As It Happens: Tuesday Edition
Part One
Indigenous newspaper fire
Staff at an Indigenous newspaper in Ontario keep on filing stories — even after someone set a pickup truck on fire outside their offices.
al-Baghdad: Yazidis
Yazidi activist Mirza Dinnayi is relieved at the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi — but says he would he preferred the ISIS leader face justice in court for enslaving his people.
Hamilton head usher
During intermissions in a Philadelphia production of "Hamilton", one usher has a chance to ensure women get access to the restroom — and she is not throwing away her shot.
Part Two
Trudeau: Regina mayor
Justin Trudeau isn't getting much love from Canada's western premiers — but we'll see if the Prime Minister got a warmer reception when he reached out to city leaders instead.
Rikers closing
Ever since he was released from the Rikers Island jail complex, Vidal Guzman has fought to have it shut down — so its imminent closure is giving him some sense of the same.
Part Three
Fluoride study
A new, controversial study draws some alarming conclusions about the health effects of fluoride. Now, a group of scientists wants the researchers behind that study to release their data — because it could cause unnecessary harm.
Montreal apartment crash
Yesterday, a minivan crashed through the wall of our guest's apartment building. Which was a shock — but not a surprise. Because over the past six years, three other vehicles crashed into that building.
Governor General's Fiction Award winner
Joan Thomas is the winner of the 2019 Governor General's Literary Award for English-language fiction, for Five Wives — her reimagining of a 1956 incident in which five Christian missionaries were killed in the rain forests of Ecuador.