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  • Nurses scramble to save patients from Manitoba wildfires
    As the prairie fires force Manitobans from their home, the head of the province's nurses union tells us how her members are caring for others, when their own homes and loved ones are at risk.A Swiss village manages to evacuate, but not to save their historic community, as a massive glacier collapses and buries their homes under millions of tons of rock and ice.We hear from with an Alaskan man who got trapped under an enormous boulder while out hiking, and his wife, who helped rescue him – just in the nick of time.A new study suggests horses use a wide range of facial expressions to communicate, not just with their human keepers, but with one another.Taylor Swift announces that after all of the drama, and all of the Taylor's Versions, she is now the proud owner of her entire catalogue of music.The Hollywood hit "Sinners" is a Jim-Crow-era horror set in Clarksdale, Mississippi, where locals were excited to see it but couldn't because the city doesn't have a movie theatre. We hear from one of the people who pulled off a special showing, with some special guests.As It Happens, the Friday Edition. Radio that always screens with excitement.
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  • Living a ‘nightmare’ after escaping Prairie wildfires
    As fires burn across the prairies, our guest describes the moment she had to evacuate her community, and the nightmare she and her neighbours have been living through since. Elon Musk announces he's turning his focus away from Washington and back to his companies -- and a Washington reporter takes stock of the Tesla tycoon's adventures in government. The Ontario Hockey League's top team hasn't had an ostensibly mandatory sexual violence prevention training in years. And our guest says that's especially disappointing given the reckoning happening in the sport right now. Some investors are using the acronym TACO -- as in "Trump Always Chickens Out " -- to describe the president's tariff flip-flops. And the journalist who coined was flabbergasted to hear it denounced by in the Oval Office. And, we hear from the passenger who captured the mayhem that ensued when a pair of pigeons made its way into the cabin of commercial plane. As It Happens, the Thursday edition. Radio that's always open to ruffling a few feathers.
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  • Repairing Canada’s ‘dilapidated’ military
    The federal government says it will quickly ramp up military spending. A former Conservative defence minister tells us there's no time to waste because the country is facing a security emergency.The U.S. Department of Justice cuts a deal that allows Boeing to avoid a trial over two deadly crashes in exchange for a billion dollar payout. But a lawyer for families of victims says there's much more than money at stake.A 96-year-old Nova Scotia woman was so frustrated about not having a family doctor that she took out an ad pleading her case in the local newspaper. Nearly 40 years after a marble bust vanished from Jim Morrison's grave, one of music’s strangest cold cases gets busted wide open.A PhD candidate in California tells us about her team's efforts to remove invasive bullfrogs from Yosemite waterways, one at a time, by hand. And about the encouraging impact it's had on native turtle species. And, Spain proposes legislation to help prevent the sewer blocking monsters made of fat and wet wipes known as fatbergs, so we revisit our interview with a man who would really appreciate that effort.As It Happens, the Wednesday Edition. Radio that guesses they're all feeling pretty wiped out.
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  • First Nations leaders see hope in King Charles’ speech
    We'll hear from AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak about why today's throne speech was an important victory for Indigenous people in Canada -- and for all treaty peoples. Every minute that sepsis goes untreated increases the risk it will be fatal. Now, a team of researchers in Canada is developing a portable detection device to predict a patient's sepsis risk, and save valuable time.A controversial US-backed humanitarian organization begins giving out food packages to desperate Gazans. But a longtime aid worker says the chaos that ensued shows the plan is deeply flawed.In the New Zealand parliament, bills that aren't part of the government's legislative agenda still have a chance to be advanced -- and that chance comes in the form of an old cookie tin that one official tells us embodies nothing less than democracy itself. We meet the 22-year-old who is closing in on completing the quest he began at 10, to visit every Old Spaghetti Factory in the world. Turkey gets serious about airplane etiquette -- promising to fine passengers who stand and crowd the aisles before their rightful turn to disembark.As It Happens, the Tuesday Edition. Radio that anticipates some seated debates.
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  • Will King Charles silence Trump’s 51st state threats?
    King Charles is providing the pageantry. But Donald Trump’s threats to annex Canada provided the impetus. A former diplomat says the royal visit sends a strong message to the White House at a crucial time.A woman in Kyiv tells us what it's been like to weather Russia's largest aerial assault on Ukraine since the war began.Major flooding in Australia has killed at least four and displaced thousands. A resident of one of the worst-hit cities tells us about having to flee her home and what it was like to return to the damage.A new New York City festival will have pigeon fans flocking to celebrate the much-maligned bird. And Pigeon Fest's origins all go back to an iconic pigeon on a plinth, which we first told you about last summer. An Ontario couple gets a draw-dropping price for the antique tobacco tin they discovered while renovations led them to rip out a bathroom wall. And, a 3-year-old goes viral after her parents share her intense fear of John Wilkes Booth.As It Happens, the Monday edition. Radio that understands that some people just can't handle the Booth.
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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.)New episodes Monday to Friday by 7:30 pm E.T.
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