As It Happens: Friday Edition
Part One
Bannon: Kuttner
The firing of Steve Bannon means the departure of a man who served as President Trump's right hand man, and supplied the President's vision — but our guest warns he'll still have the President's ear.
Hisham Al-Omeisy detained
He's sounded the alarm in Yemen over everything from bombing to famine — and now, Hisham al-Omeisy has been abducted, and detained without charge.
Loon whisperer
When Don Gibson of Alberta is approached by a loon, he realized it didn't want to tangle with him — it needed to be untangled from the fishing line hooked to its neck.
Part Two
Spain attack follow-up
The Minister of Foreign Affairs for Catalonia tells us what he's learned about the two deadly attacks that took place in his region yesterday — and how Barcelona and Cambrils are recovering.
Principal shot
A South Dakota student gets probation for shooting his high school principal, instead of a 25-year sentence — thanks to the advocacy of the principal himself.
Plus:
This week's episode of As it Happened: The Archive Edition - Four Weddings and a Funeral
Something old, something new, something borrowed — and something far from blue: hear from Pristeen Jones, who organized her own "real, live, happy funeral".
As it Happens was produced this week by:
Jeanne Armstrong
Imogen Birchard
Katie Geleff
Sheena Goodyear
Sarah Jackson
John McGill
Jonathan Ore
Kevin Robertson
Pedro Sanchez.
Our technician is Evan Kelly. The show director is Kevin Ball. Chris Howden our writer.
Chris Harbord was the acting Senior Producer. And filling in as Executive Producer of As It Happens was John Perry.
Our intern was Emilie Quesnel.
We'd also like to thank some other people who helped put the show together this week:
Mary-Catherine MacIntosh in Halifax
Susan McKenzie in Montreal
Kristin Nelson in Ottawa
Keith Hart at Radio Archives
Suzanne Dufresne in Winnipeg
Michael O'Halloran in Calgary
and Anne Penman in Vancouver.
As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Good night, and good weekend.