As It Happens: Wednesday Edition
Part One
Amazon Fires
Unprecedented fires are consuming enormous swathes of the Amazon rain forest — and while environmentalists blame Brazil's president for laissez-faire green policies, he's blaming ... environmentalists.
Greenland Trump
Donald Trump abruptly cancels his trip to Copenhagen, after Denmark makes it clear that Greenland is not for sale — and our Danish guest is more than happy to roll the red carpet back up.
Bear Attack Musician
The late Julien Gauthier recorded nature, and drew inspiration from nature for his compositions — and then, last week, while recording sound in the Canadian north, he was killed by a bear.
Part Two
Abdilahi Elmi Deportation
It's been 25 years since a Somali refugee arrived in Canada as a child — so advocates are deeply concerned about his imminent deportation to a homeland he no longer knows.
Newark Water
For years, it's been an open secret in parts of Newark, New Jersey, that there was dangerous lead in the drinking water — but now it's become a story outside the city limits.