As It Happens

As It Happens: Tuesday Edition

Tuesday, January 11, 2022.

Episode Transcript

Part One

Quebec vaccine tax
Quebec's Premier warns unvaccinated residents that they'll soon pay a literal price — and our guest says it's a radical proposal to deal with radicalized people. 

Guantanamo 20th anniversary
Twenty years after he helped build the first prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, a retired U.S. Marine Corps Major General calls on President Biden to keep his promise to close the facility. 

Jeopardy! major winners
Some fans think an explosion of winning streaks jeopardizes Jeopardy's integrity — but our guest says contestants are just showing the game show who's boss. 

Part Two 

Glenda Simms obit
Glenda Simms was a trailblazing Black feminist in Canada and beyond — and two of her longtime friends tell us she was determined to make the movement more inclusive. 

Montana wolves killed
A conservationist says Montana hunters are killing a record number of Yellowstone National Park's gray wolves — and tells us lax legislation is to blame.

Part Three

World's deepest squid
When a recent dive failed to turn up the shipwreck searchers were seeking, they kept their spirits afloat with the discovery of the deepest-sea squid ever spotted. 

Encore: BC horse rescue 
As flooding wreaked havoc on B.C. last year, we heard about people hoofin' it to help. Tonight, we'll revisit our conversation with a former bull rider who rescued dozens of horses.