As It Happens: The Monday Edition
Part One
Canada soccer win
Canada's women's soccer team will play for Olympic gold for the first time ever, and a former teammate recounts the long road to achieve this particular goal.
Florida COVID: Miami hospital
As COVID cases in Florida reach new heights, a Miami nurse manager tells us what that means for the people at the front lines.
Birds pluck hair
An Illinois professor tells us what might be behind a risky manoeuvre by a little songbird that plucks hair from its predators and even people.
Part Two
Tunisia clampdown
Critics fear democracy is in critical condition in Tunisia after the president takes over all three branches of government and refuses to let them go. But our guest says he's found support among a frustrated population ravaged by COVID.
Dianne Whelan: Trans Canada trail
A woman who just completed a 27-thousand kilometre trek across Canada tells us why she couldn't resist the trail — even though it took her six years to finish it.