As It Happens

As It Happens: Thursday Edition

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Full episode transcript

Part One

Sterilization review
They were there to help her give birth to her child. They wanted to make sure she never had another. A Saskatoon woman responds after hospital staff are found to have pressured Indigenous mothers into accepting tubal ligations. 

C-Star arrests
A group of anti-immigration activists are pulled off their ship in the Mediterranean with a group of Sri Lankan men on board. Now they stand accused of people smuggling.

Microchipped employee
A Wisconsin company is offering to microchip its employees, so they can purchase break room snacks with a simple swipe of the hand.

Part Two

Creep catcher
B.C.'s privacy commissioner orders a group of anti-paedophile vigilantes to pull down videos of the people they've lured — or face the legal consequences.

Hawk eagle update
He was just a baby when bald eagles brought him home to eat. But a British Columbia red hawk has made their nest his home — and now scientists are waiting for him to head out on his own.