As It Happens

As It Happens: Tuesday Edition

March 16, 2021

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Rogers/Shaw Deal 
Rogers and Shaw say if they're allowed to merge, they'll spend a billion on broadband for rural and Indigenous people --  but promises like that make our guest feel a real disconnect. 

Dead Sea Scrolls
New chapter for old verses. Archeologists find several new pieces of the very old biblical texts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls -- which just happened to be lying around a remote, hard-to-access cave in a desert canyon.

UK Live Theatres
London is preparing to re-open live theatre after a year of lockdowns -- so we'll check in with an actor whose starring role was cut short by the pandemic.


Part Two

Syria 10 Years Doctor
As we continue our series marking ten years of war in Syria, a surgeon tells us how he and his colleagues were treated as criminals for treating their patients. 

Part Three

Anti-Asian Racism: Chef
After a chef in Texas goes on TV to call out his governor's decision to end a mask mandate, his restaurant is spray painted with racist, Anti-Asian graffiti. And he says he's positive the two events are linked.  

Bathurst, NB Deer Visiting
Un-herd of. The citizens of Bathurst, New Brunswick, are coping with a whole lot of unexpected visitors and it's not yet clear what's attracting the deer friends to the city.