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As Brazil unveils a much-anticipated fund to preserve tropical rainforests around the world, Norway’s environment minister tells us why his county has pledged billions -- and why he thinks everyone will benefit. A political analyst from Sudan tells us what a ceasefire could mean for her country -- but she says she's not holding her breath just yet. A Vancouver woman explains why she's added her personal stamp to a petition to save the only post office in the city’s Chinatown ... which is set to close next week. An orphaned baby llama has found a new home at an animal sanctuary in B.C. -- but six-week-old Peanut is struggling to find her place in the pack. They were derided as an invasive species -- but new research proves that iguanas were living on one Mexican island well before humans showed up. If you win a lottery in Paris, you could be buried among the legends in one of the city's deteriorating cemeteries -- but it's gonna cost you. As It Happens, the Friday edition. Radio that knows sometimes you have to take one for the tomb.

An educational toy company takes its case against the U.S. President's tariffs all the way to the Supreme Court. In Chicago, ICE agents arrest a daycare teacher in front of the kids. An alderman tells us that shattered people's sense of safety, not just at one school, but at schools across the city. A scientist in Italy tells us how she convinced volunteers to let her bury them face down in the snow for more than half an hour. A lion on the loose caused panic, questions, and panicked questions in Ireland -- before it turned out the suspect had already been collared. In a story that sounds like someone from another country's idea of what happens in this country, a Mountie uses a Canadian flag to help steer a moose to safety. At last, the UK loosens its rules for lawyers -- and allows them not to wear hot, uncomfortable horsehair wigs in court, if they're really itching not to. As It Happens, the Thursday edition. Radio that knew the system was wigged.

In a historic victory, New Yorkers elect Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor -- thanks, in part, to a surge of young voters. One 24-year-old tells us why she jumped to help him run. A fellow Nova Scotia candidate says he did everything he could to get his friend Chris d'Entremont elected as a Conservative -- so it's a serious betrayal that he crossed the floor to the Liberals. A controversial new proposal would see teachers in Germany educating students on a subject that hasn't been on the curriculum for a long time: wartime preparedness. We'll get hold of a Catholic Priest from Chicago in the middle of his weeks-long trek to Ellis Island, New York -- to send a message of support for immigrant rights. A TikToker rates pedestrians on their sidewalk manners, becoming a social media darling in the process -- and you may find his sidewalk criticisms to be a real change of pace. People are still very upset about the shocking jewelry heist at the Louvre -- and now, they're arguing that the museum has never really had security down to a fine art. As It Happens, the Wednesday Edition. Radio that eavesdrops on a Louvre's quarrel.

The Liberals brag that their brand-new budget is big and bold. Opposition leaders have have some less-positive adjectives to describe it. And now a Conservative MP has left caucus over it. One of the big winners in today's federal budget is the Canadian military. We'll ask a defence analyst if this new financial attention compensates for what he feels were years of neglect. Kelowna is the first Canadian city to be named a UNESCO "Creative City of Gastronomy". The head of a First Nation pushed for the title -- and says he's savouring the success. A journalist who wrote several books about the late Dick Cheney reflects on how the most powerful Vice President in American history wanted to be remembered -- and how he'll actually be remembered. The next stop on this week's Hometown series is Vulcan, Alberta -- where they leaned in to their inadvertent "Star Trek" connection, sat back, and watched the Spocks fly. Scientists have finally discovered precisely how mosquitoes court and have sex -- and all it took was staring at close-up footage, frame by frame, in agonizing slow motion, for literally hundreds of hours. As It Happens, the Tuesday Edition. Radio that's proud to announce: no more guess-ti-mating!

Before tomorrow's federal budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canadians are going to have to make some "sacrifices" -- which is not what anyone who's already making sacrifices wants to hear. It's already created a crisis for families that rely on federal food assistance -- and now, the U.S. government shutdown is threatening the child care program many of those same families depend on. The late actor Björn Andrésen reluctantly found fame as director Luchino Visconti's "most beautiful boy in the world". A friend tells us that's not how he wanted to be known, or remembered. We'll take you to Tantramar, New Brunswick -- in the first of a weeklong series on smaller communities across Canada, and the controversies, characters, and cultures that defy their size. A tourist returns a human skull he stole from an Austrian cathedral decades ago -- which reminded us of the inebriated Beatles fan who thought better of a theft nearly 50 years later. A New York man doesn't just talk a good game, he talks the best game: after 20 years of complex computing, he's revealed the Boggle board that would contain the most possible words. As It Happens, the Monday Edition. Radio that minds the Boggle.

