As It Happens: The Thursday Edition
Part One
Jagmeet Singh: Polarization
After racist threats derail a pair of political events, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says it's time politicians turned down the volume on the rhetoric and turn up for those in need.
Alberta missing woman identified
She once was lost -- but now she's found. After more than 40 years searching for her missing aunt, a Cree woman is finally bringing her body home -- and feeling a mixture of heartbreak and hope.
Rap marathon record
A British school teacher breaks the world record for Longest Rap Marathon after spitting rhymes for almost 40 hours. And after all that, he makes good on a promise to save a few for us.
Part Two
Ohio gerrymandering fight
A judge is accusing Ohio's Elections Commission of a "stunning rebuke to the court of law" over its efforts to use electoral maps that unfairly favour the GOP.
Jewish American graves
More than 75 years after the Second World War, Jewish-American soldiers given Christian burials are finally receiving proper rites.
Part Three
Montana student prank
Under Montana law, school principals are expected to care for their students' horses. And this week, graduating students at one school decided to put that principal principle to the test.
UK vampire gathering
A Dracula enthusiast in the U.K. tells us about today's attempt to break the world record for largest gathering of vampires in one place -- just in time for the 125th anniversary of the classic novel's publication.