As It Happens

Plus: The Neal Brothers challenging journey to produce an all-Canadian corn chip. 

Also: A conversation with Democratic Congresswoman Julie Johnson. She's introducing legislation to condemn the use of an unsecured communications app by Trump administration officials - even if it's unlikely to have the votes to pass.

Plus: Mixed feelings in BC as the “McBarge”, a relic of Expo 86, begins sinking into the Fraser River.

Also: Just a few months after opening, the demand for a Halal Food Bank in London, Ontario is already outpacing expectations. The director of the food bank tells us he's playing catch up.

Plus: A historian investigates thousands of missing Scottish archival documents…and finds a suspect in Canada. 

Also: The first woman to be the curator of mycology at the New York State Museum says it's emotional to work on an exhibit about 19th century mycologist Mary Elizabeth Banning ... and give her some of the recognition she deserved when she was alive.

Plus: The founder and former captain of Afghanistan’s women's soccer team says it's past time FIFA let them back on the pitch. 

Also: One of the filmmakers of the Oscar winning documentary No Other Land is beaten and detained in the West Bank...and an activist there tells us about witnessing the moments before his arrest. 

Plus: A shark in New Zealand had an octopus on its head. That’s it. That’s the story.  

Also: We take a closer look at anti-government protests in Turkey, and Toronto food blogger Aashim Aggarwal is using the current tensions between the U.S. and Canada as a way to highlight examples of Canadian cuisine. He defends the donair and Hawaiian pizza.

Plus: As Heathrow Airport goes down, a British teacher scrambles to bring students home from Spain. 

Also: A journalist in Khartoum tells us what the army's retaking of the presidential palace could mean for the deadly civil war in Sudan that's approaching the two year mark. 

Plus: A conversation with the man who listed his Washington DC townhouse…with the help of a perfectly scaled LEGO recreation.  

Also: Kenneth Stern helped craft an internationally recognized definition of antisemitism. Now he’s concerned with how it’s being applied.

Plus: Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on earth after nine months. A former astronaut takes us inside that kind of extended stay.

Also: Vermont Senator Peter Welch on how tariffs and uncertainty are hurting his state.

Plus: Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan joins Queen and Herbie Hancock at this year’s prestigious Polar Music Prize.

Also: As Mark Carney begins his time as Prime Minister - the Conservative shadow minister for ethics Michael Barrett says he's being anything but transparent about his financial holdings.

Plus: Satirical news site The Beaverton celebrates 15 years during a fertile and fraught time for news satire. 

Also: A US federal judge orders the Trump administration to halt deportations under the Alien Enemies Act -- including flights that had already left the country. But those planes did not turn back -- and Washington is unapologetic. Georgetown law professor David Super weighs in.