As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

Monday, February 6, 2017

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

BC teen report
Eighteen-year-old Alex Gervais died by suicide at a B.C. hotel, after years of being shuffled around the province's child-welfare system — and a new report details how that system failed him. 

US travel ban: visa holder
When a federal judge in the U.S. offers a temporary reprieve from the travel ban, Sara Yarjani is able to return to the country where she live and studies — just a week after she was turned away. 

Subway swastikas
In New York, strangers board a subway car that's been horribly defaced with swastikas — and spontaneously band together to erase every last one. 

Part Two

Russian activist poisoned
For the second time in two years, a Russian opposition activist is in hospital after suffering multiple-organ failure — and his wife believes he was poisoned both times. 

Old Bob Marley recording
When they were found in a London basement, they were so damaged it looked like they'd go unheard — but an unheard-of effort has restored those lost, live recordings of Bob Marley. 

Part Three

Romania protests
When the Romanian government weakened anti-corruption laws, hundreds of thousands of furious people started protesting. Now the government has walked that legislation back. But protesters haven't retreated. 

Humpback whales
Humpback whales have a good reason for launching their enormous bulks out of the water and into the air — and it's all about making a splash.