As It Happens

As It Happens: Wednesday Edition

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Part One

North Charleston Shooting
A South Carolina police officer fired eight times at Walter Scott's back. That officer has now been charged with murder. There are more protests over the death of an unarmed black man.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: Claudette Osborne
In the first part of an "As It Happens" series, we'll speak with the fiancé of Claudette Osborne, an aboriginal woman who disappeared seven years ago. 

Tall Dutch
We look up to the Dutch because they're so weirdly tall.

Part Two

Pianist: Calgary 
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has cancelled its concert with the controversial pianist Valentina Lisitsa but the Calgary Philharmonic says she'll join them in June, as planned. 

Jewellery Heist
In the heart of London, burglars steal an estimated 370 million dollars' worth of stuff from safe deposit boxes

Part Three

Ferguson Councillor
Residents of Ferguson, Missouri elected two new black city councillors, in the first vote since the shooting of Michael Brown. 

Yemen Red Cross
International and local aid workers say that they are struggling to deliver supplies and assistance to people in Yemen.

Malaysian Cartoonist
We'll speak with a political cartoonist who's facing sedition charges after issuing some satirical criticism on Twitter.