As It Happens

As It Happens: Thursday Edition

Nov. 28, 2019

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Scheer: supporter
What started as murmurs of mutiny got a lot louder this week — but today, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer made it clear he has no plans to leave the helm. 

Ebola workers killed
The World Health Organization pulls staff out of Congo after four health workers are murdered — and the violence threatens the progress that's been made fighting Ebola. 

Asbestos town name change
A Quebec town is asking its citizens to help with a major re-branding — because, among other things, being called "Asbestos" tends not to be great for tourism. 

Part Two

Texas chemical fire
A massive explosion at a chemical plant in Texas forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people — and prompted warnings that residents shouldn't touch the floating "black stuff". 

Nova Scotia home report
For decades, residents of the troubled Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children have lived with the after-effects of the trauma they experienced — but a former resident says a public inquiry is proving therapeutic. 

Part Three

Trappist cheese
Two chefs from Winnipeg had a dream: to make traditional Trappist-style cheese — the kind that's unpasteurized. Now, they're giving up that dream — because of what they call excessive provincial regulation. 

Encore: Gordana Knezevic
An encore presentation of our 2012 conversation with Gordana Knezevic, who helped put a newspaper out every day during the Siege of Sarajevo. In Toronto on Wednesday night, she won an award for her courageous reporting during that siege.