As It Happens

As It Happens: Thursday Edition

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Part One

RCMP harassment
The RCMP apologizes to hundreds of female members who were harassed and abused -- and I'll talk to one of the Mounties who led the charge for that apology: former Inspector Linda Gillis-Davidson.

Haiti follow-up
After Hurricane Matthew ravages Haiti, people there are wondering what this latest disaster will mean for the future of their beleaguered country. 

The Barnacle
If you don't pay your parking tickets, you may wind up with a new invention called 'The Barnacle' stuck to your windshield -- and if so, look out, because you can't look out. 

Part Two

Baseball beer toss: latest
Toronto police issue a photo of the man they say threw a can of beer at a Baltimore Oriole -- but our guest says the police response, like that beer, comes out of left field. 

Alberta truck theft
When Jason Hicks pulled over to help after seeing an accident, he feared the worst. But instead, he got the rudest: the driver of that crashed vehicle got into Mr. Hick's pick-up truck and took off. 

Part Three

Artificial rhino horns
Matthew Markus says his artificial rhino horns will help save the endangered creatures -- but some believe they'll actually intefere with the important work of conservationists who are already trying to save them. 

Cod fish accents
Researchers in the UK believe cod fish could have different regional accents. And as climate change forces some of these populations north, the mixing of different cod accents could have negative affects on breeding.

Pizza wars
Two years after they began, the Pizza Wars have finally ended. And Dante Paoletti, owner of Paoletti's Pizzeria in Vaughan, Ontario, is declaring his triumph a victory for the little guy.