As It Happens: Thursday Edition

Part One

Everest College student
Without warning, all 14 campuses of Everest College Canada are shut down -- leaving more than 2,000 students out in the cold. 

Ontario election bribery
An Ontario politician explains why she couldn't provide a constituent with a note exempting his daughter from the MMR vaccine. 

Gary Schteyngart on Russian TV blitz
Novelist Gary Shteyngart explains how he survived a week watching nothing but Russian television with his sanity intact -- mostly. 

Part Two

MPP vaccines
An Ontario politician explains why she couldn't provide a constituent with a note exempting his daughter from the MMR vaccine. 

Snail teeth
Scientists discover that a sea snail called the limpet should be called the "firm-et" -- because its teeth are the strongest biological material ever discovered. 

Part Three

Libya ISIS recruitment
A document linked to ISIS suggests using the Mediterranean to get its fighters into Europe. The European media panics. But according to the man who translated that document, everyone's misreading it. 

Abbotsford police corruption investigation
An investigation into alleged corruption involving the police in Abbotsford, B.C. is shocking on the face of it. But its ramifications -- including the potential for new trials and overturned convictions -- are even more shocking.

Greece negotiations
Greece makes a last ditch effort to extend a loan from richer European countries -- but Germany is standing firm against the proposed deal.