As It Happens: Thursday Edition
Part One
Assange arrest
After seven years, Julian Assange is booted from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and arrested — and a friend says, love him or hate him, we should all be appalled.
Sudan coup
A protester says the end of the line for Sudan's longtime president won't be the end of protests — because the people will defy the military coup and stay until they see real change.
Library discovery
At least two women are suing a Moncton, New Brunswick nurse, and the hospital that employed her — because they allege she gave them a drug during labour without their consent.
Part Two
Nurse class action
A Moncton nurse was fired after a hospital says they found she'd secretly given patients drugs to induce labour — and now, several women have filed a lawsuit.
Plain Dealer journalist
Tom Feran, a 37-year veteran of Ohio's Plain Dealer newspaper, survived the latest devastating staff cuts, but axed himself to make room for a younger reporter.
Part Three
Opioid overdoses
In Vancouver, dozens of people have overdosed on an anxiety medication cut with heroin and fentanyl in the last few weeks. the founder of the Overdose Prevention Society, Sarah Blyth, calls the situation "terrifying".
United Ireland
The leader of Sinn Fein says that the uncertainty caused by Brexit is fuelling pro-unification sentiment in Ireland — and she's calling for a referendum on whether Northern Ireland should join the Republic to the south.