As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

Feb. 3, 2020

Episode Transcript

Part One

Airbnb Shooting
Three men are dead after a party at an Airbnb in Toronto turned violent and now a city councillor says it's time to de-list short-term operators known as "ghost hotels".

Mexico Conservationist Deaths
Two men from one of the country's largest butterfly sanctuaries are found dead, putting the focus on conflict between conservationists and illegal loggers.

Kansas City Mixup
After Donald Trump credits the Wheat State with winning the Super Bowl, our guest, a Kansas City bartender, serves up a well-deserved toast to Missouri.

Part Two

Iran Investigation Latest
New audio surfaces of communication between the downed Ukrainian airlier and air traffic control. But Iran's not happy about the leak and puts a cloud over its cooperation in the investigation. 

Deer Antler Shot
Firing your shotgun at a couple of deer might seem like an odd way to try to save them. But with their antlers locked, a Calgary wildlife officer had no other choice -- and only one chance.

Part Three

Coronavirus: Hong Kong Border
Benjamin So treated two patients who tested positive for coronavirus. He's put himself under quarantine in Hong Kong. He says he supports a doctors' strike to close the border with mainland China.

Mary Higgins Clark Obit
Mary Higgins Clark believed mystery novels had the power to bring order to a chaotic world. A fellow writer of the genre tells us how he was inspired by the late "Queen of Suspense."