As It Happens

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News that’s not afraid of fun. Meet people at the centre of the day’s most hard-hitting, hilarious and heartbreaking stories — powerful leaders, proud eccentrics and ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. And plenty of puns too. Hosted by Nil Köksal and Chris Howden, find out why As It Happens is one of Canada’s longest-running and most beloved shows. (Ahem, we literally helped make the beaver a national symbol.)

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Yesterday · 55 min
Shooting near synagogue shocks Ontario community
People in Belleville, Ontario are trying to make sense of a shooting last night, just outside a local synagogue. The local MP tells us it is "incomprehensible." Her brother was killed in the 1985 Air India bombing -- and Sudha Berry tells us she's appalled that the RCMP's investigation of the attack is now "inactive." It's a fraught political time between Canada and the U.S. -- but our guest saw only friendship at the celebration of Canada she holds every yea
Saturday · 26 min
Special Episode: “Once Upon a Time in Harlem”
In the summer of 1972, the late filmmaker William Greaves sent out invitations that promised a "gathering of artists and intellectuals — the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance." He filmed that cocktail party but never ended up completing a full-length documentary. Now, 50 years later, his son and granddaughter have restored that footage and turned it into a new film, “Once Upon a Time in Harlem.” Nil Köksal sits down with director David Greaves and producer Liani Greaves during the w
Friday · 45 min
Canada’s Conservative Party facing 'fractured' future
A former Conservative Party campaign manager says if Pierre Poilievre wants to be part of the party's future, he'd better get the situation under control fast.  The former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, is being held in terrible conditions in prison. His son tells us that's because of a vendetta by the chief of the army — and he fears it will end in his father's death. A Montreal family doctor is shocked to see himself in videos promoting dodgy
Thursday · 57 min
The European reaction to Canada’s bid for stronger ties
A German member of European Parliament reacts to plans for a deeper relationship between Canada and the EU. He tells us the alliance is a long time coming, but making it official is no simple matter.  The son of the late Nigerian actor Olu Jacobs remembers a man considered one of the architects of the Nigerian film industry known as "Nollywood."  Newly released documents detail shocking corruption allegations against several Toronto police officers
Wednesday · 56 min
The pros and cons of closer collaboration with the EU
We don't know exactly what Canada's new relationship with Europe will look like, but former envoy Stéphane Dion says he welcomes stronger ties — as long as certain strings are not attached.  Three people are dead, including a journalist, after an NBC News helicopter crashes in Los Angeles. A witness describes the horrifying moment the chopper fell out of the sky. A building in Gaza City badly damaged in the war collapsed overnight, killing families who w
September 15 · 59 min
Is privatization coming for Canadian airports?
Prime Minister Mark Carney announces plans to open up Canada's four largest airports to private investment, and our guest says that will only mean turbulence for passengers and workers.  As police raid several 2SLGBTQ+ businesses in Turkey and detain dozens of people, the editor-in-chief of a gay rights magazine there tells us the government is declaring his very existence to be obscene.  The NDP candidate who won an unexpected victory in a provinci
September 14 · 1 hr 2 min
When a drone struck a train in Ukraine, she was metres away.
Yesterday, Russian drones hit a passenger train near the Poland-Ukraine border; a journalist tells us what she was thinking as those drones flew over her own train.  The Prime Minister is wooing international investors to support Canadian projects -- but NDP leader Avi Lewis says Canadians should be wary of the idea that we need outside investment to strengthen the economy. Over his long career, no one ever knocked the late Canadian boxing legend George
September 11 · 56 min
She filmed the 9/11 attacks and waited 25 years to watch
A woman who filmed the September 11th attacks from her New York City fire escape has finally brought herself to watch her own footage from that day. Two British citizens have been detained in Iran for over 600 days on espionage charges. Our guest says the UK government should be doing more to get his mother released.  The president of a B.C. Conservative riding association tells us if MPs are going to cross the floor, they should have to reimburse the pa
September 10 · 1 hr 4 min
Tasia Fortune is dead. Her mother wants to know why.
The mother of a Black woman, whose body was found hanging from a tree in Jackson, Mississippi, tells us she's desperate for answers about what really happened to her daughter. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Alberta to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney, and shake hands on a hundred-year partnership that will see new investment in energy, security, and defence. An Alberta First Nation defies provincial limits on gender-affirming care – by
September 9 · 57 min
Inside an escalating tit-for-tat in Iran
