As It Happens: Friday Edition
Part One
No Tiananmen Square Commemoration
32 years after the Tiananmen Square massacre, authorities in Hong Kong cancel an annual candlelight vigil, and arrest its organizer -- but our guest will find her own way to commemorate the event.
French Open Betting Arrest
We all have our faults. But a Russian tennis player has been detained by police over suspicions involving her double-faults -- and some very high-stakes betting.
Texas Storm Chaser
A storm chaser who thought he'd seen it all tells us what it was like to capture a breathtaking quadruple thunderstorm on film.
Part Two
New Brunswick Doctor
A former New Brunswick doctor says he's owed an apology after being publicly blamed, and investigated, as the source of a COVID outbreak last year.
New York Plant Art
Roots music. A late artist's plan to fill an abandoned New York building with plant life, and record the plants' frequencies, has grown into a lush tribute.
Part Three
Australia Mystery Man
National man of mystery. Australians have spent decades consumed by the case of a well-dressed man discovered dead on a beach in 1948. And now his body's exhumation is yielding new clues.
Argentina Illegal Fishing
When a fishing vessel turns off its tracking device, no one can say why, or what it's up to. A new study finds thousands of boats off the coast of Argentina doing just that -- and our guest says her money's on illegal fishing.