As It Happens: The Friday Edition
Part One
Barrie Tornado
A city councillor in Barrie, Ontario tells us how she narrowly escaped a tornado by hiding in the basement with her son and emerged to see that the storm tore the roof off the house.
Germany Flooding
Catastrophic floods have killed more than a hundred people in Germany and Belgium; our guest describes the terrible moment she watched the street outside her home become a wild river.
Paralyzed Brain Study
A promising new implant enables a paralyzed man to communicate -- by translating the electrical impulses of his brain into speech.
Part Two
The Loneliest Whale
Filmmaker Josh Zeman set out to find the giant sea creature known as "52" and his new documentary reveals that the ocean is a tough place to make yourself heard.
As It Happens was produced this week by:
Jean Armstrong
Andrea Bellemare
Katie Geleff
Sheena Goodyear
Chris Harbord
Mehek Mazhar
John McGill
Niza Nondo
Kevin Robertson
and Chloe Shantz-Hilkes
Our technicians this week are Austin Pomeroy and Reynold Gonsalves. And the show director this week is Susan McReynolds.
The writers are Lisa Bryn-Rundle and Chris Howden. Austin Webb is our senior producer. And the Executive Producer of As It Happens is Robin Smythe.
We'd also like to thank some other people who helped us out this week:
Mary-Catherine McIntosh in Halifax
Paul MacInnis in Ottawa
Jonathan Ore, Brendan Ross, Brandie Weikle, Alex Redekop, and Luke Williams -- all in Toronto
Suzanne Dufresne in Winnipeg
and Anne Penman in Vancouver.
As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Good night and have a good weekend.