As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

Monday, Aug. 14, 2017

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Charlottesville attack: vice mayor
When racists showed up in numbers for a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the city knew there would be trouble — but the killing of a counterprotester turned a terrible day into a tragedy. 

Bees study
A new study in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution on honeybee decline concludes it's the queens who are being affected. But  the culprit is one you might recognize from previous research: pesticides. 

Banana scorpion
A Halifax weather reporter got a great deal on bulk bananas at Costco — although he's pretty iffy on the free gift that was included, or included itself, in the bag: a scorpion. 

Part Two

Charlottesville attack: Schweizer
Alberta United Conservative candidate Doug Schweitzer says that, after its coverage of Charlottesville, Canadian conservatives should refuse to cooperate with Ezra Levant's Rebel Media. 

Sierra Leone mudslide
At least 300 people are dead, and hundreds more are left homeless, when torrential rain causes catastrophic mudslides in Sierra Leone.