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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Friday · 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. <
Thursday · 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
Wednesday · 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
Tuesday · 49 min
Remembering the incomparable Dolly Parton
Bluegrass singer Rhonda Vincent remembers her friend, Dolly Parton. And recounts the many times she got the chance to share a stage with her idol.  As Ottawa announces a slew of retaliatory tariffs on American products, jobs minister Patty Hajdu tells us what her government can offer Canadian workers caught in the middle of an escalating trade war. Canadians hoping to do their part are still striving to buy local, but the lawyer behind a proposed class a
Monday · 53 min
Calls mounting to disclose why trade talks collapsed
An opposition critic says MPs should be back in the House of Commons to debate the threat posed by U.S. tariffs — and to get a full accounting of how a proposed trade deal collapsed.  A Manitoba honey farmer tells us he feels like collateral damage in a "petty trade war." He says the new U.S. tariffs may spell bankruptcy for his family business, which sends almost all of its products south.  A skin cancer survivor lobbies the U.K. government to stop
August 21 · 49 min
Diana Krall remembers fellow jazz great Oliver Jones
A California winemaker is chomping at the bit to get his bottles back on Canadian shelves, but worries that even with a tariff deal, Canadians might turn their nose up at his vino.  Survivors of a decades-long purge of Canadian 2SLGBTQ+ public servants and military personnel finally have their own landmark in downtown Ottawa. As Montreal mourns Oliver Jones, Diana Krall joins us to remember the late jazz great — who championed her when she got her start
August 20 · 43 min
Is American booze coming back to Canadian shelves?
Pressure to cut a trade deal with the U.S. has the Prime Minister pushing for the return of American alcohol to provincial stores. One B.C. winemaker tells us what she hopes her province will do.  A tech expert warns that when the details of that trade deal are finally revealed, Canada should be just as concerned with 'digital sovereignty' as we are with cars, steel and booze. The American President cuts short military exercises with South Korea. North K
August 19 · 43 min
Could a new trade deal really resurrect Keystone XL?
As officials hammer out a trade deal, Trump is trumpeting a revival of cross-border pipeline plans — and an Alberta energy exec who worked on the Keystone XL project says it might be just the bargaining chip Canada needs. Ukraine's former defence minister says it's time for an election — war or no war — but an opposition MP argues a vote would be illegal and open to Russian manipulation.  The IDF launches an investigation into the high-profile, 2024 kill
August 18 · 49 min
Business owners on edge as tariff deadline approaches
A wallpaper manufacturer in British Columbia tells us if Canada and the U.S. can’t work out a trade deal before Trump’s tariff deadline, he might have to start laying off his employees.  The ruling party in Zambia declares election victory — after a delayed vote count and election day arrests. An international election observer weighs in and shares his own concerns.  As Newfoundland & Labrador moves forward with a new energy deal on Churchill Fa
August 17 · 46 min
This trade deadline is different, says CUSMA negotiator
As Canada-U.S. trade talks head towards a Wednesday tariff deadline, a Trudeau-era staffer speaks from experience about the challenges of doing a deal with Donald Trump.  France is battling scorching temperatures and severe drought. We hear from a local engineer who says the water supply is drying up, and the forecast doesn’t look good. The University of Toronto is looking to ban laptops in some classrooms this fall in favour of handwriting. A law studen
August 14 · 47 min
Afghan women mark five years since Taliban takeover
As Taliban officials celebrate the anniversary of the 2021 fall of Kabul, Afghan journalist Zahra Joya tallies the grim toll being paid by the country's women and girls.  An activist says the world needs to do more to condemn Israeli settlers who have surrounded Palestinian homes in the West Bank — trapping families with no water or electricity. Decades after they met as teenagers and became friends, two women learn they are, in fact, biological sisters
August 13 · 45 min
Meet the woman offering Alberta conservatives an alternative
Bonnie Critchley ran as an independent against Pierre Poilievre last year. Now, the retired military veteran has joined the Progressive Tory Party of Alberta — to run against the UCP in the next provincial election.  An overcrowded ferry capsizes in Zimbabwe, killing at least 44 people. A member of the country's parliament tells us how she's consoling family members who lost loved ones in the stormy waters.  When the 2023 earthquakes affected millio
August 12 · 43 min
One Icelander’s view of today’s rare total solar eclipse
A hotel owner in Breiðavík, Iceland describes the moment the moon blotted out the sun today. She says she was awed by the sight — and by the hundreds of tourists who came to see it.  Tens of thousands of Canadians have signed a petition urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to declare U.S. ambassador Pete Hoekstra persona non grata and officially send him packing.  Monday’s earthquake in Colombia has left hundreds dead or injured. A resident in one of t
August 11 · 49 min
Will Syria’s former dictator ever face justice?
