As It Happens

As It Happens: Thursday Edition

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Part One

CBC Rubin report released
A report on the way the CBC dealt with former host Jian Ghomeshi finds all of the above and more -- and Corporation managers say they accept the findings. 

Seattle minimum wage
A Seattle company initiates a new minimum wage that is maximally surprising: from now on, no one makes less than seventy thousand a year. 

Umlaut town
After the state governor intervenes, Lindstrom, Minnesota -- known as "America's Little Sweden" -- gets the umlauts in its road signs back. 

Part Two

Egyptian family
A former advisor to the deposed president of Egypt went to the Cairo airport with his family to fly back to Canada -- only to be stopped at the last hurdle by authorities. 

Tulsa World editor
A 73-year-old volunteer deputy says he meant to pull his taser. Instead, he pulled his gun and killed Eric Harris, who was unarmed. Now, a Tulsa, Oklahoma newspaper says that deputy got his certification because of falsified records.

Part Three

Repeat: Mukesh Kapila feature interview
Mukesh Kapila was the head of the United Nations mission in Sudan during the Darfur genocide. He tried to tell the world what was going on. In his book, "Against A Tide of Evil", he writes that he failed. But it's more complicated than that.