As It Happens: Wednesday Edition

Part One

Ukraine polio
Canada spent millions to send polio vaccines to Ukraine -- but now, even after two children have been paralyzed from the disease, a patients' rights group there wants all the vaccine destroyed. 

Slave textbook
Her son pointed out that his textbook referred to slaves as "workers", so a Houston woman pointed out the same thing to the textbook company -- pointedly.  

Frederick Forsyth
He's the man who wrote the beautiful story with a twist we air every Christmas Eve -- but tonight, author Frederick Forsyth reveals a twist in his own life: his work for British intelligence. 
     
Part Two

Flint senator
After tap water in Flint, Michigan, is found to contain lead, authorities take steps to fix the problem -- but our guest, a state senator, says it has to be tackled at the source. 

McGill pain study
Although placebos have always worked to fight chronic pain, a new McGill study finds they've become more effective -- but the real headache is figuring out why that's only happening in the United States. 

Part Three

Syria attack
The Russian military continues hitting targets in Syria. But who are they hitting? We reach an eyewitness on the ground in the northwestern part of the country.

Voter complaint
It looks so easy for the cartoon people in the Elections Canada ads. But real people across Canada are finding registering and planning to vote to be a real challenge. A Saskatchewan woman tells us about being directed to cast her ballot in northern Manitoba. 

Liberal signs defaced 
A Liberal candidate, in London, Ontario, finds dozens of his campaign signs covered in racist graffiti.