As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

April 15, 2019

Episode transcript

Part One

Notre Dame fire: witness
France is in a state of shock, as a raging fire destroys much of the 850-year-old Notre Dame Cathedral — and consumes its iconic spire.  A witness describes the horrifying present-day scene.

Kidnapped nurse
The Red Cross breaks its silence about the ISIS kidnapping of a medical team in 2013 — because there's reason to believe that a nurse may still be alive.

Saskatchewan tattoos
Saskatoon tattoo artist Cheryl Wenzel is overjoyed to have fulfilled her husband's dying wish to preserve his tattoos — and to finally have the results in her possession. 

Part Two

Notre Dame fire: historian
Historian Isabelle Cochelin describes the long, rich past of Notre Dame Cathedral — a building that's come to symbolize Paris. 

Christchurch child coma
A month after the massacre in Christchurch, a young girl awakens from her coma — but has lost her sight, and still can't recognize her parents.

Part Three

Kashechewan: NDP Charlie Angus
Today, as they do every spring, residents of Kashechewan First Nation relocated to escape the flooding Albany River. It's a gruelling ordeal. More so because the federal government promised to relocate the entire community — but nothing's happened yet. 

Flushable wipes
If you've thrown a wipe in  the toilet, take it out.. Because a new study shows there is no such thing as a flushable wipe.