As It Happens

As It Happens, Monday Edition

Monday, February 8th, 2016

Part One

ISIS mission: Harjit Sajjan
Canada announces it will end its airstrikes against ISIS before the end of the month, and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the focus will now be on training troops on the ground.

Dublin attack
A group called the "Continuity IRA" takes responsibility for a brazen shooting at a boxing match weigh-in in Dublin; a reporter tells us what he saw, and what he's heard. 

No hairdresser
A small, remote town in Northwest Territories has come down with a terrible coif — a lot of them, actually — because it's gone without a hairdresser for years. 

Part Two

Sanders opponent
Former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin reflects on her former opponent Bernie Sanders — and tells us why she's supporting his current opponent, Hillary Clinton. 

MLK racial slurs
Just before he plays Martin Luther King in a play in London, Ontario, a black actor is stunned to be the target of racial slurs on the street. 

Part Three

Porn health
A Utah state senator tells us why he's sponsored a bill that would put pornography in the same category as drugs and alcohol. 

Kayden Clarke obit
A transgender man with Aspergers syndrome was shot dead by police after they arrived at his home, responding to a call about a suicidal person. Police allege he lunged at them with a large knife.     

Roasted tortoise 
In a cave in Israel, archaeologists find evidence that prehistoric humans ate roasted tortoise.