As It Happens

As It Happens: Friday edition

Friday, March 6, 2015

Part One

Thalidomide settlement
After a long campaign by victims of thalidomide, Health Minister Rona Ambrose announces a compensation package.

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau video
The RCMP releases the video Michael Zehaf-Bibeau made before he killed Corporal Nathan Cirillo -- and the Opposition tells us whether the evidence changes anything. 

Northwest Territories birth certificate
The government of Northwest Territories refuses to accept the name of a one-year-old baby because of a traditional character -- a glottal stop -- in her name. 

Part Two

ISIS bulldozes town
ISIS raids, and then destroys, the remains of the three-thousand-year-old city of Nimrud in Iraq.

Estonian composer
A young composer was set to hear his work at Carnegie Hall -- before a listener detected a snippet of a Nazi anthem in the piece. 

Part Three

Encore: Feature interview with David O'Keefe on his book, One Day in August: The Untold Story Behind Canada's Tragedy at Dieppe. 
David O'Keefe's Charles Taylor Prize-nominated book takes another look at Canada's raid on Dieppe during the Second World War -- and reveals a story we didn't know before.