As It Happens

CBC

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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July 31 · 50 min
Selling a stake in the world’s most popular sporting event
Despite near-universal condemnation from the rest of the soccer world, the head of FIFA has yet to back down from a controversial plan to sell off a stake in the World Cup.  With all eyes on cross-border trade, U.S. officials reject the automated inspections used on some Canadian rail lines. And Canada's human inspectors are applauding that rejection.  Scientists in China conclude that extremely spicy food might act as a temporary pain reliever. But
July 30 · 50 min
Was a Canadian intern at NATO actually a spy?
A CBC investigative reporter identifies the Canadian accused of using an internship at NATO headquarters to get some hands-on experience in the field of espionage.  Wildfires on the island of Crete have killed two firefighters, and reduced homes to ashes. I'll talk to a hotelier who helped evacuate his community over the course of a very tense night.  Health Canada drops certain questions for sperm donors that critics have long found invasive and di
July 29 · 49 min
The Conservative case against Carney’s bridge deal
When it comes to the Gordie Howe Bridge, a Conservative MP says Prime Minister Mark Carney has gone too far — and conceded too much to Donald Trump.  The manager of a Florida restaurant is forced to suspend some of his Haitian employees, after their work permits aren't extended. He says that's left them, and him, in a troubled state of limbo.  A fisherman finds a message in a bottle in a New Jersey wetland — and then finds the woman who wrote it mor
July 28 · 54 min
This stink is finally coming off this Newfoundland town
For decades, St. Mary's, Newfoundland and Labrador has been plagued by the terrible odour of fermenting fish sauce in a defunct factory. Now, cleanup has begun at last. A lot of people are still unaccounted-for after a major earthquake rocks Japan. Our guest is there — and he says that, for many of his neighbours, this is terrifying déjà vu. Musician Barney Bentall tells us about the emotional moment when he pulled out his guitar to play for the firefighters
July 27 · 51 min
From celebration to sorrow in Berlin
One person is dead after a van attack at a Pride event in Berlin. A gay off-duty police officer who was there tells us that hate is growing in Germany — and he hopes fear will not win.  An Ontario emergency room doctor tells us she and her colleagues are totally drained; in fact, her new study finds the burnout rate for Canadian ER physicians is as high as it was during the worst of the pandemic.  A "fire cloud’ threatens to destroy several communit
July 24 · 50 min
Winner of ‘Nobel Prize for math’ on the threat posed by AI
We hear from the first Canadian-based winner of the prestigious Fields Medal about why he's leaving academia to work for the safety department of OpenAI.  With their new blockade, Houthi rebels add the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to the list of conflict-clogged waterways in the Middle East — and our guest warns that's increasing pressure on the region.  Cuts to USAID left millions of people around the world without vital support — and an advocate in Nepal
July 23 · 49 min
This four-foot-six woman is Matt Damon’s Odyssey stunt double
Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson tells us how he and his colleagues are reacting to the Prime Minister's plan to deal with Donald Trump's 50% tariff threat. Despite her diminutive size, Canadian Devyn Dalton was the perfect stunt double for Matt Damon in The Odyssey. She shares her perspective on the epic — and on the now-viral clip of him praising her muscular arms.  For the first time in almost a decade, Indigenous Arctic leaders are gatherin
July 22 · 50 min
Is Windsor-Detroit bridge deal compromise or capitulation?
The deal to open the Gordie Howe Bridge at last may not be as good for Canada as the Prime Minister has suggested — and tensions are rising on both sides.  A new study finds construction and trade workers make up a disproportionate amount of opioid deaths in Ontario. A former labourer and opioid user tells us what led him and his colleagues to use drugs on and off the job.  Donald Trump's new tariff threats target a puzzling range of products from h
July 21 · 50 min
Was Ontario ready for this year’s wildfires?
After more than a week of catastrophic wildfires across Northwestern Ontario, the province’s minister of emergency preparedness responds to criticism that her government was not prepared for this emergency.  A former Alberta representative to Washington says Canada shouldn't meekly give in to Donald Trump's tariffs, or angrily retaliate — but do a third thing, which she'll explain.  It took 48 hours before Alberta issued an amber alert in the disapp

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