As It Happens

As It Happens: Wednesday Edition

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

US border family
A Quebec woman tries to take a routine shopping trip to the United States — only to be turned back by an official who finds Muslim prayers on her phone and decides they're anti-American. 

Bombardier loans
Aerospace manufacturer Bombardier promises it will pay back a 372-million-dollar loan from Ottawa — but critics say the government needs a giant reality check. 

BC snowfall 
An enterprising BC man is pulled over by police for clearing the road after a dump of snow — with his Zamboni. 

Part Two

New Orleans tornado
After a tornado in Louisiana, Yoshekia Brown is experiencing the worst kind of déjà vu — because twelve years after Hurricane Katrina, her home has once again been destroyed.  

Seattle Wells Fargo
Seattle councillors vote to sever the city's relationship with the banking giant Wells Fargo — because it's helping finance the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. 

Part Three

Red Cross deaths
A deadly ambush kills six Red Cross workers. And now, for the first time in its 30-year history in Afghanistan, the organization is reflecting on whether to stay or go.

India deaths investigation
Doctors discover the culprit behind a yearly rash of mysterious deaths affecting children in India: lychee fruit.