As It Happens: The Tuesday Edition
Part One
NS Omicron Strang
After telling Nova Scotians to go get rapid tests, the province's chief medical officer of health explains why he's reversing that advice -- in the face of spiking Omicron cases.
Bill 21: Andre Pratte
Can't help for trying. As politicians across Canada look for new ways to denounce the province's secularism law, one of Bill 21's staunchest opponents in the province warns that outsiders are doing more harm than good.
UK Island Monarch
Crowning achievement. A long-time tour guide on Britain's tiny Piel Island explains the local tradition of naming a king or queen, and drenching them with beer. And if you're dry and ambitious, the community is on the hunt for a new royal.
Part Two
Nipissing Missing Bison
Bison on the lam. We reach a farmer who's been hunting down a small herd of bison since they escaped from his Northern Ontario farm last week.
Reading: The Gift of the Magi
Wishing you a very hairy Christmas. Our annual broadcast of Alan Maitland reading "The Gift of the Magi" -- the story of a comb, a haircut, and a lesson about the greatest gift of all.
Part Three
As It Happened
It's another encore episode of our series: "As It Happened: The Archive Edition." Tonight's theme is "Close Encounters." You'll meet a journalist who won an award for investigating a mysterious UFO sighting, and one of the men who was in the right place in the right time -- with a camera -- when Bigfoot went striding by.