As It Happens

As It Happens: Thursday Edition

As It Happens: Thursday Edition

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Nevada senator
When asked about gun control in Las Vegas, U.S. President Trump said, "We're not going to talk about that today" — but one Nevada state senator says there's no better time.

Energy East: Carr
TransCanada ditches its multi-billion dollar Energy East pipeline — leaving cabinet minister Jim Carr defending the PM against accusations that he didn't do enough to promote it.

Monopoly protester 
We'll speak with a surprise visitor to a U.S. Senate hearing on the Equifax data hack: the mascot of the game Monopoly, Rich Uncle Pennybags — complete with little mustache, and monocle. 

Part Two

Inuit TB database
Thousands of Inuit families don't know where their loved ones were buried, after they were transported south for TB treatment — and now, they're hoping an upcoming federal database changes that. 

Lone scientist op-ed
Our guest says awarding Nobel Prizes for science to a maximum of three recipients is misleading at best, because it erases the work of dozens of other scientists who contributed to the work. 

Part Three

Las Vegas: cartoonist
After the shooting in Las Vegas, a Canadian editorial cartoon finds an international audience — because it depicts Uncle Sam shielding the gun lobby. We'll speak with the man behind that cartoon, Bruce MacKinnon of the Chronicle Herald. 

Zuzana Růžičková obit 
We'll remember the remarkable Czech harpsichordist Zuzana Růžičková. She survived three concentration camps, and overcame badly damaged hands, to become one of the world's pre-eminent interpreters of the music of Bach.