As It Happens

As It Happens: Thursday Edition

Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Supreme Court of Canada: BC ski resort
The Supreme Court says a ski resort development can go ahead despite the opposition of a BC First Nation — and a local chief says that's an attack on their religious beliefs. 

Occupy Wall Street's Micah White
Occupy Wall Street co-creator Micah White tells us about his encounter with people who asked him to share his expertise on protesting — and turned out to be Russian trolls. 

Part Two

Bump stock lobby
A survivor of the massacre in Las Vegas goes to Washington, where he's outraged to find that bipartisan support for a ban on so-called "bump stocks" has evaporated. 

Festival assault app
An Ottawa doctor wants to work with organizers of large gatherings, like music festivals, to stop sexual assaults — and she's created an app to help them do it. 

Part Three

Info commissioner
Canada's information watchdog says the government's new open government bill might actually have prevented some of the biggest scandals in recent history from coming to light.

60s Scoop family
As a baby, Kevin Broadbent was taken from his family, and his culture in the Sixties Scoop. Now, decades later, after discovering where he was really from, he and his family have moved back. 

Dance your PhD
Nancy Scherich is this year's winner of the annual Dance Your Phd competition.