As it Happens: Friday Edition
Part One
Fort McMurray: Charities
We know charity begins at home. But if you're trying to help the people of Fort McMurray, our guest suggests the Red Cross might not be the best place for your donation to end up.
Fort McMurray: Convoy
We'll reach a Fort Mac resident travelling down Highway 63 with her husband and pets, along with other evacuees in a convoy escaping from the barren city.
Vanity plate guy
An Ontario man has some compelling reasons for his vanity license plate, none of which have to do with Satan — but the provincial government has deemed it demonic and ordered him to remove it.
Part Two
Syria camp attack
A deadly airstrike destroys a camp in Syria that gave shelter to internally displaced refugees and kills twenty-eight people.
Martin Sheen: Daniel Berrigan obit
The late Reverend Daniel Berrigan put himself in danger — and in jail — time and time again, protesting against injustice and war — and tonight, actor Martin Sheen pays tribute to his friend and one-time co-star.
Part Three
Montreal trans clinic
A Montreal woman says an arson attack at Canada's only sex reassignment clinic may have delayed her surgery — but it won't stop her from continuing with her transition.
Fort McMurray: Family
When he first tried to reach his family in Fort McMurray, the flames got in the way. Now, Russell Thomas has been reunited with his wife and sons — and the magnitude of what's happened is finally sinking in.
Zimbabwe animal sales
Wildlife officials in Zimbabwe are trying to sell off wildlife to save them from starvation due to drought. But the country's Conservation Task Force says it's disgusted with the plan.
As it Happens was produced this week by:
Laurie Allan
Jeanne Armstrong
Imogen Birchard
Dawna Dingwall
Katie Geleff
Chris Harbord
Sean Laughlin
Kevin Robertson
Pedro Sanchez
and Kate Swoger.
Earvin Solitario is our intern. Our technician is Reynold Gonsalves. The show director was 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 this week:
Marion Warnica and Angela Johnston near Fort McMurray
Michael O'Halloran in Calgary
Anne Penman in Vancouver
Matthew Kupfer in Ottawa
Mary Lynk in Halifax.
Suzanne Dufresne in Winnipeg
Susan Mckenzie and Marie-Claude Montambault in Montreal
Jody Porter in Thunder Bay
Paul Dornstauder in Regina
and Davorin Cikovic and Pacinthe Mattar in Toronto.
As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Goodnight, and good weekend.