As It Happens: Thursday Edition

Part One

Kenya Attack
Al-Shabaab militants target Christian students during early-morning prayers, killing more than a hundred-and-forty people.

Neil Bantleman Sentenced
The family of Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman was prepared for a guilty verdict on sexual abuse charges in Indonesia but they haven't given up hope he'll be exonerated.

Senator Camembert Folo
Canadians unite in sympathy for a Senator who was expected to eat cold Camembert on a flight.

Part Two

Cindy Gladue Protest
The Alberta Crown says it's asking for a new trial in the case of a murdered aboriginal woman named Cindy Gladue as protesters across the country voice their disgust at the original verdict.

Craig Davidson/Nick Cutter
We call Canadian horror writer Nick Cutter to congratulate him on his award for horror writing but when Canadian writer Craig Davidson picks up, we realize the two men look eerily similar. 

Listener Response: April Fools
Last night's story about American efforts to have Canada revert to Fahrenheit had some of you running a temperature -- before you checked the date. 
    
Part Three

Catholic Trustee
Angela Kennedy doesn't think there should be gay-straight alliances in schools, or the HPV vaccine. But should that disqualify her from sitting on Toronto's Public Health Board? She says no but Toronto City Council says yes. 

Cow Bile MRSA Recipe
An ancient recipe for eye infections may have modern-day uses in hospitals.

New Brunswick Church
Last night, a SUV plowed through the doors of the Eglise de Saint-Jerome church in Shippigan, New Brunswick and destroyed much of the interior.