Researchers have identified YouTube accounts starring people purporting to be Albertans, making the case for separation. But it turns out those content creators have never set foot in Wild Rose Country.

Former Conservative Party leader Erin O'Toole tells us what he's bringing to the table, as the Prime Minister convenes a new council on Canada-U.S. economic relations.

Donald Trump will attend the White House Correspondents’ dinner this week, with a room full of journalists he's maligned for years. One of whom hopes her colleagues aren't mealy-mouthed at the meal.

In 1907, Tom Longboat made history as the first Indigenous winner of the Boston marathon. Now his great-great grandson is trying to match his winning time.

Bruce the parrot has gained the upper hand in his flock despite having lost his upper beak -- and because of what he's learned to do with his lower one.

An "endless shrimp" promotion nearly sunk Red Lobster -- but now, a similar deal is back, and restaurant staff could not be more seasick about it.

As It Happens, the Tuesday Edition. Radio that's always skeptical of grand prawn-ouncements.

The seizure of an Iranian ship by the U.S. military throws the next round of peace talks into question. And Rob Malley, lead negotiator for the 2015 nuclear deal, tells us if JD Vance should even bother packing his bags.

The owner of a gas station in Newfoundland and Labrador tells us customers are thrilled to see prices drop -- now that Ottawa has suspended the excise fuel tax until Labour Day.

The U.S. government opens its online portal for tariff refunds; one business owner says the process was smooth -- but he won't relax until he actually gets the enormous sum he believes he's owed.

A new study on anglerfish reveals a dual purpose for the lures that protrude from their foreheads -- and suggests at least some of those appendages are for attracting mates.

Our guest knitted a Blue Jays sweater during last year's playoff run, and now it's headed to the Canadian Museum of History. She'll tells us how it went from a ball of yarn -- to a heritage moment.

After an airborne bandit is photographed with stolen treasure in the UK, someone comes forward to say he doesn't know the thieving bird -- but he does recognize the sausage rolls it's holding.

As It Happens, the Monday Edition. Radio that's always ready to drop a banger or two.

With long-term care workers in Nova Scotia on strike, a woman whose father is in one of those facilities says the province needs to understand how crucial those workers are to families like hers.

Anthropic says its new AI model is so good it poses a grave cybersecurity risk. Our guest says its hard to separate the truth from the hype when most of the information is coming from the company itself.

A conservationist shares his concern after the US Senate votes to end a moratorium on new mining projects in an enormous watershed near the Minnesota-Ontario border.

We'll hear from a Quebec man who made the decision to follow some smoke to its source -- and ended up saving five people from a house fire.

A Houston ice-cream shop owner tells us customers are raving about a seasonal favourite: crawfish-flavoured ice cream, which comes with a full-sized crustacean on top.

Air New Zealand introduces bunk beds on economy flights, with a couple of caveats -- one of which is: no couples.

As It Happens, the Friday Edition. Radio that warns romantic pairs: you'll be separated at berth.

A frustrated ticket-buyer who testified at the Live Nation antitrust trial says she was genuinely shocked that a jury found the company does have a harmful monopoly on concert venues, but it's music to her ears.

There's tension between the Vatican and the White House after Pope Leo comes out as pro-peace and anti-tyrant — and U.S. President Donald Trump says the Pope "should get his act together".

The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations says her members need more than contrition from the RCMP for surveilling Indigenous people. Cindy Woodhouse-Nepinak tells us the police, and CSIS, need to hand over all of the unredacted files.

A 91-year-old peace activist walks across Ireland to protest the American military's use of an airport in Shannon — which she says is a direct violation of Irish neutrality.

A church in a small British village that rivals the leaning tower of Pisa for its slanted spire also has crooked floors — and the congregation is inclined to do something about it.

Millions of years ago, the state of Maryland was teeming with megalodons — and now, lawmakers there have just designated that gigantic, terrifying, fortunately extinct creature the official state shark.

As It Happens, the Thursday Edition. Radio that hopes it doesn’t come back to bite them.

