As It Happens: Wednesday Edition
Part One
Manitoba Fire Evacuation
With a forest fire spreading in Northern Manitoba, one small fly-in community is struggling to get its residents out quickly — and our guest says the military, and the province, should have heeded their warnings sooner.
Trump Twitter Ruling
A federal judge has ruled that it's unconstitutional for U.S. President Donald Trump to block people on Twitter — but our guest isn't holding her breath waiting to be un-blocked.
Philip Roth Obit
He did not go genteelly into that good night. From Goodbye, Columbus to Nemesis, the late Philip Roth's frequently brilliant, sometimes controversial books challenged the orthodoxies of American literature.
Part Two
NFL Anthem Policy
The NFL announces its new policies on national anthem protests — but already, players are saying they're a collection of half-measures that don't measure up.
Amazon Facial Recognition
While you're shopping at Amazon, the ACLU says Amazon is shopping its facial-recognition software to police — and our guest wants it to stop.
Part Three
Michael Kaan
Michael Kaan wins Amazon-dot-ca's First Novel Award — thanks partly to memoirs given to him in a plastic bag, years after his father's death.
Seagulls At Diner
Shrieking, gluttonous birds are creating problems at a restaurant in Perth, Australia — so the owner is arming diners with water guns, and issuing a "squirt-on-sight" order.