As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

Monday, June 6th 2016

Part One

Assisted Death: EF
An Alberta woman who'd sought a physician-assisted death has died and her lawyer tells us the Liberals' current legislation would have done nothing to reduce her suffering.

Muhammad Ali Obit
Before the late Muhammad Ali was the greatest boxer of all time, he was a pretty excellent teenaged babysitter in Louisville, Kentucky, according to our guest, who paid him in sandwiches.  

Part Two

Fentanyl Death
An American medical technician used syringes full of fentanyl on himself, then left the tainted needles to be used on patients and now, he has tested positive for HIV. 

Gregor Robinson
With Vancouver house prices reaching mind-boggling heights, Mayor Gregor Robertson says it's time for a tax to discourage people from flipping properties. 

Part Three

El Salvador Baby
She gave birth in El Salvador. Brought a baby home to Texas. And suspected for a long time what a DNA test finally confirmed: that somehow, she'd been given the wrong baby.

Printer Lawsuit
He put a printer on Craiglist. Sold it to someone. And assumed that utterly innocuous transaction was over. It wasn't.