As It Happens: The Friday Edition
Part One
Tunisia attack: witness
A beautiful Tunisian resort town is the site of carnage, when two gunmen open fire, killing dozens of people. British tourist Gary Pine was there.
Tunisia attack: expert
Maha Yahya is from the Carnegie Middle East Centre. She's been following the growing conflict in Tunisia. We reached her in Beirut, Lebanon.
Tape: Carol and Jeff jam with SoCalled on 'q'
Carol and Jeff perform the As it Happens theme song Curried Soul 2.0 with SoCalled in the "q" studio.
Part Two
US Supreme court rules on gay marriage
Gay Pride Weekend starts with a bang in the United States -- as the country's Supreme Court rules that same-sex marriage is, in fact, a Constitutional right.
Hawaii telescope
Governments around the world support the construction of an enormous telescope in Hawaii -- but protesters keep disrupting a project they consider short-sighted.
Part Three
Leading neuroscientist leaving Canada
One of Canada's top neuroscientists is leaving for the U.K. -- not just because the offer was sweet, but because he feels the situation for scientists here is turning sour.
Nova Scotia axe house
On the plus side, the property tax is literally nothing. On the minus side, the discovery of Mi'kmaq artifacts on the site of a Nova Scotia home has reduced its property value to a dollar. One.
Picasso painting
Dominic Currie knew that before his mother died, she had left a suitcase for him in the attic. He knew that there was a painting in the suitcase. And that's all he knew.
As it Happens was produced this week by:
Laurie Allan
Robert Ballantyne
John Chipman
Sarah Cooper
Dawna Dingwall
Diane Eros
Katie Geleff
Chris Harbord
John McGill
Lindsay Michael
Pedro Sanchez and
Kate Swoger.
Our technician is Reynold Gonsalves. The show director is Kevin Ball.
Chris Howden is the show writer.
John Perry is the Senior Producer, and the Executive Producer of As It Happens is Robin Smythe.
We'd also like to thank some other people who helped out this week:
Susan McKenzie in Montreal
Tom Jokinen in Ottawa
Davorin Cikovic, John Corcelli, and Wayne Henning in Toronto
Suzanne Dufresne in Winnipeg
Michael O'Halloran in Calgary and
Anne Penman in Vancouver.
As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Have a great weekend.