As It Happens: Thursday Edition
Part One
Sol Mamakwa
On the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Ontario MPP Sol Mamakwa hopes Canadians will start taking action — by pushing elected leaders to keep their promises to Indigenous people.
Ivory-billed woodpecker
The ivory-billed woodpecker is one of 23 species that have just been declared extinct — but one ornithologist still hopes the bird will fly in the face of that assessment.
Squirrel walnut truck
A North Dakota man discovers that every nook and cranny of his pickup truck is jam-packed with walnuts, thanks to an overzealous squirrel — and that's the story in thousands of nutshells.
Part Two
Right Livelihood Award: Freda Huson
Freda Huson wins what's called an "alternative Nobel" for defending her traditional territory in BC against a pipeline — and says she doesn't just want to decolonize the land, but people's minds as well.
Nazi trial runaway
A 96-year-old former SS secretary is caught after trying to escape before her trial — and the lawyer for five survivors of the concentration camp where she worked says there's a good chance she'll be the first Nazi-era "desk killer" found guilty.
Part Three
Ecuador prison fight
A journalist in Ecuador tells us this week's devastating prison riot in Guayaquil is all too familiar — and that families already devastated by COVID are now waiting to hear if their loved ones are dead or alive.
Ojibwe dictionary
The Ojibwe linguist Patricia Ningewance says her new dictionary of northern dialects is a tool for new learners — and also, a chance to preserve words and expressions that Canada's residential schools worked very hard to snuff out.
Encore: Lord God Bird
We don't know whether the ivory-billed woodpecker is extinct. But we do know As It Happens has covered it a lot over the years. So while the scientists argue, we'll replay our interview with Halifax actor Tom Gallant who was so inspired by our coverage that he wrote a book.