As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

Feb. 8, 2021

Full Episode Transcript


Part One

South Africa Variant Vaccine
South Africa halts its AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out, after a new trial casts doubt on its effectiveness against the country's COVID-19 variant but a doctor says vaccinations should go ahead anyway. 

Nunavut Mine Protest
A group of hunters in Nunavut blockade the airstrip of a remote iron ore mine to pressure the company not to expand its already-disruptive operations.

Nova Scotia Two-Headed Bird
A Cape Breton woman was shocked to see a partridge with two heads in her backyard and she still can't believe her eyes, or all four of theirs.

Part Two

California DoorDash Stolen Car
A DoorDash delivery driver tells us about the nightmarish ordeal he experienced this weekend, when his van was stolen while he was making a delivery with his two young children inside.

Swedish Film Fest Winner
A Swedish emergency-room nurse just spent a week watching movies alone in a lighthouse on an island and she'll tell us how she feels now that the last credits have rolled. 

Part Three

Indigenous Vaccine Hesitancy
Some Indigenous people are approaching the COVID-19 vaccine with a healthy dose of skepticism. And a Mohawk doctor in Ontario is doing what she can to address their qualms. Starting with her own mother. 

Moose Jaw Staycation
A jaw-dropping attempt at Jaw promoting. I'm talking about Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, home of -- well, the mayor will tell us. In fact, he'll tell anyone who asks, because he's selling his city as a great place to get away from it all whether "it all" is the daily grind, or angry voters.