As It Happens: The Wednesday Edition
Part One
Ottawa LTC outbreak
COVID-19 is creeping back into long-term care homes in Ottawa — and families wonder whether the lessons of this past spring could have prevented it.
Federal plastic ban
Canada's oil producers may be worried about Ottawa's plan to ban single-use plastics — but the federal Environment Minister bags to differ.
Duck hunting stamp
This year's entries for the coveted U.S. Federal Duck Stamp are in. And they're causing a flap thanks to a new rule from the Trump administration, which says they can't be limited to just ducks. They need to contain hunting imagery as well.
Part Two
ISIS German sentence
A German woman who was exposed as a former member of ISIS in Syria gets a prison sentence for her crimes — but a Yazidi activist believes justice has still not been served.
MacArthur Grant recipient
We reach a totally flabbergasted recipient of one of this year's MacArthur "Genius" Grants — who's working to change property laws that hurt Black Americans.
Part Three
Saskatchewan nurse appeal
After a Saskatchewan nurse is fined for a Facebook post that was critical of her grandfather's end-of-life care, the province's highest court says she had every right to vent.
New reptile species
As an overachieving undergraduate at the University of Alberta, our guest led research on a 60-million-year-old fossil of an aquatic reptile — that turns out to be a newly identified species.