As It Happens

As It Happens: Tuesday Edition

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Westmount abuse settlement
The city of Westmount, Quebec is paying a settlement to victims of a man who coached children's hockey there for 30 years — and sexually abused his players. 

Maxime Bernier
Until the loud guy from TV joined the Conservative leadership race, Maxime Bernier was the front-runner — and tonight, he'll explain why he's best-equipped to slay the Dragon. 

AI poker player
The dominant player at a poker tournament in Pittsburgh doesn't know how to walk away, and someone else has to get it to run — because it's an artificially intelligent machine. 

Part Two

Keystone: Alberta
The new U.S. President makes a U-turn on the controversial pipeline project — and despite campaigning against it, the Alberta government now says it's happy with the White House's reversal. 

Keystone: Standing Rock 
President Trump also signs an executive order allowing construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline — and while the Standing Rock Sioux saw that coming, they didn't expect it to come so quickly. 

Part Three

Winter refugees
Thousands of refugees are stranded in Belgrade, where temperatures are below zero. And since refugee camps there are full, many are living along railway tracks, and inside abandoned warehouses.

Mark Baumer obit
Mark Baumer was a poet who was travelling across America barefoot, to raise money to fight climate change. But this time, he didn't reach his destination — on Saturday, he died after being hit by a car. 

'Blind Vaysha' nomination
Montreal animator Theodore Ushev is a Canadian filmmaker whose animated short, 'Blind Vaysha', has just been nominated for an Academy Award.