As It Happens

As It Happens: Friday Edition

Feb. 15, 2019

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Haiti Latest
Carel Pedre says Haitians are growing frustrated with the shutdown of the country and the president's latest promises aren't doing anything to quell people's calls for him to resign.

Amber Alert
Within an hour of an Amber Alert being issued for an 11-year-old Brampton girl on Friday, an Ontario 911 centre was deluged with calls from people complaining it woke them up, says Const. Akhil Mooken with Peel Regional Police. 

Space Junk
Harpoon flung from a satellite successfully captured piece of pretend space junk in experiment.

Part Two

India-Pakistan
Refusing to hold their peace. India's High Commissioner to Canada blames Pakistan for his government's decision to give its military, quote, "full freedom" in Kashmir, following the most murderous terror attack in decades. 

Hand Forensics
Forensic anthropologists developing algorithm to identify perpetrators' hands from child pornography.

Part Three

Encore: That Feeling of Being Watched​ Feature Interview
After 9/11, the FBI subjected a Muslim community in a suburb of Chicago to what it called "Operation Vulgar Betrayal". Algerian-American filmmaker Assia Boundaoui IS the director of a new documentary, called "The Feeling of Being Watched", which chronicles the extensive surveillance to which she and her neighbours were subjected.

As It Happens was produced this week by:

Jeanne Armstrong 
Sarah-Joyce Battersby 
Alison Broverman
Sarah Cooper 
Sheena Goodyear
Sarah Jackson
Allie Jaynes 
John McGill 
Richard Raycraft 
Kevin Robertson

and Kate Swoger 

Our technicians this week are Reynold Gonsalves and Oronde Williams.

The show director is Kevin Ball. Chris Howden is our writer.  And our intern is Zahraa Hmood.

Mary-Catherine McIntosh in Halifax
Susan McKenzie in Montreal
Chris Rands, Paul McInnis and Heather Spiller in Ottawa 
Keith Hart in Radio Archives 
Kate Zieman in the Reference Library
Laura Howells
Varad Mehta
Brenda Murray
and Luke Williams in Toronto 
Suzanne Dufresne in Winnipeg
Michael O'Halloran in Calgary
Anne Penman in Vancouver and
Imogen Birchard in Victoria.

As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Good night, and good weekend!