Iran and the U.S. continue to escalate their attacks, each hoping the other will blink first, but analyst Farzan Sabet says adding fuel to the fire is a risky strategy.  For the first time in almost a millennium, the Bayeux tapestry returns to British soil and our guest tells us the 11th-century masterpiece lends itself to 21st-century sensibilities.  It took nearly a decade, but a spacecraft is finally nearing its destination: the tiny planet of Me
September 8 · 1 hr
Canada’s ‘pivot’ away from U.S. easier said than done
In the midst of a fierce trade war, Ottawa wants to reduce its reliance on the U.S. But Canada's former defence minister says pivoting away from American military hardware is a challenge the government hasn't quite figured out.  A former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories praises Canada for joining a ban on imports from Israeli settlements. But Michael Lynk says that move is just a start.
September 7 · 45 min
US/Canada tariffs can’t stop this cross-border partnership
When Hurricane Helene destroyed an American tea producer's operation, a Canadian counterpart stepped in. They tell us rising costs and a trade war won't put an end to their cross-border friendship. Germany’s AfD becomes the first far-right party since the Nazis to win a state election. We ask a Christian Democratic politician how his party should meet this moment. A friend of the late Georgina Lightning tells us the Cree filmmaker didn't just do amazing work
September 4 · 49 min
What happens to Lindsay Clancy now?
The judge in the Massachusetts mother’s high profile murder trial declares a mistrial and a criminal defence lawyer tells us he’s never seen a day in court quite like this. It’s been 66 years since the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa, when police officers killed dozens of protestors. And our guest says far too many people are still waiting for proper compensation.  Emergency workers in Nepal rescue two people who had been trapped in a tunnel for nin
September 3 · 51 min
Celebrating feminist icon, Gloria Steinem
The journalist and social activist is being remembered for her wisdom, wit, optimism, and tireless pursuit of equality. Ms. Magazine co-founder Letty Cottin Pogrebin tells us it was an honour to see that feminist force up close.  Canadian writer and feminist Michele Landsberg recalls meeting Gloria Steinem for the first time at a Toronto Planned Parenthood event — and says she always made time for anyone working to further the cause.  For the first
September 2 · 45 min
A Canadian veteran responds to Americans’ military mockery
A former Canadian Armed Forces officer who served alongside Americans in Afghanistan tells us the constant anti-Canada rhetoric from the Trump administration is disturbing.  Florida is executing death-row inmates at a record-breaking pace. A priest who counsels those inmates says state politicians are politicizing people's lives — and deaths. As investors sell off their government bonds at breakneck speed, one economist tells us the Bank of Canada is rig
September 1 · 50 min
Her family is missing in Nepal and Seema Rawla wants answers
A Canadian tells us about her efforts to track down her brother and sister-in-law — who went missing during the flash floods in Nepal. A new school year begins in Ukraine, but a lot of students are making do without textbooks — because of ongoing Russian strikes that have destroyed millions of books. After a jury delivers a guilty verdict in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, we reach the man who snapped an iconic photo of the rapper moments before he was shot
August 31 · 50 min
The frantic rush to save 100s trapped in tunnels in Nepal
Hundreds of workers in Nepal are believed to be trapped underground in hydropower tunnels, after last week’s floods. Their families are angry -- but still hopeful they'll be rescued. Icelanders vote against restarting talks to join the European Union. A No supporter tells us that it wasn't about pushing the EU away, but embracing her own country's sovereignty. Rescuers swoop in to save a mountain climber who's stranded on a six-inch ledge, ten thousand feet a
August 28 · 48 min
Searching for survivors in Nepal
We reach an aid worker in Kathmandu whose teams are working nonstop to reunite children separated from their parents by this week's flash floods.  An Ottawa company rushes to create a hat emblazoned with "Lake Ontario," and tells us they're finding plenty of customers in Canada... and beyond.  A reporter untangled the complex criminal web that is fueling a car theft boom in Canada — and reveals where those pilfered vehicles are ending up. <
August 27 · 45 min
A Canadian ice cream company freezes out American suppliers
Ontario-based ice cream maker Chapman’s says in the face of tariff threats, they're replacing American products with Canadian-sourced ones wherever possible.  As Puerto Rico's worsening droughts push the U.S. government to declare a state of disaster in many communities. A farmer tells us his crops are dying — and he's been left high and dry.  Quebec's provincial election campaign kicks off and a political reporter walks us through the hotly contest
August 26 · 51 min
Will $18B US settlement make Meta platforms safer for kids?
As the social media giant settles a lawsuit with American states the mother of a 17-year-old who died by suicide after enduring cyberbullying says Meta's platforms still need to be regulated by the feds.  Hundreds of people are missing after flash floods near the border between Nepal and Tibet. A tour operator there tells us he fears for those who aren't yet accounted for.  Comic book artist Art Spiegelman remembers Len Brown, who helped him create

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