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34 years before legalization, a pot charge brought down New Brunswick's premier
As the New Brunswick government enters the legal marijuana business on Wednesday, it's a big about-face for a province that once tried its own premier for possession.
Newfoundlander aims to be 1st independent retailer to sell legal cannabis in Canada
"I can't wait to sell weed tonight," says Thomas H. Clarke, who was once arrested for selling cannabis, and is now excited to do it on the up-and-up.
Hello? Hellooo? 6 times As It Happens got hung up on
As It Happens hosts are chosen for their tenacity and doggedness — qualities some of our guests find off-putting, to say the least.
Do you have what it takes to do the As It Happens Theme Song Challenge?
Do you think you can sing the As It Happens theme song better than our own Jeff Douglas? We challenge you to prove it.
P.E.I. farmer apologizes in local paper for calling agriculture minister 'an arsehole'
Minister Lawrence MacAulay says he has received Ranald MacFarlane's apology and accepts it.
As It Happens: Tuesday Edition
Oct. 16, 2018
This man rode out Hurricane Michael in his motel — and the walls caved in around him
Charles Smith was holed up in his Gulf View Motel with his six cats when Hurricane Michael hit Florida Panhandle with deadly force.
Charges laid 25 years after Norwegian publisher of The Satanic Verses was shot
William Nygaard was shot three times on Oct. 11, 1993, and left for dead. Now police have pressed charges two days before the statue of limitations was set to run out in the case.
Rare tree kangaroo, thought extinct for 90 years, photographed in Indonesia
Experts thought it was extinct, but now for the first time in almost a century, a British tourist traveling in West Papua has seen and photographed what is thought to be a Wondiwoi tree kangaroo.
As It Happens: Monday Edition
Monday, Oct. 15, 2018
U.S. senators call Chinese telecom giant Huawei 'a real threat,' urge Trudeau to block it
A bipartisan pair of U.S. Senators have written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging him to bar Chinese telecom giant Huawei from building new, lightning-fast wireless infrastructure.
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Painting by Frederick Banting of his Toronto lab to hit auction block
The Lab depicts the University of Toronto laboratory where Frederick Banting and medical student Charles Best discovered insulin.
As It Happens: Friday Edition
Friday, Oct. 12, 2018
Trump should consider sanctions against Saudis over missing journalist: congressman
Congressman Joaquin Castro is calling on U.S. President Donald Trump investigate the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and possibly impose sanctions on Saudi Arabia.
'Devastating' scandal rocks wine world as 23 master sommeliers stripped of their titles
The Court of Master Sommeliers has stripped them of their titles because it discovered someone leaked information about the wines on the tasting part of the exam.
Activists launch Italian-flagged migrant rescue ship to counter government blockade
A group of activists has launched a migrant rescue ship under an Italian flag in the hopes that Italy will either let them dock with people saved at sea — or pay a political price for refusing them entry.
'Our islands will be under water': One small nation's fight against climate change
Kiribati’s former president Anote Tong and filmmaker Matthieu Rytz joined Carol Off in the As It Happens studio to talk about their documentary Anote's Ark.
As It Happens: The Thursday Edition
Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018
Family says ICE deported father after telling him they found his wallet
When Flavio Musmanno got a phone call about his missing wallet, he assumed the person on the other end was a friendly stranger who just wanted to help.
Denmark's 'ambitious' climate plan still falls short, says opposition MP
On the heels of new warnings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Denmark just announced measures to fight against climate change.
Will Vinton, pioneering animator who invented claymation, dead at 70
Will Vinton, an Oscar-winning animator who invented the claymation style of stop-motion animation and brought the California Raisins to TV has died in Oregon. He was 70.
As It Happens: Wednesday Edition
Oct. 10, 2018
Viral video of feminist pouring bleach on manspreaders debunked as Russian propaganda
When a viral video of a Russian woman pouring bleach on male commuters came across producer Nikolay Nikolov's desk, he was immediately suspicious.
This strange, broken font is designed to help you remember what you read
Researchers at Melbourne’s RMIT University have designed a font called Sans Forgetica that is full of gaps and intentionally hard to read.
As It Happens: Tuesday Edition
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018
