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As It Happens

As It Happens

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News that’s not afraid of fun. Meet people at the centre of the day’s most hard-hitting, hilarious and heartbreaking stories — powerful leaders, proud eccentrics and ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. And plenty of puns too. Hosted by Nil Köksal and Chris Howden, find out why As It Happens is one of Canada’s longest-running and most beloved shows. (Ahem, we literally helped make the beaver a national symbol.)


New episodes Monday to Friday by 7:30 pm E.T.

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  • Harrowing stories from an eyewitness to the Texas floods
    Jul 7 2025

    The owner of an RV park in Kerrville, TX tells us about trying to rescue campers after the deadly flash floods hit -- and her fears that so many victims are still unaccounted for.


    And a Texas rescue volunteer tells us about trekking through mud for hours in the hopes of finding flood survivors. She says that in all her years as a first responder, she's never seen anything like this.


    An unpresidented situation. His Canadian-born wife was at what she thought was her final green card interview when she was detained by ICE -- and now, a one-time Trump supporter says he wishes he could take his vote back.


    A new raid-zone d'etre. A Los Angeles website was once dedicated to covering the city's taco restaurants; now it's a crucial news source for anyone keeping track of ICE raids in the city.


    Seine bathing. We'll hear from a delighted Parisian -- who was among the first to take a dip in the newly cleaned up Seine River this weekend.


    And...For 100 years, Canadians have enjoyed the simple, not to say boring, pleasures of the Jersey Milk chocolate bar -- but now, the figurative chocolate udder has run dry.


    As It Happens, the Monday Edition. Radio that marks the end of a cocoa-dependent relationship.

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    49 mins
  • As wildfire closes in a MB town packs its bags - again
    Jul 4 2025

    People in Lynn Lake, Manitoba are forced to leave their town because of an out-of-control wildfire -- just two weeks after they were allowed to return after fleeing another out-of-control wildfire.


    Our guest tells us what the passage of Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" -- with its deep cuts to Medicaid -- is likely to mean for millions of Americans with disabilities, including him.


    A Palestinian student was accepted to a Canadian university master's program, on scholarship -- but she can't leave Gaza City until Ottawa comes through with her student visa. And she's hardly the only one.


    A community in Newfoundland and Labrador got some good news this week: for the first time in decades, part of the town now has clean water coming out of their faucets.


    Cowbirds skip the hassles of hatching and rearing their young by leaving their eggs in other birds' nests. Now, new research shows how the cowbird chicks find their way back to their own kind -- after flipping their foster parents the bird.

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    46 mins
  • Decades after Jonestown, the massacre site opens to tourists
    Jul 3 2025

    Guyana is confronting the legacy of a deadly 1978 cult tragedy, where more than 900 people died. A private tour company has recently started taking visitors to see the site. A guide tells us he's proud of the work -- even if survivors are giving it mixed reviews.


    The legal director for the National Council of Canadian Muslims talks about opening her email to see a video of an attack on a Muslim woman at a pizza parlour in Oshawa, Ontario. A horrifying incident she tells us is, disturbingly, not rare.


    An inquiry finds British colonizers in Australia committed genocide against Indigenous people. A witness at the commission says reckoning with that past is the first step in moving forward.


    In response to a growing rat problem, Toronto considers taking a page out of New York City’s book -- and appointing a “rat czar" to get the vermin under control.


    Scientists catalogue the traits that give me -- I mean, someone -- the indefinable yet indisputable quality of “coolness.” And the results are surprisingly conclusive.

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    47 mins
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I listen to this when walking. I love the silly puns along with the news.

No pun intended. ;)

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