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Oilsands assignment prompts Alberta school to cancel dance after parent threatens teacher
The superintendent of an Alberta elementary school is standing by his teachers and staff after parents' angry reactions to a lesson about the oilsands.
How a Minnesota man brought Roxette to the U.S. with a single CD
Dean Cushman explains how he helped Roxette break into America in the late '80s. He heard their music when he was a U.S. foreign exchange student in Sweden, brought their CD home and pestered the local radio station until they played it.
Olivia Newton-John on her cancer diagnosis, cannabis and selling that iconic Grease outfit
Olivia Newton-John, 70, is putting her outfit from Grease, along with 200 other items from her long career and personal life, under the hammer at Julien's Auctions in Los Angeles in November.
Grandfather of teen who died of overdose in B.C. still looking for answers
Darrel Crimeni is still looking for answers about what happened the night his 14-year-old grandson Carson died after a suspected overdose in Langley, B.C., last summer.
As It Happens: Wednesday Edition
As It Happens: Wednesday Edition
Journalist who covered Srebrenica massacre 'astounded' Peter Handke received Nobel Prize
Peter Maass says he's astounded that the Swedish Academy would award the Nobel Literature Prize to Peter Handke, who has denied atrocities by the Serbs during the war in the former Yugoslavia.
Michael Kovrig's release requires same level of diplomacy he practised in China, boss says
It's been one year today since Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig was detained in China. And his boss, Robert Malley, says he's in awe of his colleague's resilience and humour behind bars.
As It Happens: Tuesday Edition
As It Happens: Tuesday Edition
Chris Howden, writer at CBC's As It Happens, joins Carol Off as show's new co-host
Chris Howden, head writer at As It Happens for the last decade, is the CBC Radio show's new co-host.
Milwaukee Bucks' official ASL interpreter hopes to make sign language the norm in sports
Brice Christianson says it was "nerve-wracking" the first time he stood beside the Milwaukee Bucks' head coach to sign a postgame press conference.
The new co-host of As It Happens can't wait to hang out with you in your homes, cars and earbuds
When Chris Howden grew up listening to CBC Radio's As It Happens, he never imagined he'd one day be in the host's chair.
Ontario is using a new law to retroactively dismiss lawsuits it lost: lawyer
A class action lawyer suing the Ontario government over alleged mistreatment of several vulnerable groups says a new law the province is using retroactively to try to shut down those cases is unprecedented and unfair.
As It Happens: Monday Edition
Dec. 9, 2019
3,000 sexual assaults reported in Uber rides last year the 'tip of the iceberg,' says lawyer
Companies like Uber and Lyft could easily prevent sexual assaults if they wanted to, says lawyer Mike Bomberger.
After Indian police kill rape suspects, lawyer calls public celebrations 'abhorrent'
Lawyer and women's rights activist Prabhsahay Kaur speaks with As It Happens host Carol Off about the case that has sparked massive protests in India.
A Canadian went to Mexico to investigate her father's disappearance. Here's what she found
Brooke Mullins was frustrated by what she calls a failure by Mexican and Canadian authorities to properly investigate her father's disappearance — so she decided to do it herself.
Doctor condemns Australia for restricting medical evacuations for refugees detained offshore
An Australian doctor who spent nearly a year working on the detention island Nauru says it's "hard to fathom" why lawmakers would repeal a law that allowed doctors to send refugees to the country for medical treatment.
1st woman to stage an opera at the 'rigid' Vienna State Opera is shaking things up
Olga Neuwirth is the first woman to stage an opera at the Vienna State Opera. It's a take on Virginia Woolf's playful novel, Orlando, which is about gender fluidity and trans identity.
As It Happens: Friday Edition
The Friday Edition
This is how one survivor described the Montreal Massacre the day after the shooting
Twenty eight years ago today, 14 women were killed in a shooting at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. As It Happens spoke to a survivor the very next day.
Remembering Howard Cruse, a gay comics pioneer and 'tremendous mentor'
New York cartoonist Jennifer Camper remembers her friend Howard Cruse, who broke barriers with his comics about gay life and civil rights.
Woman in viral ad will always be known as 'the Peloton girl,' says fellow actor
Julie Alexandria, who once auditioned for a Peloton ad but didn't get it, says she's worried about the actress in a new viral exercise bike ad.
As It Happens: Thursday Edition
Dec. 5, 2019
Whistleblower slams early retirement for N.Y. bishop accused of sex abuse cover-up
The resignation of a prominent New York bishop at the heart the diocese's sex abuse crisis is "not a victory," says whistleblower Siobhan O'Connor.
How a CBC producer caught Trudeau on a hot mic gossiping about Trump
Footage seen around the world shows Justin Trudeau gossiping about Donald Trump — but it was thanks to CBC producer Chris Rands's sharp ears that the world caught the moment.
