As It Happens

As It Happens, Tuesday Edition

Tuesday, March 8th, 2016

Part One

Canadian Ambassador
Canada's Ambassador to Washington tells us what the Prime Minister is hoping to walk away with after this week's White House dinner with Barack Obama. 

Utah lawsuit
His tires were slashed 28 times in one month, and police did nothing. Now, a U.S. federal jury has agreed with our guest: the polygamous sect known as the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints discriminates against non-believers. 

Ling King
A teenage fisherman hauls up a record-breaking, nearly metre-long fish called a ling — which is a type of burbot — which he finds stunningly beautiful — which he's wrong about. 

Part Two

EU Turkey deal
Amnesty International denounces Europe's new plan to force refugees arriving in Greece back  to Turkey, in exchange for letting some others in. 

Dubai crash obit
She survived the Boston Marathon bombing — and died on spring break in Dubai. After Victoria McGrath is killed in a car crash, we'll speak with a friend — the medic who took care of her after the attack in Boston. 

Part Three

Afghan asylum seeker
Afghan asylum seeker Habib Zahori is granted asylum in Canada. The former Kabul journalist rode his bicycle from Maine into New Brunswick.

Alaska fake art
Some gift shops in Alaska say their expensive wares were made by local indigenous artists. But U.S. federal prosecutors say some of those shops are lying — and making a lot of money doing it. 

Chinese dissident
A Chinese dissident currently in Thailand but who is seeking asylum in Canada — says he could be deported back to China. His brother tells us why Canada needs to act quickly.