Amid a messy breakup with the U-S, Canada looks elsewhere -- and our guest says today's meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping suggests the start of a new chapter. As the UN reports on mass killings and executions in the Sudanese city of El Fasher, families struggle to reach their loved ones there. A D.C. woman tells us she hasn't slept for days waiting for news of her uncle. All systems goo. According to science, when you zone out, it's not just all the thoughts leaving your brain -- a certain amount of cerebrospinal fluid gloops out as well. We have just learned that bats in Georgia glow -- and not only that, but a bunch of them glow in precisely the same way. A researcher tells us this new information is illuminating in every sense. If you're trying to figure out how to fulfill your responsibility as a Toronto Blue Jays fan and as the parent of a trick-or-treater, an Ontario man says it's like taking candy from a ... neighbour. As It Happens, the Halloween edition, Radio that listens for things that go ump in the night.

The world is stunned, and arms control experts are up in arms, over U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments about potentially testing nuclear weapons for the first time in more than three decades. The most jaw-dropping story in this World Series is the Blue Jays' rookie pitcher Trey Yesavage. His former coach tells us what makes him so singular -- and what it's been like to watch him make history. An Illinois police officer is found guilty of killing Sonya Massey -- an unarmed Black woman who'd called police for help. Her father tells us their family is profoundly disappointed was not convicted of first-degree murder. We’ll look back thirty years at the day Quebec nearly voted for sovereignty. A columnist tells us what has changed since then - and what divisions still remain. In Quebec, doctors are being encouraged to prescribe visits to the symphony – and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra says it can’t wait to fill those ‘scripts'. A British paper quotes a former New York City mayor criticizing Zohran Mamdani - only to find it quoted a Bill de Blasio, but not the Bill de Blasio. As It Happens, the Thursday edition, Radio that presents an exciting double Bill.

After U-S Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra’s unleashes an expletive-lace rant about Doug Ford’s anti-tariff ad, Ontario premier's says his trade envoy deserves an apology. Paul Well says he shouldn't hold his breath. Blossom Davis tells me about the moment Hurricane Melissa crashed through her neighbourhood in Rocky Point, Jamaica, and the terrifying moments that have followed. A Virginia soybean farmer says the US president has to end the tariff war with China - because it's already cost him this year's crop, and he could lose a farm his family has worked for generations. It’s not clear when the National Guard will be deployed in Chicago, but an active member of the force says that if that order does comes down, he won’t follow it. Thanks to the “mummification” of a 66-million-year-old dinosaur in ancient clay, scientists are able to uncover some incredible new details -- like its pretty special set of hooves. Seems like some Australian teachers don't spent enough time thinking about the Roman Empire -- because they taught students about Augustus Caesar when the exam was on Julius Caesar. As It Happens, the Wednesday Edition, Radio that knows the dangers of running with Caesars.

We'll reach a government minister who is among those trying to make sure people have what they need to make it through the chaos. Donald Trump cozies up to Japan's new Prime Minister and signs a deal that will see billions in Japanese investment in the U.S. An expert tells us that's good for those two countries, and a clear message to a third country: China. Alberta uses its federal Charter override to force teachers back to work. One teacher tells us the labour action wasn't about higher pay -- but about ensuring the best learning environment for the kids she cares about. They had pivotal decisions made for them. Now, the authors of a new report hope their work will help Canadian survivors of forced sterilization make informed decision about their reproductive health and fertility moving forward. A bar and grill in Iqaluit is a local hub for baseball fans -- and after Blue Jays commentators mentioned it on air, praising its hospitality, its manager feels like she hit a home run. As It Happens, the Tuesday Edition. Radio that's always raising the bar.

A Jamaican living in the path of what could be the worst hurricane in the country's history says he is preparing as best he can -- and thinking a lot about what he endured thirty-seven years ago, when Hurricane Gilbert hit. We'll talk to a Wisconsin mom who's started a one-woman food bank to help families who, in just days, could lose their federal food benefits because of the U.S. government shutdown. Police in France make two arrests in connection with robbery at the Louvre -- and our guest is among museum officials from around the world speaking up to defend the honour of their French colleagues. Chicago's mayor shuts down a reporter who asked about so-called "illegal aliens" by objecting to the use of that term -- and by reminding Americans of some other offensive descriptors that were once commonplace. Maligned and reduced to a footnote for centuries, our guest reveals the real story of First Daughter Eliza Monroe Hay -- and helps get her remains back to the United States -- 1-hundred-85 years after she died, destitute, in France. We'll talk to a diehard Blue Jays fan in the UK -- who, along with dozens of others -- has been taking over pubs in the early hours of the morning to watch the team's historic run. As It Happens, the Monday edition. Radio that senses now's the time to give in to our base instincts.

