As It Happens: Friday Edition

Part One

Skinny Model Ban
A former French model celebrates as the National Assembly passes a law that bans dangerously thin models from strutting their stuff on the Paris catwalk. 

Alabama Prisoner Freed
An Alabama man tastes freedom for the first time after serving 30 years for a murder he did not commit, 

Mobile Record Store
A Calgary entrepreneur packs her dad's old record collection onto a twenty-year old school bus and dubs it Cowtown's first mobile record store.

Part Two

Hawaii Telescope
Native Hawaiians rally against a proposed telescope site. 

Winnipeg Same Sex Daycare
A Winnipeg couple finally thought they'd found a daycare spot for their daughter until the daycare operator realized that the girl had two mommies.

Part Three

Reading: The Book of Beasts
Fireside Al reads E. Nesbit's story "The Book of Beasts." 

Show Credits:

As it Happens was produced this week by:

Laurie Allan
Robert Ballantyne 
John Chipman 
Diane Eros
Dawna Dingwall 
Katie Geleff 
Chris Harbord 
Adam Killick 
Kevin Robertson
Pedro Sanchez 
Kate Swoger.

Our technician this week is Jennifer Rowley.  The show director is Reynold Gonsalves. Chris Howden is the show 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 out this week:  

In Toronto: Wayne Henning 
In Winnipeg: Suzanne Dufresne 
In Ottawa: Tom Jokinen

As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Have a good weekend.