As It Happens

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Nightly news that’s not afraid of fun. Every weeknight hosts Nil Köksal and Chris Howden bring you the 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. Find out why As It Happens is one of Canada’s longest-running and most beloved shows.

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Catherine McKenna from COP29: “I’m not gonna sugarcoat it”

Plus: An enormous diamond necklace that may have played a role in the downfall of Marie Antoinette sells for a commensurately enormous price. Also: Médecins Sans Frontières says a recent attack against an ambulance and patients in Haiti raises serious questions about their ability to provide care in the country.

1h 1m
2 DAYS AGO

Ontario gets in early on Trump-style trade rhetoric

Plus: Scientists reappraise a 1986 NASA flyby of Uranus…and come up with new theories about possible life there. Also: A month after warning Israel to increase aid to Gaza or risk losing military support, US officials say they won’t limit arms transfers because progress is being made. But a former state department official calls that decision shameless.

53 min
3 DAYS AGO

A doctor in Beirut on the unfolding crisis in his hospital

Plus: Neuroscientist Michael Brecht’s fascinating findings about a Berlin Zoo elephant who loves to shower…and her roommate who has other ideas. Also: A high flying doctor from Yukon with a penchant for paragliding narrowly survives a storm in the Himalayas…and lives to tell us the tale.

1 hr
6 DAYS AGO

As the lights go out in Cuba, a farmer wonders what’s next

Plus: The sole-baring story of Anton Nootenboom, who walked – barefoot – from Los Angeles to New York. Also: John Bolton -- former advisor to the current U-S President-elect -- tells us what a second Trump administration might mean for Ukraine, NATO, and Canada.

1 hr
7 NOV

Why kicking TikTok out of Canada may do more harm than good

Plus: A researcher tries to crack the mysterious recipe of “baseball mud”. Also: Potential gubernatorial candidate Jon Bramnick sees an opening in Trump’s surprisingly close result in New Jersey.

52 min
6 NOV

Kamala Harris concedes, and what’s next for Canada

Plus: A Welsh art gallery doubles down on nudes after getting a warning about “pornography” on display. Also: Canada’s Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne; newly reelected Montana state legislator Zooey Zephyr and more

1h 4m
5 NOV

Checking in on the PA city that “picks the President”

Plus: “One vote, one beer”. We reach a A New York bar that’s one of many businesses across the country with an election day reward for voters. Also: By means ferret or foul... A cloned black-footed ferret has given birth -- bringing back a bloodline that had gone extinct and sparking hope for the future of the critically endangered species.

1 hr
4 NOV

Tanya Talaga on what Murray Sinclair leaves behind

Plus: A Wales man on why he chose to promote men’s health…not by growing a moustache…but by creating a giant “phallus” map using the Strava app. Also: On election night, Kamala Harris will watch the results roll in at her alma mater: Howard University. And the student newspaper's editor-in-chief tells us there's a palpable energy on campus today.

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Nightly news that’s not afraid of fun. Every weeknight hosts Nil Köksal and Chris Howden bring you the 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. Find out why As It Happens is one of Canada’s longest-running and most beloved shows.