As It Happens: Wednesday Full Episode
Part One
Trans Mountain Pipeline: pro-First Nation
The Chief of Cheam First Nation in B.C. couldn't be happier that the feds stepped in to buy the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline — and he's considering buying in himself.
Not dead journalist
Yesterday, we heard a Russian journalist had been murdered — but today, he showed up alive at a news conference, proving reports of his death had been greatly, and purposely, exaggerated.
New ambulance
After visiting an Alaskan town whose only ambulance had been vandalized, Jon Dobbs couldn't stop thinking about it — so he bought a replacement himself, and drove it all the way up from Wisconsin.
Part Two
Kurdish migrant shooting
Today, a two-year-old Iraqi Kurd shot dead by Belgian police was buried — and the family's lawyer tells us the investigation into the fatal shooting was botched from the start.
Nicaragua unrest
In Nicaragua, furious protests against President Daniel Ortega continue; a journalist tells us why she and other young people want the former Sandinista leader to go.
Part Three
Hungary migrant law
The Hungarian government does not like George Soros. But it's so-called "Stop Soros" bill is less an attack on the billionaire, and more an attack on anyone who helps "illegal immigrants". And Andras Lederer says that's a direct attack on his organization, which provides legal advice to asylum seekers.
Open access journals
A growing number of European universities are saying 'no' to anything but open access journals. But publishers say they're moving too fast.