As It Happens

David Eby calls an election in B.C. two years ahead of schedule, and a provincial affairs reporter says he'll have to convince British Columbians he's not just taking advantage of the chaos in the ranks of his Conservative opponents. Thousands are still unaccounted for after the flash floods in Nepal — and forensic teams are racing to sort through DNA samples, to try to get answers for families of the missing. A violent attack on a Sikh truck driver in Wyoming strikes fear in South Asians across the United States. And our guest says the White House is to blame. The discovery of a single, 9-million-year-old tooth from an ancient capybara suggests that a very dry Chilean desert was once a very wet Chilean wetland. A former head of the White House Correspondents Association tells us how the U.S. President's eviction of several media outlets has united the press corps. Once again, Fat Bear Week asks us to bear in mind the bears at a park in Alaska — and bear witness as those bears build as much bulk as they can bear. New York City's new public bathrooms are timely in the sense that they're overdue — and also in the sense that you have ten minutes to use them before the doors open on their own.As It Happens, the Tuesday Edition. Radio that's a little nervous about these newfangled can openers.

People in Belleville, Ontario are trying to make sense of a shooting last night, just outside a local synagogue. The local MP tells us it is "incomprehensible."Her brother was killed in the 1985 Air India bombing -- and Sudha Berry tells us she's appalled that the RCMP's investigation of the attack is now "inactive."It's a fraught political time between Canada and the U.S. -- but our guest saw only friendship at the celebration of Canada she holds every year in Kalamazoo, Michigan. A decade after it closed down, New York's legendary Carnegie Deli is back in business; we'll talk to the third-generation owner who brought it back to life.The separation issue is getting all the headlines -- but a Calgary political scientist says the other 9 questions on the upcoming Alberta referendum are also important – and controversial.And…the organizer of the Pittsburgh Parallel Parking Championships tells us about the stiff competition at this year’s event -- and explains what qualities give a parking whiz curb appeal. As It Happens, the Monday Edition. Radio that's always looking for someone to validate our parking.

In the summer of 1972, the late filmmaker William Greaves sent out invitations that promised a "gathering of artists and intellectuals — the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance." He filmed that cocktail party but never ended up completing a full-length documentary. Now, 50 years later, his son and granddaughter have restored that footage and turned it into a new film, “Once Upon a Time in Harlem.” Nil Köksal sits down with director David Greaves and producer Liani Greaves during the week of their Canadian premiere at TIFF.  

A former Conservative Party campaign manager says if Pierre Poilievre wants to be part of the party's future, he'd better get the situation under control fast. The former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, is being held in terrible conditions in prison. His son tells us that's because of a vendetta by the chief of the army — and he fears it will end in his father's death.A Montreal family doctor is shocked to see himself in videos promoting dodgy cure-alls. He says those AI deepfakes are leading to tense confrontations with people who've been deceived. Parts of Bangladesh are in the dark, as the government deals with oil shortages caused by the US-Iran War. Our guest tells us how that's affecting life in the capital. The editor-at-large of the Merriam-Webster dictionary explains how words like "looksmaxxing" and "rickrolling" made the cut this year, along with more than a thousand other new entries.One summer afternoon in 1972, filmmaker William Greaves invited the biggest names of the Harlem Renaissance to a cocktail party at Duke Ellington's home. Fifty-plus years later, his footage of that gathering is reaching audiences for the first time, thanks to his son and granddaughter. The pair joins Nil for a feature interview about their new documentary, "Once Upon a Time in Harlem."A new study focuses on the bullying behaviour of an Australian dolphin named Bubbles, who torments certain fish around him until they throw up.As It Happens, the Friday edition. Radio that offers an embarrassment of retches.

A German member of European Parliament reacts to plans for a deeper relationship between Canada and the EU. He tells us the alliance is a long time coming, but making it official is no simple matter. The son of the late Nigerian actor Olu Jacobs remembers a man considered one of the architects of the Nigerian film industry known as "Nollywood." Newly released documents detail shocking corruption allegations against several Toronto police officers — including misusing criminal databases, accepting bribes, and dealing drugs. A researcher tells us a one-of-a-kind Canadian lake of fresh water floating on top of salt water is gone for good, thanks to climate change. We take you to Saskatchewan, where some snappy — and pecky — dressers compete in a costume contest for farm birds. A Wisconsin woman recaptures her world record title with her ever-expanding collection of salt and pepper packets.Turns out a Charlottetown Olympic-size pool is a tiny bit short. And now,  they'll have to do extensive renovations to extend it by just a few millimetres.As It Happens, the Thursday edition. Radio that refuses to pick a lane.