As It Happens: Wednesday Edition

Part One

NDP wins majority in Alberta
Alberta voters are won over by an effective NDP campaign -- electing the party to a comfortable majority, and throwing out the Progressive Conservatives after 44 years in power. 

Northern Ireland shooting
Robert McCartney's sisters fought for justice for the murder of their brother. So the shooting death of a major suspect in that murder -- a former head of the Provisional IRA in Northern Ireland -- brings mixed emotions. 

Part Two

Alberta: Lukaszuk
It's snowing in Edmonton today, but Tom Lukaszuk won't be making snow angels; the former Tory MLA reflects on what his party did wrong, and what Rachel Notley's party did right.  

Soldier remains
Seventy years after his death, a Canadian soldier is officially interred in the Netherlands -- and his nephew tells us what he's learned about his long-lost late uncle Albert.

Part Three

UK election
There are those who will tell you that the outcome of the imminent British election is uncertain because the campaign has been so stultifyingly boring. But our guest -- who's seen a few elections in his time -- disagrees.

Florida town dispute
Barricades at the borders. Checkpoints. Surveillance cameras. General bitterness. That sounds like a problem between two countries, but in fact it's all part of an ongoing squabble between two communities in the state of Florida. 

Alberta energy sector
Calgary portfolio manager Rafi Tahmazian discusses the impact the new NDP government is expected to have on the energy sector.