As It Happens

As multiple US states consider redrawing congressional maps -- Rep. Kevin Kiley tells us why he wants to put a stop to the upheaval -- and ban mid-decade gerrymandering. 

Frustrated by the city's response, a group of pedestrians marched into action -- then used their own hands to paint D-I-Y crosswalks on L.A. streets. One tells us it's taken hundreds of dollars in fines... but they've finally managed to pressure the City i...

We reach ex-Israeli intelligence and military head Ami Ayalon who’s calling on Benjamin Netanyahu to end the country's war in Gaza, and for Donald Trump to help.  

As Air Canada flight attendants vote in favour of a strike mandate -- one tells us how they're fighting to be paid for hours of unpaid work each month -- and they're not afraid to ground flights if they need to.

A planned wind farm project in Scotland has...

Canadian officials are in Mexico, hoping to strengthen economic ties. A former Mexican diplomat tells us how the trade tensions with the U.S. makes that friendship more important than ever.

She delivered bad news about jobs statistics -- and found herself out of a job. Now, an expert on stats says Congress needs to investigate Donald Trump's firing of the country's top labour statistician.

A Democratic Texas lawmaker tells us...

A new review in the Lancet details what our dependence on plastics is costing human health. And one of the experts behind it hopes countries will heed his warnings ahead of negotiations toward a global plastics treaty.

A 150-hectare wildfire bears down on small towns in eastern Newfoundland... and we hear from a councilor for a town where residents have been ordered to evacuate for the third time this summer.

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The former QC premier, Jean Charest ... a member of the Prime Minister's council on U.S. relations ... says Canada still has options to fight back against Donald Trump’s new tariffs.

Running on empty. An aid worker in Haiti tells us how much worse the situation has become in the capital Port-au-Prince. 

A Texan who recovered bodies from his property after last month's floods says he feels abandoned by the leaders in his ...

As tomorrow's tariff deadline looms, with no agreement in sight, the head of Canada’s largest private sector union tells us no deal is better than a bad deal.

An online radio station in Yellowknife finally gets the FM license it's been hoping for. A news editor there says that it’s great for his team -- but even better news for his diverse community. 

A non-profit director calls on European governments to stop a plan to ...

One day after the UK makes a similar statement, Ottawa announces plans to recognize Palestinian statehood in September. We'll reach Canada's former Ambassador to the United Nations. 

The head of the Stephen Lewis Foundation tells us what a new million-dollar donation will mean for organizations whose capacity to help was suddenly slashed when the Trump Administration cut billions in USAID funding.

A Maui resident tells u...

A Canadian activist remembers her friend Awdah Hathaleen. The Palestinian father, teacher and activist ... who helped film the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land" ... was killed in the occupied West Bank this week. 

Tuktoyaktuk, a hamlet north of the Arctic Circle, is already on the small side. But it's getting even smaller ... and its mayor says climate change is to blame. 

A group of swimmers is completing t...

Not on the best of terms. Member of European Parliament Jörgen Warborn says the bloc’s framework for a trade deal is going to be hard for its member nations to deal with. 

For whom the bridge tolls. After Prime Minister Carney makes big cuts to tolls on the Confederation Bridge, a Senator from Prince Edward Island who has been pushing for this move for years tells us why it should be just the beginning.

You could call it...

Unsafe space. 100s of current and former NASA employees -- including our guest -- are warning the agency’s leadership against budget cuts they say will compromise human safety and undermine NASA’s core mission.

A big ask. An Inuit leader tells us Prime Minister Mark Carney has reassured him the government will consult Indigenous communities about projects governed by the controversial "Building Canada Act." But not everyone's as...

An Ontario justice found five former players of Canada’s world junior hockey team not guilty of sexually assaulting the woman known as E.M. We hear from a legal expert on violence and sports on what the long-term impact of the trial may be.

A year after wildfire destroyed her home in Jasper, Alta., one resident says she's proud of how far she, her family and her community have come — but says the toughest battle has been dealing...

A Canadian lawyer representing small island states most affected by climate change calls it an "extraordinary day" after a major ruling by the UN's highest court. 

Rare protests in Ukraine call out new legislation that brings some of the country's anti-corruption bodies under the president's control.

An Alberta woman describes seeing her infant daughter suffer from a case of measles. She's sharing her story in the hopes ...

A mom in Gaza tells us she can only provide one meal a day for her and her four children -- and she says that makes her one of the lucky ones as more than a dozen people die of starvation in the last 24 hours. 

We hear from a reporter who uncovered a pattern of nightmare scenarios involving the premature collection of organs, following changes to the organ-donation system in the U.S.

The entire staff of a human rights gr...

The report’s author - from Human Rights Watch - tells us she wasn't prepared for what she heard from detainees.

As the US president and commerce secretary continue to push Canada to open its markets, a dairy farmer tells us why she’s worried her industry -- and supply management -- may face concessions.

A Calgary couple out for a weekend hike has a frightening face-off with a wild animal .... we'll hear their first hand accou...

Newcomer candidate Sarah Spanier introduces herself to voters in the Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot, where she'll be facing off against the Conservative Party leader next month. 

A lawyer working with undocumented families in Los Angeles explains how she’s helping parents prepare for the possibility that they’ll be deported without their kids. 

A friend remembers a refugee who fled Ghana for Canada, and was...

A reporter describes the scene -- and tells us about her conversations with family members looking for relatives.

A BC hereditary chief who was at today's meeting with the Prime Minister tells us Mark Carney said nothing to convince him that Ottawa will respect Indigenous rights. 

Brazil is poised to make it a lot easier for companies to get permits to operate -- which opponents say will be devastating for the environmen...

Justice Julie Blackhawk ruled that the pre-removal risk assessment failed to consider the current conditions for gender-diverse people in the U.S., a decision that could open the door to gender-diverse people who fear persecution. 

Israel launches airstrikes on Damascus as sectarian violence engulfs southern Syria. Our guest says she's lost contact with her parents, who live there, in the midst of a conflict they want no pa...

People around the world are mourning the death of the supercentenarian -- who started his remarkable career as a runner in his eighties. 

Excavation begins at the site of one of Ireland's former mother-and-baby homes -- where hundreds of infants were buried in an unmarked grave. And our guest helped bring the truth to light. 

A data leak put thousands of Afghans at risk, including many who worked with British forces...

A fire burning near Pikangikum First Nation in Ontario has knocked out the electricity -- making a bad situation worse for people waiting to evacuate. Chief Paddy Peters tells us this wouldn't have happened if the government had given more warning.

A new UN report suggests hundreds of people in Gaza have been killed over a six-week span at or near aid-distribution sites. Our guest says that leaves Palestinians there in an imposs...