As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

Monday, May 1, 2017

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Dallas boy shot
When a party in a Dallas suburb got out of hand, 15-year-old Jordan Edwards and his friends tried to leave — but he was killed when a police officer shot into their moving car. 

Posthumous writing award
A Toronto Life feature writer has won a posthumous award for an article on assisted death — one that couldn't be published until after the author himself died. 

Oilers anthem
Canadian country singer Brett Kissel was supposed to sing the Star Spangled Banner last night at the Oilers game when his microphone malfunctioned. He then got the crowd to sing it with him. 

Part Two

Immigration detainee
Kashif Ali spent seven years in prison awaiting deportation — but on Friday, an Ontario Superior Court finally ordered the release of Canada's longest-serving immigration detainee. 

Michael Enright reads "The Wise Owls"
The Canadian Senate issues a brochure for children which presents the members of the Red Chamber as "The Wise Owls" — so if they doze off or miss sessions altogether, I guess it's because they're nocturnal. 

Newfoundland icebergs
North Atlantic shipping lanes become an obstacle course, as hundreds of icebergs force boats to detour hundreds of kilometres off-course — and experts are keeping a close eye on our our close ice.   

Part Three

Feature interview: filmmaker Adel Khan Farooq on HotDocs documentary "Recruiting for Jihad"
Carol speaks with the filmmaker behind a documentary called "Recruiting for Jihad" — which got so close to its ISIS recruiter subject that Norwegian authorities confiscated the footage.