As It Happens: Friday Edition
Part One
Ukraine negotiations
Russia accelerates its bombing campaign in Ukraine — and with negotiations going nowhere, our guest says the best way to reach a settlement is to defeat Putin's troops on the ground.
Ontario school masks
A school teacher in Toronto says Ontario's refusal to extend the mask mandate for students suggests the province is ignoring the lessons of its very recent past.
Ontario missing fork
When you come to a fork in the road, take it. The mayor of a small Ontario town didn't think a thief would take that mantra seriously — until the three-metre tall stainless steel utensil that decorated his town was stolen.
Part Two
Ukraine journalist
A TV journalist who fled Kyiv says she and her husband are determined to report on the war from the small Ukrainian community where they've sought refuge.
Tigray update
With all eyes on Ukraine, the head of the WHO is urging the world not to forget the war raging in Ethiopia — and a Tigrayan politician tells us the humanitarian situation is only worsening.
Part Three
Encore: Emma-Jane Kirby
The ongoing exodus of Ukrainian civilians fleeing Russia's invasion is a stark reminder of a refugee crisis that has gripped the globe for years now. In 2013, an Italian man named Carmine Menna came face-to-face with that crisis, when a vessel carrying hundreds of mostly African migrants capsized near the sailboat he was on. Tonight, we'll revisit Carol's 2017 conversation with a journalist who wrote a book about the rescue — at a time that's bringing its themes into focus in a whole new way.
As It Happens was produced this week by:
Katie Geleff
Sheena Goodyear
Sarah Jackson
Mehek Mazhar
Kate McGillivray
Niza Nondo
Morgan Passi
Kevin Robertson
and Kate Swoger.
Our technician this week is Austin Pomeroy. The show director is John McGill. .
The writers this week are Chloe Shantz-Hilkes and Chris Howden. Chris Harbord is acting senior producer this week, behind Austin Webb. And the Executive Producer of As It Happens is Robin Smythe.
We'd also like to thank some other people who helped out this week:
Mary-Catherine MacIntosh in Halifax
Susan McKenzie in Montreal
Kim Garrity in Quebec City
Paul MacInnis in Ottawa
Jonathan Ore, Alex Redekopp, Olsy Sorokina, and Luke Williams — all in Toronto
Suzanne Dufresne and Lenard Monkman in Winnipeg
Allison Dempster in Calgary
and Anne Penman in Vancouver.
As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Good night, and good weekend.