As It Happens

As It Happens: Wednesday Edition

As It Happens: Wednesday Edition

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Mark Norman case | Federal prosecutors decide they don't want to prosecute Vice Admiral Mark Norman for breach of trust and stay the charges.

Asia Bibi | She's been found innocent of blasphemy, and now she's in Canada where she's supposed to be safe, but our guest warns that Pakistan's Asia Bibi may still face threats to her safety.

Classical music "Wow" | An orchestra in Boston searches for the boy who was recorded breaking the traditional post-Mozart silence, with an audience-charming expression of WOW!

Part Two

Unifor-GMA | A union rep says he's hoping for a new beginning after GM announces a plan that could save a fraction of the positions at its plant in Oshawa. 

Georgia abortion | A union rep says he's hoping for a new beginning after GM announces a plan that could save a fraction of the positions at its plant in Oshawa. 

Part Three

Lunch school debts | A parent in Rhode Island tries, but fails, to pay off other students' lunch debt — so come Monday, if they haven't paid, those students will get a lone, cold sandwich.

War crimes videos | A new BBC investigation identified elite fighters under strongman Khalifa Haftar — head of the self-styled Libyan National Army — engaging in suspected war crimes on videos posted to social media. Some of the victims are family members of a Canadian man, who is looking for justice.

Stonehenge return | Six decades and two trans-atlantic crossings after it was taken from the prehistoric monument, a rock core is back at Stonehenge. It's been returned by the Florida man who took it.