As Sudan enters its fourth year of civil war, a Sudanese Canadian tells us what her family had to endure to escape and what the world is losing by ignoring the humanitarian crisis there.

The war in Iran has left thousands of civilian sailors trapped on vessels in the Persian — with no idea of when they'll be free.

A lawmaker in Maine tells us about the new bill that could make her state the first in the U.S. to pause the development of large AI data centres.

Marionettist Ronnie Burkett remembers a children's television legend, puppeteer Sid Krofft — and the hilarious, hallucinatory programming he and his brother Marty created.

Adam Wilkie isn't an elite athlete, but he is training to match an Olympic swimming champion's winning time from 50 years ago — because the champion was his late father.

A Japanese fire official is suspended for standard workplace infraction that doesn't appear in the employee handbook: designing his own board games and forcing his colleagues in the fire station to play them.

As It Happens, the Wednesday Edition. Radio that thinks they were living with a fool's pair of dice.

Mark Carney secures his majority government. And Liberal Party caucus chair James Maloney tells anyone concerned about floor-crossers that growing diversity of opinions in the party is a good thing.

The new NDP leader Avi Lewis explains how his party's half-dozen MPs will face off against the new Liberal majority — and how he'll lead them, without a seat of his own in Parliament.

Nigeria says an airstrike targeted militants, but an NGO worker investigating the attack says it actually killed as many as 200 civilians shopping at a local market.

It's been more than fifty years since anyone screened Inuit films made in the 1970s using sand stop-motion animation — and the ethereal images are enchanting audiences.

To lure real sage grouse back to Grand Teton National Park, conservationists are deploying sage grouse robots that mimic the male birds' sensual mating rituals.

NASA is taking a victory lap for Artemis's victory loop around the moon, but a backyard astronomer in Australia proves you don't have to work for a big space agency to reach for the stars.

A U.S. man wanted to make his own bourbon at home so badly that he challenged a 158-year-old law prohibiting home distilling — and won.

Ten years on, a British artist is still seeing red and complaining until he's blue in the face about another British artist, who has exclusive rights to the world's blackest black.

As It Happens, the Tuesday Edition. Radio that wishes they'd make love, not noir.

A former U.S. diplomat tells us Donald Trump is making yet another catastrophic miscalculation by blocking access to Iran's ports -- and that it could be just as destructive for the global economy as anything Iran does.

A decade ago, a devastating oil spill wreaked havoc along the B.C. coast. The Heiltsuk Nation says the damage wasn't limited to the environment -- and it's taking that argument to the UN.

After 16 years, Viktor Orban's time leading Hungary is now over. Michael Ignatieff tells us Orban's loss is a win for Hungarians, Europeans, and liberal democracy worldwide.

Scientists find a once tightly-connected group of chimpanzees in Uganda now locked in lethal conflict. A researcher tells us what we can learn from their ugly war -- and spoiler alert, it's not all bad.

We'll remember the Bollywood legend Asha Bhosle -- with the leader of a band that paid tribute to her in a 90s hit.

Montreal Canadiens defenceman David Reinbacher faces a classic rookie ritual -- getting the local press corps to pronounce his name in both official languages.

As It Happens, the Monday Edition. Radio that’s not sure if that should have been "back check", "bock check", or "Baccch check".

A former advisor to Stephen Harper's government concedes things are not going great for the Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre -- but he says MPs need to fix the party from within rather than cross the floor.

The mayor of Sarnia, Ontario says some constituents feel betrayed by Marilyn Gladu's defection to the Liberal government -- and the only solution is a byelection.

A Manitoba First Nations Chief describes the suicide crisis unfolding around her -- and what it will take to stop it.

A small town in north west England is plagued by an overwhelming stench from a nearby landfill that residents say is not complying with environmental regulations.

A man spent years building a precise replica of the Orca, from "Jaws". He says it's a dream come true -- with a touch of nightmare.

You might think it's fun to add emojis to your work emails, but your colleagues may not agree -- according to a new study that looks at the big picture in terms of small pictures.

As It Happens, the Friday Edition. Radio that knows a laughing emoji can drive you up the LOL.