As It Happens: Friday Edition
Part One
James Moore on Jim Prentice
Politicians of all stripes are paying tribute to a man who put principles before partisanship, including his former Parliamentary colleague James Moore.
Trump Alleged Sex Assault
Twelve years ago, journalist Natasha Stoynoff called her journalism professor in tears, alleging that Donald Trump made unwanted sexual advances toward her. Tonight, that professor tells us what she told him.
Canadian Butter Study
A BC biologist does a chemical analysis of various butters of the world and finds that Canada's butter just gets creamed by the competition.
Part Two
Alison Redford on Jim Prentice
Former Alberta Premier Alison Redford remembers Jim Prentice's dedication to the province where he moved as a teenager, became a lawyer, and served as leader.
Bird Pub
A St. John's man is closing up his tiny pub for birds and the reason he's shutting it down isn't funny at all.
Part Three
Courts Backlog
Canadian courts are seriously backlogged which means that criminal charges as serious as murder are being stayed because of delays.
Tape: First Nation Suicides
This past week, three girls between the ages of 12 and 14 in the communities of La Ronge and Stanley Mission in northern Saskatchewan killed themselves. We hear from the chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band.
TripAdvisor Animals
You're welcome to visit a park where you ride a tiger that's on top of an elephant. But you can't book that trip through TripAdvisor anymore. A representative of the online travel company explains its new policy on animal exploitation.
As It Happens was produced this week by:
Jeanne Armstrong
Imogen Birchard
Sam Colbert
Katie Geleff
Chris Harbord
Samantha Lui
Kevin Robertson
Pedro Sanchez
Kate Swoger
Our intern is Ebyan Abdigir. Our technicians this week are Reynold Gonsalves and Jennifer Rowley. The show director this week is John McGill. Chris Howden is our writer.
John Perry is the Senior Producer. And the Executive Producer of As It Happens is Robin Smythe.
We'd also like to thank some other people who helped us out this week:
Alex Mason in Halifax
Susan McKenzie in Montreal
Kristin Nelson in Ottawa
Michael D'Souza and Keith Hart in Toronto
Suzanne Dufresne in Winnipeg
Michael O'Halloran in Calgary
Anne Penman in Vancouver