As It Happens: Friday Edition

Episode Transcript

Part One

Blockades: Digby company
She's already rationing her supply. And the manager of a Nova Scotia propane company says the rail blockades could force her to shut down altogether.

Idlib doctor
As a doctor working in war-torn Syria, Housam has seen things most people can't even imagine. But what's happening right now has him holding his own children extra close at night.

Red River expedition
The Red River Expedition was meant to quell a Métis rebellion in what is now Manitoba. But Armand Jerome, a Métis man, is retracing that historic journey in the name of reconciliation.

Part Two

Missing migrant boat
A volunteer at an emergency distress line received a panicked call from a migrant boat off the coast of Libya. The rubber dingy was filling up with water fast. She sounded the alarm, but they haven't been heard from since.

New York too-tall condos
A judge says a new condo tower in New York City is too tall. So he ordered the developer to cut off the top 20 storeys. 

Part Three

Boil water advisory
25-year-old Brandon Doxtator of the Oneida Nation of the Thames in Ontario has spent his whole life without clean drinking water. Now he's fighting to make sure the next generation doesn't have to do the same. 

Mexico murdered woman
Women in Mexico City are demanding justice for the brutal killings of a woman and a young girl. Erika Yamada is one of the organizers of this week's protests.