One day after the UK makes a similar statement, Ottawa announces plans to recognize Palestinian statehood in September. We'll reach Canada's former Ambassador to the United Nations.

The head of the Stephen Lewis Foundation tells us what a new million-dollar donation will mean for organizations whose capacity to help was suddenly slashed when the Trump Administration cut billions in USAID funding.

A Maui resident tells us he and his neighbours were lucky to avoid any major damage after living through a tsunami warning last night. But that doesn't mean they should be any less prepared next time.

A St. John's fire chief tells us about the fires that destroyed two historic fishing stages last night and how it felt to watch them burn, helpless to stop the flames.

Canada's 18-year-old swimming sensation Summer McIntosh is chasing five individual golds this week at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Her mother, a former Olympic swimmer herself, tells us what it's like to watch her daughter lean all the way in.

A man in Argentina was shocked, outraged and then really, really embarrassed after a Google Street View camera captured him in his yard ... fully naked with his bottom on full display.

As It Happens, the Wednesday Edition. Radio that imagines he'll be happy when the whole incident is in the rearview.

A Canadian activist remembers her friend Awdah Hathaleen. The Palestinian father, teacher and activist ... who helped film the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land" ... was killed in the occupied West Bank this week.

Tuktoyaktuk, a hamlet north of the Arctic Circle, is already on the small side. But it's getting even smaller ... and its mayor says climate change is to blame.

A group of swimmers is completing the final trip of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald in honour of its crew. One of them tells us about the surreal experience of being in the water above the wreckage.

Dan Pelzer kept a record of every single book he ever read ... from 1962 right up until his death. His daughter says reading was a powerful constant in his life.

A Manitoba man doesn't know who's been putting up billboards around town announcing he's terrible at fishing, but he's found an impressively charitable angle on their prank.

A French resort town is reminding visitors that clothing is not optional once you leave the beach ... with the introduction of fines for those wearing bathing suits or going shirtless in town.

As It Happens, the Tuesday Edition. Radio that encourages travelers to read the fines print.

Not on the best of terms. Member of European Parliament Jörgen Warborn says the bloc’s framework for a trade deal is going to be hard for its member nations to deal with.

For whom the bridge tolls. After Prime Minister Carney makes big cuts to tolls on the Confederation Bridge, a Senator from Prince Edward Island who has been pushing for this move for years tells us why it should be just the beginning.

You could call it a medical breakthrough. Faced with staffing shortages, a hospital in Yellowknife asks doctors across the country what it would cost to get them up north for a shift in the ER.

Not local, but definitely organic. On the anniversary of Bach's death, we hear from a fan of the composer in Little Rock, Arkansas who's playing a special organ performance at his church tonight.

And...surely, you joust. We reach a 79-year-old jouster who showed off his skills in an international tournament this weekend in Alberta.

As It Happens, the Monday Edition. Radio that's worth a second lance.