A former Canadian ambassador to the US weighs in on what's really going on with Ontario's anti-tariff ad, former president Ronald Reagan's own words and the current president's reaction. A Toronto faith leader says the city's decision to replace a homeless encampment outside her church with eight foot fences and a bunch of concrete blocks serves no one. One of the researchers behind new research on antidepressants hopes mapping out their varied side effects will help doctors and patients navigate a complicated pharmaceutical landscape. The PA announcer for tonight's Blue Jays Games got his start at a small radio station in northern Ontario ... and now his voice is the one sports fans inside the Rogers Centre will hear as the World Series gets underway. After an Anne of Green Gables doll becomes online famous, for not the best reasons -- the son of the artist who made it tells us what he thinks about its nickname: "Anne of Scream Gables." Water skiing squirrels aren't enough anymore. No, in this age of death-defying internet one-upmanship it takes a skateboarding pig to turn our heads. As It Happens, the Friday edition. Radio that promises never to be a boar.

Just as the NBA begins its new season, federal officials announce dozens of arrests in a sweeping gambling investigation that includes allegations of mob involvement. A Ukrainian journalist rushed to a kindergarten near her home earlier this week, after sirens alerted her there’d been a Russian strike. She describes seeing smoke everywhere. An ex-boxer in BC fights off a mother grizzly bear -- and lives to tell the tale. If you’re inclined to ask an AI chatbot for advice, the Dutch Data Protection Authority has some advice for you: Don’t ask it who to vote for. Soft Cell defined the sound of eighties pop with 'Tainted Love'. A musician tells us about meeting one half of that duo -- the late Dave Ball -- outside a record store -- and the collabs that came next. At only 8 and 10 years old, siblings and baseball superfans Meredith and Hugo Fu explain how they got their start in sports reporting...and landed interviews with Blue Jays stars Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Kevin Gausman. As It Happens, the Thursday edition. Radio that gives minor leaguers major props.

Canada's financial-crimes watchdog levies its heaviest fines ever against a crypto currency exchange -- but a journalist tells us that, knowing what he knows, it's going to be tough to collect. A spokesperson for the largest UN agency providing humanitarian assistance to Palestinians says she's hopeful that today's advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice will help her colleagues get back to life-saving work in Gaza and the West Bank. The fallout from a jewel theft at the Louvre throws the French government into damage-control mode -- but the mayor of central Paris tells us he's still holding out hope some of the artifacts could be recovered. When an enormous manta ray ends up in a tuna net, it's bad for the creature and the crew. So now fishermen and scientists have created a new kind of safety net. We'll talk to an athlete who'll be representing Canada at the upcoming Pickleball World Cup; she says she was sour on the sport at the beginning, but now she relishes it. Monday's worldwide outage didn't just disrupt banking and email -- it also disrupted the sleep of people whose smart beds went haywire. As It Happens, the Wednesday Edition. Radio that knows sometimes technology just makes mattress worse.

Ottawa is giving new and shockingly long wait time estimates for immigration applications to be processed -- and to those waiting, it feels like Canada is rolling out the unwelcome mat. The man behind "Operation Inflation" shares the very serious reasons he has for dressing up American protesters in very silly inflatable costumes. A Connecticut museum celebrates the omnipresent, underappreciated ant. Not thrilled? Our guest insists they're the ant-tithesis of dull. Work has begun on Donald Trump's new White House ballroom -- and one historian says it's not just an offense to the Presidential residence, but to the intentions of the Founding Fathers. A Blue Jays fan had the night of his life last night when he caught the pivotal home run ball. He says the ball came down, but he sure hasn't. Radio legend Ira Glass reveals that he listens to other podcasts at twice the usual speed -- and believes we should all put our best foot fast-forward. As It Happens, the Tuesday Edition. Radio that would never engage in double-talk.

When Amazon's cloud service crashed, it disrupted everything from social media sites and games to businesses and Blue Jays tickets. A cybersecurity expert tells us that's a downside of so few companies being in charge of so much. The host of one of Italy's top investigative journalism programs is targeted with an explosive device -- but his editor says the team will keep reporting on organized crime regardless. Officials at the Louvre are struggling to explain how thieves were able to stage a daytime heist with some basic tools -- and get away with irreplaceable, historic jewelry less than ten minutes. A new study suggests that telling parents to expose their babies to peanuts was good advice -- and may have lowered the rates of potentially lethal peanut allergies. Bangers from our adolescence still seem more significant than anything we've heard since -- and now, researchers have calculated the point in our teenage years they call the "reminiscence bump". As It Happens, the Monday Edition. Radio that knows some jams you can't get out of.

