As It Happens: Wednesday Edition

Part One

Landon Webb: government
Nova Scotia's Justice Minister says she wants to intervene in the case of Landon Webb -- even before she can fix an antiquated law --  for him, his parents, and everyone else.  

North Korea imprisons pastor
North Korea's highest court sends the pastor of an Ontario church to prison for life, with hard labour, for crimes against the state -- while a longtime friend says there's no way he's guilty.   

Homeless lottery winner
A homeless Vancouver man comes up with a winning lottery ticket -- but until he can come up with the ID he doesn't have, he won't get the money. 

Part Two

New York solitary plaintiff
New York's Civil Liberties Union has fought for years against rampant use of solitary confinement in the state -- and today, it finally scored a major victory.

Deaf wrestler case
As a deaf high school wrestler, Ellis Kempf needs his sign-language interpreter within sight during a match, to relay coaching instructions -- but he had to take the Michigan High School Athletic Association to court to make that happen. 

Part Three

BC fracking earthquake
Everyone was left shaken. That happens after an earthquake. And according to a new report from BC's oil and gas commission, that recent earthquake was caused by fracking -- which has left everyone shaken again. 

Syria detainee stories: Human Rights Watch
The photos are authentic, says Human Rights Watch -- and so are the claims of the man who says he smuggled them out of Syria, after being hired by the Assad regime to document its torture of detainees.

Siemens winner 
Seventeen-year-old Maria Elena Grimmett just won a prestigious science prize for her research on pharmaceutical pollutants in groundwater.