As It Happens: Wednesday Episode
Part One
Nursing home deaths
Eight nursing home patients have died in Florida after Hurricane Irma brought the air conditioning system down — and a doctor describes what he saw in his crowded ER this morning.
Potlotek water
In the Potlolek First Nation in Cape Breton, the water is contaminated — and local resident Bernadette Marshall is fed up.
Afghan deportation update
Samim Bigzad, who fears he will be killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, was taken out of a London detention centre Tuesday morning without warning and sent to Istanbul on a Turkish Airlines flight.
Diana floral arrangement
A councillor in Chesterfield, UK, stands by his town's floral tribute to Princess Diana — even though most people are describing it as a blooming disgrace.
Part Two
Allan MacEachen obit
Former Conservative powerbroker Lowell Murray remembers the extraordinary political antennae of his friend and former foe, Liberal cabinet minister Allan MacEachen.
Giant U.K. fatberg
A colossal fatberg — like an iceberg of fat — is blocking part of the London sewer, and a worker who's grappling with it explains how it's wreaking havoc, and just reeking.
Part Three
Shashi Tharoor on Winston Churchill
Indian author and politician Shashi Tharoor argues Britons should stop glorifying their inglorious past, including a man he has compared to a genocidal dictator: Sir Winston Churchill.
Australian same-sex marriage vote
A national postal survey on same-sex marriage is still a big deal, and the source of major controversy in Australia. An activist tells us why she believes the "Yes" side will emerge triumphant.