As It Happens: Tuesday Edition
Part One
Prison report
In his report on the death of a Cape Breton prison inmate in custody, Canada's Correctional Investigator blasts guards for using excessive force — and Correctional Services for failing to investigate.
US school lunches
The Trump Administration rolls back school-lunch measures Michelle Obama championed to reduce childhood obesity. Our guest says the new rules on sugar and sodium leave a bad taste in her mouth.
Baseball ashes
When a New York man takes the ashes of his friend Roy to baseball stadiums across North America, he makes sure Roy has the best seat in the house. Then he lifts the seat, ceremonially deposits some ashes, and flushes the toilet.
Part Two
Fort McMurray father
A year after the fire in Fort MacMurray, a deputy fire chief is still coming to terms with the loss of his daughter — who was killed in a head-on collision while trying to get out of the city.
London ranked ballot
London, Ontario becomes the first in the country to abandon the current voting system in favour of ranked ballots — and we'll talk to the councillor who helped lead his city into the post-first-past-the-post era.
Part Three
St. John's homeless
For the first time, St. John's, Newfoundland has counted its homeless population. The results reveal who's out there, and what can be done to help.
Ueli Steck obit
The late Ueli Steck accomplished some remarkable feats as a mountain-climber. Tonight, a friend remembers Mr. Steck, who died this past Sunday at the age of 40.