As It Happens: Thursday Edition
Part One
CEO women's march
The CEO of a snowboard company says she'll pay for any of her employees to attend the Women's March on Washington this weekend.
Italy avalanche
After a series of earthquakes, an avalanche buries an Italian ski resort in snow and debris — and we'll get the latest on a rescue effort that may be too late.
Escaped dog
In Yellowknife, a shelter dog breaks free and crosses the city to find the woman who showed it some kindness — in the form of cheese-flavoured bacon strips.
Part Two
Harper on Trump
Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Donald Trump will reverse decades of US Foreign policy by rolling back American influence in the world — and making multi-lateral trade deals a thing of the past.
Rivera commutation
Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera was sentenced to decades in prison for conspiring to overthrow the U.S. government — but now, President Obama has commuted his sentence.
Part Three
Gambia president
He's about to take the highest office in the land — except it's still occupied by the old leader. Tensions rise in Gambia, when the former president decides he's not done being president.
Swiss cheese watch
We have at least three questions for the man who made a watch out of Swiss cheese: what, how — and why.