Newcomer candidate Sarah Spanier introduces herself to voters in the Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot, where she'll be facing off against the Conservative Party leader next month.

A lawyer working with undocumented families in Los Angeles explains how she’s helping parents prepare for the possibility that they’ll be deported without their kids.

A friend remembers a refugee who fled Ghana for Canada, and was killed by a stray bullet while waiting for the bus in Hamilton, Ontario.

A Rwandan opposition leader who spent eight years in prison is back behind bars, but her son says her fight for democracy will continue.

And a new art exhibit invites people to explore the sounds of lakes and rivers by connecting them to bodies of water via old-fashioned rotary phones.

A reporter describes the scene -- and tells us about her conversations with family members looking for relatives.

A BC hereditary chief who was at today's meeting with the Prime Minister tells us Mark Carney said nothing to convince him that Ottawa will respect Indigenous rights.

Brazil is poised to make it a lot easier for companies to get permits to operate -- which opponents say will be devastating for the environment.

Only a few talented dolphins have figured out how to hunt using a sea sponge in their beaks. A scientist tells us what it's like to see them swim by with blobs on their snouts, like circus clowns.

As It Happens, the Thursday Edition. Radio that's afraid this story is a bit on the nose.

Justice Julie Blackhawk ruled that the pre-removal risk assessment failed to consider the current conditions for gender-diverse people in the U.S., a decision that could open the door to gender-diverse people who fear persecution.

Israel launches airstrikes on Damascus as sectarian violence engulfs southern Syria. Our guest says she's lost contact with her parents, who live there, in the midst of a conflict they want no part of.

After weeks of anti-government protests in Kenya -- and the deaths of dozens of protesters -- an opposition leader tells us it's time for the country's president to resign.

An artist and historian explains his quest to convert a Greyhound bus into a museum celebrating the history of African-American migration -- a history that includes his own family's journey.

A scientist reveals the identity of a collaborator who's led to the discovery of two new viruses: his pet cat Pepper -- who not only catches small wild mammals harbouring them, but delivers them to his door.