As It Happens

As It Happens: Friday Edition

April 23, 2021

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Sinixt FN Decision
The Supreme Court of Canada recognizes the Indigenous rights of the Sinixt nation -- even though the Canadian government had declared it to be extinct. 

Malaria Vaccine 
Giving it their best shot yet. The lead investigator behind a breakthrough malaria vaccine tells us he's hopeful it could end up saving the lives of countless children in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Banana Art Woman
Get your kicks on Fruit 66. And then move on to the dozens of other astonishing artworks created by a London woman who's thrown us all a series of curves -- by drawing on bananas. 


Part Two

India Covid Bad 
With breathtaking speed. In India, where COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire, health care workers are comparing hospitals to war zones, and themselves to poorly armed soldiers. 

Bowling Dad's Ashes 
Over a lifetime of bowling, John Hinkle Sr. never hit 300. And now, in a moving tribute, his son has bowled a perfect game -- using a ball filled with his late father's ashes. 


Part Three

Old Seed Experiment
X marks a whole bunch of spots. At regular intervals since 1879, biologists have gathered to dig up seeds buried in secret locations around the University of Michigan. It sounds slightly sinister, but it's science. 

MI5 Instagram
The spy who "liked" me. Yet another intelligence agency joins Instagram, where you can follow it, since it's already following you. We'll find out what MI5 is up to, exactly. 

Indie Bookstore Day
And...one for the books. We'll hear from an Edmonton bookseller who opened just before the pandemic. And has been trying to make the most of a stranger-than-fiction year.