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As It Happens

As It Happens: Wednesday Edition

Wednesday, November 25th 2015

Part One

Chicago police video
It took 11 months for Chicago police to release the dashcam video of one of their officers shooting a seventeen-year-old black man -- and just minutes for furious protesters to take to the streets.

Inuit sweater copy
A family in Iqaluit discovers that a European fashion label has copied the design of a sacred caribou-skin coat worn by their shaman ancestor.

Harper painting sale
After three years as the proud owner of a stunning nude painting of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a retired civil servant wants the off-the-wall artwork off her wall.

Part Two

Charbonneau whistle-blower
Ken Pereira revealed deals between Quebec unions, politicians, and construction bosses -- and tonight, he'll talk about the Charbonneau Commission report, and life after blowing the whistle.

Manger baby
Yesterday, outside the Holy Child Jesus Church in Queens, New York, someone left a baby in the manger. He's fine -- and we find out what the church plans to do.

Part Three

First Nations Rhodes Scholar
Billy-Ray Belcourt is off to Oxford University. He's the first First Nations student in Canadian history to be named a Rhodes Scholar. And as he tells us, he's proud -- but that's just one of the feelings the award has provoked.

San Francisco blind donation
What would you do with $125 million? The director of a nonprofit dedicated to the blind and visually impaired unravels the mystery behind the largest-ever donation to such an organization.

CRISPR malaria mosquitoes
Scientists modify a batch of mosquitoes to be resistant to malaria -- using a controversial tool that can edit genes.