A Syrian court sentences former dictator Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for crimes committed during the country's lengthy civil war. Our guest describes the significance of the moment and the reaction at the courthouse today.  The mayor of Summerland, B.C., warns residents who’ve fled wildfires to brace for what they might find when the smoke finally clears. We reach an evacuee who says she's grateful her home is still standing—at least for now.  </p
August 10 · 49 min
Fire evacuee applauds community support in face of flames
Summerland, B.C. is the latest community under threat from out-of-control wildfires. We’ll talk to one resident who had to flee with no idea when or if she’ll ever be able to go home.  After a Ukrainian drone strike reportedly kills 13 people in Russia, including civilians, a Ukrainian lawmaker says the oil refinery was a valid military target – and won’t deter Kyiv from more attacks inside the country. A three-year-old girl is recovering after a rare bl
August 7 · 47 min
Prediction market betting on clinical trials is coming
Kalshi plans to let people place bets on the outcomes of some late-stage clinical trials. A father whose young son is undergoing cancer treatment calls that ‘unconscionable’ — and potentially dangerous.  As UN experts condemn new US sanctions on Cuba, we reach a woman in the countryside who tells us the ongoing blockade has made an already unreliable power system unbearable for many.   People in Spokane, Washington had already been grappling wi
August 6 · 51 min
Will rare charges stem settler violence in the West Bank?
Israeli prosecutors have charged a settler accused of killing Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in the occupied West Bank. His cousin says that's a relief, but the violence is far from over.  A Quebec psychiatrist explains why he's joining the push for the appointment of a dedicated mental health minister before the province's upcoming fall election.  The on-the-job death of an Alberta firefighter leads to workplace safety violation charges again
August 5 · 53 min
A fellow anchor remembers the late, great Lloyd Robertson
Veteran Canadian broadcaster Lloyd Robertson has died at 92. Fellow CTV anchor and friend Sandie Rinaldo says he was a comfort to Canada in its darkest moments.  Five UN special rapporteurs urge the Canadian government to do more to protect Sikh activist Moninder Singh and his family amid credible threats to his life. But he tells us that so far, nothing has changed.   The mayor of St. Catharines, Ontario says flooding has devastated his city,
August 4 · 50 min
A SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon
Early Wednesday morning, part of an abandoned SpaceX rocket will slam into the moon. That collision is making a huge impression on astronomers, one of whom tells us it could also have an impact on future lunar missions.  The U.S. has resumed deporting people to Venezuela for the first time since the devastating earthquakes in June. But Washington Post reporter María Luisa Paúl says it's still unclear what happened to the people on board the last deportation flight, which
August 3 · 50 min
The moment her family’s home went up in flames
Wildfires have forced more than five thousand British Columbians out of their homes. We hear from an evacuee who fled the flames in the Okanagan region.  A former Olympic canoeist was in deep trouble over damage done to the Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool, but now prosecutors say the case against him doesn't hold water.  We talk to a surgeon who recently put a fetus's intestines back inside its body while it was still in utero. He tells all abo

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