Bestselling author John Irving is about to publish a sequel to one of his biggest books. But he won't be promoting it in one of his biggest markets -- because of Donald Trump. John Bolton is the latest Trump critic to be indicted on federal charges. He's accused of sharing classified information while working on a book. But a former US attorney says there might be more to this case -- than revenge. One of the physicians behind a new Ontario standard for menopause care says it doesn't get half as much attention as it should for something that affects half the population. Trailblazing activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy spent her life carving out a safe space for fellow Black trans women. One of her many adopted trans daughters says she's forever indebted to the woman who changed her life. A new study into how toads managed to spread across large parts of the world millions of years ago found the key is what most of us thought it was: the poisonous glands behind their eyes. For the 30th year in a row, a band of mysterious pranksters have stuck a pumpkin on a clock tower at the University of Montana and vanished -- like their equally mysterious pumpkin-piercing forebears. As It Happens, the Friday Edition. Radio that guesses they've faded into obscurity -- emphasis on "skewer".

The family of a man convicted of a murder he didn't commit was shocked when ICE detained him again -- before he was even allowed to leave the prison where he'd been held for decades. Doctors Without Borders announces it is closing its emergency center in Port-au-Prince -- and the head of MSF's mission there tells us it means Haitians are losing one of their last lifelines. The mayor of a Louisiana town at the heart of a U-S Supreme Court battle says people who want to redraw the current electoral maps should check their moral compass. Obstetrics may soon be on hold at a Kamloops hospital where all seven OBGYNs announced their resignations -- citing inadequate support for women's healthcare. A friend and protegee of the late Drew Struzan tells us just what it was about his iconic movie posters that were so unique and inspired such pure excitement. A story that will take your broth away: the disquieting tale of a cat that contributed a dead mouse -- tail and all -- to its foster family's pot of soup. As It Happens, the Thursday Edition. Radio that's always stirring up trouble.

The mayor of Brampton says it's just more proof that Ottawa has to get tough in U.S. trade negotiations. Israel has released hundreds of detainees, but a Palestinian pediatrician arrested in Gaza nine months ago is still in Israeli custody. An advocate for Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya tells us he's far from alone. Months of dry weather are forcing a Nova Scotia farmer to make some tough decisions -- and she's not sure how much longer she can keep up the struggle to keep some of her animals. We were all deeply impressed by the rat-shaped impression on a Chicago sidewalk. But now, a researcher who dug into the Chicago Rat Hole tells us he's confident a different rodent made the indent. A Saskatchewan woman was shocked when something smashed into her windshield out of a clear blue sky. But she was way past shocked when she realized it was a fish. German police -- and soon, you -- are confused to discover that someone turned a train compartment into a chicken coop, complete with straw, and left three chickens on board. As It Happens, the Wednesday Edition. Radio that brings you the inside coop.

An unlikely collection of news organizations from across the political spectrum say new limits on their access to the Pentagon are a bridge too far. And our guest says he can no longer do his job properly. A Palestinian analyst says he's cautiously optimistic that the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas can hold -- despite the difficult road ahead. A Northern Ontario First Nation leader declares a state of emergency as drug-fueled violence continues to rock local communities. A Newfoundland mayor pitches his small town as a new home for a group of beluga whales facing the prospect of euthanasia at a defunct amusement park. Derrick the donkey didn't seem made for international stardom, but he's taking his new record as the world's tallest donkey in stride. We reach the winner of a Pennsylvania art contest that sees competitors make sculptures out of scrapple -- which is a mush made of pork scraps. As It Happens, the Tuesday Edition. Radio that keeps you in the gloop.

Celebrations broke out in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square today as twenty hostages held captive for more than two years were finally set free. Our guest describes the relief of seeing them returned – and the kinds of hugs she knows are being shared. Ireland introduces a basic income program for musicians and artists after the success of a pilot version. We hear from an artist who says it’s a good start -- but far from picture perfect. Canadian Peter Howitt is among the economists honoured with this year's Nobel Prize. He says his passion for the field all started with a high school job in Guelph, Ontario. It took years for scientists to complete analysis of an ancient marine fossil. But now they are sharing the news that it's actually a new species –- and they've given it a pretty cool name: the sword dragon. After a Pennsylvania cat stows away on a family trip -- we revisit our interview with a woman who made it all the way through airport security -- before her cat made it out of the bag. Researchers have documented the dramatic lengths some bats will go to to track down and devour birds – all while remaining airborne. As It Happens, the Monday edition… radio that warns they could be a flight risk.