As It Happens: Thursday Full Episode

Part One

Opioids: Vancouver mayor
His city is proof that the current strategies for fighting the opioid crisis aren't working -- so Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson wants to decriminalize drugs. 

Miguna Miguna: lawyer
Kenyan-Canadian opposition activist Miguna Miguna continues his bruising battle to return to his home country: this week, he says he was beaten, drugged and detained by police officers in Nairobi.

Basement Tom Thomson sketch
For years, our guest's father insisted the piece of art in the family basement was by a great artist, and might be worth something -- which, since it's actually a Tom Thomson, is a masterpiece of understatement.  

Part Two

Sacramento shooting
After Sacramento police shoot an unarmed young black man, a local pastor tells us about the community's anger and a family struggling with grief. 

Saskatchewan church follow-up
Canadian Indigenous leaders are disappointed that Pope Francis won't apologize for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools -- including our guest, who's sorry the Pope won't be visiting Saskatoon. 

Part Three

Mexico journalist shooting
It's a rare positive development when two police officers in Mexico are convicted of murdering journalist Moises Sanchez. But justice is only half-done: the local mayor who is said to have ordered the murder is still at large.

Atlantic fiction author couple
Two Cape Breton writers are nominated for the same fiction award. And they eye the competition on a daily basis -- because they live together, because they're married.