As It Happens: The Friday Edition
Part One
Nunavut wrestler
A wrestler wins gold and a historic first at the Canada Summer Games. But he says the sport changed his life long before the historic win.
Dutch farm protest
We reach one of the Dutch farmers who thinks their government's goal to cut nigrogen emissions by 50 percent goes too far by half. So they are protesting with ... among other things ... huge loads of manure left in inconvenient places.
Human speech study
When researchers took a look at the voice boxes of dozens of mammals they discovered a surprising anatomical change that made human speech possible, and a whole lot nicer to listen to -- as our guest demonstrates.
Part Two
Prince Edward Island foreign trained doctors
A physician from Afghanistan explains why he can't practice in his new home on PEI, even as emergency rooms close over lack of staff.
Ocean floor art
An artist who planted a stone wingback on the ocean floor tells us ... so far ... the armchair critics have been giving wave reviews.
As It Happens was produced this week by:
Arman Aghbali
Sarah Cooper
Ashley Fraser
Katie Geleff
Sheena Goodyear
Sarah Jackson
Mehek Mazhar
Kate Swoger
Chris Trowbridge
Aloysius Wong
and Samraweet Yohannes.
Our technician this week is Brittany Amodeo. The show director is John McGill.
Lisa Bryn Rundle is our writer. And the Executive Producer of As It Happens is Austin Webb.
We'd also like to thank some other people who helped out this week:
Diane Paquette and Mary-Catherine MacIntosh in Halifax
Susan McKenzie in Montreal
Steve Bruce on Prince Edward Island
Philip Drost, Jonathan Ore, Brendan Ross, Jason Vermes and Luke Williams -- all in Toronto
Suzanne Dufresne in Winnipeg
Donna McElligott in Calgary
and Anne Penman in Vancouver.
As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Good night, and good weekend.