His district in Los Angeles has been targeted by ICE raids, and Democratic California Assembly member Isaac G. Bryan says Donald Trump's deployment of U.S. troops has made the city a testing ground for democracy itself.

Philomena Lee’s name has become synonymous with the scores of unmarried mothers whose children were sold to American families by Irish nuns. Now her daughter is fighting to make sure every survivor gets the compensation they're owed.

Steven Page reflects on the musical genius of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, and tells about the surreal moment Brian Wilson sang him his song, which is called "Brian Wilson".

The mayor of St. Mary's, Newfoundland hopes a shuttered fish sauce plant that's been stinking up the joint for two decades will be cleaned up at last.

A satirical article claiming Cape Breton has its own new time zone that's 12 minutes ahead of the rest of Nova Scotia has been causing some confusion for AI, which doesn't seem to be in on the joke.

A Canadian author's cookbook titled "Every Salad Ever" is not sold on Amazon. But to Greta Podleski’s chagrin, Amazon was selling something that looked awfully similar -- a fake, AI-generated version of the book.

As It Happens, the Wednesday Edition. Radio warns against taking the slaw into your own hands.

As the high profile sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team wraps up, an advocate calls on Ontario to drop its ban on restorative justice, to give complainants a better option than court.

The auditor general exposes the ballooning cost of the F-35 program, but Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada needs to revive its military with new spending regardless.

An Israeli human rights lawyer says Canadian sanctions against two far-right government ministers for inciting violence with their rhetoric are long overdue, but very welcome.

California lawmakers decry Donald Trump's deployment of U.S. troops to the streets of Los Angeles, and one spars with the Defence Secretary over whether it's even legal.

A museum manager in Taber, Alberta tells us about the moment she found a grenade while going through boxes, and the moment she started seriously panicking.

The owner of a giant pencil in Minneapolis tells us about this year's grand sharpening, which happens with great pomp and ceremony on his front lawn.

As It Happens, the Tuesday Edition. Radio that warns you: one of the following stories includes graphite content.

The Prime Minister announces a huge boost to military spending, to the relief of a former Canadian Army commander who says that, in an unstable world, that investment is long overdue.

An Australian woman is accused of killing her inlaws by serving them Beef Wellington with poisonous mushrooms, and her trial has become a national obsession.

While our guest was photographing protests in Los Angeles, he was shot in the leg with a rubber bullet. He tells us the President's decision to send in the National Guard has only made Angelenos less safe.

In an annual tradition, staff at a Winnipeg high school all become guidance counsellors, and what they're guiding is a family of ducks.

A Canadian classic rock banger has become a staple of this year's Stanley Cup playoffs; we'll get Rik Emmett from Triumph on the line to lay his feelings about "Lay It On The Line" on the line.

When a group of young Black men posted a video in which they tried matcha for the first time, it got a lot of love, and a lot of noisy haters. But their videos, and their joy, are proving infectious.

As It Happens, the Monday Edition. Radio that celebrates a matcha made in heaven.