Alberta says it has a private backer for 10 percent of its proposed pipeline. We'll ask federal energy minister Tim Hodgson if that means taxpayers are on the hook for the rest.

The legendary Anne Murray pays tribute to a man who helped launch her career, and many others', on his long-running TV show. Remembering the late great Tommy Hunter.

The small Danish town of Rebild has hosted a Fourth of July party for decades — but this year, there are extra fireworks: American officials have been left off the invite list.

A German zoologist tells us about testing how fast spiders could sprint by prodding them with a paint brush — and inadvertently setting a new arachnid land speed record.

For years, a collection of wool and sheep skin samples belonging to a pioneering Australian scientist has been tucked away in the UK. We hear from an Aussie farmer who helped bring the archive home.

Two avid outdoorsmen from the UK set a new record for putting up a tent by relying heavily on each other, and pitching at a fever pitch.

As It Happens, the Thursday Edition. Radio that assumes they have a co-depen-tent relationship.

As flooding continues in Manitoba, the city of Dauphin is under a state of emergency — and the Mayor tells us the situation is the worst he's seen in 50 years.

After an ultra-traditionalist Catholic sect ordains bishops without papal consent, Pope Leo asserts his authority by excommunicating the renegade leaders.

Almost nine years after the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, the man accused of ordering her death has finally gone on trial. And her sister says that's a huge moment.

An octogenarian with Alzheimer's survives a house fire — thanks to the quick-thinking neighbours who contacted her daughter through a doorbell camera.

Putting down roots. A Saskatchewan man digs deep in an attempt to reclaim the tree-planting world record he first set 25 years ago, by planting thousands of saplings in a mere 24 hours.

A blot on the landscape. A Spanish family is lucky to get a valuable painting back, after they accidentally left it lying outside their house and a passerby took a liking to its frame.

As It Happens, the Thursday edition. Radio that's glad he got his fifteen minutes of frame.

The Trump administration says it won't renew the free trade agreement between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. But a member of the Canadian advisory team says that doesn't mean it's time to panic.

110 years after a First World War battle devastated a Newfoundland Regiment, a near-exact replica of a tree that stood on the battlefield has been unveiled — a powerful moment for one of the people who made it.

Canada is officially joining the phenomenon known as Eurovision. And the Canadian behind the fringe show "A Canadian Explains Eurovision To Other Canadians" tells the uninitiated why that's such huge news.

In celebration of Canada Day, we searched the archives for conversations about wonderful, odd, and sometimes controversial Canadian inventions, such as the much-discussed pineapple on pizza.

The fact that he was at a LA Dodgers baseball game didn't stop one Mexico fan from cheering emphatically when his team scored a goal in a FIFA World Cup soccer game.

As It Happens, the Wednesday Edition. Radio that gives you a very loud ballpark figure.