As It Happens: Thursday Edition
Part One
Hijab Teacher removed
A teacher in Chelsea, Quebec is removed from her Grade 3 class because of her hijab -- but she tells us the real lesson in her story is much bigger than her.
NB Zipper Merge
Someone couldn't get over how he got over. The so-called "zipper merge" may be a more efficient way to handle a lane ending -- but a New Brunswick man seized his window of opportunity, an angry driver broke his actual window.
SK Xmas House
Will their neighbours put up with what they put up? A Saskatchewan couple couldn't compete with the Christmas display next door -- so they found an economical way to bask in its reflected glory.
Part Two
Canadian Olympic Boycott
Fighting a luging battle. Canada joins a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing -- but the IOC's longest-serving member says that won't stop China's games from succeeding.
Vax Anniversary
The enthusiasm was injectious. But a year after the first COVID vaccines were given in the UK, some countries still can't vaccinate health workers -- and our guest says we can do better.
Part Three
Rembrandt Sketch Update
The artist behind the work behind the work. The head of paintings conservation at a museum in Amsterdam describes how new technology has revealed a previously hidden sketch beneath Rembrandt's "The Night Watch".
Laurentian University Latest
The financial meltdown at Laurentian University left a lot of people asking how things got so bad so fast -- including politicians at Queen's Park. So today, MPPs voted for a rare Speaker's warrant to force the school to hand over financial documents. We hear from NDP MPP for the Nickel Belt, in Sudbury, France Gelinas.