As It Happens: Friday Edition
Part One
Kavanaugh Vote
At the end of a long speech, Maine Senator Susan Collins says she'll vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh — which means, barring a last-minute surprise, he'll sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Airport Syrian
He was hiding in plane sight. But after seven months living in a Malaysian airport, a Syrian citizen is arrested — and our guest fears he'll be deported to Syria.
Shetland Box
The people of Shetland were fed up with having their home stuck in a box on maps, but under a new law, that's illegal — so the islands will be happily out of shape.
Part Two
Nobel Peace Prize
Sparing no detail to spare others. Two years ago, Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad told Parliament about her life as a sex slave of ISIS — and Rona Ambrose says that convinced MPs to bring hundreds of Yazidi refugees to Canada.
Laquan McDonald
Chicago police officer Jason van Dyke shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. And then he shot him 15 more times. And today, after years of controversy and protests, Mr. van Dyke was found guilty — the first time in decades a Chicago cop has been convicted for shooting someone while on duty.
Sword Discovery
A valiant hero yanks a thousand-year-old Nordic sword from a Swedish lake — and we'll speak with her dad about that, because she's eight, and she's busy.
Part Three
Farmer Journey
He went across the country — but he'd rather go back in time. A dairy farmer and his daughters complete a drive from Ontario to BC to drum up support for Canadian milk, after a first attempt ended in tragedy.
Leon Lederman Obit
They don't call just anyone "Mister Particle Physics." That title was reserved for Leon Lederman — a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who worked with neutrinos and coined the term "The God Particle." A colleague explains what that all means — and what the late Dr. Lederman meant to him, and to those in his field.
As It Happens was produced this week by:
Jeanne Armstrong
Imogen Birchard
Alison Broverman
Katie Geleff
Sheena Goodyear,
Chris Harbord
Sarah Jackson
Samantha Lui
Ashley Mak
John McGill
Richard Raycraft
Nathan Swinn
and Donya Ziaee.
Our technicians this week are Reynold Gonsalves and Gabbie Hagoriles. The show director is Kevin Ball. Chris Howden is our writer.
John Perry is our 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:
Mary-Catherine McIntosh in Halifax
Susan McKenzie and Steve Rukavina in Montreal
Kristin Nelson and Chris Rands in Ottawa
Ashly July, Luke Williams, Erin Noel, Ben Shannon, Mallika Viegas, Rasha Shehata and Jon Ore, all in Toronto
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.