As It Happens, Friday Edition

Part One

DSquared2
The label Dsquared2 will be designing outfits for Canadian Olympic athletes — to the dismay of those who remember last year's offensive "Dsquaw" line, inspired by, "the enchantment of Canadian Indian tribes". 

NATO Canada
Canada sends a frigate to join an anti-human smuggling mission in the Aegean Sea — but what exactly it will do there, and whether it will help, is unclear. 

Fitbit pregnancy
It's 2016, so a New York City couple discovers they're expecting a baby in what will soon be the old-fashioned way: when an online community decodes the data from her Fitbit. 

Part Two

Chicago shooting
Citing "extreme emotional trauma," a Chicago police officer files a ten-million-dollar lawsuit against the family of a black teenager he killed. 

HIV organ transplant
Johns Hopkins University announces it will start performing a medical procedure that was illegal until recently: organ transplants from HIV-positive donors to HIV-positive patients. 

Part Three

Methane leak
It's good news that a gas company has finally plugged a methane leak. But the bad news is that the leak went unplugged for four months — and our guest is not convinced it's safe to return to his home. 

Ottawa councillor
The town of Almonte, Ontario is badly shaken by a shooting that left a town councillor dead, and his daughter in serious condition — and the mayor tells us how the violent act has disrupted the quiet community.

From our archives: David Brauer on David Carr
Remembering the late New York Times journalist David Carr, who died a year ago today. 

As it Happens was produced this week by: 

Laurie Allan
Jeanne Armstrong
Imogen Birchard
Kinsey Clarke
Dawna Dingwall
Katie Geleff
Chris Harbord
Yasmine Hassan
Sean Laughlin
Pedro Sanchez
and Kate Swoger.

Our technician is Reynold Gonsalves. The show director is John McGill. Chris Howden is our 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 us out:  

Mary Lynk in Halifax
Susan McKenzie in Montreal
Matthew Kupfer in Ottawa
Adina Adivi and Davorin Cikovic in Toronto
Nathan Swinn in London, Ontario
Suzanne Dufresne in Winnipeg
Michael O'Halloran in Calgary
and Anne Penman in Vancouver.
    
As It Happens will be back again on Monday.  Goodnight, and good weekend.