As It Happens: Friday Edition
Part One
London train attack
It was an ordinary morning commute in London today — until the detonation of a explosive device injured more than twenty people inside the subway train Chris Wildish happened to be on.
Catalyst board
For the second time in a row, the Canadian arm of an organization that works to advance women in the workplace has looked at all the applicants — and appointed a man as the chair of its advisory board.
Montpellier jerseys
When a soccer team in Montpellier (two Ls) in France receives jerseys with a letter missing, it gets in touch with authorities — and arranges to send them to Montpelier (one L) in Vermont.
Part Two
Sonic mystery
Despite new details about alleged "sonic attacks" in Havana against American and Canadian diplomats, an ex-CIA official who worked in Cuba says the sensational story is basically unsound.
Decapitation unit
In the face of seemingly useless sanctions, South Korea is taking a more aggressive tack against Kim Jong Un: creating a military team ominously called the "decapitation unit."
Part Three
Cocoa report
A new report shows that a significant portion of the cocoa used by some of the world's biggest chocolate brands was grown illegally in protected national parks in Africa — and the industry has turned a blind eye for years.
Ig Nobel Prizes 2017
A study on whether cats could conceivably be liquid is one of the winners of a 2017 Ig Nobel Prize. Note: curiosity had no detrimental effect on any of the test subjects. Find out what other research was innovative and/or idiotic enough to win the sort-of-coveted award.
Jeep owner
When his Jeep broke down, they told him to take it in for service. The problem is, the owner lives in Iqaluit, thousands of roadless kilometres from the nearest dealer. But the company says "no exceptions".
As It Happens was produced this week by:
Jeanne Armstrong
Imogen Birchard
Avneet Dhillon
Chris Harbord
Katie Geleff...
Sheena Goodyear
John McGill
Kevin Robertson
Pedro Sanchez
Kate Swoger and
Julian Uzielli.
Our technician is Reynold Gonsalves. The show director is Kevin Ball. 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:
Katy Parsons in Halifax
Susan McKenzie in Montreal
Kristin Nelson in Ottawa
Keith Hart, Ashly July, Samantha Lui and Luke Williams — all in Toronto
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.