As It Happens

As It Happens: Friday Edition

July 15, 2022

Episode Transcript

Part One

Lytton Fires
Once again, the village of Lytton, BC is threatened by a wildfire -- and this time, our guest has left town rather than watch his home burn down again. 

Tops Supermarket Reopening
Comfort food. Two months after a racist massacre, a supermarket in Buffalo is reopening -- and a local activist tells us it's the first step in his community's path towards healing.

Restaurant Blackmail
counting their unlucky stars. A bad reputation can kill a restaurant -- and that's what scammers across the U.S. are banking on, when they leave fake one-star reviews, and use them to blackmail the owners.


Part Two

NS Banfield Testimony
Escaping the heart of darkness. The common-law spouse of the man who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia testifies that she's haunted by what happened that night -- and by her own decision to flee the gunman. 

US Cruise Ship Waste
Expanding the poop deck. After two mostly idle years, it's full steam ahead for Alaskan cruises -- which means that once again, Canada's West Coast is being inundated with sewage. 

Airport Cat
You've got to be kitten. Staff at Boston's gigantic Logan airport spend weeks engaged in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse -- in which they are the cat, and the mouse is...also a cat.