government were truly committed to quality independent journalism.
Trans Breastfeeding
There's a groundbreaking new case report in the journal Transgender Health — which describes how a thirty-year-old transgender woman was able to breastfeed her baby.
Part Two
Baltimore Ceasefire
One of its nicknames is "America's Comeback City". And while it's too early to say whether that's true, one activist considers it a victory that Baltimore just went eleven days without a homicide.
New Hampshire Lottery Mystery
The right six digits won a New Hampshire woman a lottery worth more than half-a-billion dollars U.S. — and now she's fighting to get the money without giving up her identity.
Encore: Bere Island Lottery
Off the southwest coast of Ireland is Bere Island — population around 200. And last fall, Mary Murphy who runs the post office there, sold a winning lottery ticket. But no one would say who'd won. From our archives, an encore presentation of Carol's conversations with Murphy.
Part Three
Refugee Child Benefits
Six families challenge the Canada Revenue Agency for denying their Canadian-born kids child benefits — because their parents' immigration status is still in flux.
Flu Deaths
This year's flu season has been a tough one, and it's hitting children in particular. We'll talk to a microbiologist about why — and how a scarf might be one of the best defences against the flu offence.