As It Happens: Wednesday Edition
Part One
Van Attack Conviction
Guilty on all charges. The grandson of one of the ten people killed in the 2018 Toronto van attack tells us he's relieved to see the driver convicted today -- and hopes it might now be possible for his family to move on.
Quarantine Hotel Bills
Rooms for improvement. An Ontario traveller forced to quarantine at in a government-sanctioned hotel says the place was underwhelming, overcrowded, and shockingly overpriced.
Panamanian Harlequin Toads
The old "good copulate, bad copulate" routine. A researcher at the Manchester Museum says it took a lot of trial and error, but his team has finally convinced a pair of endangered toads to reproduce in captivity for the first time.
Part Two
Manitoba Metis Vaccine
The Federal Minister of Northern Affairs says he'd like a chat with Manitoba's premier about the decision to put people in First Nation communities ahead of Metis and Inuit Manitobans for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Texas Restrictions Lifted
Reversal psychology. After the governor of Texas announces he's rolling back almost all COVID-19 measures in the state, local leaders respond with a plea to take back that rollback.
Part Three
Afghan Journalists Killed
Gone in a flash. In Afghanistan, three female colleagues are shot dead on their way home from work at a TV station, part of a wave of similar killings.
Boy Scouts Rockwell
Scout's dishonour. Faced with tens of thousands of unpaid sex-abuse settlements, the Boy Scouts of America prepares to part with dozens of its Norman Rockwell originals. And the painter's biographer tells us it's what he would have wanted.